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Charles V. in his expedition against Tunis, but the delicacy 
of liis constitution not permitting him to undergo the 
fatigues of war, he returned to the Low Countries, where he 
died at the early age of twenty-five. Few modem Latin 
poets have possessed more facility and sweetness than 
Secundus. A volume of his elegies, epigrams, odes, and 
miscellaneous pieces, together with a narrative in prose of his 
different journeys, was published. Of all his poetical works, 
the .“.Basia” have been the most popular, on account of 
their diction, and the delicate voluptuousness of their paint¬ 
ing. They are still read, and new editions are frequently 
printed. Johannes had two brothers, who were also elegant 
Latin poets, known by the names of Nicolas Grudius, and 
Adrian Marius. They have united in an affectionate 
commemoration of their deceased brother, annexed to his 
poems. Secundus himself practised the art of engraving, 
and to his volume is prefixed a portrait of a female, with 
the following inscription: “ Vatis amatoris Julia sculpta 
manu.” 
SECUNDUS, in Botany, a term not very easy, in the 
technical sense of Linnaeus, to translate. One-ranked may 
generally express its meaning. This term is applied to a 
racemus, or cluster, whose flowers are all turned to one side, 
as in Pyrola secunda. 
SECU'RE, ad]. [.securus , Latin.] Free from fear; ex¬ 
empt from terror; easy; assured. 
Confidence then bore thee on secure 
To meet no danger. Milton. 
Confident; not distrustful: with of. 
But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes; 
The more thy fortune frowns, the more oppose. Dryden. 
Sure; not doubting: with of. 
In Lethe’s lake souls long oblivion taste; 
Of future life secure, forgetful of the past. "Dryden. 
Careless; wanting caution.—Gideon smote the host, for 
the host were secure. Judges. —Free from danger; safe. 
Secure from fortune’s blows. 
Secure of what I cannot lose. 
In my small pinnace I can sail. Dry den. 
It has sometimes of before the object in all its senses; but 
more properly from before evil, or the cause of evil. 
To SECU'RE, v. a. To make certain; to put out of 
hazard to ascertain.—That prince who shall be so wise as by 
established laws Of liberty to secure protection to the honest 
industry of mankind, against the oppression of power, will 
quickly be too hard for his neighbours. Locke. 
Deeper to wound, she shuns the fight; 
She drops her arms to gain the field; 
Secures her conquest by her flight. 
And triumphs when she seems fo yield. Prior. 
To protect; to make safe. 
I spread a cloud before the victor’s sighf, 
Sustain’d the vanquish’d, and secur'd his flight. Dryden. 
Where two or three sciences are pursued at the same time, 
if one of them be dry, as logick, let another be more enter¬ 
taining, to secure the mind from weariness. Watts. —To 
insure. 
SECU'RELY, adv. Without fear; carelessly. 
Love, that had now long time securely slept 
In Venus’ lap, unarmed then and naked, 
Gan rear his head, by Clotho being waked. Spenser. 
Without danger; safely. 
We upon our globe’s last verge shall go, 
And view the ocean leaning on the sky; 
From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, 
And on the lunar world securely pry. Dryden. 
SECU'REMENT, s. The cause of safety; protection; 
defence. Unused .—They like Judas, desire death; Cain, 
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on the contrary, grew afraid thereof, and obtaiued a secure- 
ment from it. Brown. 
SECU'RENESS, s. Want of vigilance: carelessness. 
Unused. —Which omission was a strange neglect and se¬ 
cureness, to my understanding. Bacon. 
SECUR1DACA [so named by Jacquin from the shape 
of the pod, which greatly resembles a bill-hook, or hatchet, 
securis ], inBotany, a genus of the class diadelphia, order oc- 
tandria, natural order of papilionaceae (Linn.) leguminosae 
(Juss.) — Generic Character. Calyx: perianth inferior, 
small, deciduous, of three ovate, coloured leaves, the up¬ 
permost of which is opposite to the standard, the others 
accompany the keel. Corolla papilionaceous, of five petals; 
wings much spreading, very obtuse; standard of two leaves, 
oblong, straight, united to the keel at the base, reflexed at the 
tip; keel as long as the wings, nearly cylindrical, its border 
dilated, bearing a little obtuse plaited appendicle. Sta¬ 
mina : filaments eight, combined at the bottom; anthers 
oblong, erect. Pistil: germen superior, ovate, terminating 
in an awl-shaped style; stigma flat, dilated, toothed at tire 
tip. Pericarp: legume ovate, of one cell, ending in a 
ligulare wing. Seed solitary, oblong. In habit this genus 
is very nearly allied to polygala, but it is polypetalous, and 
the fruit has only a single cell, resembling the capsules of 
banisteria.—-iNscflUb/ Character. Calyx of three leaves; 
corolla papilionaceous, the standard of two leaves within 
the wings; legume ovate, one cell and one seed, ending in 
a tongue-shaped wing. 
1. Securidaca erecta, or upright shrubby securidaca.—Stem 
twining; leaves oblong, acute.—Native of stony places in 
Martinico and St. Domingo: flowering in April. An up¬ 
right tree, rising to the height of twelve feet, furnished with a 
few long slender erect branches; leaves oblong; flowers in 
long purple clusters. 
2. Securidaca volubilis, or climbing securidaca.—Stem 
twining; leaves oblong, acute.—Native of South America 
and the West Indies. Found in Jamaica by Browne, and at 
Cathagena by Jacquin. A twining shrub, whose younger 
leafy branches are changed into very strong tendrils. 
Leaves alternate, oblong, pointed, scarcely stalked. Flowers 
in loose lateral clusters; red ; scentless. 
3. Securidaca virgata, or wand-like securidaca.—Stem 
twining; leaves roundish, very obtuse.—Native of Jamaica 
and Hispaniola. Swartz is of opinion, that Browne’s first 
species in his History of Jamaica, must be this, and not 
securidaca erecta, as Linnaeus supposed. 
SECURINEGA [so denominated by Commerson, from- 
securis, a hatchet, and nego, ‘to deny, or refuse to yield ; in 
allusion to the extreme hardness of the wood], in Botany, 
a genus of the class dioecia, order pentandria, natural order 
of euphorbiae (Juss.) —Generic Character. Male—Calyx; 
perianth of one leaf, in five deep segments. Corolla: petals 
none. Nectary an annular notched gland, surrounding the 
base of the stamens. Stamina: filaments five, awl-shaped, 
short, combined at the base; anthers oval, lobed, obtuse. 
Pistil imperfect. Female, on a different tree. Calyx: 
perianth as in the male, inferior, permanent. Corolla: 
nectary as in the male, permanent. Pistil: germen 
superior, nearly globular, three-sided; styles three, short, 
permanent; stigmas obtuse, Pericarp : capsule three-lobed, 
three-celled. Seeds solitary. —Essential Character. Male— 
Calyx in five deep segments. Petals none. Nectary a 
glandular ring on the outside of the stamens. Female— 
calyx and nectary, as in the male, permanent. Capsule 
superior, three-lobed, three-celled. 
Securinega nitida, or Otaheite myrtle.—In the Mauritius it 
is a tall tree with alternate, round, minutely warty branches, 
and very hard yellowish wood. Leaves alternate, stalked, 
ovate, various in size and bluntness, from one to three inches 
long, and about one broad, entire, smooth, with one rib, and 
many fine interbranching veins. Flowers numerous, in 
dense, sessile, globular, axillary tufts. Commerson describes 
six stamens, but we find only five, according to the general 
observation of the authors above quoted. 
SECURIS, 
