1000000030

E R

Ihe p,ny wl,o

f~eks

il has

rc~cived

h3. J ufase, or is

1101

I.k~

'n h:l·.'e ao imp.mial Iri,,1 in Ihe inferior

cou.\.

lc"ior••i is

n,a"~

fClll rnahlc eilher in the

kio~'s

bcr" h, eOml1l(,1I pita"

'lf

Inchanccry.

¡,

is ""1 only ill'ue" OUI of Ihe eoun of chaocery,

bUl

likc\\1f~

OUI of Ihe king's bCDch, in wl,ich lan

meOlionld Wlln il lits where Ihe king would be cero

li.icJ of

record. Indiamenls froOl inferior coum,

ami

rroelldir.g~

of lhe

qUJfler.f~Oions

of the pem,

may

,.1:"

111

removed inlo lhe king'; beneh by a eeni·

oldli:

¡!lid

hert: the very rleord mu/l

re:urn ..

••,.\ 1101 • li;,"f"i pl of il; lhough ufua lly in ch.lOctry,

.f a cu,;<Jr3ri be relurnable lhere, il remov s only a

lenor of Ihe record.

CERTITUDE, confi,lered in the things or idm whieh

.re

Ihe oujcéls of our underfiandiog, is a nccell'ary a–

green,e", or difagreemenl of one part of our knolV–

ledge lI'ith aoolher : as applied 10 lhe mind, il is lhe

perceplion of fuch agreelOenl or dif:'Rrecmeol; or {uch

a firm

wdl .~rounded- afr~ol,

as excludes not ooly all

manoer of

do~bt,

bUl alI eooceivable poflibility of a

mi!lake.

T here

are

lhree forts of Certilude, or alfuraoce,

aceordiog la lhe

diff~reot

oatures aod circum/laoces o{

thio~s.

A phyfiea l or nalUlal certitude, whieh depeods

upoo Ihe evidenee of feore; as lhat

fee fueh or {ueh

a eolour , or hear rueh or fueh a fou nd: 00 body que·

/liaos lhe trulh of lhis, where the organs, Ihe Oledi·

um, aod lhe objeél are righdy difpored.

~Iathe·

malical certitude is lh.l arifioR frommalhemalicalevi–

deoce ; {uch

1$,

Ihat the timeaogles of a trianRleare

(qual '0 IIVO righl ooes.

Moral certiludc is Ihat

fouoded onmoral evidence, aod is {rcquendy cquiu.

Itol

a mathemalical ooe ; as Ihat IhC1( IV,S(ormer'

Iy fueh ao tmprror as Julius ere!. r, and that he IVrote

Ihe Commenlaries whiel, pars under hisoaOle; beC'Jufe

Ihe hiOoriaos of Ihefe limes haye reeorded il, aod no

man has ever difproved it fince: Ibis afl'ords

moral

ecnilude, io eommoo fenfe {o greal, thal ooe would

be Ihoughl a fool Or a madman {or dellying it.

CERVI/\ , io geography, a ei,y and porHown of Ro·

mania, in haly, filuated on Ihe gulph of Venice, a–

boul ten miles foulh·eafl o{ Raveooa, and {ubjeél

Ihe pope:

long.

13°,

and . lal.

44· 30'.

CER ICA L

na.",

iD aoatomy. See p.

2~1.

CERVIX, in analomy. See p. t66.

Cn•• x

if /ht u/trUJ o

See p.

274,

CF.RUME

,EAR·WAX.

See p.

296.

ER U

or CH

ss,

'Whi/t /rad,

a {on

calx of

leaJ, made by eltpofing piates o{ Iba! mm l 10 Ihe

vapuur uf vlOegar.

The

way of preparina it is tlle {ollowiog: A

gI3f" c1\ urbil is 10 be eUI off io fueh a manoer

a.s

le.ve

il •

l'CIy

loog rr,nom; an alembic bead o{ glafs

i, 10

fimd 10 mis; {ame .ioegar is 10

pUl iOlo

Ihe body, lnd a number of Ihio plms of Iead are tO

bc plattd in me litad io {ueb

Ol,nner Ihal the m.y

fi.nJ

{omewhal erdl: whtn lhe head is nued on, Ihe

butl

10 be {el in.

~endc

{aod·hUl {ur mel,c hours ;

tl!eD uoluLiog

tlu:

eaLl.!,

tIu: r

iw,

whu:h

had

beeD

fined to lhe' nofe of Ihe he,ld, \ViII eontain a {wert

and Oyplic liquor, nau{enus and lurbid, calle" the

vioegar of lead, or the folulinn o{I

,d;

aod the pl.les

o{ lead, I.keo OUl of Ihe head, will be {ouod eovmd

Wilh a while duOy OIaHer; Ihis is eerufs; ""d if lhe

operadon be repealed, Ihe whole lead will be in fioe

redueed la lhis /late o{ eerufs.

Cefufs is "fed cXlcrnally cilher mixcd in ointOleoll,

or by {prinklingil 00old glceliog aod walery ulce" , and

io OIaoy direafes o{ lhe IIlio.

If.

wheo il is reduced

iOlO a fine powder. il is rmiycd in wid, lhe brwh in

iofpi1'Jtion, and emicd 10IVo iOlOthe lungs, il eau{es

terrible allhmas, thal are alOloll iocurable, nod al lall

¡¡eocrally proye fml: fad iollanees o{ lhe very ptroi.

eious effeéls of lhis meral are 100 ofleo feeo amoog

thofe perfoos who work lead io aoy (olm, bUI panicu–

Iarly among Ihe workm in white· lead.

The painlers ufe il in great qu,tntilies, and, thal it

may be ,fforded cheap 10 lhem,

is genm lly adulle–

rawl wi,h commoo whltiog : Ihe F.ogliO, .od Du"h

cerufs

I'ery bad in Ihis refpea: lheVeoctiao ought

al"'ays

be ufed by apOlhecarics.

t.ss

alll

imo'I)',

a medicine prcpared by Jillilling

pOIVdmd regulus of allliOlOoy Wilh {pirit o{ oi,tre,

lill no more fumes arife; wh"

re",~ios

in Ihe

lCtort

bciog pulmifcdand wa!hed, makes lhe cerufs o{ aOli–

mony, which is dleeOled

power{ul diurelic.

CERVUS, or

DEER,

in zoology, a geous o( qu.dru.

peds belooging tO Ihe arder of pecon. The horns

are folid, brinle, covered IVilh a hairytkin, 2nd grow–

iog {rom Ihe top; they likclVife {all ofl', and art re–

nelVed aooually. Thm are cight (ore·teelh in lhe

under j.w, and Ihey haoe DOdog.lecth. The fplcies

of lhis genus are feveo, viz. l. The

eamelopud.li.

wilh fimple or unbrdnched horns, . nd Ihe (orc-(cet re–

mn kably longer Ihao lhe hiod

{tet.

Thi. is ao un

eommon animal, {ew of lhem having cver becn {eco

io Europe. h is a oalive o{ )Elhlopia, and

ver,y

mild and geotle: The head is like

t1w

of a lIag ; ill

horns are blunl aod aboul fix ioches long. The oeck

refemules Ihal ofacamel, bUI nluch looger, bciog

(010(–

times {eveo feet in lenglh. The body is fmall , comed

IVilh while hair, and fpoued wilh red He is eighlern

feel in lenglh{rom Ihe tdi! tOlhe 10p o{ Ihe hud; and

whenhe

hol~s

up his head, il i. fixteen

from the

grouod. He{eeds priocipalIy 00 the lcaves o{ trm.

11"

a\ccs, or elk, has palmmd horos, wilh–

OUt any proper lIem, and a flcfhy protubmnce on Ihe

throal. This is lhe largell animal o{ Ihe dur kind.

the {airo{St Cermaio al Paril, io the

1752,

a {emale

e1k

was e,hibitcd

a !hOIV. h

11'''

C'~ught

in Ihe year

1749,

io a {oren

Red

Ruma,

bcl~og.

ing tO a Khan of TartAry. The heighl

11'11

fix fm

feveo ioches, Ihe length ter, {eel, aod Ihe tlllcknefs

ágh\. The hair wa, long, like Ihal o( a ""ilrl boar.

The tkio i, raid to refill Ihe force of agun bullet. The

clk

is a .ery {wi{1 aoimal; and he {eeds opon

ves

of .Ider, biICh, 1I.;lIow,

&(.

When tamed, he de·

vou" Iarge quantities of hay or bread. This animal

i, {oond in Ibe DarIbero

woods

of Europe, Afia, nd

Ameria.

The