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it had gone through various revifions by Calvin, Beza, 
and others. But, in its original flate it exhibits an un¬ 
couth and barbarous ftyle, and is far from being faithful. 
The characters in which it is printed are Gothic, and the 
language of it is no Ids lb; neither is it free from miltakes: 
but it was no fmall thing gained, to have the Scriptures 
in any way given in the vernacular language of the coun¬ 
try. This original edition is now extremely fcarce, and 
chiefly valued on thataccount. Olivetan furvived his pub¬ 
lication but a fhort time ; for he was poifoned at Rome the 
year after, of which his tranflation is alleged to have been 
the caufe. Olivetan’s Bible, reviled by John Calv.in and 
N. Malinger, was reprinted at Geneva, in 1550, in quarto. 
This edition is ftili rarer than the former. It is called the 
Bible de I'Epe'e, becaufe the printer had a fword for his 
lign. Bn a/. Brit. 
OLIVI'ER (Seraphim), a learned French cardinal, 
was born at Lyons in the year 1538. He Audied the civil 
and canon law at Bologna ; and then went to Rome, 
where he recommended himfelf to the notice and patron¬ 
age of Pius IV. By that pontiff he was created, at firil 
auditor, and afterwards dean, of the Rota; which polls 
be retained during forty years. He w’as frequently em¬ 
ployed in the capacity Qf nuncio, by popes Gregory XIII. 
Sixtus V. and Clement VIII. In the year 1604, the laft- 
mentioned pontiff bellowed on him the title of Patriarch 
of Alexandria, and raifed him to the facred college, on 
the recommendation of king Henry IV. By the fame 
prince he was-nominated to the bifnopric of Rennes in 
Brittany. He died in 1609, at the age of feventy-one. 
He prepared for the prels, Decifiones Rota Humana , 
which made tlveir appearance at Rome in 1614, in two 
volumes, folio ; and were reprinted at Frankfort, in the 
following year, with additions and notes. Moreri. 
OLIVI'ER (Claude Matthieu), advocate of the parlia¬ 
ment of Aix, was born at Marfeilles in 1701, and appeared 
at the bar with eclat. He had a chief hand in the eltab- 
lifhtnent of the academy of Marfeilles, and was one of its 
. original members. He pofiefled a quick and lively ge¬ 
nius : a few hours’ retirement from lociety and from his 
pleafures, were frequently fuflicient to enable him to fpeak 
-•^nd write, even on important cafes. Given to exccfs in 
every thing, he would employ a fortnight in fludying the 
Gode and the Digelt, or in ftoring his mind with the beau¬ 
ties of Demollhenes, Homer, Cicero, orBolfuet; and then 
abandon himfelf for another fortnight, frequently a whole 
month, to frivolity and diflipation. He died in 1736, at 
the age of thirty-five. He publilhed, 1. L’Hiftoire de Phi¬ 
lippe, Roi de Macedoine, et Pere d’Alexandre le Grand ; 
2 vols. 121110. No writer has fo ably handled the hiflory 
.of the age of Philip, the interefts of the different nations 
of Greece, and their manners and cuftoms ; but the con- 
dudl of the work is extremely defective : the digreffions 
are too frequent, and often tedious ; and the ftyle is in no 
refpeCl fuitable to a hiflory. A difeafe of the brain, with 
which he was attacked, and under which he laboured fe- 
veral years, prevented him from putting his lad hand to 
the work. a. Memoire fur les Secours donnes aux Ro- 
mains par les Marfeillois pendant la 2 de Guerre Punique. 
5. Memoire fur les Secours donnes aux Romains par les 
Marfeillois durant Guerre contre les Gaulois. Enc>/. Bril. 
. OLIVIF'EROUS, adj. [from the Lat. oka, , an olive, and 
fern, to bear.] Bearing olives, producing olives. Cole. 
•OLIVI'NUS, f. [Lat. from the ufual (hade of colour.] 
Glivin ; in mineralogy, a genus of filiceous earth, of 
which the characters are—Conlifting of the greater part 
filex, and a fmaller proportion of alumine and oxyd of 
iron; found in bafaltes, fhining internally, generally of 
a common form, hard, mouldering in the air; melting 
with difficulty. 
Olivin is allied to Chryfolite. It occurs in grains or 
irregularly-fpherical particles, in bafaltic rocks; accord¬ 
ing to fome, in no other fituation. It is very liable to 
decompoiition, firfl lofing its luflre, and then its confift- 
ency ; crumbling at length into a loofe earthy powder of 
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a yellowifh-brown ochry colour. From a knowledge of 
this circumltance, the porous appearance of fome varieties 
of bafalt may perhaps be accounted for ; the particles of 
olivin originally contained in them having been fepa- 
rated by gradual decompofition. There are four fpecies. 
1. Olivinus Werneri, common olivin, or olive chryfo¬ 
lite. Specific charadter, tinged, diaphanous, of a concha- 
ceous texture, breaking into indeterminate fragments 
Found at Arthur’s Seat near Edinburgh, in France, Ger¬ 
many, and moll parts of Europe, imbedded in bafalt, 
fometimes in the form of grains, fometimes in large pieces ; 
colour, olive or yellowifti-green ; and, when withered, 
brownilh or ochre-yellow: is attacked by digeftion in ni¬ 
tric acid, and its ferruginous parts taken up. Specific 
gravity, 3-225. 
2. Olivinus vitreus, hyalite, or muller’s glafsi pellucid, 
pure white, of a glafly texture; breaking Into indeter¬ 
minate fragments, with the furfaces fpherically-convex. 
Found in Germany, Hanover, and Frankfort, in rocks of 
trap or ferpentinc ; and occurs in the form of grains, fila¬ 
ments, or rhomboidal malfes ; texture foliated ; fracture 
inclining to rhomboidal; is generally tranfparent, fome¬ 
times,though fe!dom,opake; is infulible at i5o°of Wedg¬ 
wood, but yields to foda. Specific gravity, 2-11 ; contains 
filex 57, alumine 18, lime 15, and a very little iron. 
3. Olivinus fpatofus: diaphanous, white, of a foliated 
texture. Found in Gottingen in bafalt, and on Mount 
Mendenburg on the Rhine. Refembles feldfpar; but is 
harder, and much more difficult of fulion. 
4. Olivinus fibrofus: diaphanous, white, fibrous, hard, 
fliining. Found on the banks of the Rhine near Unk.il,. 
imbedded in bafalt; and is very brittle. 
OLIZAROW'STO W, a town of Poland, in the palati¬ 
nate'of Brzefle : fourteen miles eall of Brzelk. 
OLKILUO'TO, a fmall ifland on the eall fide of the 
Gulf of Bothnia. Lat.61. 15.N. Ion. 21. 15 E. 
OLKINI'KI, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 
Troki: twenty-two miles fouth of Troki. 
OL'KOWITZ, or Alexowice, a town of Moravia, 
in the circle of Znaym : nine miles north-eait of Znaym. 
OL'KUSZ, or Ilkusk, a town of Poland, in the pa¬ 
latinate of Cracow; formerly celebrated for its mines: 
fixteen miles north-weilof Cracow. 
OL'LA, a river of Germany, which runs into the We- 
fer feventeen miles below Bremen. 
OL'LA, f. [Latin.] In heathen mythology, the pot 
in which the prielts boiled the portion of the victims that 
was allotted to them. 
OL'LA, f. [Spaniffi.] An oglio.—Not to tax him for 
want of elegance as a courtier, in writing oglio for vlla, 
the Spanifli word. Milton's Eiconoclaji. 
OL'LA PODRI'DA, [Spanifli.] A medley difh of 
cookery.—Bring forth tile pot; it is an o/la pod/ida, but 
I have perfons to prefent the meats. B. Jonfon's Majqnes. 
—He brings you no pot at all, but a mere olla podrida. 
Randolph's Mitfe's Looking-glafs. 
OLLA'RIA, /! in botany. See Lecythis. 
OLL'BRUCKEN, a town in the electorate of Cologne: 
ten miles north-well of Andernach, and eighteen north- 
well of Coblentz. 
OLLE'RIA, a town of Spain, in the province of Va¬ 
lencia : five miles fouth of St. Felipe. 
OL'LEROS POI'NT, a cape and harbour on the coaft 
of Peru. Lat. 14. 36. S. 
OL'LERTON, a town of England, in Nottinghamlhire: 
thirteen miles north of Newark. 
OLLIER'GUE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Puy de Dome : nine miles north-north-weft of 
Ambert, and twenty-four eall-fouth-eall of Clerthont. 
OLLIOU'LES, a town of France, in the department of 
the Var, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCt of 
Toulon: four miles weft of Toulon. The place contains 
2591 inhabitants. 
OLLY'A, a town of Bengal: fifty miles fouth-weft of 
Rogonatpour. 
OL'MAN, 
