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g preface am! notes collefted out of the Arabic manu- 
icripts in the Bodleian library; and numerous controver- 
fial trafts, Sermons, &c. The above were collected toge¬ 
ther, and printed at Oxford in 1757, in one folio volume. 
HOO'PER (John), a pious Englilh prelate, born in 
Somerfetlhire, about the year 1495. He received his aca¬ 
demical education at the univerfity of Oxford, and took 
bis degree of B. A. in 1518. Upon the acceflion of Ed¬ 
ward VI. Mr, Hooper was appointed to preach the Lent 
fermons. He was alfo lent to preach throughout the 
counties of Kent and Effex, in order to forward the doc¬ 
trine of the Reformation. When in 15.19 meafures were 
purfued for depriving Bonner of his bifhopric, Hooper 
was one of his principal accufers before the commiflioners ; 
which conduct was cruelly revenged by that prelate in the 
reign of queen Mary. In 1550, he was appointed bifhop 
of Gloucefter. After his confecration he was appointed 
to preach before the king ; and then hiftened to his dio- 
cefe. Here his conduct was truly praife-worthy, and ac¬ 
quired him univerfal refpeft and affeftion. For his hof- 
pitalitv, generolity, and liberality to the poor, he was 
eminently confpicuous. In 1552, upon the deprivation 
of Heath biihop of Worcefter, he was prelented to that 
iee, with liberty to keep it in commndcim with Gloucefter, 
This new diocefe, while it enlarged his fphere of aftion, 
ailo greatly increafed his means of ufefulnefs 5 and they 
were improved and exercifed by him with the utmolt di¬ 
ligence and fidelity. But ICarcely was queen Mary feated 
on the throne, in 1553, when a Hate mefi'enger was lent 
to bring up bifhop Hooper to London, to anfwer com¬ 
plaints, exhibited againft him by Heath, the deprived bi¬ 
ihop of Worcefter, and Bonner, who pretended that he 
had falfely accufed him.in the late reign. Upon his arri¬ 
val in London he was carried before the council, by whole 
order he was committed to the Fleet; and repeatedly car¬ 
ried for examination before the queen’s council, who ac¬ 
cufed him of herefy, and ordered him to be delivered up to 
the fecular power. He was now removed to Newgate; and 
from thence fent under the guard of a troop of horfe to 
the city of Gloucefter, where it was determined that he 
lhould be burnt in the midft of his affeffionate and for- 
rowful flock. On the 9th of February, 1555, he was led 
to the ftake, not being fuftered to fpeak to the weeping 
multitude; and was there ufed in a barbarous manner, as 
the fire was made of green wood, in confequence of which 
his lower limbs were llowly confirmed, while his vitals 
were unaffected; and he underwent the moft dreadful 
torments for above three quarters of an hour. He bore 
them, however, with true Chriftian patience and fortitude; 
and the laft words which he was able to utter were, “Lord 
Jefus, receive my lpirit.” At the time of his martyrdom, 
he was about fixty years of age. He was the author of 
numerous controversial treatifes, Sermons, Homilies, Ex- 
pofition3, Leftures, Confefllons, interefting Letters; &c. 
HOOTER (George), a learned writer, bifhop of Bath 
and Wells. He was eminent in mathematics, and well 
/killed in the eaftern learning and languages. He fat in thole 
diocefes above twenty-four years ; often refuted a feat 
in the privy council, and could not be prevailed upon to 
accept of the bifhopric of London on the death of biihop 
Compton. He wrote, 1. The Church-of England free 
from the Imputation of Popery. 2. A Difcourfe con¬ 
cerning Lent. 3. New Danger of Prefbytery. 4. An 
Inquiry into the State of the Ancient Meafures. 5. De 
Valentinianorum harefi conjeElura. 6. Several excellent Ser¬ 
mons ; and other works. 
HOOTER’S ISLAND and STRAITS, in the Ameri¬ 
can States, lie on the eaft fide of Chefapeak Bay, and on 
tire fouth-weft coaft of Dorchefter county, Maryland. 
The ifland is feven.miles long, and two and a half broad. 
HOOTING, J. The aft of putting on hoops ; the aft 
of coughing, or whooping. - 
HOOTING-COUGH, /. [or whooping-cough, from hoop, 
to-fhout..] A convplfive- cough,, fo called front its noife ; 
the chin-cough. 
Vet,. X. No. 659. 
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KOOTOE. See Upupa. 
HOO'REN. See Horn. 
HQORINGOT'TA, a river of Hindooftan, one of the 
mouths of the Ganges, which runs into the Bay of Ben¬ 
gal. Lat. 21. 50. N. Ion. 95- E. Greenwich. 
HOORN, a feaport town of Holland, fituated on the 
Zuyder Sea. Before the year 1390 it was only a hamlet 5 
in 1426 it was fu rounded with walls; in 150S it was 
confiderably enlarged, and the harbour, which is one of 
the belt in the Zuyder See, was made in 1577. It now 
holds the fecond rank among the cities of North Holland- 
after Alcmaer. In 1557, a ftorm broke down the dams, 
and filled the town with water, fo as to threaten its total 
deftruftion ; however, on the ceafing of .the ftorm, the 
waters retreated, and they have fince made the dams fuf- 
ficient to refill fo dangerous an enemy. The town is 
fortified, has five gates, and forne liandfome buildings, 
churches, and hofpitals. The land about is exceedingly 
rich, and produces great quantities of cheefe and butter, 
befides fattening great quantities of cattle, which are 
brought lean from the more northern parts of Europe s 
eleven miles eaft of Alcmaer. Lat. 52.39. N. Ion. 22.26. E. 
Ferro. 
HOORN, or Horn, a town of Germany, in Weftpha- 
lia, which gives name to a fmall county, in the biihopric 
of Liege. The male line of the counts became extinct in 
1568 : one league weft of Ruremond, and four fouth of 
Venlo. 
IiOOTNBEECK (John), a Dutch proteftant divine* 
born at Haerlem in 1617. At fiftee.n years of age he 
was fent to the univerfity of Leyden, where he made a 
confiderable progrefs in literature. He was admitted to 
the miniltry in 1639, and went to Cologne to exercife 
the duties of his funftion. In 1643 he returned to Hol¬ 
land, and was admitted to the degree of doftor of divi¬ 
nity. He had now acquired fuch a reputation for learn¬ 
ing and talents, that, in 1644, he was called to the theo¬ 
logical chair at Utrecht. In 1645 he was alfo ehofen mi- 
nilter in ordinary of the church of that city. In 1654 
he accepted of an invitation to remove to Leyden, where 
he rilled fimilar polls with thofe which he had occupied 
at Utrecht, and continued a ihining ornament of that ce¬ 
lebrated univerfity, until his death, in 1666, when about 
forty-nine years of age. His application was intenfe; 
and he underftood many languages, both ancient and 
modern ; as the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Rabbinical, Chal¬ 
dee, Syriac, Dutch, German, Englilh, French, Italian, 
Arabic, and Spani'h. He was the ..author of, 1. lnjlitu- 
tiones Theologies, z. Irenicum de Studio Pacts & Concordia:, 
4to. 3. De Confociatione Evangclica inter ReformalosES Evan- 
gelicos, 4to.' 4. Sodnianifmi Confutati, Tcmi Ires, 4to. 
Pro Convincendis & Convertendis Judais Lib. VIII. 4to. 6. 
De Converjione Gentilrum Lib. II. 4to. 7. Examen Bulla Ur~ 
bani VIII. de JJ'uitiJfis, Imaginibus, & FcJUs, 4to. 8. Examen 
Bulla Innocentii X. de Pace Germania, 4to. 9. Epiflola ad 
Duraum de IndepcndcntiJmo r 8vo. 10, Commcnlarius de Para - 
doxis IVeigclianis, 121110. 11. Apologia pro Ecclcfta Chrijtiana 
Hcdierna, contra Libellum, ad Legem Tejlimonium, 8vo. 
12. De Obfcrvanda a Chriftianis Pracepto Decalogi. Quarto, 
i2ino. 13. De Epifcopatu, 8vo. 14, Theologia Praclicce, 
Tomi duo, 4to. 15. Summa- Controver/arum, &c. 3vo. 16. 
Mifcella Vetera & Nova ; various Orations on public occa- 
fions; and.feveral treatifes, written in the Dutch lau- 
guage. 
HOO'SACK, a river of the American States, in the fcate 
New .York, which falls into the Hudfon from the eaft,. 
about eight miles above the city of Lanfinburgh. It riles 
in Berklhire county, Maifachufetts, runs north-wefteriy 
through Powrial in Vermont, thence into New York-State.. 
Its length is about forty miltes. 
HOOZUA'NA INDIANS, a wandering tribe of fa- 
vages, inhabiting the fouth-weft of Africa, and much 
dreaded by the neighbouring Hottentots. ■ Vaillant, in 
his Second, Journey in Africa, deferibes them as fol¬ 
lows ; “The Hoozuana is of fmall listure,, and he is a 
4- A ' tail- 
