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which afcertain the origin of the inftitution of the office 
in this kingdom, though there ..re many that recognize it. 
In 1341 Petrarch was crowned with laurel in the Capitol 
by the fenate of Rome; afterwards Frederic III. emperor 
of Germany, gave the laurel to Conradus Celtes ; and 
ever fmce the counts palatinate of the empire have claimed 
the privilege of folemniy inventing poets with the bays. 
Chaucer, who was contemporary with Petrarch, and ac¬ 
quainted with him, when abroad, affumed the title of 
poet-laureate on his return to England ; and in the'nth 
year of Richard II. obtained a grant of an annual allow¬ 
ance of wine. We read of perfons under the fame title 
in the reigns of Edward IV. Henry VII. and VIII. and of 
James I, who, in 1615, granted to his laureat an annual 
penlion of 100 marks. In the year 1630, this penlion 
was augmented, by letters patent of Charles I. to iool. 
per annum, with an additional grant of one terfe of Ca¬ 
nary Spanilh wine, to be taken out of the king’s ftore 
of wines yearly. 
LAU'REATE, adj. [laurcatus, Lat.] Decked or inveft- 
ed with a laurel : 
Bid Amaranthus all his beauty '’■ed, 
And daffodillies fill their cups w. ’ars, 
To ftrew the laureate hearfe where „.u lies. Milton. 
Belonging to the court-poet.—Soft on her lap her laureate 
fon reclines. Pope. 
LAU'REATED, adj. Crowned with laurel. 
LAUREA'TION, f. A term in the Scottifii univerfi- 
ties, ufed for the aft of taking up the degree of a mailer 
of arts, to which the Undents are admitted after four 
years’ ftudy in the univerfities. Dr. Johnfon adds, that 
upon thefe occafions a flowery crown is ufed, in imita¬ 
tion of laurel among the ancients. 
LAU'REL, / \_laurus, Lat. laurier, Fr. J A tree. See 
Laurus. —The laurus or laurel of the ancients is affirmed 
by naturalills to be what we call the bay-tree. Ainjworth. 
The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, 
And poets fage. Fairy Queen. 
Pieces of gold coined in the year 1619, with the king’s 
head laureated; which gave them the name of laurels, or 
laurels. The twenty-fliilling piece was marked with XX, 
the ten-fhiHing X. and the five-lhilling piece V. Camd. 
Annal. Jac. I. MS. 
LAU'REL, adj. Belonging to the laurel; made of laurel. 
LAU'REL (Alexandrian). See Ruscus. 
LAU'REL (Chinefe). See Antidesma, vol. i. p. 764. 
LAU'REL (Dwarf American). See Kalmia, vol. v. 
P- 597 - 
LAU'REL (Flax-leaved). See Daphne gnidium, vol. v. 
P- 597 - 
LAU'REL (Sea-fide). See Phyllanthus. 
LAU'REL (Spurge). See Daphne, vol. v. p. 595. 
LAU'REL MOUN'TAINS, mountains of Virginia. 
Lat. 38. 30. N. Ion. 80. 30. W. 
LAU'REL MOUN'TAINS, mountains between Vir¬ 
ginia and Kentucky. Lat. 37. N. Ion. 8a. W. 
LAU'REL RID'GE, a part of the Allegany Moun¬ 
tains, in the weftern part of Pennfylvania. Lat. 40. N. 
Ion. 79. ao, W. 
LAU'REL RIV'ER, a river of Kentucky, which runs 
into the Cumberland in lat. 36. 36. N. Ion. 83. 50. W. 
LAU'RELLED, adj. Crowned or decorated with lau¬ 
rel; laureated-. 
Then future ages with delight (hall fee 
How Plato’s, Bacon’s, Newton’s, looks agree; 
Or in fair feries laurelCd bards be fhown ; 
A Virgil there, and here an Addifon. Pope. 
LAU'REMBERG (Peter), a learned phyfician, was 
born at Roftcck, where his father was profeflor of medi¬ 
cine and mathematics. Peter took the degree of doftor 
in the univerfity of his native place, and afterwards tra¬ 
velled into France, and fettled for fome time at Montau- 
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ban, where he taught philofophy in i6it. In 1614, how¬ 
ever, he was at Hamburgh, and was profelfor of natural 
philofophy there until 1620 ; when he returned to Rof- 
tock, and was appointed profeffor of poetry in 1624. He 
died in this city on the 13th of May, 1639, at the age of 
fifty-four. He left feveral works ; as, 1. Dil’putationes 
Phyficse, Roftock, 1616. 2. Ifagoges Anatomies Greecte 
Interpretatio, Hamb. 1616. 3. Proceftria Anatomica, 
ibid. 1619. 4. Laurus Delphica, feu Confiiium quo de- 
feribitur Methodus perfacilis ad Medicinatn, Leyd. 1621. 
5. In Synopfin Aphorifmorum Chymiatricorum Angels 
Salse, Yicentini, Notae et Animadverfiones, Rod. 1624. 
6. Porticus Efculapii, feu geralis Artis Medicse Conftitu- 
tio, ibid. 1630. 7. Apparatus Plantarius primus. Sec.. 
Frankfort, 1632. 8. Paficompfe nova, id elt Delineatio 
Pulchritudinis, Leipf. 1634. 9. Anatomia Corporis hu- 
niani, live Collegium Anatomicum duodecim difputa- 
tionibus comprehenfum, Roll. 1636. 
William Lauremberg, the father of the preceding, who 
died in 1612, left an Effay on the malignant petechial Fe¬ 
ver, Roll. 1605 ; and the following pofthumous works : 
De Curatione Calculi, Leyd. 1619 ; Botanotheca, live 
Modus conficiendi Herbarium vivum, 1626 j and Hiftoria 
Defcriptionis Aelitis, five Lapidis Aquilae, 1627.—His 
younger Ion, John Lauremberg, was likewife a phyfician, 
and author of feveral works on the antiquities of Greece, 
algebra, and arithmetic, Sec. Eloy. Diet, de la Med. 
LAUREMBER'GIA, /. in botany ; [fo named by 
Bergius in honour of Peter Lauremberg, juft noticed.] 
See Serpicula repens. 
LAU'RENBERG, a town of Germany, in the county 
of Holzapfel: three miles fouth of Holzapfel. 
LAU'RENCE, or Lawrence, a man’s name. 
LAU'RENCE (Bay of St.), a bay on the eaft coaft of 
Ruflia, at the entrance of Beering’s Straits. Lat. 63. 47, 
N. Ion. 188. 15. E. 
LAU'RENCE (Canons of St.), an order of regular ca¬ 
nons, fo called from the monaftery of St. Laurence d’Oulx, 
in Dauphine. This congregation is faid to have been found - 
ed by St. Benedift. It was deftroyed by the Vandals, and 
continued uninhabited till the middle of the nth century. 
In 1057, Odo count of Savoy gave it to one Gerard and his 
canons. This donation was confirmed in 1065, by Cuni- 
bert, bifhop of Turin, who added to it above forty other 
churches ; by which means a very confiderable congrega¬ 
tion was formed, to whom the fucceedingpopes, and counts 
of Savoy, granted a great many privileges. It had thirty 
priories; the chief, who is the prior of the congregation, 
bears the title of provoll, and exercifes a fpiritual jurifdic- 
tion throughout his provoftlhip. 
LA.U'RENCE CREE'K, a river of Kentucky, which 
runs in the Ohio in lat. 38. 30. N. Ion. 83. 36. W. 
LAU'RENCE HAR'BOUR, a bay on the fouth coaft 
of Newfoundland, fituated north-well of the entrance into 
Placentia Bay. 
LAU'RENCE I'SLAND, a fmall ifland in the gulf of 
Florida, near the coaft of Eaft Florida. Lat. 25. 36 N. 
Ion. 80. 22. W. 
LAU'RENCE I'SLAND, an ifland in the Pacific ocean, 
on the coaft of Ruflia, near Tfchukotlkoi Nofs ; about 
three leagues in circuit. Lat. 63. 47. N. Ion. 188. 15. E. 
LAU'RENCE KE'Y, a fmall ifland in the bay of Hon¬ 
duras, near the coaft of Mexico. Lat. 16. N. Ion. 89. 
48. W. 
LAU'RENCE KIR'K, a town of Scotland, in the 
county of Kincardine. Manufactures of lawn, cambric. 
Sec. have been lately eftabliflied. In 1719, it was erected 
into a burgh of barony, with the privilege of a market. 
In 1801, the population was 1215. It is l'even miles weft 
of Bervie. 
LAU'RENCE RIV'ER and GUL'F. The St. Lau¬ 
rence is one of largelt rivers in North America. It iffues 
from Lake Ontario forming the outlet of the long chain 
of great lakes which feparate Upper Canada from the 
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