Volume 1

The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary; being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history. Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, and kings of the Jews; of the apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church; of popes, cardinals, bishops, &c. ... Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders. As also, the fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes. The description of empires, kingdoms, commonwealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains ... The whole being full of remarks and curious enquiries, for the illustration of several difficulties in theology, history, chronology and geography. Collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery, D.D. his eighth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. To which are added, by way of supplement, inter-mix'd throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of several illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, and gentry, and most famous men of all professions, arts and sciences: as also, an exact description of these kingdoms; with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time / [Louis Moréri].

Louis Moréri

Date:: 1701

Credit: The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary; being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history. Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, and kings of the Jews; of the apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church; of popes, cardinals, bishops, &c. ... Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders. As also, the fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes. The description of empires, kingdoms, commonwealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains ... The whole being full of remarks and curious enquiries, for the illustration of several difficulties in theology, history, chronology and geography. Collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery, D.D. his eighth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. To which are added, by way of supplement, inter-mix'd throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of several illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, and gentry, and most famous men of all professions, arts and sciences: as also, an exact description of these kingdoms; with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time / [Louis Moréri]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Parts. The Port is very handfome and beautiful, and may be fe* cured by a Chain. The Mouth of it is lb lirait, it will hold but a few Ships, and thofe cannot go out and in at fome Times neither for want of Water. It is feated in a plealant Country, full tn delightful Gardens; and has on the Eaft-fide a fine River, which ferves their Mills, then their Gardens, and afterwards all the Ci¬ ty and Seamen. The Wine of Lepanto is the belt of all Greece; but they pitch theirVeflels, as they generally do over all the JHorea, and at Athens, to preferve the Wine, (as the Germans and Hollanders arc wont to fulphurate them for the fame purpofe) which renders the Tafte at firft fomewhat difagrecable to Stran¬ gers. The Tm\i have fix or feven Mofques here, and the Greeks have two Churches, one in each Suburb, tho’ very fmall, and they but few in Number, and are but ill treated; for which rea- fon, their Archbilhop alfo keeps hisRefidence at Arta. The Jem have three Synagogues. The chiefeft Commodities of the Place are. Leather, Oil, Wheat, Tabaco, Rice and Barley; but the mofi confiderable of all the reft is Turkeji-Leather. In 1408, this City was under the Emperor of Greece, but Emanuel, then Emperor, affigned it to the Venetians, who took care to fortifie it as it is now. In 1475, Mahomet the Great, the fame that took Conjlantinople, having gained Corinth, befieged it with an Army of 50000 Men, but was forced to raife the Siege*. But in 1498, Ba]aret II-. attacked it with an Army of 150000 Men, and took it, having corrupted the Venetian Governor with Money. In 1687, the Venetians having in the foregoing Years almoft beat the rurJis out of the reft of the Morea, their General Morqfmt landed near Patras, July 22. notwithftanding all the Oppofition of the SeraPquier, wliom he fought and defeated on the 24th; and having taken Patras, and the Dardanel-CMe on that fide, (fo called in Allufion to thofe of the Hellefpont) he crofted to the other, to Lepanto, where he found the Turl^s making haftc to empty the Place for him whereupon he took PoftefTion of it without linking a Blow. The Venetians found in the Place 120 Brafs Canon. But by the Peace of Carlowitz^ in i6pp, theFor- trefs of Lepanto was evacuated by the Republick of Venice, and the Caftle called Romelia demoliflied on that fide next Lepanto. It was near the Gulf of Lepanto that that famous Sea-Fight was fought againft the Turk_i, Oilob. 2. 1571, in which they loft a- bove 50000 Men, being the moft bloody Defeat they ever met with fince the firft Eftablifliment of their Empire. Befides the Slaughter, the Chriftians took 5000 Prifoncr?, amongft whom were the two Sons of Halt, General of the Turkif) Fleet; They took 150 Galleys, above 90 were ftranded, burnt, or funk, and near 20000 Chriftian Slaves were redeemed from Slavery. Neither was the Booty lefs confiderable ; for their Fleet had been pillaging all the Ifles tliereabouts, and taken many Merchant-men. This Battel was fought in the fame Gulf where Auguftus defeited Mar\ Anthony ; and it is hard to fay which of both was the moft glorious Vidfor)'. The Chriftians loft 8000 Men, the moft con- fidcrable whereof was B.trbarigo, Commander of the Left Wing vvlio having broke through the Right Wing of the Enemy, foon after received the Shot of an Arrow in his Right Eye, whereof he died not longafter. The Fight lafted from about Six in the Morning till Evening, when the approaching Darknefs, and the roughnefs of the Sea, obliged the Vidlorious to betake themfelves to the next Havens-, whence they difpatched Couriers to all ChVi- flian Courts, with the News of this happy Viffory. So ftrange a Confternation had feized the Turks, upon the News of this dread¬ ful Overtlirow, that had but the Chriflian Fleet appeared along the Coaft of the Morea, there is no Queftion but that the Greeks, who had long fighed for this happy Opportunity, would have fliaken off the Mahometan Yoke. But the Venetian Admiral Venie- ri, who, after the Fight was over, was left foie Commander of the Fleet, by his Delays and Irrefolution, was an Occafion of lofing the great Advantages that might have been reaped from this Suc- eefs. The City of Conjlantinople was as much alarm’d, as if the Enemy had been at their Gates; and Solyman, who was then at Adrianople, pofted thither, to allay the Fears of the Inhabitants j many of which carried their Treafures to the Chrijlians to keep for them, as if the Town had been already in their hands. The principal Circumftances of that famous Fight were as follow. The Turks being at Anchor at Lepanto, and hearing that the Chrijlians bore down fsomCorfu full Sail upon them, fent Barks in great di¬ ligence to all the Ports of the Gulf for Sea-men and Soldiers, and re-inforced their Fleet with all the Men they had ; and upon Ad¬ vice that the Chnjlian Fleet had got above the Ifle Cephalonia, they weighed Anchor to block the Paftage. The Ottoman Fleet, Commanded by Hall Exfhaw, confifted of 200 Galleys, 70 Fri- gats and Brigantines. ThtChriflian Fleet was compofed of 210 Galleys, 28 great Tranfport-Ships, and<^ Galeaftes furnifhed with heavy Artillery j all commanded in chief by Don John of Aujlria, Natural Brother to Philip II. of Spain -, Mark Anthony Colonna, General of the Pope’s Galleys, who was to Command in chief in the Abfence of Don John ■, John Venieri was General of theFcne- tians, and had on Board tlie Flower of the Nobility of Venice, as the other two had the chief young Gentlemen of Spain, and of the Pope’s Territories; all which ferved as Voluntiers. The Turks having got into the Gulf in the Night, caft Anchor at Galengo, and the chrijlians between Petala and the Curfolaires ■, and both quitted their Pofts the next Morning, at Break of Day, and found themfelves engaged to fight ere they were aware of it. The Chri¬ jlians divided their whole Fleet into four Bodies, or Squadrons : The Right Wing was compofed of 54 Galleys, commanded by Andreas Doria ■, the Left Wing confifted of a like Number, under Augujline Barbarigo j Don John of Aullria kept the Centre with 61 Ships, and had for Seconds Colonna and Venieri. The Son of the Duke of Vrbin, in the Ship called The Duke of Savoy, joined the Admiral of the Pope’s Fleet ■, and Alexander of Parma, in the Admiral of Genoua, that of the Venetians. Peter JuJliniani, who commanded the Galleys of Maltha, and Paul Jourdain, were pofted at the Extremities of this Line. The Marquis of Sainte Croix had a Body of Referve of do Ships, to fuftain or relieve any that ftiould be forced to give way. John of Cordova, with a Squadron of 8 Ships, feoured before, to Spy, and give Intelli¬ gence ; and the 6 Venetian Galeaftes formed a kind of Avant- Guard. The two Armies at Sun-rife were feparated by the Cur- Jolair-Iflands ■, and a little after, the Turks appeared almoft in the fame Form of Battel, only that- they had no Referve-Squa- dron, and therefore their Line was far the wider, and was, ac¬ cording to their way, in form of a Crefeent. Halt was in the Centre, diredlly againft Don John of Auftria j Petauch was his Second: Louchali and Siroch, Commanders of the two Wings, faced Doria and Barbarigo, being 12 Miles afunder. Don John gave the Signal to fight, by hanging out the Banner fent him to Naples from the Pope, which had the Image of Chrift crucified embroidered on it; and then the Officers making the Sign for Prayers, all put themfelves on their Knees. In the mean time, the Fleets drew near to each other, the Turks having a freftt Gale of Wind, which flagged juft as the Fight begun; and turning fomewhat of the Chrijlians Side, carried the Smoak of their Ar¬ tillery upon the Enemy. After three hours obftinate Fight, with equal Advantage, the Left Wing, commanded by Barbarigo, got the better, and funk the Galley Siroch was in, who had fought to Admiration. This lofs fo dif-fpirited the Squadron he comman¬ ded, that being vigoroufly prefted by the Venetians, it gave way, and made towards the Coaft. The Noife of this Succefs coming to Don John of Aujlria, as he begun to have the better of Hali, being jealous that the Venetians fliould have the Honour of the Viftory, doubled his Fjre 5 and having killed Hali, boarded his Galley, pulled his Flag down, and cried, Viilory: After which, there was no Fight, but perfeft Slaughter j the Turks fuffering their Throats to be cut, without making the leaft Refiftance. Doria, who commanded the Right Wing, wanting Ships to make an equal Front to Louchali, kept out to Sea with his Galleys ; Louchali purfued, and took fome of them, and then defigned to attack the main Fleet ; but obferving that Doria, and the Mar¬ quis of Owx, ftrove to come up to him, he made all the Sail he could away, and got off with 50 Galleys ( all the reft be¬ ing either taken, or funk. P-etauch made his Efcape alfo through the Chrijlian Fleet, in a Boat, undifeovered. Gratiani Hijl. de Cypre. LEPIDUS {M. Mmilius') a Roman Commander, of anlllu- ftrious Family, and who had difeharged fome of the moft honou¬ rable Offices in the Commonwealth ■, for he was High-Prieft, and afterwards thriceConful. During the Diforders that reigned in the City, he put himfelf at the Head of an Army, and became one of the Triumviri: And Hiftorians tell us, he did it only with defign to enrich himfelf, and to this end committed moft barba¬ rous Cruelties j and was fo inhumane, as to put his own Brother amongft the proferibed Perfons. After the Battel which Augujiut gained over Sextus Pompeius, Lepidus, who favoured Pompey, de¬ figned to conquer Sicily, and to this end feized Mejfna, but was foon after fain to fubmitto the Conqueror, who banifhed him to an obfeure City of Italy, in the CLXXXVth Olympiad, and An. Rsom. 718. Plutarch, in the Lives of Augujlus and Antonius. Fla- rus, lib. 4. Dion. lib. 41, 47, 49. Sueton. Orfius. JuJlin. Appian. The Family of the Lefidi was a Branch of the MnfiHi. M. Mmilius Paulus, Conful in 499, was an Off-fpring of this Branch of the Lepidi and Pauli. His Son M. Mm. Lepidus, was Conful in 522, who left A/. Mm. Lepidus High-Prieft and Conful in 557, and Cenfor in 574. His Son ofthe fame Name was Con¬ ful in 517, and made two Branches of the Lepidi, by M. Lepidus and Quintus, his two Sons. M. Mm. Lepidus was Conful in 628, and left M. Mm. Lepidus Livianus, Conful in 677, and Father of another, who was Conful in 688. This laft had a Son of the fame Name, who was Conful in 755. Quintus Lepidus, who made the other Branch, had a Son Conful in 676, with Q. Luta- tius Catulus. ^ylla, who had oppofed his Eleftion, died foon after, and Lepidus would have hinder’d him from having the publick Honours of Burial; but Catulus, his Collegue, and an old Friend of oppofed him therein ; and having obtained Leave of the Senate, he buried him with great Magnificence; Which Lepidus taking, as if it had been to infult over him, put himfelf at the Head of fome Troops, and appearing before the Gates of Rome, afrighted the Senate; but Pompe/i Succefs made him take other Meafures, and he died foon after. He left two Sons, Le¬ pidus the Triumvir, and P. Mm. Lepidus, Cenfor, An. Rom. 752, wliom his Brot.ier proferibed, as I have faid. The former had a Son, whom Mecatnas caufed to be put to death, for confpiring againft Augujlus. And the latter had M. Mm. Lepidus, Conful in 764, and A.C. ii. with T. Statilius Taurus. Tit. Liv. Cajft- dor. Plutarch. Veil. Paterc. Cicero. Pliny. Polyb. Dionyf. Appian. Florus. L E P O RIU S, a Prieft who fpread Pelagianifm amongft the Gauls at the beginning of the Vth Cenfury, and laid the Founda¬ tion of the Neflorian Herefie ; for he taught, That the Elejfed Virgin brought forth nothing but a Man, who afterwards, by his good

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