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SECOND:\R Y, in Reneral, romclhing ,hat aél, as recood,

('11

in (ubord tnal ll.n 10

"nother.

SECRETAR Y, ao ofli cer wilo by hi, maner', orders wri,es

Jettcrs, dd p;¡IChc:s, í\nd other

inrtrulllt:nts,

whi h he rl!n·

d Cl

authenu c

his lignet

thefe;: tl)C!rc are

(cveral

kinc!s

as.

S o:crCt<lClCS

of Ha,,:, \Vho are of11 -:els that

h:",c unc:!er their

mAflagt"nH:nt

ttnJ

d.rcétion

lhe mort ¡m–

pt'n ant ..tr,l:rs of

.he

kln~d"m .

and

are

ob!'gcd

conllant–

10 au end 00 Ihe

kln~:

thcy recel've anu

dlfp.ttéh whtlt–

cv<:r comes

Ihel T

h..nds,

cnher

fr~)m

lile crown, Ihe

chureh, Ihe army.

IVAle

grlnts .

p.tnJons. ddpen(a–

t iCln5-, Óc. as

I~ke wir~ ~etltlons

t n lhe

(ovc;:re1nn:

which

wllen re..d. are re:urned

.hem;

all

~vhi ch

¡hey

dlrpatch

ac~orJ ing

Ihe kirg's diteébon. T hcy h.:ve f\uthorn y

commit perfons f¡.r tre:lrOn, ;¡nd other offences

ag:fom{~

l he

U.He

, ;¡¡S confc:rvators of

th~

place;u comrn\Jn law,

juUices of the peac...' th rough()lH the

kmgc1I)I11 .

T hcy

are nh. mbcrs of the pnvy-...ouncd, which

1'>

fddom or

~leVe r

held wi ,hout

Or'lt'

of them bd og prl fent: and ",s .tO

t he bufincfs and correfponctcnec: in

.dI

parts of this k,ng.

d om, it is m.cn2ged by cillle:r of Ihe

lecret~ ries

without

.,ny di(linélion: bm \\11th rt.fpcét

l O

rorelgn ffdirs the

bufincfs

dlvided

¡Ola tWO

provinees. or depel rtm ntS,

the

foul hef o and the oort h::rn, compr<:'hending

dI!

the

kiDgdoms and Haus that h..\ve any intereourfe with G reat

Briuin; eaeh feeretary re'Ce,oqing

dll

leu ers and addre{fes

from, and nlaking all difpatches to, lhe fever:d prioces

and flale3 comp,eheoded

his prov1nce. I reland and

t hr.:

PI~ntations

are under Ihe dHea lOn of the clder recre–

tary. who has the foulhern provlnce, which airo com–

prehend< F rance, lt:dy. SWIIZt'fI...od, Sp"in. Portugal,

and

Turky : the nOrl hero provlOce ¡neludes rhe L ow

C ountries. G erm;¡ny. Denm:trk, Swcden Paland. and

M ufcovy. E ach of the fecrC"tdries

hne an

ap.. rtmCnl in

:all

the royal houft s, both for lheir own ;¡ccommodadon

~nd

their officen ; chey have alfo

rabie

tht'

klOg's

ch2rge, or elfe

boal ~

\v.cgcs, T he tWO

fecre["ri~s

Udce have eat h twO under fecrerítries, and one chlef

clerk , with an uocen ;¡¡in number of other clerks and traof–

Ia,ors . all wholly d<pendlng on ,hcm T o ,he I<cre,, –

ries of na,e brlong ,he c"nody of ,h21 feal propedy call.d

the {¡gnel, and (he dlfeétton of tWO other offi ccs, one

c. lled lhe papt'r_{lffi cr, and the other

t~e

fi gocl-ofFice.

2 .

Secretary of an 'emb ¡{fy.

ped on a(tending::¡n am–

ba{fador for writing dirpalChes •elAting

lhe neguciatlOo,

T here is

great d: ffert oce belwC"en the fecre'ary of an

emb.t{fy. aod the amba{fador's fe¡,;rel:lry; lhe

I.dl

b~iog

dmHelhc or mem,,1of Ihe ambJ.{f-tdor, an,1

th~

lira

(t:'f.

vanl

mi nifl er of (he princc

3 T he

tecretafy uf war,

an ofli ccr of lhe wllf.('ffi ce, \l/ho h"s t \.\'o chlef elerks un–

der him.

t!~e

JaO of ,. h'ch

the fecrcrary's

·{ft'ngt'r.

T h,:,re are airo (ecreltlri, s in moH of the nthc:r offlces.

S ECR ETION , ;he rt pora,lOo of fome

,id from

lIJe

blood

by mtan, of Ih. gland,

_ .In Ihe bociies of aOlma1s we obferve

great number of

J~'ccs

diffc-rel\t n<trures

viz

the blnod, Iympha,

(a–

IIVl . nomach I¡quor, inteflinAI jui.·es , pancreatic juice,

bile. urine,

6e.

and the'blood is (he general (ource of

all . Sce

H LOOD

L VMPH ,

S AL I VA.

'be.

SECT ,

colkélivc ter

m.'

comprell. nd,ng

all

fuch

fol·

lo·.v the dl/él rine6 and apin¡oDs of fome famons dlvi ne,

philorophcr.

&c.

S E CT ION in general, denote, a part of a divided ,hing,

V OL.

111. N· . 93.

or the

divi~on

¡trelr.

S uch, ' panic'JI.Hly, are tt.e

fu ,–

di\'ifiuns o( " chapter; callc,.u alfo paragra}JlIs

anu

ani–

eles: the n1:lrk of 2 reétlon IS

§.

S FC1 ION ,

geometry

d \ nolt:s

a (¡de or furface arpe.u –

jng

;¡.

body or figure

CUt

by.;.¡notller ;

(.Ir

lhe I'l..ee

where lines, planes,

&c,

cut

('"C'h

olher.

S E C1 0R. io gl ometry, i, a part of a cirele co", ?"h: r.d–

bet\Vcen two radil and tht: arch ; or

I1lIXtrl ll i–

angle. formed by t\Vo radli and the areh of

cll de.

SECTO R

alfo a mathcm,Ltic.d lofl rument . of l!r(:al ufe i"

fi nding Ihe rHOportloLl Let\Vt'eo 'lu..\nritics uf

lh~

(ame

k;nd, as bctwecn Jines ::.n,1 I¡ncs,

(urta-~s

l.nd

furr:'Kes,

&,.

fo~

wl\lch rea(otl lhe F rt:Olh

edil it

the: comp:lIs

proportlUn.

T he great

ad\'anla~e

of the feaor .above cnrnmon fcale.

OC.

IS, thA.t il is <tdapted

"l!

radii, ilnd

",Il

tCJles.

For, by Ihe

J¡n~

o( chords, fint.:s. t

H'lgent~,

0 '.

on the

{t:élor,

\Vl.'

han: lines of cliords, fines. tangents,

Ce.

aJ–

apled to any r...dlus lJetWiXl the. It:nglh étnd br·eaoth of

the fetl or, ,\ heo oprned

The Cd lor i, fou nded on ,he rourth propof: lion or ,he

fi xlh bouk

E llclld, where it IS ,.emon{b ated, that

ú–

md~r

ui;¡ngles have IheH homoJogous

~d(s

propor·wnOlI.

SE CU L A R, romelhrng Iha, i, Ilmpural ; in " h" h C, nfe,

,he word nand, oppofed 'o <ccld ial\¡cal : ,hu, we rJy.

recular power, reculAr ju rifd,flion,

Óc.

S ECU LAR

G AME S,

¡udi

¡(',ulara .

in antiquit y. folemn

games bc:ld among the Rom"ns once in <in

"ue

Thefe

~ames

lalted'lhree days and as many RighlS,

durin~

which

time

{acrifi ces

\Ver!!

p'erformrd, theatrieaJ Olews

~xtl1bi ·

ted,

wlth

comhat', {",ons .

the

clreus T he oc·

cafion of thefe games , according ro

V ..

leriu- l\l..4ximus.

wa' ' o !!op Ihe progreC, of a pl'Bue. Tile lirel whu hMI

them celebrated al Rome W2S

V ..

I~ rius ·PubJitola,

lhe

I:rll

coolul created arter .the exrulfion of lhe

king!l'. The

cert monit s

be obferved therein were found prefcril>ed

in ooe of ,he bouk, of , he S,byh . A, ,he ,ime of ,he

celebrat~oa

of lhe recular g;¡rnes. hc:r;tJus were fene

Ihronghout all the empire,

¡nt¡mate

Ihar

eve, y one

might come and

'(ee

thole folemnities which he never yct

hild feen. nor

\'las

e\'er to fee ag. in. i\ulhlJrs are

nOt

agreed as

the number of yeaTs wherc:in theft: gilml!s re·

turoed, pArtl y be::aufe rhe

qu~nlily

of an agc or

fc~ u!um

among the ancients¡ is

n 01

known, . 2nd partly on olhec

accoun,s; fome

\ViII

have .il !hat they were

helJ

e\'er1

hundred years, and that lhe fcculum or age

was

our cen–

fury .

S ECU LAR IZATH) N, ,he aél of con" ertiog a regular

perfUl'

pl ,..:to.

Of'

bendlce. lotOa ft'cllldr one

S ECUN DIN ES,

ana,orny, ,he Cev<,,1 el)alS or mem–

brAncs whert in th

f~tus

\..,.app~d

up io Ihe

mOlh:L'~

wurub ." tht" chonun aod

amOlO'.

with

lh e:

placl'ma,

6 ,:.

St'e

M I DW IFER Y,

SECU IU D .~C~,

io bo" ny, a genu. of ,he di.ddphia de_

c:.nJ nOl

cl als. T he

c~hx

conlÍ(ls

,hree

)c;t'.tcs ;

,he

corolla is p,lpllionaceous, \v1' h a vex:lluOl; an:1 Ihe ro.l

o\'al,

and conu ins one {c:ed. T llere are

t\Vo

frc:ci~sJ

halh nf\tivc't of America .

SECU

ES, in .lntiquiry,

kind of gla...

ti:\lor~

<1m,,":!

Ih,·

Ronuns. who fo ,ght agAio!! the refi;t ril. T he fccu_

lOres \Ven: armed wi lh 2 fword

i\nd a

hu.:klc.:r, tO k..!'ep

orF

the

Oc. I

or o/lofe of their

aota~(jnins,

and lh('y

W()I

e a

c.dk

lheir h..d.

7 F

n i.