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.it

Ennoe or tho\lght, anJ Sige or (1Ience; (rom tht(c

fprung lhe

Nous,

intdli~cncc,

which

lhe

only fon,

cql,)jll la, and alone, capable: al' cOnlrreh.encting, lhe

By–

.hos: ,he filler of Nous ,hey c.lled Ale,hia. or tru,h:

and there cunlbtulCd {he

(¡rU

ql1aternity

~ons,

wlllch

were rhe: (ouree

aPld

origin;.¡1 of all the

relt:

for Naus lind

Ale,hia produced ,he world and I,fe; and from thefe

two procecded m;m aod

lhe

church . BUl ,befides

tbere

eight pr incipal ceoo',

thelc

were twenty two morfi the

J.tlt

of which, called Sophia, being

ddirous

arrive

,he knowledge of By,hos, g<ve herfdf a

~rea'

deal of

unea(jne(s, which created in

la·r

Angerand Fear, o( which

WiiS

boro M.ltter.

BUl

the Horos, or bounder, lloppcd

her, preferved her in lhe

plero"1a,

aod reClarcd her

her perfeaion . Sophia ,hen prod.<ed ,he Chrill and

. he Hol y Spirit, which brough. the zons 'o ,beir lall

pcrfl.'éhon, aod

mOlde e.very one of them contribute their

Ulmoll to forOl the Savlour. Here Enthymcfe, orthought,

dwelling near the Pieroma, perfetled by ,he Chrill, pro–

dllced every thing thac is

[he world, by its dil1ers par.

fions , The ChnH reot ioto it the Saviour,

ac~o01panied

with angels, who deJivered

fro01

paffions, without

annihil.tting

ir :

from thence was formed eorporeaJ matter.

And in this manner did lhey romance, eoneerning God,

luture, 'and the myfieries of the Chriflian religion.

VALERI ANA, in bo'any, a genus of ,he triandria mo–

nogynia c1afs.

has no calix ; ,he corolla confills of

one petal , gibbous at the bafe, aRd lituate above lhe fruit.

There are

rpeeiu, three o( theril natives of Eurape,

viz .

the officinalis, or great wild valeriao, 'who(e

rOOI

alexipharmic, Cl!dorifie, and diuretie; the dioiea, oc

rn:ufh valerian ; and (he locuna, or lambs.lettuce.

VALET, a French 'erm, uCed as a common

n.me

for all

domel1ic men Cervants, employed in the more fervile otfi·

ces, as grooltls. footmen, caaehmeo,

t:u.

VALETUDINARY, among medical writero, deno,es a

perCon of . weak aod fickly conflitu,ion, aod frcquently

out of order.

VALlO, in law, ao appeJlation given to atl., deed., ,ranC·

aétions,

Oc.

which are c10lhed with all lhe 'formalitieJ

requifite to their being PUt into execution.

VALLADOLID, a city

Old Callile, in Spain, eigh'y–

fiK miles north-well of Madrid :

W .

long. 4°

50',

and

N . lat .

4'° 36' .

VALLENG IN , ,he eapital of a 'coun'y ofthe Came n"me,

io Switzerland: fituated near the lake oí N eufchattel,

twenty-fivc miles nonh -wefl: or Bero .

VALLISNERIA, in botany, a genus of ,he direcia dian–

dria d afs. The fpatha bo,h

m.le

,\nd fem ale eonfills

of two

(e~ment9 ,

ano the

carolla.

of three petals ; the

{padix of .he male i. covered wi,h HoCeules; ,h. c.pfule

h.s one eell, contilining many feedsj and there are three

Oyli , T here is bUl one fpecíes, a natiye of l taly_

VALOIS, • duchy of France. fituated on ,he 'hree gre..

rive.~ ,

che St'ine, the Mune. and the Oyee.

VALUE,

in COnlmerce, d(!nOleS the price or worth ofany

Ihing ,

VALUED

".T,

in Sco," law. Seo L AW, T i, xii 6.

VALVE , in hydrolulics, pnel1miuic.s.

&c.

is "

klOd

or lid.

or CQy;!r, of .. (Ube or

vdTc:1.

fa coornved as

opc:n une

"vay;

but

WhlCh, the more rorcib ly

11 IS

pre(f'\!d Ihe other

way. the c:!o(t:r it fhurs the Apcrturc; lo

th.tt

either

.d.mlts

lbe entrance o(

flUid

IDtO

lhe tube ar vdfc:l,

élnd

V A 'R

pre.,tnts

¡ti

~turn;

admits.

in efcape, and

preven~s;rI

re·entrance.

VALVE,

in ana(omy, a thin membrane applied

feveral

cclvlties and nffds of the body, to ..fford

pa{f;'ge to

certain humoun goiog ooe

WAy.

ano

prevent their reflux

tow.uds the place. from whence they carne.

VAN,

a term derived from th e French

aflanl ,

avaulfl,

fi gnifying

bifore,

/orem.JI

of any thlOg: ,hu. we

C.y ,

lhe

~n.gu

¡rd

an army,

ec.

VANDALI A, the ancien<

n.me

of the couotrie. of Meck·

lenburg and Pomerania,

Germany .

VANELLUS, in orni'hology, SceT".CA.

VAPOUR, In philofophy. ,h. moill and mon . olalile pa r–

tieles of bodies. reparated by heat, and uifed into

(he

atrnofphere. Seo RAI • .

APOU R

s, in medicine, .a diCeaCe properly e.lled hypo, or

the: hypachondri.lcal dife-afe, ..nd in meo panicularly tbe

fpl«n . See M

"olel.HE

, p. t48 .

VARI,- in medicine, little haul and ruddy tumou", which

frequently infell ,he faces of young perfon, of a hot 'em·

pcrament

body .

VAlU ATION, in geography .nd naviga,ion, i. ,he

de.ia

–

tion of tbe magnetical

n~edle.

in the malÍner's compar"

from

,he

true

DPnh

poiot, towards either the

can

~e(t

;

is an aceh of th'e horizon, iot ercepted belween

the meriadian

óf

the place ofobfuvation

aaa

the rnagnetic

meridiano See

NAVIGAT ION .

VARIEGATION, among bo,.oill, and Jlorill" ,he atl of

IIreaking or di.erfif)'ing the le..es,

<be.

of pfantS aod

Bowers

wifh

(everal coloun .

Vilriegation is either natural or artificial.

natural

varitgation lhere are four

~inds;

the firH fhewing ¡tfelf in

reJlolV fpotS hue and there iD ,he leav.. of plaDts called by

gordeners the yellowbloach . The focond

k.nd

, called,he

white bloach, marks the leaves witb

great number of

white Cpo" or ¡lripes; the whitelllying next ,he furface of

the leaves, u(ually acco",!panied with other marka of

greenilh white, thao lie deoper iD ,h. body of ,he le."e•.

The

third, and mon beauuful, is wherC' the leaves

are

-edged with

whitc,

beiog

owing

to fome diforder or

in–

fcétion

in the juices, which

HalOS

the natural complee.

.ion or verdure of .he plaDt. The fourth kind is ,hat

called ,he yellow edge.

Artificial variegation is performed

ioarching or

inoculatiog a ,flripéd

variegated plant

ioto a phio

one

of the Carne Con; as a varieg:ued common jelf..

mio

ioto a

ph.in,

common, Spanifh, Brazil, or Iodlan j.:lfa·

mio.

A tingle bud or eye, Mr Bradly obferved, being pla–

ced in the ercutcheoo of a d,Uc:mpcred Hee, whcre it

can ooly rcceive nourifhment from lhe vitiatcd juices,

will

become yaric:gated proponionaoly to the nourafhment

draws; anOwill

partcike

more of lhe white and ydlow

juice. Ihan

a branch

¡hall

be inarchc:d, lhe bnd b¿ving

nothing to ftourifh

but the juict:s of the

pJdDl il

ls ino·

cuhuc:d on; wherc:as a cyon Inardtc:o

fed

the fi ri·

ped plan,. and .he heálthful one.

the oi4t ural {lripes and n riegations. thereare

Come

panieubr Cl r\:urn Oanc"s

be;: oblcrv\."d:

l .

That fome.

plants only app.

r v.1.! iegatt:d or

blo.tch~d

in the

fprin~

and

autumn, Ihe:: 1t"lns JI(¡tppC..I nng

<\5

Ih\'Y

~athcr

Hrc:ngth:

or this klnd are

ru~

•

h)·llle

tl Rrl

marjoram .

'2:

5.." l1e

plan" are CQDlInuJlly blo.ched iD Ihe fpullgy pa"

their