Professor (in Academia Leidensi), 4to. in "Athen. Bat." "Quantum est quod nescimus," at the top of the oval.

DANIEL HEINSIUS; in Bullart's "Acad. des Siences." Node Larmessin sc.

DANIEL HEINSIUS; in Freherus p. 1538, No. 81. DANIEL HEINSIUS; eight Latin lines by W. Grotius. Merak pinxit. J. Suyderhoof sc.

Daniel Heinsius, to whom "Quantum est quod scimus" may more aptly be applied, was one of the most learned and ingenious men of his age and country. He was author of poems in Greek, Latin, and Dutch, and wrote Latin notes and interpretations on several capital Greek authors. He was very young when he came into England in the reign of Elizabeth. His son Nicholas was also an ingenious poet and philologer.

FRANCISCUS RAPHELENGIUS, &c.; in "Athen. Bat." 4to.

FRANCISCUS RAPHELENGIUs; in Freherus.

Francis Raphelengius, a Fleming, celebrated for his skill in the oriental languages, studied at Paris, whence he was driven by the civil wars into England, where he taught Greek in the university of Cambridge. He was for a considerable time corrector of the press to the famous Christopher Plantin,* whose daughter he married. He had a great hand in the famous Antwerp Bible, published in the original Hebrew by Benedictus Arius Montanus, with an interlineary version. He made a great proficiency in the Arabic, and composed a Dictionary in that language. In the latter part of his life, he resided at Leyden, where the Hebrew professorship was conferred upon him by the curators of that university. The many notes and corrections which he furnished for the learned works printed by Plantin, to which he was too modest to affix his name, were sufficient to have transmitted it with honour to posterity. He died the 20th of July, 1597.

*He printed both at Antwerp and Leyden.

JANUS* GRUTERUS, &c. Ob. 20 Septembris, 1627; four Latin verses; h. sh.

JANUS GRUTERUS; in Freherus.

Janus Gruterus, a native of Antwerp, and one of the most laborious and voluminous writers of his time, was, when a child, brought into England by his parents. His mother, who is said to have been an English woman, and whose name was Catharine Tishem, was his first tutor; being perfectly qualified for that employment, as she was one of the most learned women of the age. She is said to have superintended his education, for several years, at Cambridge. He afterward studied at Leyden, where he took his doctor's degree in the civil law, but soon quitted that study, and addicted himself to philology and history. He wrote notes upon the Roman historians and several of the poets; published all the works of Cicero with notes, a book once in great esteem, but it hath since given place to the edition of Grævius, as that hath to Olivet's. His Florilegium magnum, seu Polyanthea," is a voluminous commonplace book, formerly valued as a treasure. His "Chronicon Chronicorum" is a proof of his industry in history; but the chief of all his performances is his "Collection of ancient Inscriptions," a work not only estimable for the historical knowledge contained in it, but because it throws the clearest light upon a multitude of obscure passages in classic authors. It would be superfluous to mention his "Lampas Critica,"+ supposed to be hurled at Dr. Norris's head by John Dennis, in his frenzy, as the admirable piece of humour in which it is related is probably known to every one of my readers. Ob. 24 Sept. 1627. ·

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ABRAHAM ORTELIUS; thus inscribed:

"Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalibus orbem,

Orbi spectandum Galleus; Ortelium."

Frontispiece to his "Theatrum Orbis," 1603; fol.

* Janus means John. See Joane, in the tract of names, in Camden's "Remains." + It is entitled, "Lampas, sive Fax Artium liberalium," &c.

Galle, the engraver of this head, did a plate for Ortelius of the death of the Virgin; which is esteemed, by the curious, one of the most elegant productions of that age. The print, which is very scarce, is inscribed; "Sic Petri Brugelii arche. typum Galleus imitabatur.-Abrah. Ortelius sibi et amicis, fieri curabat." Sh.

to which is prefixed his life. There is a copy of this head in the "Continuation of Boissard."

ABRAHAM ORTELIUS; in a small round. Goltzius. ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. Pernotus.

ABRAHAM ORTELIUS; at the back of Norton's Dedication to King James; small oval.

Abraham Ortelius, the celebrated geographer, was a sojourner at Oxford in the reign of Edward VI. and came a second time into England in 1577. His "Theatrum Orbis" was the completest work of the kind that had ever been published, and gained him a reputation equal to his immense labour in compiling it. The world was not only obliged to him for this very estimable book, but also for the "Britannia," which he first persuaded Camden to undertake. Ob. 1598.

MATTHIAS de LOBEL, &c. Delaram sc. 1615;

scarce.

Matthias Lobel, a Flemish physician, was one of the greatest botanists of his time. He spent the latter part of his life in England, where he published his "Stirpium Adversaria," 1570, fol. in which work he was assisted by Peter Pena. In 1576, he republished the same book, with considerable additions. He was also author of a Herbal in the Dutch language, and was engaged in another great work, which he did not live to finish. Gerarde, who was his intimate friend, has followed the method of the "Adversaria," in his Herbal. The name of Lobel is familiar to all botanists, and affixed to the names of many plants, as characteristical of their species. The time of his death is not known. He calls himself an old man, in his Latin epistle addressed to Gerarde, 1597, and prefixed to his Herbal.

CAROLUS CLUSIUS, Clariss. Botanicus Professor honor. 4to. in "Athen Bat." There is a neat print of him in Boissard.

CAROLUS CLUSIUS, Æt. 75. 1600. De Ghein.
CAROLUS CLUSIUS. Goltzius.

Charles Clusius, a native of Arras, who ranks in the first class of botanists, pursued his favourite study with all that ardour which is necessary to a conqueror of the vegetable kingdom; and without a degree of which, no man ever rose to eminence in any art, science, or profession. He, with a principal view to botany, travelled over France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Hungary, England, and Holland, where he at length settled, in consequence of an honourable invitation from the curators of the university of Leyden. He died in 1609, aged eighty-four years. Tournefort, who has given the best account of him, informs us, that he was chief gardener to the emperors Maximilian II. and Rodolph his son, and that he excelled all his predecessors in botany, and was also well versed in history and cosmography, and master of eight languages. He occasionally delineated the figures of plants with great readiness. His botanic works are in two volumes; the first contains 1133 figures of plants, the second consists chiefly of fruits and animals.

ORLANDUS LASSUS, &c. in Boissard, small 4to. ORLANDUS LASSUS; in Hawkins's " History of Music." J. Caldwall sc.

ORLANDUS LASSUS, Et. 61, 1593. J. Sadeler.

ORLANDUS LASSUS, Æt. 39; 4to. Phil. J. R. exc.

Orlandus Lassus, who, when a boy, was several times spirited away from his parents for the excellence of his voice, was chief musician to Albert and William, successively dukes of Bavaria. He was, for his great musical talents, ennobled by the Emperor Maximilian II. who equally admired his singing and his compositions, in both of which he was without a rival. He travelled into France

It was this passion that caused Tournefort to brave the dangers of the "great deep," to scale mountains, penetrate caverns, and traverse deserts. It carried our countryman Ray through most parts of Europe; improved his health, cheered and prolonged his life, and amply rewarded him for his labours, by the mere pleasure of the pursuit. It made Lister incomparably more happy under a hedge in Languedoc, than when he saw the romantic beauties of Versailles, though recommended by all the charins of novelty.§

+ Isagoge in Rem herbariam, p. 41.

See his "Travels."

"Journey to Paris," p. 3.

and England, and died at Monaco, in Italy, in 1585, at the age of 75. If he had travelled over every nation in Europe, he would probably have found, that both his sacred and profane pieces were performed in all its languages.

He was invited to reside in France by Charles the Ninth; but that king dying while Lassus was on his journey, he returned into Bavaria.

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