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write a History of England. This work was begun in 1505, 
and printed at Basil in 1548,' with a dedication to Henry 
VIII. Of his History of England, contained in twenty-six 
books, and extending to the reign of Henry VIII.» it is suffi¬ 
cient to observe, that its style is clear and elegant, but that 
the matter of it has been censured by various writers. He 
has been represented, on the one hand, as a calumniator of 
our country, and an enemy to its glory; whilst, on the other 
hand, the French and Scotch have accused him of partiality 
to England in those instances with regard to which their 
transactions have been biended with its history. Besides, it 
is said that he destroyed many MSS. with which he was in¬ 
trusted, in order to prevent a detection of his errors: by 
others it has been reported, that he sent off a whole ship¬ 
load of MSS. to Rome. Both these stories are destitute of 
proof. Polydore also published, in 1526, a book “ De 
Prodigiis,” in which he strongly contends against the divina¬ 
tions of the ancients. Vossius. Tirabosc/ii. Gen. Biog. 
VERGORAZ, a small town of Austrian Salmatia, on the 
lake Jesero. It is said to have been formerly thriving, but is 
now a poor place; 50 miles north-west of Ragusa, 
VERIA, or Kara Veria (the ancient Bercea), a town 
of European Turkey, in Macedon, a few miles from the 
coast of the gulf of Salonica; 48 miles south of Salonica, 
and 116 east of Valona. Lat. 40. 43. N. long. 21. 38. E. 
VERIDI'CAL adj. [yerulicus, Latin.] Telling truth. 
Diet. 
VERIFIABLE, adj. That may be verified; that may 
be confirmed by incontestable evidence.-—All this by a very 
easy, but yet certain and true analogy, is applicable to the 
eye of the soul, the conscience, and the instance is verifiable 
upon it, in every one of the alleged particulars. South. 
VERIFICATION', s. Confirmation by argument or 
evidence.—In verification of this we will mention a phe¬ 
nomenon of our engine. Boyle. 
VE'RIFIER, s. One who assures a thing to be true. 
To VE'RIFY, v. a. [verifier, French.] To justify against 
charge of falsehood; to confirm ; to prove true. 
So shall thou best fulfil, best verify 
The prophets old who sung thy endless reign. Milton. 
VE'RILY, adv. In truth;, certainly. 
Verily ’tis better to be lowly born, 
Than to be perk’d up in a glist’ring grief. Shafcspeare. 
With great confidence.—It was verily thought, that bad 
it not been for four great disfavourers of that voyage, the 
enterprize had succeeded. Baron. 
VERINA, a settlement of the Caraccas, in the province 
of Cumana, from which city it is 30 leagues east-south-east. 
VERISl'MILAR, or Verisi'milous, adj. [ verisimilis , 
Latin.] Probable; likely.—-Many erroneous doctrines of 
Pontifieians are, in our days, wholly supported by verisi- 
milous and probable reasons. White. 
VERISIMILITUDE, or Verisimi'i.ity, s. [verisimili¬ 
tude, Latin.] Probability; likelihood; resemblance of truth. 
—The plot, the wit, the characters, the passions are exalted 
as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with 
proportion to verisimility. Dry den. 
VERISIMO, a river of Brazil, in the province of Espiritu 
Santo, which runs south in a full stream, and enters the 
Parana. 
VERIA, a small but ancient town of the south of Spam, 
in Granada, near the coast of the Mediterranean, anciently 
called Baria; 40 miles east of Motril. 
VE'RITABLE, adj. [veritable, French.] True; agree¬ 
able to fact. 
Indeed! is’t true ? 
--Most veritable ; therefore look to’t well. Skahspearc. 
VE'RITABLY, adv. In a true manner. 
VE'RITY, s. [veritas, Latin.] Truth; consonance to 
-the reality of things, 
I saw their weapons drawn ; there was a noise; 
That’s verity. Shahpeare. 
A true assertion; a true tenet. 
If there come truth from them, 
Why by the verities on thee made good, 
May they not be my oracles as well ? Shatcspcaix. 
Moral frulh ; agreement of the words with the thoughts. 
VE'RJUICE, s. [verjus, French.] Acid liquor expressed 
from crab-apples. It is vulgarly pronounced varges .-— 
Hang a dog upon a crab-tree, and he'll never love verjuice. 
L'Estrange. 
VERMAND, a small town in the north-east of France, 
department of the Aisne, near the small river Auvignon ; 9 
miles north-west of St. Quentin, and 25 north-west of Laon. 
VERMANTON, a small town in the central part of 
France, department of the Yonne; 12 miles south-east of 
Auxerre 
VE'RMEIL. See Vermil. 
VERMEJA, a river of Quito, in the province of Quixos 
and Macas, which enters the San Miguel, and has a good 
port, from which vessels drop down to enter the Putumayo. 
VERMEJAS, a river of Brazil, in the province of Rio 
Grande, which runs north-north-west, and enters the Atlantic 
close to the point of Tiburon. 
VERMEJAS, some small islands of Brazil, on the coast 
of the province of Espiritu Santo. 
VERMEJO, a small town of the north-east of Spain, on 
the coast of Biscay ; 13 miles north-north-east of Bilbao. 
VERMEJO, or Red River, a river of South America, 
in the republic of Buenos Ayres. It rises in Tarija, a 
mountainous district to the south of Potosi, and branches of 
it run from the towns of Jujui and Salta. It is called Rio 
Grande where it joins the Paraguay. 
VERMICELLI, s .. [Italian.] A paste rolled and broken 
in the form of worms. 
With oysters, eggs, and vermicelli, 
She let him almost burst his belly. Prior 
VERMI'CULAR, adj. [vermiculus, Lat.] Acting like 
a worm; continued from one part to another of the same 
body.—By the vermicular motion of the intestines, the 
grosser parts are derived downwards, while the finer are 
squeezed into the narrow orifices of the lacteal vessels. 
Cheyne. 
To VERMI'CULATE, v. a. [verrnicu/afus, Latin.] 
To inlay; to work in chequer work, or pieces of divers 
colours. Bailey. 
VERMICULA'TION. s. Continuation of motion from 
one part to another.—My heart moves naturally by the 
motion of palpitation; my guts by the motion of vermicu- 
lation. Hale. 
VE'RMICULE, s. [vermiculus, vermis, Latin.] A 
little grub, worm.—I saw the shining oak-ball ichneumon 
strike its terebra into an oak-apple, to lay its eggs therein: 
and hence are many vermicides seen towards the outside of 
these apples. Derham. 
VERMI'CULOUS, adj. [vcrmiculosus, Lat.] Full of 
grubs; resembling grubs. 
VERMl'FORM, adj. [vermis m&formo, Latin.] Having 
the shape of a worm. 
VERMI'FUGE, s. [from vermis and fugo, Lat.] Any 
medicine that destroys or expels worms. 
VE'RMIL, Vermi'lion, or Ve'rmjly, s. [vermeil, 
Vermillion, Fr.] The cochineal; a grub of a particular 
plant. Factitious or native cinnabar; sulphur mixed with 
mercury. This is the usual though not primitive signification. 
The same she temper’d with fine mercury. 
And virgin wex that never yet was seal’d. 
And mingled them with perfect vermily. 
That like a lively sanguine it seem’d to the eye. Spenser, 
Any beautiful red colour. 
How the red roses flush up in her cheeks. 
And the pure snow with goodly vermil stain, 
Like crimson dy’d in grain. Spenser . 
To VERMILION, v. a. To die red. 
A sprightly red vermillions all her face, 
And her eyes languish with unusual grace. Granville. 
VERMILLION, 
