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firuments, of great antiquity. The principal' defign of 
making this colleftion was the eftabli Diluent of a nianu- 
fciipt Englifli historical library, and the refcuing from 
dellruftion fucli national records hs had eluded the dili¬ 
gence of preceding collectors : but lord Oxford’s plan 
was more extenfive,; for his collection abounds alio 
with curious manufcripts in every fcience. This col¬ 
lection is now in the Britifli Mufeum ; and an enumera¬ 
tion o_f its contents may be feen in the Annual Regifter, 
vol. vi. p. 140, Stc. 
HAR'LI.NG, or East Harling, a town in the coun¬ 
ty of Norfolk, which hands on a rivulet, between Thet- 
ford and Buckenham, eighty-eight miles from London. 
Its market, on Thurfdays, is chiefly for linen yarn and 
linen cloth ; and the fairs are May 4, and Oft. 24.—Mid¬ 
dle Harling, and Weft Harling, are (ituated at a fmall 
dihance from the above. 
IIAR'LINGEN,. a feaport town of Friefland, on the 
Zuydcr See. In 1496,' the inhabitant of Groningen 
built a caftle here; and fourteen years afterwards,-Al. 
bert duke of Saxony built another, hronger- than the 
fii it. 11 is not exactly known when it:was liirrounded 
with walls : but .certain it is, that fin the years 1543, and 
1379, the city was conliderably enlarged by the care of 
William prince .of Orange. This place is now well 
fortified, and naturally ftrong, the adjacent country be¬ 
ing very ealily laid under water. There have been 
fonie hrong dykes railed here to hop the fury ol the 
ocean. The city is fquare, the llreets handfome; 
firaight, and clean, with canals in the centre of them. 
It is adorned with five gates, four' towards the land, 
and one towards the fea. Though the harbour be large 
and much frequented, yet by reafon of the fands that 
lie before it, veflels of great burden mull-either lie oft 
at a great dihance at Tea, or unload part of their cargo 
before they can enter the port. Their chief trade con- 
fills in-making fails, in importing and exporting corn, 
pitch, tar, fir-trees, and deals. This city has a refpec- 
table leimnary, and two holpitals. The adjacent coun¬ 
try yields abundance of corn, pahure, and other necef¬ 
faces of life : fourteen miles weft of Lewarden. Lat. 
53.11.N. Ion. 22. 46. E. Ferro. 
HARLIUN'GA, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Welt Gothland : forty-one.miles north-eaft of Gotheborg. 
HAR'LOCH, or Harleich, a town of Wales, in the 
county of Merioneth, remarkable for an ancient cable, 
which is fea ted on a lofty rock, above an extenfive marlh, 
near the Irifli Sea. The prefent cable was built by Ed¬ 
ward I. in 1460. Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI. 
retired hither, after the unfortunate battle of Northamp¬ 
ton, whence, after a limi t hay, file.fled to.Scotland. In 
3468, this cable was held by a brave Welthman for the 
lioufe of Lancaher, and furrendered to the ear-l of Pem¬ 
broke on honourable terms. This being naturally a 
hrong pofition, a garrifon is kept here for the fecurity 
of the coah. The town, though a corporation and go¬ 
verned by a mayor, makes but a. very mean appearance. 
The market is on Saturdays ; and there are four fairs, 
on the Thurfday-after TrinitySunday, June.13, Ali¬ 
gn h 21, and December 11. Near it is a cataract of the 
Rhaids-du, which rjufhes down a mountain for one hun¬ 
dred yards, and then forms a cat.ar.aft whole water forms 
part of an elliptical curve, to a pool forty feet below: 
A remarkable phenomenon took place near this town in 
1694, which continued about the fpace of eight months.- 
It was a livid vapour, or fiery exhalation, which teem¬ 
ed to arife from the fea on.the borders of Caernarvon- 
Iliire. It made its appearance on the fide of a bay, a 
little after fun-Cet, and from thence fpread itfeif in the 
mob gradual manner, until it had fet all the houfes in 
the neighbourhood on fire. Not only the ricks of hay, 
■corn, and all other forts of grain, were deftroyed, but 
alfo the vegetables in - the gardens ; for it had fo nox¬ 
ious a fmell, that every thing peri (lied where it diffufed 
its baleful influence. Its effedts were feverely felt by 
{he cattle, to whom it communicated a contagious dii- 
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temper, by which numbers of them died. It made its 
appearance regularly every night, always rifing at the 
fame place; and never impeded either by rain or horms; 
It was fometimes vilible in the day ; but it is very re¬ 
markable that it never did any damage except in the 
night. The flame was equable, and by no means vio¬ 
lent, but its continuance at lab confumed every thing 
that oppofed it. Twenty-four miles fouth of Caernar¬ 
von, and 223 north-web of London. Lat. 52,48. N. 
Ion. 4. 14. W. Greenwich. 
HAR'LOF, a river of Germany, in the circle of the 
Upper Rhine, which rifes about tour miles e:ab of Lau- 
bach, and runs into the Nidda near Studen. 
HAR'LOT, /. l/iarlodes, Wellh, a girl. Others tor 
horelet, a little whore. Otheis from the name of Arietta 
concubine of Robert duke of Normandy, and mother of 
William the Conqueror. Hurlct is ufed in Chaucer for a 
low male drudge. ] A ftrumpet; a woman of ill-fame. 
They help th‘:c by fuch aids as geefe and harlots. Ben 
■Jonfon. 
The barbarous harlots crowd the public place; 
Go, fools, and purchafe an unclean embrace. Dryden. 
Harlots were tolerated amongb the Jews, Greeks, and 
Romans; and according to Terentius, the ufe of them 
was not deemed immoral. Fornication indeed was pro¬ 
hibited under fevere penalties ; but thefe the Jews ex¬ 
plained as extending .only to women of their own nation. 
The public hews were therefore bocked with foreign 
courtezans, who feem to have been taken under the pro- 
tedfion of the government. Hence appears the reafon 
why the epithet Jlrange woman is often found to fignify a 
harlot. They at firb wore veils; but by degrees their 
modehy was entirely put afide, and they went abroad 
bare-faced. Amongb the Jews, the harlots ufed to fit 
by the way-fides, or at the gates or entrance of cities; 
at Athens they frequented the ceramicus, fciros, and 
the old forum. In fonie places they were;compelled to 
diftinguifh themfelves by their drefs, from' other women, 
Corinth was a remarkable nurfery of harlots,, and gave 
birth'to tlie celebrated Lais. Their accoinplilhments 
were oftentimes great, in all the polite and elegant parts' 
of female education, viz. philofopliy, dancing, finging, 
rhetoric, &c. Afpafia, -the miftrefs of -Pericles, was ad^ 
mired by "Socrates for her learning. The more accom- 
pliflied women of this defcription frequently amalfed 
large fortunes; a remarkable inftance of which is given 
in Phryne, who offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes, 
when deftroyed by Alexander, on condition that they 
would perpetuate her memory by an infcription. Pro- 
bitutes at Rome were obliged to fix a bill over their 
doors, indicating their prOfeflion. It was alfo cubomaiy 
for'them to change their names, after they had ligrii- 
fied to the praetor their intention of leading fuch a kind 
of life : this they did, becaufe their trade was unbe¬ 
coming their birth and condition ; but they re-a burned 
their family names whenever they quitted their licenti¬ 
ous mode of living. Women whole grandfather, father, 
or hulband, had been a Roman knight, were forbidden 
by the laws to follow the profefiiori of a harlot. 
HAR'LOTRY, f. The trade of a harlot; fornication,: 
Nor (hall, 
■From Rome’s tribunal, thy harangues prevail 
’Gainft harlotry , while tho,u art clad fo thin, Dryden. 
A name of contempt for a woman : 
A peevifil feif-will’d harlotry, 
-That no perfuafion can do good upon. Shakefpeare. 
HAR'LOW, a fmall town in the county of E.hex, 
fituated on the weft fide of the Rodings-towards Hert- 
fordlhire, diftant twenty-four miles from London. The 
church was burnt down in ,1711, when the workmen in 
digging on the foundation of the vebry found an iron 
cheft, and in it a crucifix and a bottle, with this irifcrip- 
tioii, Sanguis SEii Catherine. Here are alins-houfes for 
poor widows, befides other charities. The market is 
