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of which 'the Jefuits had the dire&ion, was founded in 
1592; and the walls were built in the'beginning of the 
eleventh century. In 1530 an attempt was made to in¬ 
troduce Lutheranifm ; but fixteen of the principal citi¬ 
zens who had embraced it were executed, and the reft 
obliged to abjure it. Duke Chriftian of Brunfwick car¬ 
ried off from hence, in 1692, the filver images of the 
twelve apoftles, and the filver coffin of St. Lotharius; and 
had them coined into money, with thisinfcription, “ God's 
Friend, the Prieft’s Enemy.” The trade of this town, 
though formerly great, is now inconfiderable ; and the 
inhabitants fnbfift moftly by agriculture and breeding of 
cattle. This city was chofen by Charlemagne as a place 
of abode, when he wifhed to put an end to the Saxon war 
of thirty years’ duration ; accordingly he fixed his camp 
here, and ere£ted it into a bifhopric, which was confirmed 
by pope Leo. Hence the town became confiderable,and 
feveral diets were affembled here. At prefent it has much 
declined, and its trade is become infignificant. Befides 
the cathedral, it has a collegiate and twoparifh churches. 
Lat. 51.40 N. Ion. 8. 54. E. 
PADER'NA, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Algarve: nine miles north-eaftof Silves. 
PADEW', a town of Poland, in the palatinate of San- 
domirz: thirty-two miles fouth-weft of Sandomirz. 
PAD'ICHAM, a townfhip of Laricafhire, with 2118 
inhabitants, including 965 employed in trade and manu- 
faftures: fix miles north-eaft of Blackburn. 
PADIL'LA (Lorenzo de), a Spanifh antiquarian of 
great eminence, who was one of the hiftoriographers to 
the emperor Charles V. Pie took infinite pains in pre- 
ferving Roman infcriptions, and afcertaining the clafil- 
cal geography of Spain. His papers upon this fubjeft 
came into the hands of Florian de Ocampo, who is (aid 
to have availed himfelf of them ungeneroufly, wdthout 
acknowledging his obligation. Among other works he 
left a General Hiftory of Spain, in four parts. A few 
(heels which have accidentally been preferved, prove that 
it had been committed totheprefs, though the impreffion, 
it cannot now be known why, was never completed. The 
mannfcript exifts in the Dominican library of St. Paul, 
at Cordova. Padilla is alfo one of the earlieft genealo¬ 
gical writers of the Spaniards, having been led to this 
fubjeft in the courfe of his antiquarian refearches. Gen. 
Blog; 
PADI'NUM, now Bondeno, a town on the Po, where 
it begins to branch into different channels. 
PAD'LEE, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat: ten 
miles fouth of Durrampour. 
PAD'LOCK, f. [padde, Dut.] A lock hung on a fta- 
ple to bold-on a link : 
Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; 
And clap your padlock on her mind. Prior. 
To PAD'LOCK, v.a. To faften with a padlock.—Let 
not fuch an unmerciful and move-than-legal yoke be 
padlocked upon the neck of any Chriftian. Milton's ColaJ- 
teriari, 
PAD'MA, or Pedma, in mythology, an attribute of 
the Hindoo deity Vifhnu, which in piftures and ftatues 
is generally feen in one of his four hands, in the form of 
a lotus, for which lovely aquaticpadma is a Sanfcrit name, 
Pedma is a name of Lechemy, confort of Vifhnu, as is 
alfo Pedmala, and Pedmalaya. Pedma-devi, meaning 
“ goddefs of the lotos,” is a name likewife given to Le¬ 
chemy, and fometimes to Parvati, the confort of Siva. 
Pedma-nabha, and Pedmachma, denoting “lord or pof- 
ieftor of the'pedma, or of Lachemy,” are other names of 
■Vifhnu. One of the eighteen facred mythological poems 
is named Padma Purana. See Purana. 
PADO'GI, if. A puniftingent ufed in Ruftia. The body 
of the criminal is (tripped to the waift, and then laid 
upon the ground ; one (lave holds the head of the per- 
fon to be punifiied between his knees, and another the 
lower part of the body ; then rods are applied to the back 
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till fome perfon gives notice to defift, by crying out. 
Enough ! This punifhment isconfidered in Rulfia merely 
as a correffion of the police, exercifed on the foldier by 
military difcipline, by the nobility on their fervants, and 
by perfons in authority over all fuch as are under their 
command. After the accefiion of Elizabeth to the throne 
of Ruffia, the punifhments were reduced to two kinds, 
viz. the padogi anil the knout. 
PADO'LA, a town of Italy, in the Cadorin : twelve 
miles north-north-eaft of C.idora. 
PADONGMEW', a town of Birmah, on the Irawaddy : 
fix miles fouth-weft of Prone. 
PA'DOR, a town of Africa, in Darnel, on the Senegal. 
Lat. 16.40. N. Ion. 14. 20. W. 
PADOU'CAS, a weftern branch of the river Miffouri. 
The Indians inhabiting its banks are called Padoucas, and 
laid to have been of Wei fit origin. 
PADRA'MA, a (mail i (land near the coaft of Sardinia. 
Lat. 40. 38. N. Ion. 9. 53. E. 
PAD'RAN BA'Y, a bay on the foutb-eaft coaft of 
Cochin-china. Lat. 11.24. N. Ion. 108. 40. E. 
PADREAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat : 
ten miles north of Baroach. 
PADROT.NS, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Alentejo: thirteen miles weft of Mertola. 
PA'DRI,,/! in botany. See Bignonia. 
PA'DRON (El), a town of Spain, in Galicia, on the 
Ulla; anciently called Iria FLavia: fifteen miles fouth 
of Santiago, 
PADSHAWPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan : thirty 
miles fouth of Delhi. 
PAD'STOW, or Petrockstow, a market and fea- 
port town in the county of Cornwall, is lituated on the 
weft fide of Padftov/ haven, near the mouth of the river 
Camel or Allan, which falls into the Briftoi channel. - It 
is diftant 243 miles weft-fouth-weft from London, and 
30 miles weft-by-fouth from Launcefton. This town is 
of confiderable antiquity; and is fiiid to be the fpot where 
St. Patrick founded the firft religious houfe in Cornwall, 
when he arrived from Ireland, in the year 432. It was 
firft called Pet) oekjlow, from St. Peter, and afterwards 
AdelJUiw , from king Athelftan, who, according to tradi¬ 
tion, conferred many privileges on the inhabitants. The 
market is on Saturday ; and here are two fairs,.April 29, 
and O6L 2. The harbour is among the beft on the north 
coaft, though much obftru&ed by fand, except in the 
middle channel, by which veffels of large burden may 
enter, and find a commodious anchorage. Padftow is 
governed by a portreeve, affifted by a certain number of 
the mod refpeftable inhabitants. Its chief fupport is 
derived from the (hare it poffefles in the pilchard-fifhery, 
and the cultom of the numerous fmall veffels which re¬ 
fort to the harbour in the event of contrary winds, or 
ftrefs of weather. From this port alfo large quantities of 
(late are exported and carried coaftwife. This place is 
convenient for fea-bathing 5 and machines, for the ac¬ 
commodation of the public, are to be bad of courfe. 
The church is an ancient gothic ftrudlure, dedicate! to 
St- Petroch, or Patrick, from whom the town ba6 its 
name. Here is alfo a Sunday-fchool, well fupported ; 
and, lately, a national daily- fchpol. This pariftt, in 1811, 
contained 237 houfes, and 1498 inhabitants. 
Humphrey Prideaux, dean of Norwich, the author of 
the Connexion of the Old and New Teftaments, was a 
native of Padftow; and Prideaux-caftle is, as we believe, 
(fill occupied by a defendant of that learned and worthy 
divine. It is a fine old (manorial) houfe, beautifully 
fituated near the town, and commanding an extenfive 
view of the harbour, town, and country round. 
The country from' hence to St.-Ives is both fruitful 
and pleafant, and leveral other gentlemen's houfes are 
met with ; the lands are alfo very agreeable to the eye, 
and to travel upon. The hills are fruitful of tin, copper, 
and lead, all the way on the left hand ; the produet of 
which is carried to the other (hare, fo that we have little 
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