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fever, and afterwards conveyed to the infirmary of the 
order, in Setubal. Previous to his departure, he took an 
affeftionate leave of the religious, begging them to re¬ 
member him in their prayers, and to recommend his foul 
to God. His di(order increafed, and his phyficians dif- 
covered it would foon overcome a body already worn out 
by watching, falling, and mortification. They therefore 
declared to the governor of the hofpital, that his death 
was approaching, and defired him to acquaint him with 
the notice, which he received with content, and returned 
an anfwer full of refignation and religious fervour. He 
expired on the 14th of March, 1619. 
The intelligence of his dejjth fpreadmg through the 
town, early in the day a numerous company attended the 
infirmary to view the holy man, and obtain pieces of his 
drefs, which they retained as relics. He lay in (late in the 
Capella-mor of the church da Annunciada ; and, to pre- 
f'erve order, the duke of Aveiro fent the guards of his 
houfehold to aft as fentinels; himfelf, his Ion, and their 
ducheffes, attending, who touched his body with their 
rofaries, and preferved locks of his hair. The duke was 
delirous that his body fhould be interred in his convent, 
in the Arrabida which he knew was the wifh of Agoltino. 
As it was neceflary to tranfport it by fea, he gave orders 
for the richly apparelling it with the molt precious ta- 
peflry, and placing it in his barge decorated with boughs 
and trees. No notice was given of its departure ; yet, when 
the body was moved, it was attended by the fraternity, as 
well fecular as religious, of the town, who accompanied 
it, and even in the Arrabida many religious aflembled to 
pay refpeft to his remains. The duke of Torres-novas, 
and the marquis de Porto-Seguro, alfo attended the cere¬ 
mony. As a further compliment, the duke of Aveiro 
gave direftions for his pifture to be taken ; and a tradi¬ 
tion is Hill extant, that when the painter commenced, 
the countenance fmiled, which filled him and his alliflants 
with fear, fo that they fled. A fimilar tradition is handed 
down in the hiftory of the church, of a circumftance 
attending the body of Sr. Bonifacius, the martyr. On 
the following day, there was a folernn office; and the 
body was buried in that part of the church which is out- 
fide of the grates, in the facrifly. He was feventy-nine 
years of age, fifty-nine of which he belonged to the fo* 
ciety, and fourteen of which he had lived as a hermit in 
the Serra da Arrabida. 
Such is the life of this extraordinary reclufe, abridged 
from the biography which precedes the firft edition of his 
works, and which was written by Jofe Caetano de Mef- 
quita, profeflor of rhetoric and logic at the Collegio 
Real de Nobres. The edition was printed at Lifbon in 
1771, by the printer of the Cardinal Patriarch. Until 
this edition by Mefquita, the works of Agoltino had 
been very little known; forne of his pieces had appeared 
in the works of his brother Diogo Bernardes, and in the 
Chronica da Sua Provincia. Mefquita procured the ma- 
nufcript from the library of the Convento da Arrabida, 
and, having made a faithful tranfcript, fent it to the prefs. 
The dedication is dated from the Collegio de Nobres, 
18th of June, 1771. The volume is i8jmo. containing, 
amongft other poems, twenty-fix fonnets. His works 
breathe the religious fentiments to which the Angularity 
of his life gave rife. Monthly Mag. May 1813. 
PIME'RIA, a diftrift of Mexico, and molt northern 
province of New Navarre. 
PIM'LICO, a track of land, confiding of a few llreets, 
extending from Buckingham-houfe, St. James’s Park, 
to Chellea. At the extremity of this hamlet ftood Rane¬ 
lagh Rotunda and Gardens, built and opened for mufical 
performances and public amufements in 1742. The 
building waserefted in the fpacious garden belonging to 
the refidence, at Chelfea, of lord Ranelagh, one of the 
minilters of Charles II. when paymafter of the army. It 
was planned by the late Mr. Lacey, afterwards joint- 
patentee of Drury-lane theatre with the great a6tor 
Garrick. At the firft opening of this ftupendous build- 
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ing, feveral experiments were made in placing the or- 
c’neltra, in filling it, and in the time of performance, 
before it was fettled as an evening promenade. The 
orcheflra was at firft placed in the middle of the rotunda. 
The performance was in a morning; and oratorio-cho- 
ruffes chiefly furnifhed the bill of fare. Sir John Barnard 
complaining to the magiltrates, that young merchants 
and city apprentices were frequently (educed from their 
counting-houfes and (hops by thefe inorning-amufements, 
they were prohibited, and the doors opened at lix o’clock 
in the evening. The performance, however, did not 
begin till eight o’clock, buc.-was ended at ten. It was 
intended to rival Vauxhall, and was little injured by bad 
weather; as the company, at fuch times, had a fafe and 
pleafant retreat into the rotunda, and as few went thither 
but in carriages. Its luccefs as an evening’s amufement 
remained undiminilhed more than forty years. It was 
ruined by the late hours to which it was gradually brought 
by fine folks, who, at length, never came thither till pall 
ten o’clock, when the mufical performances were over, 
while fober people ufed to return home before eleven 
o’clock to their fupper, which enabled them and their 
fervants to go to bed, and rife at their accuftomed time. 
But, at length, perlbns of rank and fafhion made a de¬ 
bauch of this innocent amufement, and went to it and 
departed from it as late as at a mafquerade. This pre¬ 
cluded all that had any thing to do themfelves, or any 
employment for their fervants, in the morning; and fo 
much refined the company, that at midnight there had 
been feldom fufficient money received at the entrance 
to cover the expenfes of the lamps, the terms of admiffion 
being only 3s. though that was reckoned a large fum in 
thole days ; and for which, befides a good concert, the 
company was furnifhed with excellent rolls and butter, 
and tea. In the year 1803 it was fhut up, and only ufed 
occafionally for a mafquerade, a feftival, or an exhibition 
of fire-works. In 1804 the building was pulled down, 
and the materials fold piecemeal. 
The Chelfea water-works were conftrufted in 1724, in 
which year the proprietors were incorporated. A canal 
was then dug from the Thames, near where Ranelagh 
was afterwards built, to Pimlico, where lately was a fleam- 
engine to raife the water into pipes, which convey it to 
Chelfea, the refervoirs in Hyde-parkand the Green-park, 
to Weflminfter, and various parts of the weft end of the 
town. The leafe of the company’s premifes at Pimlico 
having nearly expired, the company have recently com¬ 
pleted new and more extenfive works, with a fleam-en¬ 
gine, &c. on their own freehold land, nearly adjoining 
to the iite of Ranelagh gardens. Frefh pipes have 
alfo been laid down to convey the water to Knightf- 
bridge, Sloane-flreet, Weltminiler, and various other 
places. 
Pimlico, however, is now rifing into importance. New 
flreets have been built; and not only has a new fquare 
been planned, but a vafl area of ground has been cleared, 
and buildings are in rapid progrefs, for the reception of 
his majelly’s horfes, carriages, and the fervants attached 
to them, as the prelent Mews at Charing Crofs is no lon¬ 
ger to be ufed for that purpofe. A piece of ground 
given by earl Grofvenor, at Pimlico, for building a church, 
has been lately encloled with boards, and the foundation 
has been diggi-ng for fome time pad. (Apr. 1824.) The 
fpot of ground is fituated at the commencement of the 
King’s Road, on the right fide of the entrance from 
Grofvenor Place. It is the vacant piece of ground be¬ 
tween the houfes and the enclofure for the new fquare. 
When the church is built, application is to be made to 
parliament to conflitute Pimlico, which has increafed 
very much within thefe few years, a feparate and diflinft 
parifli, to be called the parilh of Belgrave. At prefent 
it is attached to the parifli of St. George, Hanover-iquare. 
PIM'OCHA, a town of South America, in the audi¬ 
ence of Quito ; thirty-fix miles north-north-eafl of Gua^ 
yaquil. 
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