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BRA
Cornelius BOSS, on a virgin, engraven by him, is this
mark, and underneath, Michael Ang. inv. i. e. Buo-
naroti.
BOUNTY, is reprefented emblematically by a noble lady,
cloathed in a garment of fky colour, Handing by an altar in-
flamed, preffmg the milk out of her breafts with both hands
plentifully, of which feveral animals drink, and fome upon the
kindled altar. The fqueefing of her breafts alludes to the boun-
tifulnefs of her difpofition, and fome of it, falling upon the flames
of the altar, denote that Bounty ought to be fhewn in imita-
tion of God himfelf.
Sebajlian BOURDON, born in the year 1619, ftudied in
Rome, lived at Rome, Sweden, and Paris ; excelled in hiftory
and portraits, died in the year 1690, aged feventy years.
To make BRAN JVater, for preparing flight Jiujfs for dying.
Put a hatful of wheat Bran into each pail of water, and boil
them together for a quarter of an hour; then pour it into a clean
tub, where, to every two pailfuls of this liquor, pour in ano-
ther pail of water, and throw on a handful of leven. The
French dyers call thefe waters eaux fures, i. e. acid or fharp wa-
ters, and, by how much they are the fourer, account them fo
much the better, and fitter to attract the fatnefs of the fluffs,
and dry it clean off, to make them limber, and correct the
roughnefs of the water.
Giacinio BRANDI, born in the year 1623, a fcholar of Lan-
franc, lived in Rome ; excelled in hiftory, died in the year
1691, aged fixty-eight years.
BRASIL or Brazil, a wood fo called, becaufe firft brought
from Brafil, a province of South-America. It has various
names, according to the places it comes from. Thus we have
Brafd of Fernambouc, Brafil of Japan, of Lumon, of St. Mar-
tha ; and laftly brafilette, brought from the Antilles.
The Brafil-tree, commonly grows in dry barren places, and
in the middle of rocks ; it is very thick and large, and ufually
crooked and knotty. Its flowers, which are of a beautiful red,
exhale a very agreeable fcent, good for comforting and ftrength-
ening the brain.
Though the tree be very large, it is covered with fo thick a
bark, that, when the favages have taken it oft"the wood, atrunk,
which was before the thicknefs of a man, is fcarce equal to that
of his leg.
Brafil wood is very heavy, dry, crackles much in the fire,
and fcarce raifes any fmoke, by reafon of its extreme drynefs.
None of the feveral kinds have any pith, except that of Ja-
pan. That of Fernambouc is efteemed the beft.
It muft be chofen in thick pieces, clofe, found", without any
?. bark j
BRA
Cornelius BOSS, on a virgin, engraven by him, is this
mark, and underneath, Michael Ang. inv. i. e. Buo-
naroti.
BOUNTY, is reprefented emblematically by a noble lady,
cloathed in a garment of fky colour, Handing by an altar in-
flamed, preffmg the milk out of her breafts with both hands
plentifully, of which feveral animals drink, and fome upon the
kindled altar. The fqueefing of her breafts alludes to the boun-
tifulnefs of her difpofition, and fome of it, falling upon the flames
of the altar, denote that Bounty ought to be fhewn in imita-
tion of God himfelf.
Sebajlian BOURDON, born in the year 1619, ftudied in
Rome, lived at Rome, Sweden, and Paris ; excelled in hiftory
and portraits, died in the year 1690, aged feventy years.
To make BRAN JVater, for preparing flight Jiujfs for dying.
Put a hatful of wheat Bran into each pail of water, and boil
them together for a quarter of an hour; then pour it into a clean
tub, where, to every two pailfuls of this liquor, pour in ano-
ther pail of water, and throw on a handful of leven. The
French dyers call thefe waters eaux fures, i. e. acid or fharp wa-
ters, and, by how much they are the fourer, account them fo
much the better, and fitter to attract the fatnefs of the fluffs,
and dry it clean off, to make them limber, and correct the
roughnefs of the water.
Giacinio BRANDI, born in the year 1623, a fcholar of Lan-
franc, lived in Rome ; excelled in hiftory, died in the year
1691, aged fixty-eight years.
BRASIL or Brazil, a wood fo called, becaufe firft brought
from Brafil, a province of South-America. It has various
names, according to the places it comes from. Thus we have
Brafd of Fernambouc, Brafil of Japan, of Lumon, of St. Mar-
tha ; and laftly brafilette, brought from the Antilles.
The Brafil-tree, commonly grows in dry barren places, and
in the middle of rocks ; it is very thick and large, and ufually
crooked and knotty. Its flowers, which are of a beautiful red,
exhale a very agreeable fcent, good for comforting and ftrength-
ening the brain.
Though the tree be very large, it is covered with fo thick a
bark, that, when the favages have taken it oft"the wood, atrunk,
which was before the thicknefs of a man, is fcarce equal to that
of his leg.
Brafil wood is very heavy, dry, crackles much in the fire,
and fcarce raifes any fmoke, by reafon of its extreme drynefs.
None of the feveral kinds have any pith, except that of Ja-
pan. That of Fernambouc is efteemed the beft.
It muft be chofen in thick pieces, clofe, found", without any
?. bark j