797 / 868
T H
o
411ire, {ituated on the ri ver Swalc, fi l(tc:en
mil~s
Ol)l,tll –
wefi of
Y OI
k.
lt
fc.:nds
1
\Va mcmucrs to
p,tI
lIament.
THlRST, an une"fy (cnLuion, :nifinr. from a dcfi cic:nc-y in
the f;.tliv:\
10
moiílt'n ,he inwJrd
p.HtS
01
lhe
mollt h ;
hence uirc:s a
Hrong c!cfirc
(01"
drink :
it is a f)'lnptom gc –
nerally
:lttt:nolng
rcvcriO,
dlrorJ~'rs .
TIlISTLE.
in bOL,ny. Sce
CAKD U U ' .
OJ'd~r
o.f
¡he
TH
I STLE.
or
if
SI
A N 1)1\.
r \\'. a
milirary
or o
do!(
of
knighthooJ in Scotlancl, (he rl CI!
,hlJ
mll il ution
whercof is
\'drioun y
rt:l.ued
by
ddT¡.;r~nt
:UUlhHS.
Lc!~ :y,
bifhop of Rofs, n'po rts, that lhe:: o;ciht bd orc tht'
k tldc
b::twcen
Alhdll.lOkin~
of
Nort humllC:rl.\Otl, ..tnd
Il uo~!us
l~ing
o f Ihe: P IElS, :\
b' ltiht
erofs, in (orm of tha! whc:rc.'·
oa
St
Andrcw
(Ihe
(\Helar
fainl
of S...:ud :.md) fulT":lcd
m;;. rlyrdlHn.
appc:nt::u to Hungl1:S ;
wlto hAvIlIg
gai nctl
thlt!
v1t tory. cyer aflcr bo re: lhe fi gure
of IhM ClotS
on
his
b.mnns ,
Olhcrs
3{f::rt. that
Achait\s
kin~
of
Scotlalld
r.r(l
inllitllted
this
order.
a(ter
h ~ving
Ilu de
lhe
(a mous
lC:lgue ofr.:nr¡vt: and ddenfive
\Vith
Charl~lllagl'le
king of
Fr.lnce.
BUI
although
lhe'.
thillle
h~d
bec" :\cknowlc:dg–
etl (l,S lhe
fymbClI
of lhe kingdonl of Scotland from lhe
Hign
of
Ach;,¡im.,
yet fome
refcr
lite
beginninó
of
this
order
lO
Ch.r1e,
va.
or France. O thers place ,he
found ,uion
of
it
:l.S lo\Y as
the
year r500,
T he chic:f
lOcl
principal
enrig
1
is a
goill collar
compo–
fed
o~
thirtles aod
f?rigs of rll'=
inl'7r1inked with 3mule15
of
gold,
having
pcndcm
thereunto
the imagc of ';\
Andrew
with
hi, crofs,
and lhc mOHO, NEMO
ME I MPU N E L ,\ –
CE S S E T .
J'h~
ordin:\ry
or (Ommon
en~gn
\Varo
by
lhe
kni,ghts.
i~
a
(lar of four filver points.
and
over them
l
gn'cn
cir–
el!!,
bonlered
and Ictteren
Wilh
golJ,
coot.,ini~,g
lhe
raid.
molto,
aod
in
the
centre is a thiClle
proper;
:,¡,1I \\
hich
¡Si
eOlb.oidcred on their
Jeh
brean,
and
Vloro
Wil!)
lhe
collar,
wilh
a grecn ril...baod oyer
(he:
left
!houIJ! r.
and
brought und:r
lhe
right
arm;
penJeDt
thereto
is the l·
nlflge
of St
Andrew. \Vilh
his
crofs,
iD
a
pu rpJe
robe,
within
ao oval
of
gold
eoamcllcd ven , with
lhe
forOl~r
m OHO:
bUl
rometlmes
they
wear,
eDcirelcd
in
the
(ame
manoer,
a
thillle
crowned ,
Ahout
t he
time of
the
rcformation, this order
WitS
droppcd. lil!
J'OIC'
l L
or
Encl.nd,efum_d il. byere. –
tiog
cight
knights : how"ver.
lhe revolution
unrt:ttled
it
~~.ün,
and
it
l<l y negleéled till quecn A"lne. io
1703 , re·
Ho red it
lO
the primitive ddig n, of t welvc
knightS
of St
Anrirew.
TIIL ~ S P(.
in botany.• genu, o( ,he ,
etr.oyn.mi.fili cu·
lofa
ciar"
T he pod
is
erniHgi o-tted. hc:art·!Iuped , con–
uining m;m y feed.s ,
1~here
are tcn
(pccies.
fi x
of
them
nau ves of Britotiñ,
viz ,
the campd lre.
or
milhriJate )
t!lt:
:t rven!"C', or
trc:aclc-muQotrd; the
perfolia lum, or
perfull:tte
Irt'1cle ,muOard;
Ihc
fuTtum,
or
pcrenni.t l
m ilhric1ale
llluttdTd ; the mon:an·lm. Of"
"'uunl:tin
mil h–
nd~le-mu(lard ;
and
lhe
burf ..
paUoris,
or
iheph~, d's
purfe.: ,
1'1I0 M ,Q·:ANS .
T"O
r.lIST S.
or
C '
'''!f1i'1nJ
nfSI
Tlf o r.~ A~ ,
A
Iwoplc
ur
Ihe
Eatl ~l nJies.
\I..
ho.
::I.C'cord:ng
10
the Ir.. ,
rtitino
rc:c-:incl
tlle:
Gt)rpd
fr om
St
T hoOlas , U pon
t h~
:u riv...
1
of d I!:
Porl\l~u
.
..rc
al
Cl l " ·~H.
In
th':I:- (irfl
vo)' a;::e
1(1
I!IC
l n.lie .., dley mcl
w ilh dnCt.:nt
C'hrdll:lns,
w!Jo Im: –
lcr.rh:d
lu
11(.
tler..:
:oded
(roOl thofC
l·.,nv~ n
'll
by
l)t
Tll"'llA~ ,
'r ilo:
I'lIom:o::.tns
lU:lIlg
infurmccl uf
a new
pcoplo:
ttrll vc.d a·
muog ,helO.
WJIO
L.lOrc.:
il
p.\
rtllul.tr\'¡;nll
:.ltwn
fue
the
T H O
crofs,
(C'l)t
emb"{[ld,lI's h)
{hCIll ,
to
Illdk': :1!l :\lI iAn::e
wit1:
t11..:m• •
Hhl
t,.
r(,1I 1~it
tI\c.:ir
;:¡l1id.lUü· ;:¡r. .inr!
lhe
G c. r.t.l .:
princes,
by whum ¡hey
\Ver\:!
gr.:.ttl y
opprd!~d .
,\
l1Iix ·
l\lrc
of up.nions,
wlt h
a
locd
InlLl Iul,u un
u(
p:t.r1ül
s,
¡ omelilOcs
roe
fcvC'r.•1 ye:Hs wf.erhc.'r, u,:c:lli¡lncd
tlt,,~
horriLIc ch:\os
Iheir
rcl i~inn
w:\s
in
ilt
rhe arrlv .. \ uf
d ie
P \lrl U&"c.:!C
i
for a
Ipl·.inh:n
"",hu fo'- \Ve
fh:t ll
:HIJ tlll:1f
nunn..-r of
{ ll·~brdl in~
the
llh
hAdt: O"l
r
thc.i
r
al:.1T
""AS
a
kin~l
ur J!,.lIcry:
ttn.1 \...
hde
tI,e pr.ctl
\Ví:S
f..y ln;!
tll':
11('
gioniog
of
Ihe
ufTi cc bclllW , a c.•ke
(.I(
lIou r 01 n Ct \\
:>
flylng In od, or
b~: ltcr,
.1l>(¡VI; ;
\:Ileo
t:no\l gh. Ihe: c..
Le
\VdS
1 ...
1
clown
in
a bal"ct
upon die allM, \\I.l rc (he
prl,n
CIHlrc.:critl ed
It:
as
lO
th..:
0 1
h~r
Ip,,:cles,
fur
\VIne
,hey
lIfe:u
ri.
kill~1
of
h.lndy
or arr4jl.;'k .
"Arlollll y
prep,ucd
IQ
-ihal
ce,unclY,
N or
WilS
their
oltlinallon
much
more
re–
gtllar;
the
"rcid racon,
who
\o"as fom etim-:i
mOfe
rf–
fptl'lcd
than lh t: lHlhop
IHlIIL·lf.
flcC]uclldy
old",inelÍ
pnells:
lhcir o.ther
abufes
were
inlin:te . Tlu:!
Porfl:~lle:;( ,
fOf"
Ih,Je t\Vo litrt
ccnt uri~s ,
hav::
I.d,ou·ed
the
, dorm¡ ,
tion
of
tllIS
chu rC'h, and n;:¡ve C'lll plC\)'c::d buth the
eccle–
(¡..
nic and
recular power lht:rein :
for
lhis <col!
thcy h<lvc
cttlled
che:
Thomx .\n
blOlOpS
lO lhe
,=ouneil
ri.1
G oa,
h;¡ve
in'lnUlcd.
ch¡¡ rgcd
thell1,
(:c,
;wd
(ven
fent lhern
(or
inflrutlion
lO
POflu~al
..c,d
R ome ;
bUl
find,ng
thal
Ihey
\Verc Hill ..
pIlO
lelJpre
al
thelr
return,
OInJ
th;\l
00
good
WAS
like
tO
lit! clone
w;lh thc:m, thc:y rt:1uh·td
10
exclul!e
th: m
one\:! fur
all,
and
lO
"rpoint
an
Europe;n
b,fhop
in
lhcir r(lom ,
ThcfC'
procu.:d,ng,s
ha' ..e
renGl.rcJ lhe:
Por·
tup,uefe: inSoitdy C'ldious 10 lhe
l~hoOl;z;;;,ns ,
SIl
HOM:\ S.
a ci ,y or
,he
hi ,h<r
Ir.di,.
on ,he eo,O "f
C oromandel.
duce
miir.:s
(uulh of
Forc
St
George;
fub·
j:Ct
to tht: P or
l
ucuere,
SI
THOMAS
is
¡¡Ifo an
iO lncl
in
the AtI.tntieoceao, fituatcd
unJt: r
the
equ.Hor,
in
8
u
E.
long .
SI
THOMAS i6
aIro
a town of
Guian~,
in oUlh Amer:ca,
fitual ed
on lhe
river
Oroooko;
f\ll'jet1
to
Spain .
S I,
TU O MA"S
DA Y, a fetl:v.,'¡ of Ihe
Ch rifti \n church,
obfC'tved on
Dee.
21 ,
in cOOlmemor:llioo of
Sr
l"homa,
,he aponle.
SI
THOMAS
if C,'II/~rlmry'$
da) ,
a fe(lival
of
the R 'lnllfo
church.
o~terved
on
O ee.
21/.
in nH:mMy o(
T holr.<ts
Bccket
archbilhop
of
Canterl>ury,
who
w~s
murJn tJ ,
or,
as
the
Rornilnins
fay.
manyred,
io
tht:
rti~n
uf
klli¿
He,;r)'
!l.
TrIO
II[~M,
the
J .:.étrinc
of 5t
Thom~$
Aqu:n'ls, ?od
IIIS
fol to\t'Crs
the
Thorndls,
chicAy
wilh
rel!:trd
10
predd h r'l'
tion aod
grace. TheJe is
fome
(!ou~t
wh.u ¡he (ruc:
1,;-'
nu:ne
lhorr:ifm
¡s. but
lhere ;!Te
anthon:
\\'ho
J dltnglól lh
the
t~omi(m
of
5t
~rhoOla,
froro
thilt
of
Ihe
d'lmiolco1I1!1.
Ot hers
again
mdke
thomifm ro
other
th il o l klnd uf jan.
fen¡(m
dir~uifcd :
bUl
j ~ nfen.frn .
it
is known,
h;¡s
hl.'l'n
coodelHned
by
the
rOpc.'!I.
"hi.:h
pUle
lhomiCm
n("\'t"r
w.u:
in e:ffd l. lhe
'W' liu n&s of
AlvHC2.
.od L rmos. who
\\'l IC
l
ppointl.llhy th:i:- orller tO lay duwn .tnd
ddlr.tl,
bdole
the holy
r
'e,
lh~
dllgnut3
of
th:ir
f: hool,
11;,¡\!t: 1¡llee
b!l n
repuled
the
rule
of
rure
Ihomifm.
TIlOl\1(STS.
a fea of fchcol-d.vincs . ",h, m"n:. in ,bo·
mirm,
Sec the
rrC'tetling
artide.
T HOR \ C IC
Due T.
Scc
A 'A T O"Y.
p.
,s ,.
1 ·J-(n 1t. \ X ,
In
AniilC'lmy. SLI!
,\ .., ArOMY,
p
'li j o
'1"1
!ORN .
l
city
of
l'vl.\nd,
10
the!
plnvlo.. 'c 01
rC'k,,1 l'IUffi
1,
lit\':u("d
on
the
Ilv(r
V;{lU!ol :
.1:: ,
JOO&, I?C' ,
.tnJ
. 1""1 ,
5
~o
'1°/.
TIIORN·