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the Liliacese and the Asclepiadeas, that the root is fusiform, 
the stem grooved, the branches alternate; that there are two 
•bractesat the division of the peduncle; that the calyx is 
yellow and larger than the corolla, which is purple. 
ROXBURY, a township of the United States, in Orange 
county, Vermont. Population 686 . 
E.OXBURY, a township of the United States in Cheshire 
county. New Hampshire. 
ROXBURY, a township of the United States, in Norfolk 
county, Massachusetts; 2 miles south-south-west of Boston. 
Population 3669. It is a pleasant township, containing 
many handsome houses, and elegant country seats. The soil 
in Roxbury is in a high state of cultivation, and the inhabi¬ 
tants supply Boston market with great quantities of various 
kinds of vegetables and fruit. 
ROXBURY, a township of the United States, in Litch¬ 
field county, Connecticut. Population 1217. 
ROXBURY, a township of the United States in Dela¬ 
ware county. New York; 56 miles south-west of Albany 
Population 1892. 
ROXBURY, a township of the United States, in Morris 
county, New Jersey. Population 1363. 
ROXBURY, a township of the United States, in Wash¬ 
ington county, Ohio. Population 403. 
ROXBY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire ; 9 miles 
west-south-west of Barton-upon Humber. 
ROXBY, a parish of England, North Riding ofYorkshire; 
10 miles north-west of Whitby. 
ROXO, a cape in the east of Spain, on the coast of Valen¬ 
cia. Lat. 37. '53. N. long. 0. 50. W. 
ROXTON, a parish of England in Bedfordshire; 8 miles 
north.east-by-east of Bedford. Population 455. 
ROXWELL, a township of England, in Essex; 4J mies 
west-north-west of Chelmsford. Population 751. 
ROY (Louis le), (Latin Regius), a learned professor, 
born at Coutance in Normandy towards the beginning of 
the 16th century, after passing several years in Italy and 
other countries, settled at Paris, where, in 1570, he succeeded 
the celebrated Lambin as professor-royal of Greek. He 
studied law four years at Toulouse, and afterwards taught it; 
he frequented the bar at the parliament of Paris, in which he 
exercised some kind of magistracy; he was domesticated 
with two or three chancellors; he sometimes followed 
armies ; and had visited the courts of the Emperor and the 
King of England. Le Roy was of a vain and boastful 
character, hot and quarrelsome. His inattention to his domestic 
affairs reduced him in his latter days to depend upon others 
for support, which was a very humiliating circumstance to 
him. He died at an advanced age in 1577. This pro¬ 
fessor wrote a number of works both in Latin and French. 
In the former language he gained great reputation by an 
elegantly written life in 4to. of the learned Budaeus. To 
French literature he was a benefactor by many translations 
from Greek authors, particularly Plato, Aristotle, Demos¬ 
thenes, and Xenophon, which he enriched with learned com¬ 
mentaries. Several of his writings were political, and he 
was much attached to monarchical principles in government, 
and to uniformity of religion. Thuani Hist. Moreri .— 
Aik in. 
ROY (Julien-David Le), an architect and antiquary, 
born at Paris in 1728, was the son of Julien leRoy, a cele¬ 
brated mechanist. He was brought up to the profession of 
architecture, in which he became eminent. Joining 
erudition with knowledge of the arts, he travelled with ad¬ 
vantage, and published his observations in several esteemed 
works. Of these the principal are “ Ruines des plus beaux 
Monumensde la Grece,” fob, 1758, 1769: this work gave 
the author admission into the Academy of Inscriptions; 
though it is less accurate than the works of Stuart and others 
on the same subject, it has considerable merit; “ Histoire 
de la Disposition et des Formes differentes des Temples de 
Chretiens,” 8 vo., 1764; “ Observations sur les Edifices des 
anciens Peuples,” 8 vo., 1767: “ De la Marine des anciens 
Peuples,” 8 vo., 1777; he published two other works on the 
construction of the ships of the ancients; and a Memoir on 
Vol. XXII. No. 1512. 
ROY 
cutting masts in the Pyrenees. This ingenious man, equally 
estimable for his modesty, public spirit, and industry, died 
at Paris in 1803, aged 75. Nouv. Diet. Hist. — Allan. 
ROY (William le), a pious French abbot, and esteemed 
writer among the Jansenistsin the 17th century, was the son 
of David le Roy, secretary to the king, and born at Caen 
in Normandy, in the year 1610. He was sent to pursue 
his studies at Paris, where he embraced the ecclesiastical pro¬ 
fession, was ordained priest, and made a canon of the church 
of Notre-Dame. He died in 1684, soon after he had en¬ 
tered on the 74th year of his age. His works, which were 
all published without his name, consist of “ Instructions col¬ 
lected from the Sermons of St. Augustine on the Book of 
Psalms,” 1662, &c. in 7vols. 12mo.; “ Christian Solitude,” 
in 3 vols. 12mo.; “ Practical Instructions for the Employ¬ 
ment of every Day in the Duties of Christianity, with Obser¬ 
vations on false Devotion,” 1660, 12mo.; “ On the Renewal 
of the Vows of Baptism, and the Vows of Religion,” 1676, 
12mo.; and a multitude of practical, devotional, and con¬ 
troversial tracts, translations from Athanasius, St. Augustine, 
St. Basil, &c. “ Discourses,” and “ Letters,” of which a long 
list may be seen in Dupin or Moreri. Nouv. Diet Hist. 
ROY BAREILY, a town of Ilindostan, province of Oude, 
situated on the banks of the Sye river. It was celebrated for 
the manufacture of bows and arrows, and painted furniture. 
Lat. 26. 10. N. long. 81. 12. E. 
ROYAL, adj. \royal , Fr.] Kingly; belonging to a 
king ; becoming a king; regal. 
The royal bowers 
Of great Seleuciabuilt by Grecian kings. Milton. 
Noble; illustrious. 
What news from Venice ? 
How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio ? 
Shakspeare. 
ROYAL, s. One of the shoots of a stag’s head. Bailey .—■ 
The highest sail of a ship. Chambers. —In artillery, a kind 
of small mortar. Chambers. —One of the soldiers of the first 
regiment of foot, which was called The Boy a/s ; and is sup¬ 
posed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe. James. 
ROYAL BAY, a bay on the north-east coast of the island 
of Georgia, between Cape Charlotte on the east, and Cape 
George on the west. 
ROYAL BAY, a bay on the north coast of Antigua, a< 
little to the east of Peyersan’s point. 
ROYAL ISLAND, a small island in the river St. Law¬ 
rence. Lat 44. 46. N. long. 75. 24. W. 
ROYAL ISLE, a large island in the north-west part of 
Lake Superior, about 40 miles long, and 13 wide. Lat. 47. 
52. N. long. 89. W. 
ROYAL REACH, a channel in the straits of Magellan, 
extending from Fortescue bay to Passage point. 
ROYAL SOUND, a large bay on the coast of Kerguelen’s 
Land, between Cape George and the Prince of Wales’s Fore¬ 
land. 
ROYALISM, s. [royalisme, Fr.] Attachment to the 
cause of royalty. 
ROYALIST, s. [royaliste, Fr.] Adherent to a king. 
Where Candish fought, the royalists prevail’d. 
Neither his courage nor his judgment fail’d. Waller. 
To ROYALIZE, v. a. To make royal. 
Ere you were queen, ay, or your husband king, 
To royalize his blood, I spilt mine own. Shakspeare. 
ROYALLY, adv. In a kingly manner; regally ; as be¬ 
comes a king. 
It shall be my care, 
To have you royally appointed. Shakspeare. 
His body shall be royally interr’d. 
And the last funeral pomps adorn his hearse. Dry den. 
RO'YALTY, s. [ royalte , Fr.] Kingship ; character or 
office of a king.—Draw, you rascal; you come with letters 
against the king, and take vanity the puppet’s part against 
the royalty of her father. Shakspeare. 
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