E
1\1
B
ch:mJ¡(r,
by p'lblic nUlho,ily; 01
a
prohib;lion of
n.le, co.nnlol1ly on furelgn Ihlps, in limc of
IV.Ir, 10
prcven! lhcle gOlng OUl 01 pOrt, fnmelimcs 10 plevent
tbm com:nn iu , aod (omctimes bOlh, foe alimiteJ lime.
The king n1.1y lay embargoes on fhirs, or cmploy
titof: of his CJbje{ts, in time of
d~nger,
for Cmlte
~nd
d&ncc of the nalion; but lhey mutl not he for
tbe rrime advantage 0f
a
particular t,.der. 01 como
pany ; and therefore
a
IVamot
10
lIay a
fin~le
fh ip is
no legal embargo. No iofereoce can be m,lde from
cOlbar&oes which are only in war time ;
~nd
are npro·
hllmion by advice of eonneil, and not at profeeution
of parties. If goods be laden on board, and after an
embargo or rellr'tOt from the prince or lIate comes
fonh, and then the maller of the fhip breaks ground,
or endeavoors to fa¡J, il any uamage acerues, he mull
be
refpo~Gble
for the Came ; the re,(on is. becaufe h;s
f" e:¡¡ht is due, and mull be paid, nay though the gooes
be Imed as contrabando
Enlbargo difTm flom quaraotine, infomnch as this lal!
is al\Vays for the
t~rm
of furly days, in whieh perfons
feom foreign
p~rts,
infe{tld IVith the plague, are not
permitted tO come 00 fhore. See
Q!:.\RA~' I~ ~ .
EMBASSAOOR. or AM3ASsADOR, 3 publtc minifier
fent feom ooe fOl'ereign prince, as a repre(entative of
hi! perCon, tO another .
Embaffadors are either ordinary or extraordinary.
Embaff.ldol in ordinar)', is he who eonllaotly reGdes
jn·the coun of another prince, to maintain agood UD–
derllanding, and look tO the ioteren of his maller.
Till about tIVO hundred year! ago, embaffadors in or–
dinary \Vere not hmd of
i
all. till then, IVere emoaC–
faJ0rs extraordlOary, that is, fuch as are Ceot on fJme
particular oCCdGcn, and \Vho retire as
(000
as tbe af·
fair is di(patehed.
Hy the laIV of
nation~,
none under the quality of
a Covm ign prinee cao fend or J'eceive ao eOlbatr,lclor.
At Atl,eus, embaff.dors mounted the pulpit of lhe pu–
blk orator!, and there opened their commillion, ac·
qu.tintiog the people Wilh their maod. At Rome,
toey IV:re introJuced to the f,n,ne, aod dcliverej their
eommillioos tO them.
Embaff.doJ's (hould never atteod aoy public folemoi–
ties, a, marriagcs, fun!rals,
&e.
unlt(~
their mallees
have (ome intcrell thmin: nor mul! they go ioto
Olourning on aoy occ.Gons of thcir
o\Vn,
bwu(e they
repreCeot the perCons of their pllnce. By the elril
laIV, lh. movelble goods of ao
cmb.fl'ador, whlrh
are
~eCOUoteJ
an aceellioo tO bis per(un, eJnnot be [cized
on,
n~ithcr
as a pledge, nor fur
paym~ot
of a debt,.
n?r by order or
ex~cution
01' judu·nent, nor by lhe
klng's or nale', I¡a"e wllere he rcr.des, as Come eoo·
eeive; for all aaions
ot1~ht
tO be f" from an ambaC.
(Ador, as well that whidl
to~chelh
his neecff.llltl. as
hls perlon:
iC,
therefCJre, he hath c0l11ra8ed ar,y debt,
he is to be eAllcd upon kiodly, Ine! il he refub, lhen
kttees of reqoell Jre tOgCJ tohis "l.lllel. Nor e.n any
of the emb.lffador's clllmdlic (<<vao"
th.ltare regi.
nm'd
in Ihe Cwmr:es uf Ilm's o(!iee be anelled in
p'. ,Coo or gooJs: ir lhey are, lhe proecís O·all b.
vUld, aoel the
p"\I~S
(umg Ol:t anJ
(x~,ullng
it (hall
r
1\1
13
(ufT. r and be 1i Ible
10
(uch penahies and e0'roral PII'
nifh mer.t as the lurd ehancellor or eilher of lh! cluef
jullices r.1AII think fit to inllié!.
Yet
emll.lfi~dors
c.noot be defended when they commit any thioJ a·
~'101l
thIt lIate, or theperCon of the prinee, Wilh wholll
they refide; aod if they are gllilty of treaCon, felooy,
6e.
or any other "ime
a~3101l
the law of oations,
they lole the peivilcge of an embaffador, and may be
[ubjc{t tO punilhment as I'ril'ate aliens.
EM1HSSY, the olli:e or fun8ion of an embaffador.
S~e
the preeedlOg anide.
EMBDEH, a port-lown and óy of Germany,
e~ rit,1
of
a
COll~ty
01'
th~ (~m~
name, 1I')W in pofl'ellion of the
king of
Prulli~
j
il is r.tuated at
,h~
m0uth
oC
the rim
Ems :
E.
long.
6°
41', and
N.
la!.
n°
50'.
EMBER·WEEKS, or OHS, inthe epiCeopal chereh,
are certain (ealilOs of
Ih~
year, Cet apan for the im.
ploriag God's blelling, by prayer
a~d f.!I¡'~,
upon
the or.linaU0ns rerformcd in lhe rhurch at.fuch times.
Thde orJ,nauolI·falls are ob(erved four times io the
year,
VI Z.
'he Wedne(day, Friday, anJ
Saturd.IYaf.
W
the fi,lI Sune!q in lent, aft r \VhitCunday, af¡e,
the fvurteenth of SépHmber and the thincclll h of
December ; it beiOg ,njolned, by a caaon uf the
ehurch, that de1eons ao<l mmlnm be oedame.!, or
made, only upon the Sundays illlmediatcly follo\Vin¡;
lheCe embedalls.
aIBERIZA, in
or.i,h~log)',
a
ge"us of birds, belong–
iog to the order uf p.O'eres. The btll is conie ..l, and
the mandibles r"ede frum eaeh otlter towards the
baCe; the ioferior mandiblt has
th~
fides nmo\Ved in–
..ards, but theuppcr one is IIdl nmowel. There are
twenty.four Ipeeies,
VIZ.
The ni,.llis, or greal pycd
mount.un·finch of Ray, and the Cnow·bird of Ed·
wards, has white-IVlngs; but the outer edge of the
I'rimc-fea'hers are blaek; the t,il is black, with three
..hile fe.Hhers 011 eaeh Gde. They inhabit Lapl,od
anel Hudlon's bay, aocl ia hard IVinters tltey come ioto
!liVeJen, wheo dley are tot"lIy IVhile.
2
The hyem,–
lis, or (nolV C,>arrJW of
Catelbl',
is bldek
abov~,
nnd
:he belly is wilite.
lt
is a nauve of Nonh .'\mclica.
3. Tloe
mdl~ris,
or greyemheriz', is 01' a greyir.l co·
lour, fpoucd \Viln black in the belly. and the orbits
are redifh .
h
is lhe buoting or Engllfh aUlhors, nnd
a bird of Europe.
4
Th~·hortulana,
or
OrtOI.IO, hJS
Uaek
wio~s ;
the firfl tltree fcathers on the tai! . re
"hite on tite ed&cs, only tLe
t\Vo
laterll are bl.lck
outlrale!ly. Tht orblls of lheeyes are nake" "n" yrl–
low
i
the
h~ad
i3greeoiOl, and ydlow to'vards lhe in.
ferior mand'ble.
lt
fceds pnnclpally uponthe p.mick–
zrals ; groIYs very f, t, .nnd is reekonerl " dl·lieate
morrel by cemin epicures.
lt
is n bird 01' Europ,
5·
The ellrioell.l,
or
yellulV hammc:, h:s a
bI.1C~iO·
tall. only the tW" o:lttvard fide·fr.uhefs are mark"
00 the Inn,'r rdCe IVUIt a Olalp wloite [pOt.
lt
i, •
bird of Europe, nnd comes .1l1'lIt hOl::es in IVlllIcr :
it builds ils nell on the ground in OleadolYs.
6.
Th:
oliv.,,", 01' olive
~Dlberiz"
is of
'11
olive COIOIlI a–
hov~,
I'Ihill'r bclJw; ,he o;'pe of the
Ilcck
is or. nge.
eoloured , ,oel It
h.IS" b:,ek helt at'OCl Ihc hrtall.
ft
js
i\
n.lt:IC
l.;'
De.:·!!!i::.
¡.
The cm, or
~r.llt1i
.,:
~.