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.B
U R
teen mile. ",di of O"ford: ,,,. long.
1°
40', N . U.!.
S
1 0
40"
lt
giyes the !ide of "TI to !he noble falllily of Beau·
cJ~rc.
BURG, • town of Zu!phen, in lhe Du!cb Ne!herland. ,
fituatcd upon the Old l¡reJ, abou, eiglneen mil" can of
Nimeguen: E. loog. 6°
10',
aod N. Iat.
po.
BURGA, a c'pe of Algiero io Afriea, running ou' io!o
the Med,tcrr.neao fea.
BURGAGE, an aneien! tenure in boro\lghs, whcreby
~he
inh.bitanlS, by eullom, hold !heir lands,
Oc.
of
tlhe king. or other fuperior lord of the borough.
ílt
a
cemin yearly «n!: Alfo. dwdling.houfe in abo·
r ugh, \Va. anciendy ealled • burgage.
BUlt GEON, a !erm ufed by garJ<ners in !he rame
feofe with bud. See Bun.
BURGESS, •• inhabitant of a boro\lgh, or one who
potrdrts a tenerncnt thcrt:in.
lo other
couDtries,
burgefs and citizen are con–
fouoded !ogethcr; but with us they ore dlllinguilhed :
l'
he word is alfo applied ' o the maginra,e. of fome
towns.
B\l rgefs is now ordinarily ured for !he reprefenta.
tive of a borough-towo in parliament.
BURGGRAVE properly d<not<s the hereditary go·
vernor of a eaflle or fortificd town, chie/ly in Ger·
maDy.
BURG H, See BOROUGH.
lluJ.oH-bDlt
fignifies a contribution towards lhe build–
iog or repairing of caCUes, or walls, for the defence of
a borough, or city .
B u RO
H·hruh.
i. properly !he breakiog open a burgh,
houfe, ¡nclorure..
&c.
ano
in tbe b,ws of Canute, cap.
l•. figDifie, a fioe impufed upon a eommunity of a
tOIVn for a breaeh of ,he peac<. According 'o Raf.
ullu., burgh.breehe is, to
be
quit of trefparf<s COOI'
rniué'd againfi the peace, in cicy or borough.
BURGHERMESTERS. S<c BURCOM"TJ<R.
llURGHMASTER, among miDecs. S<e B.RMAST&R.
llURGHMOTE, Ihe coun of a borough.
BURGLARY, a fdoniou. breaking and entering in,o
the dwdling.houCe of . nother perCon in the nigh'·
time,
with
an intcnt lo commit fome
rtloDY,
whetnu
tbe rame be executed,
or nOL
T hc like olfence committed by da
y,
is c.lled houJe–
br..king.
Ilurglary is an offence excluded the benefit
oC
clergy,
and may be committed by ,aking aIVay goods froOl a
<lwelling·houfe, any perfon bcing ther";n; or break·
ing any Ihop, wartboc[c,
6c.
though
in
lhe day-time,
and taking goods from ,heDce of five Olilling' yal"", if
no perron be thercin.
BURGLES, a town of Tronfily. nia, abo", thirty miles
nDI th
oC
CI.ufenburg, fubjeé\ 'o ,he houCe of Aunria :
E. long. ,,° 40' . and N. lar. 47°
40.
BURGOMASTE R, the
chi~f
OIagirl..te of !he grea!
towns in FlanJ<rs. Holland, and Gern..ny. The
powcr and juri(diétion of \h<: burgomaOer is
001
(he
fame in all places, evcry town
havlOg
iu
particular
eu–
lloms and rtgul;nions: Al
Amtlcrdam
there are
fouT
chofen by tilo voices of aU ,hofe people iD ,he Cena,e,
B U R
who have C'ithcr bcen b..Jrgomaflcu
ur
echevin•. Their
au!hority re[emblcs tha! of Our lord.mayor .nd alder'
men; they difpofe of aJl under.othee. lh.. f.1I in their
, iOle, keep ,he key of the o ,nk, and <njoy a falary but
of fi .. hundred guilders, all fe./ls, public entert"n.
mcms,
oc.
being defrayed out of the common
trea.
fury.
BURGOO, • diO, (requent a! fea, being made o( o..'
Oleal, or greets, boiled iD wa'er till they buril, aDd
then fome bu!!« adJed.
BURGOS. the c. pital of Old Canile in Spain, abollt
o~e ~uodred
anJ
teo
m!Les
~Orth
of Madrid :
W. long.
4 5, andN.lat. 4' 30.
BURGO''', • 'oIVn of SIVabi. in Germ'DY, ahou! !IVen–
ty mile. wen of AugCburg: E . long.
10° 20',
N. l...
480
3
0' .
BURGUNDY, or BURGO G.E, a provinee or govern–
ment in
Franee, having Champaign
on the north,
and
D auphine on !he fou!h .
BURI AL. the io,ermen, of. deeeafed perron.
The
rites
of
burial are: looked upon in
all
countnes,
and al all times, as a debt fo {¡lcred,
that
fuch as oe.
gleé\td to difeharge i, were thought accurfed: Heno<
the Ronun, caJJed
!hemjujla,
and the Grecks
[nDm;.
ma.
di! ...i.,
ho/Ía.}
&e. word. impl)'ing ,he in,iolable
obllgations whieh
nature
has
Jaid
upon
the
living
tO
,ake care of the obfequies of ,he dead. Nor are we
to
wonder,
that
me
ancient Gre:eks
and RomaDs
wcre:
extremely
folicitous about
the
inu:rment of
their de.
cc.fed (riends, fince they were nroogly perfuaded, th,.
their fouls eould not be admitted ioto the Elyfian fieJds
tiJl their bodies wete
comn)itted to {be
earth; and
ir
it happ(ned that lhey
oever obtained
the: riles
of burial,
lhey were excJuded from ,he happy rrrdnfions for
tI>e
term of
an
hund red
years. For this re...
ron it
was con.
fidered as a duty incumbeGt
upon
all
uaveJlelS
who
Ihould mect with a d<ad body in their \Va)', tOc.n du!l
or
mould upon
it thrte times, aud
of
tbe1t: thrce hand.
fuls. one
at
leall "'as can upon ,he head. The .n·
cieols likewife
confide:red it
as a
great misfortune
if
they were llot laid in lhe fepulchres of Ihti r fathers
j
for whieh
reafoD,
fueh
as
dicJ in
foreign
coumrie,
had
ufually their afhes brought
home.
and jnterrcd \Vith
thofe of their ancefiors. But notwidlfiunding theír
great care in lhe burial of the dcad, there wcrc fome
perfon. "hom they though, unworthy of tha! lan
0('
tice,
and
tO
whom
ther~fore
{hey refuCed it: Such
were,
1.
Publie
or
prívate cncmies.
:2 .
Such
;'s b..·
trayen, or confpired againn !hei r country. 3. T yrants
who
wtrc
always looked
upon
as enemits ta their
eoun·
try. 4. Villains gtl;lty o( Cacrilege. 5. Sueh as died
in
debt, whofe bodies btlonged
tO
thl!ir credltors.
And, 6. Some particular offcnders, who fuffered ca·
pital puninlment .
Of
tliore who
\Vere
allawed lhe
riles
of
h\l rial,
rome
were diflinguifhed
by
particular
circufnllances
of ctif·
graee anending their
interment: Th\ls perfons
killed
by ligh!enlOg were buried apan by theOlfd ..e" being
lho\lght odiaus
tO
the gods:
{hofe ",ho
w....
lll!d Ihclr
patrimony, forf<ited ,he right of being buried in the
fepuJchres of !btir
f.th.rs;acu
lhoCe. who
IVte<
gwlty
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