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LE'LEX, an Egyptian who came with a colony to Me- 
gara, where he reigned about 200 years before the Trojan 
war. His fubjecls were called, from him, Leleges. —Alfo the 
name of a Greek who was the firft king of Laconia, in Pelo- 
ponnefus. His fubjefts were-alfo called Leleges, and the 
country where he reigned Lelegia. 
LE'LIAN, a town on the north coaft of the ifland of 
Bouro. Lat. 3. 10. S. Ion. 127.12. E. 
LE'LIT PAT'TAN. See Pattan. 
LEL'KA, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Belcz : 
hx miles north of Belcz. 
LEL'OW, a town of Auftrian Poland, in the palati¬ 
nate of Cracow: thirty-two miles north-weft of Cracow. 
LELUN'DA, a river of Africa, which joins the Zaire 
about lixty miles from its mouth. 
LELUN'DA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 
Congo, on the river fo called, which runs into the Zaire : 
thirty-five miles eaft of St. Salvador. 
LEL'Y (Sir Peter), a celebrated portrait-painter, was 
born at Soelt, in Weltphalia, in 1617. His father, whofe 
family name was Vander Vaas, a native of Holland, was 
a captain in the garrifon of that town. Peter received 
his firft inftruttions in painting from Grabber, at Haer- 
lem, and began with practiiing in landfcape, and hiftori- 
cal pieces lels than life. Attrafled by the encouragement 
given to the arts by Charles I. he came over to England 
in 164.1, and was led by the fame and fortune of Vandyke 
to emulate him in portrait-painting. He obtained an 
introduction to the king, and painted his portrait, as he 
alfo did that of Cromwell; but it was not till after the 
reftoration that he rofe to the height of his fame and prof- 
perity. He painted with a light and delicate pencil, and 
a lovely tone of colouring ; gave great grace to the airs 
of his heads, and the attitudes of his figures ; made his 
fancy-draperies flow with eafe and elegance; and, by his 
attention to impart beauty even where he did not find it, 
became the favourite ladies’ painter. He has tranfmitted 
the features of nioft of the fine women in the court of 
Charles II. if not with ftriking truth, yet in their faireft 
form ; but he difplays more art than genius, and, by an 
uniform attention to pleafe, has fallen into an uniformity 
of manner. He was, however, not only employed upon 
beauties, but feveral of the eminent men of the time 
chofe to be reprefented to pofterity by his pencil. Lely 
was in great favour with Charles II. who made him his 
principal painter, and honoured him with knighthood. 
He acquired wealth, part of which he employed in the 
purchafe of a fine collection of pictures and drawings, 
which after his death fold for 26,000b Sir Peter married 
an Englifh lady of beauty and family, and purchafed an 
eftate at Kew, where he refided in the fummer, living in 
a ftyle fuited to his fortune. He was not free from jea- 
louly as an artift, and viewed with anxiety the rifing re¬ 
putation of Kneller. He was feized, as he was painting 
the duchefs of Somerfet, with an apoplectic fit, of which 
he died in 1680, at the age of fixty-three. His remains 
were interred in Covent-garden church, under a monu¬ 
ment, with his buft carved by Gibbons. Lely’s works are 
difperfed in collections throughout England. The beauties 
at Windl’or by his hand are much admired, and form a 
principal decoration of that palace. Walpole s Anecd. 
LEM-TCHIN', a town of Thibet: twelve miles weft- 
north-weft of Pitchan. 
LE'MA, a ftnall idand in the Chinefe Sea. Lat. 22. N. 
Ion. 114. 17. E. 
LE'MA I'SLANDS, a clufter of finall iflands in the 
Eaftern Indian Sea, near the weft coaft of the idand of 
Borneo. Lat. 1.10. S. Ion. 108. 48. E. 
LEM'AN,y. [Generally fuppofed to be I'amaiit, the 
lover, Fr. but imagined by Junius, with almoft equal 
probability, to be derived from leaf, Dut. or leop, Sax. 
beloved, and man. The etymology is Itrongly fupported 
by the ancient orthography, according to which it was 
written leveman .] A fweetheart 3 a gallant 3 or a miftrefs. 
Banner. 
Hold for my fake, and do him not to dye; 
But, vanquifh’d, thine eternal bonddave make,’ 
And me thy worthy meed unto thy leman take. Spenfer, 
A cup of wine, 
That’s bride and fine, 
And drink unto the leman mine. Shakefpcare. 
LEM'AN, a river of England, which runs into the Ex 
near Tiverton. 
LEM'AN (Department of ), a divilion of France, formed 
by the Genevois, and named from the lake, called indif¬ 
ferently the Leman Lake, or the Lake of Geneva. It is 
bounded on the north by the lake, Swiflerland, and the 
department of Jura ; on the eaft by the Valais, and the de¬ 
partments of the Doria and Mont Blanc 5 on the fouth 
by the department of Mont Blanc ; and on the wed by 
the departments of the Ain and Mont Blanc. The chief 
towns are Geneva, Thonon, and Bonneville. 
LEM'AN LA'KE. See Geneva, vol. viii. p. 320. 
LEMA'NIS, a place in Britain, where Caefar is fuppofed 
to have firft landed ; and therefore placed by f’ome at Lime 
in Kent. 
LEMAN'NUS, a lake in the country of the Allobroges, 
through which the Rhone flows. It is now called the 
Lake of Geneva or Laufanne. 
LEMA'VI, in ancient geography, a people of Spain, in 
the Tarragonenfis. Their capital was Daftonium, accord¬ 
ing to Ptolemy. 
LEM'BA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Congo. 
LEM'BA, a town on the weft coaft of the idand of Ce¬ 
lebes. Lat. 3. 1 5. S. Ion. 119. 52. E. 
LEM'BA, or Libon'go, a river of Africa, which is too 
fhallow for navigation, and has no harbour at its mouth. 
It runs into the Atlantic ten miles fouth of the Onza. 
LEM'BACH, a town of the duchy of Stiria : three 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Marburg. 
LEM'BACH, a town of Aultria : nine miles fouth of 
Aigen. 
LEM'BECK, a town of Germany, in the bifhopric of 
Munfter: fix miles weft-north-weft of Haltern. 
LEMBEE'CK, a town of France, in the department of 
the Scheldt : eight miles fouth of Ghent. 
LEMBE'GE, a toyn of France, in the department of 
the Lower Pyrenees: fifteen miles north-north-weft of 
Tarbe, and fifteen north-eaft of Pau. 
LEM'BERG, or Le'opold, a city of Auftrian Poland, 
and capital of Galicia. It is a large and opulent city, 
and pretty well fortified in the Polifh manner, that is, 
only with timber; and lies low, on the banks of the river 
Peltew, which foon after joins the Bug'; being furrounded 
with hills and mountains which command the town. 
Lemberg is the fee of a Popifii archbifhop, and likewife 
of a Rulfian and Armenian bidiop. It carries on a con- 
fiderable trade ; and has two caftles, one within and an¬ 
other without its walls. The latter (lands on a high hill;, 
and the Carmelite monaftery, which is fortified, may ferve 
for a citadel to this callle. Here is a magnificent cathe¬ 
dral, and feveral other churches ; a gymnafium, orfemi- 
nary, an arfenal, a public granary, two Jewilh fchools, &c.. 
A provincial diet and court of judicature are alfo held in 
this town. The inhabitants of this city are a mixture of 
feveral nations. Lemberg was erefted into an archbi- 
fhop’s fee in 1361 or 1362. In the year 1375 the fe# was 
removed to Halicz, but in 1416 it was reftored to this city. 
In 1656, Lemberg held out two months, when befieged 
by the Ruffians and Cofacs ; and in 1672 it alfo baffled 
the attempts of the Turks, who at laft purchafed it for 
86,000 dollars. But in 1704 it was taken, fword in hand,, 
by Charles XII. king of Sweden. It is feventy-two miles 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Chelm, 156 eaft of Cracow’, and 300 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Konigfberg. Lat. 49. 51. N. Ion. 
23.59. E. 
LEM'BERG, a town of France, in the department of 
the Mofelle : three miles fouth-weft of Bitche, and tw’elva 
fouth-eaft of Sarguemincs, 
LEM'BERG 
