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within itfelf.” This party, though {mail at firft In num¬ 
ber, increafed prodigiously in a few years, and made a 
diftinguilhed figure under the protedlorlhip of Cromwell. 
Mr. Nyeinterefted himfelf much in political affairs, and 
was often confulted by men in power, efpeciaily after 
the army had begun to gain the afcendancy. In the year 
1653 he was appointed one of the tryers for examining 
into the qualifications and characters of minifters; and 
in 1654, he was nominated one of the affiftants to the 
commiffioners for ejecting ignorant and infufficient mi¬ 
nifters and fchoolmafters. Mr. Nye was one of the prin¬ 
cipal managers in the aflembly of the congregational 
churches, appointed by the protestor Oliver to meet at 
the Savoy, in 1658 ; which confifted of minifters and 
niefiengers from above a hundred congregational churches, 
of whom the majority were laymen, and the reft pallors of 
churches, and fome younger divines about the protestor's 
court. The refult of their meeting was, “A Declaration of 
the Faith and Order owned and praCtifed in the Congrega¬ 
tional Churches in England, agreed upon and confented 
unto by their Elders and Meflengers in their Meeting at 
the Savoy, Odtober 12, 1658.” In the following year it 
was tranflated into Latin by profefi’or Hoornbeeck, and 
publifhed at the end of his Epiftola ad Durceurn de Ir.de- 
pendentifmo. At the end or the Savoy confeftion there 
is a chapter of difcipline, entitled “ Of the Inftitution of 
Churches, and the Order appointed in them by Jefus 
Chrift.” Soon after the reftoration of king Charles'II. 
an order of parliament waspafledfor depofiting Mr. Nye’s 
papers with the archbifhop of Canterbury at Lambeth ; 
and, as he had rendered himfelf very obnoxious by the 
aftive part which he had taken in politics, it was debated 
in council for feveral hours, whether he ftiould be ex¬ 
cepted for life, together with John Goodwin and Hugh 
Peters. At length it was concluded, “ that if he ftiould 
hereafter accept or exercife any office, ecclefiaftical, mili¬ 
tary, or civil, he ftiould, to all intents and purpofes, in 
law, ftand as if he had been totally excepted.” He was 
ejected from the reCtory of St. Bartholomew, to the north 
of the Exchange ; and afterwards preached privately to a 
con°Te°'ation of diffenters, as opportunity offered, till 
the year 167a, when he died about the age of feventy-fix. 
He left behind him, fays Calamy, “ the character of a 
man of uncommon depth, who was feldom, if ever, out- 
reached.” With the difciplinarian controverfy he was 
2110ft intimately acquainted, and there was fcarcely a book 
written upon the fubjeCt which he had not read. He was 
the author of many works, the titles of which may be 
feen in the Gen. Biog. to which and_ to Toulmin’s Neal, 
v.e refer our readers. 
NYE of Pheasants, a brood of pheafants. So an 
eye is fometnnes called ; but eye is right; from ey, Teut. 
an egg. 
NYEBY'E, a town of Denmark, on the eaft coaft of 
the ifland of Taalinge. Lat. 54. 57. N. Ion. ic.40. E. 
NYED', a town of Sweden, in the province of War- 
meland : eighteen miles north-north-eaft of Carlftadt. 
NYEKIO'BING, a town of Denmark, in the ifland of 
Falfter, on a narrow channel, oppofite Laland. This is 
one of the moft ancient towns in the kingdom. It is 
fituated on the ftrait called Guldborgfund, which divides 
Falfter from Moen, and is a pretty large well-built town. 
On the land-fide it is fortified with a wall and a ditch ; 
and carries on a confiderable trade. Here is a free gram- 
mer-lchool of four clafles, and an hofpital, which is one 
of the beft endowed in the whole kingdom. The royal 
palace is a great ornament to the town. In 1507, a re¬ 
markable congrefs was held here, between king John and 
ihofe Hanfe-lowns which lie on the Baltic. Lat. 54. 46. N. 
Ion. 11. 51. E. 
NYEKIO'BING, a town of Denmark, on the north 
coaft of the ifland of Zealand, in the Gulf of Ifefiord, 
with confiderable commerce and a good harbour. Lat. 
55. 55. N. Ion. 11.41. E. 
N Y M 
NYE'VRE, a river of France which rifes near Clramp- 
lemy, and runs into the Loire at Nevers. 
NYE'VRE, or Nievre, formerly the Nivernois, one of 
the nine departments of the central region of France, in 
lat. 47. 10. N. deriving its name from the above river. It 
is bounded on the north by the department of the Yonne, 
on the eaft by the departments of the Cote d’Or, and Saone 
and Loire, on the fouth by the departments of the Saone 
and Loire, and the Allier, and on the weft by the depart¬ 
ment of the Cher. It is twenty-four French leagues in 
length, and twenty-three in breadth, comprehends 36s 
fquare leagues, and 251,158 inhabitants. Nevers is the 
capital. The foil of this department, in general, yields 
grain, wine, flax, fruits, and paftures; and it has mines 
of iron and coal, marble-quarries, and mineral fprings. 
NYFFE', a country of Africa, fouth of Caffina, united 
with Cabi. 
NYKE'E, a town of Africa, and capital of a diftriCl 
in Melli, fituated on the road from Kong to Caftina: 
feventy-five miles north of Malel. Lat. 14. 45. N. Ion. 
9.20. E. 
NY'KTRKE, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Gothland : 
twenty-four miles north-weft of Linkioping. 
NYKIO'BING. See Niekiobing. 
NY'KOPING, a town of Sweden, in Sudermanland: 
forty-nine miles fouth-weft of Stockholm. Lat. 58.45.N, 
Ion. 16. 53. E. 
NY'KYL, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Gothland : ten 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Linkioping. 
NYKYR'KA, a town of Sweden, in the government 
of Abo : thirty-miles north-weft of Abo. 
NYLACKL'Y, one of the Banda iflands, in the Eaftern 
Indian Sea. Lat. 4. 11.S. Ion. 130. 3 3. E. 
NY'LAND, a province of Sweden, in the fouthern 
part of Finland, fituated in a bay of the Gulf of Fin¬ 
land, and bounded on the eaft by Ruffia. It is near 130 
miles in length, and, except in a few places, only 30 in 
breadth. This is a level, fertile, pleafant, country ; and 
is better peopled and cultivated than the neighbouring- 
provinces. It confifts of good arable land and meadows, 
excellent paftures, fine woods ; rivers and lakes abound¬ 
ing with fiffi ; and is well llored with game of all forts. 
Here are alfo fome fawing-mills, and iron-founderies, 
which are fupplied with iron-ore from Sudermanland. 
The inhabitants fubfift by agriculture,- grazing, and fifti- 
ing ; and they trade in corn, planks, linen, and dried fifti. 
The fee of Borgo, which is the ninth bifliopric in rank, 
and confifts of feven provoftfhips, is in this province. 
Nyland is divided into three diftri&s, which are compre¬ 
hended in the government of Tavaftland. Helftngfors is 
the principal place. 
NY'LEN, a town of France, in the department of the 
TwoNethes: fix miles weft-fouth-weft of Herentals. 
NYLGHAU'. See vol. iii. p. 773. 
NYLODE'SE, or New Lode'se, a town of Sweden, 
in Weft Gothland, formerly a very flourifliing town, 
being fituated on the North Sea, and governed by its own 
laws. This town was built in the year 1545. The bur¬ 
ghers of Gamla, or Old Lodefe, obtained leave to remove 
hither, and live in New Lodefe for the conveniency of 
trade, as it {lands near the fea. But, the town being en¬ 
tirely burnt by the Danes in 1611, the inhabitants with¬ 
drew to Alinglahs. 
NYM, a river of France, which runs into the Sour 
about three miles below’ Echternach. 
NYM'BURG. See Nimburg. 
NYM'ET (Bifliop’s), a village in Devonfnire, three 
miles from Southmolton, and fifteen from Tiverton. 
The manor is annexed to the bifliopric of Exeter, and 
the biihop grants three lives on it; it is now held by 
the Southcomb family. In this parifti are good lime- 
rocks. 
NYM'ET (King’s) is fix miles from Southmolton, and 
fifteen from Barnftaple. The manor is the property of 
John 
