H E N 
To HEND, v. a. [hgnpan, Sax. from kendo, low Lat. 
which teems borrowed from hand or bond, Teut.] To 
feize ; to lay hold on : 
With that- the fergeants kent the young man flout. 
And bound him likewife in a vvorthlefs chain. Fairfax. 
To crowd; to furround. Perhaps the following paffage 
is corrupt, and.fliould be read hemmed ; or it may mean 
to take pojfejjion : 
The generous and graved citizens 
Have kent the gates, and very near upon 
The duke is entering. Skakefpeare. 
HENDEC'AGON,yi in geometry. See Endecagon, 
>ol. vi. p. 522. 
HENDECASYL'LABLR, adj* [Greek; from iAx.ee, 
eleven, and av\>a.Qo(;. ] Confiding of eleven Syllables.— 
Both written in tlie common Italian htndecafyliable verfe. 
Tyrwhitt. 
HEN'DER, a fmall ill arid on the welfcoaft of Scot¬ 
land, and county of Sutherland. Lat. 58. 20. N. Ion. 
1.43.W. Edinburg. 
HENDI'ADIS, f. A common figure by which a fub- 
flantive is ufed as an adjective ; as, An animal of the dog 
kind. AJh. 
HEN'EDPENNY, f. A cuftomary payment of money 
inflead of itens at Chriftmas. It is mentioned in a char¬ 
ter of Edward III. Mon. Angl. tom. ii. p. 327. Du- 
Cange is of opinion it may be lien-penny, gallinagium, or 
a compofition for eggs; but Cowel thinks it is mifprin- 
ted hened penny for heved-penny, or head-penny . 
HENE'TI, in ancient geography, a people of Paph- 
lagonia, wdio are (aid to have fettled in Italy near the 
Adriatic, where they gave the name of Venetia to Venice. 
HEN'FARE, f. in doomfday book, a line for flight 
on account of murder. 
HENG, a town of China, of the fecond rank, in the 
province of Quang-fi : 1135 miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Peking. Lat. 22. 38. N. Ion. 126.21. E. Ferro. 
HENG, a river of China, in the province of Hou- 
quang, which empties itfelf into a large lake called 
Tong-ting. 
HENG-CHANG, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Hua-Quang, on the river Heng: twenty- 
five miles north-north-eaft of Heng-tche. 
HENG-TGHE, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 
the province of Hou-quahg, on the river Heng: 775 
miles fouth of Peking. Lat. 26. 56. N. Ion. 129.44. E. 
HENG-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the firft rank, 
in the province of Hou-quang, on the river Heng. The 
rincipal manufacture is making paper. In the neigh- 
ourhood are mines of lilver, which are not permitted 
to be wrought: 785 miles fouth of Peking. Lat. 26. 
56. N. Ion. 129. 44. E. Ferro. 
HEN'GERSPERG, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Bavaria : fix miles fouth-eaft of Deckendorf, and 
twenty-two north-weft of Paffau. 
HENG'HEN,y. An old term for a prifon, or houfe of 
correction. 
HEN'GIST, [hengej’T, Sa x. hengjl, Teut. a ftoned 
horfe; fo called, becaule he had the figure of a horfe 
in his ftandard, or becaufe his brother’s name was HorJd.~\ 
The firft Saxon chief who obtained a fettlement in 
Britain. For his hiftory and exploits, fee the article 
England, vol. vi. p. 544-546. 
HENG'STON-HILL, [Hen 5 e r t>oun, Sax. the downs 
or banks of Hengift.] A place in Cornwall, formerly 
famous for ftannaries or mines of tin. 
' HEN'HOUSE, f. A houfe or place for poultry. 
HENICH'IUS (John), a learned German lutheran 
divine, born in 1616. After going through a courfe of 
claflical learning at Zell and Lunenburg, he was fent to 
the univerfity of Helmftadt, in 1634, where he was ad¬ 
mitted to the degree of doctor, in philojbphy. In 1649 
Vol. IX. No. 594. 
HEN S93 
he went to Hildefliejm, where he lived about three 
years in the houfe of a man of rank and merit. After¬ 
wards he IpentLome time with the learned civilian James 
Lampadius, at Hanover; and in 1643 was .appointed 
proleffor of metaphyfics, and of the Hebrew language, 
in the univerfity of Rinthel. In 1645 he removed to 
Bardewic, where he had been appointed fuperintendant 
of the churches in that diftriCt. For five years he exe¬ 
cuted the functions of that office with fo much diligence, 
thrit Auguftus duke of Brttnfwic was defirous of en- 
trufting to him the infpeCtion of the whole diocefe of 
Wolfenbuttel; but he declined the acceptance of fo 
weighty a charge. In 1651, he returned to Rinthel, 
where he had been appointed profeflbr of divinity, and 
was about the fame time admitted to the degree of 
doCtor in that faculty. He died at Rinthel in 1671, 
when about fifty-five years old. He was the author of, 
1. Compendium Sacra Theologies, 1657, Svo. 2. De Vcritate 
Rehgionis Chrijliana, 1667, umo. which is a good fupple- 
ment to that of Grotius on the fame fubjeCt. 3. Injli- 
tutiones Theologica , 1666, 4to. 4. Hifloria Ecclfiajlica 6? 
Civilis, Pars l. 1699, Pars II. 1670, Pars III. 1674, 4to. 
together with Differtations, Deputations, &c. 
HE'NING, a town of Hungary; twelve miles north- 
weft of Symontornya. 
HENI'OCHI, a people of Afiatic Sarmatia, near Col¬ 
chis, defcended from Amphytus and Telechius, the 
charioteers of Caftor and Pollux, and thence called 
Lacedtemonii. Mela. 
HENI'OCHUS,y! in aftronomy, a conllellation of the 
northern hemifphere, Auriga. 
HEN'LEY (John), better known by the appellation 
of Orator Henley, a very Angular character, born at Mel- 
ton-Mowbray, Leicefterlhire,. in 1691. His father, the 
Rev. Simon Henley, and his grandfather by his mother’s 
fide, (John Dowel, M. A.) were both vicars of that pa- 
riffi. Having paffed his exercifes at Cambridge, and his 
examination for the degree of B. A. with the particular 
approbation of the mafter of the college, he returned to 
his native place, w'here he was defired by the trufteesof 
the fchool in Melton to take upon him the direCtion-of 
it; and which he railed from a declining to a flourilhing 
condition. He eftablifhed a practice of improving-elo¬ 
cution by the public fpeaking of paffages from the daf¬ 
fies, morning and afternoon, as well as orations, &c. He 
was now invited to become a candidate for a fellowlhip 
in St. John’s; but, as he had long been abfent, and 
thereby leffened his perfonal intereft, he declined ap¬ 
pearing for it. About this time he began his Univerlal 
Grammar, and finiffied ten languages, with dilfertations 
prefixed, as the moll ready introduction to any tongue 
whatfoever. In the beginning of this interval, he wrote 
his poem on Either, which was well received. He was 
ordained a deacon by Dr. Wake, then bilhop of Lincoln ; 
and after having taken his degree of M. A. was admit¬ 
ted to prieft’s orders by Dr. Gibfon, his fucceffor in that 
fee. He formed an early refolution to improve himfelf 
in all the advantages of books and converfation the molt 
effectually, on the firft opportunity, at London. But 
he laid the bafis of future proficiency in alliftingat the 
curacy of his native town ; where he preached many oc- 
calional fermons, particularly one at the affizes at Lei- 
ceiter; he then gave a voluntary warning for the choice 
of a new mafter and curate ; and fet off for London, re-, 
commended by above thirty letters from the molt confi- 
derable men in the country, both of the clergy and laity ; 
but againft the inclination of his neighbours and his fchool, 
which was now, as from his firft entrance upon it, ftill 
advancing5 and his method being eftablilhed and ap¬ 
proved, one of his own lcholars was appointed to luc- 
Cced him. He began to publilh feveral pieces. Inch as 
a tranflation of Pliny’s Epiftles ; feveral works of Abbe 
Vertot ; Montfaucon’s Italian Travels, in fojio, &c» 
His principal patron was the earl.of Macclesfield,- who 
