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deputy nutfic-profefTor under Dr. Wilfon ; and, upon his 
quitting the univerfity, Low was appointed his fucceflbr 
in the profeflbrfiiip. Low publifhed, in 1661, an ufeful 
little bock of “ Short Directions for the Performance of 
the Cathedral Servicewhich was reprinted in 1664, un¬ 
der the title of “ A Review of fome fliort Directions, for¬ 
merly printed, for the Performance of Cathedral Service, 
with many ufeful Additions according to the Common 
Prayer Book, as it is now eftablilhed : publilhed for the 
information of fuch as are ignorant in the Performance of 
that Service, and ffiall be called to officiate in Cathedral 
or Collegiate Churches; or any other that religioufly de¬ 
fire to beare a Part in that Service. By E. L. Oxon. 1664.” 
At the redoration, he was appointed one of the organiils 
of the chapel royal. He died in 1683, and was fucceeded 
in the king’s chapel by Henry Purcell. 
LOW (Thomas), a ftage-finger, with an exquifite tenor 
voice. His fird profeffion was that of a gold and lilver 
lace manufacturer; and he began mufic too late to read it 
as a language, fo that he learned the fongs, which he per¬ 
formed in public, by his ear, to the end of his life. He 
flood, however, very high in the favour of lovers of Eng- 
lilh ballads, particularly thofe of Dr. Arne at Drury-lane 
and Vauxhall, compoled exprefsly for his voice and 
bounded abilities. He was the rival of Beard, and gained 
as much applaufe by the fweetnefs of his voice, through 
all his ignorance, as Beard, a regular-bred mufician, 
brought up in the king’s chapel, could do by knowledge 
of mufic, humour, and good aCting. Low, like many 
other aCtors and fingers, was profligate, extravagant, and 
unprincipled ; which rendered the latter part of his life 
difgraceful and wretched. From acquiring unbounded 
applaufe, and an income of more than ioool. a-year, he 
was reduced to the loweil (late of indigence, and degraded 
into a chorus-finger at Sadler’s Wells, Cuper’s Gardens, 
and fome fay as a ballad-finger in the llreets; but we be¬ 
lieve this lalt particular is not correCt. He ended his days 
as the keeper of an alehoufe at Otter’s Pool in Hertford¬ 
shire, where the remains of his fine voice drew much com¬ 
pany from the neighbouring towns and villages: he lived 
to a great age. 
LO'W-BELL, f. A name given to a bell by means of 
which, affilted by a flame of light, larks, woodcocks, par¬ 
tridges, &c. may be caught in open champaign countries, 
end in dubble-fields, efpecially thofe of wheat, from the 
middle of October to the end of March. L010, in this 
Cjife, is derived from laeye, Dut. leg, Sax. or log, Iflandic, 
a flame. Lome denotes a flame in Scotland alto; and to 
iowe, to flame. 
LO'W-BELLERS, f. in our (latute-books, are perfons 
who go in the night-time with a light and bell, by the 
fight and noife whereof, birds fitting on the ground be¬ 
come ftupified, and fo are covered with a net, and taken. 
They are ftigmatized as poachers, or petty thieves, becaufe 
partridges are caught in this way. 
LO'W-BELLING, or Bir'd-batting, f. Catching 
birds with a low-bell. It is performed in the following 
manner : When the air is mild, about nine o’clock at 
night, the moon not fhining, take the low-bell, which 
fhouid be of a deep hollow found, and of fuch a fize as 
may be conveniently carried in one hand ; toll this bell 
juft as a wether-fheep does while he is feeding in pafture- 
ground. You mull alfo have a box, much like a lantern, 
about a foot and a half fquare, big enough to hold two 
or three great lights, lined with tin, and one fide open to 
fend forth the light: fix this box to your breatl, and the 
light will call at a great diftance before you, very broad, 
by which means you may fee any thing on the ground 
within the compafs of the light, and confequently the 
birds that rooft thereon. You are to have two men with 
you, one on each fide, but a little after you, that they 
may not be within the reflection of the light. Each of them 
fhouid be provided with a hand-net, about three or four 
feet fquare, which mull be fixed to a long (tick, to carry 
in their hands; fo that, when either of them fees any 
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birds on his fide, he is to ealt his net over them, and fa 
take them up with as little noife as may be. When the 
ret is over the birds, the perfon who laid it is not to be in. 
a hurry to take them, but tnuft flay till he who carries the 
light is got beyond it, that the motions may not be dil- 
covered. The blaze of the light and the noife of the bell 
terrify and amaze the birds in fuch a manner, that they 
remain Hill to be taken ; but the people who are about 
the work mull keep the greateft quiet and ililinefs that 
may be. 
Some people are fond of going alone in this fport. The 
perfon then fixes the light-box to his bread, and carries 
the bell in one hand and the net in the other 5 the net in 
this cafe may be fomewhat fmaller, and the handle Ihorter. 
But fome perfons, in (lead of having the light to their 
breall, tie the low-bell to their girdle, and their motion 
caufes the bell to ftrike ; and, as for the light, they carry 
it in their hand, extending the arm before them ; but the* 
their lantern or box is not fo large as that which is hung 
at the bread. OJbaldiJloa's Britijh Sportfman. 
LO'W-BORN, adj. Born cf mean parents : 
This is the prettied lorn-lorn lafs that ever 
Ran the green-fward ; nothing die does or feenis, 
But fmacks of fomething greater than herfelf. &kakcfpeart a 
Corruption, like a general flood. 
Shall deluge all; and av’rice, creeping on, 
Shall fpread a low-born mid, and blot the fun. Pope, 
LO'W-BROWED, adj. Havingaiow forehead, or front % 
We wand’ring go through dreary wades. 
Where round fome mould’ring tower pale ivy creeps. 
And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o’er the deeps. Pope „ 
_ LO'W-BUILT, adj. Built low ; conftrufted fo as t» 
rife but little from the furface. 
Valt yellow offsprings are the German's pride ; 
But hotter climates narrower frames obtain. 
And low-built houfes are the growth of Spain. Creech. 
LOW COUN'TRIES. See Brabant, Flanders, amf. 
Netherlands. 
LOW GREEN POI'NT, a cape on theeail coaft of the 
ifland of Sumatra. Lat. 3 12. S. Ion. 106. E. 
LOW-HA-REA'K, a town of Africa, in the country 
of Tunis, anciently called Aquilaria, fituated at the point 
of the peninfula of Dackhul, near Cape Bon : fifteen mile* 
north of Clybea, and forty-five ead-north-ead of Tunis. 
LOW HILL', atowndiip of America, in Northampton 
county, Pennfylvania, containing 545 inhabitants. 
LO'W-HUNG, adj. Hanging low; fituate in the lower 
region of the air: 
My eyes no objefl met 
But low-hung clouds that dipt themfelves in rain 
To ftake their fleeces on the earth again. Dryden. 
LOW I'SLAND, a fmall ifland in the Eadern India® 
Sea, near the fouth coall of Cumbava. Lat. 9. i.S. Ion. 
117. 34. E. 
LOW LAY'TON. See Laytonstone, vol. xii. p. 407, 
LO'W-MINDED, adj. Mean ; grovelling. 
LOW-RA'TED. adj. At a low price ; valued at a low 
rate: 
Proud of their numbers, and fecurein foul. 
The confident and over-ludy French 
Do the low-rated Engliffi play at dice. Skakefpeare. 
LO'W-ROOFED, adj. Built low; having the roof not 
far from the ground : 
No luxury found room 
In low-roof'd houfes and in walls of loom. Dryden. 
LO'W-SPIRITED, adj. Dejefled 3 deprefled; not 
lively ; not vivacious ; not fprightly.—Severity carried 
to the highed pitch breaks the mind; and then, in the 
place of a diforderly young fellow, you have a lowfpiritci 
moped creature. Locke. 
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