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He h..h .b.ndoned hi. phyfician•. M ad.m. under
whok pr.élices he h:nh per((!cu lcd lime with hape j 2nd
finds no other advant..gc in lhe procefs, bUI only l he lo·
fing of hope by ,imo.
AI/'I '1JJ,.1/ Ihal <nOI '1JJel/. an l . fe l .
K . H m rJ. O my pOOl kingdom, fick lI"ilh civil blow.!
W hen t~at my edre could nal with·hold thy tÍou,
"\Vhal wllt (hau do when riat is thy care ?
S"o"d par! K H'm rJ lV .
l~ aDy. one filall obfcrv.c, Ihar there is a dllrd fpeci es
ofWlt, d,fferent (rom ,hole mentioncd, confifiil'lg in found!
mercly . wc are willing to give il place. And Indeed il
mua be admitted, Ihat many of Hudibra,', double rhymel
co~e u?dtr lhe wit given in Ihe beginnin&of
tblS afucie : thc'Y are ludlcrous, and theír lingularity oc–
cafion! (ome degree of furprifc.. Swift is nal leCs fue·
cefsful than Buder in Ihis (on of \Vil' witners the fol·
]owing ¡nnances: G()ddefi-Borldice. ' Plilly-NJc~lini.
1jeari. rt-ChurlOII . A1ilre-Nilr<. Dragoll- Suí–
f r. gan.
A reparree m~y happen to 'be witty : hut it caonot be
confidered as a fpecies of wit ~ btcaure \here are many
repanees cxtremely fman, and wilhal extremely rerious.
W e give the following example. A certain petulant
Greek, objeéling tO Anacharfis that he was a SCylhian:
~rueJ fays Anacharfis, my couot ry difgraces me, bUI you
dlfgr.ace your country. Thi. fine turn give. furp rife .
hUI jt is {ar from b~ing ludicrous. '
W ITCHCRAFT, a kind of forcery, efpeciall y in women,
in whlch at ¡, ridiculoufl y fuppofed that iln old woman
by catering ioto a cootnél with the devil is eoctbled'
io. many jonaoces, tochange the courreor o¡ture j to rajr~
w1nds; perform alljons t"fU requtre mOre than human
fl reni;th; dnd to amia thore who offend them with the
lh:\~pdf paíos, CJe. In the times o, ignorance and fupc:r–
(ht~onJ many fevere laws were made "gaion wlrches, by
whlch great numbers o( ioooceot perfons, dinrdfed with
poveny aod age. were brought to a vlolenl d .. :u h; but
.hefe are now h.ppily repealed. Se< LAW . T it. xx",iii 8.
W(TENA MOT . orWIT EHA CE MOT , amon~ our S:u:on
anceflo rs. was a term whlch I¡ferally fignlfled the ..lft>mbly
oí rhe wife meo , aod was applied tO \hr. great counctl of
the n-ttion of laner days cf\lIc:d che parlíament.
WITEPSK I, the capital of Ihe pal.. in>tc ,.f ,he fame name,
in Ihe duchy of Li,huania, in P : E . long 30., N.
la, 56Q
W ITH AM •• malke'-town of E(fex, ten miles north _eaCl
of Chelm, ford .
WITH ERS of. horfe , the junllure of the fhoulder-bone.
at tite bottom o( Ihe oeck élnd main, tOw ..rds {he upper
1"lrr of ,he fl,ouldcr.
WITNESS . in I..w. a perron who ~ives evidence in any
caure. "nrl is fWhrn 10 fp~:.tk 'ht' rnllh . Iht: whole Ifuth .
2nd nothing bu, ,he frU lh Sel: LAW , TH . xxi. 4. CJe.
a",ci Tlt. xxxi l. 6c.
WITNRY, a n.=-rket·town ofO "r(lf(IO,ire feven miles wt'p
of Oxford H · re i, ,he greaoell m.•nuf.llure of ulank".
;n Er.!.! I...n".
' V Il'TENIlURG , a c¡'y nf G , in Ihe , irele of
U "el S:n:of1V. fit,y 'n¡l.s 110rll1 (,r Drt:frl l'n,
\VIT r U ';SEYMFRE, .1 I,ke i" Iloe iO~ "f E' y, on the
cf/r.lin!' (Ir J flltH ngdllnlh 'rc, !ix mrlc:s long anu lhree
bl fl d.
VOL . 111. N ". 100.
WIVEL SCOMB.• market-town of Somerf<tfhire Grua-
tcd I Wt'nty fc..ven miles routh_ v. clt of \oVdls. )
\"OAD . ..ny. Se< I SATIS.
WOHURN, a market_town of Bedfordfh ire, tea mil..
foulh of Bedlord .
W O LAW, the capi,al of a duchy of the f. me Dame, in
Bohcm,a : E . long. 16° 38' N . lat. 51· 21'.
WOLF in zoology See C ANIS .
WOLfEMI:lUlTLE, a clty of Germany, in the circle
of Jower Saxon~, an,d duchy of Brunlwick: E. long. l O·
32 ,N. Lu· S220 .
WOLFERDYKE, 80 iOand of ,he u"ited N etherland. in
the province Qf Zealand, fituated belwe:eo [he ,nclnd; of
nQrth Bevel..nd and fOllth Beveland.
WOLGA, a !_rge nver of Ruffia, which rifing in the nortlo
of that emplre, runs routh-cafi tjlt it f.. lls ineo the Caf·
pian fea, abaul fifty miles below Aftracan, afcer its ha·
ving run a courre of betwcen two and three thourand
mil!!s .
W<?LGAST, a city and pon -town of Germany, io the
c"e1. of Upper S. xony, aad duchy of Pomerania, fubjeét
to Sweden: E. long. 14° S' , N. lit . 54° 1 2'.
W O L KO' VSKA, a city of Poland, in the duchy of Li–
thuania, and pala,inate of Novogrodeck: E. long. 24° ,
N lat . 53° . .
WOLLIN. a 'own and iOand of Pomerlmia GtUated in
the B;¡ltíc fea, al lhe moulh of lhe river OdcrJ fubjeét
to the king' of Pruffia.
WOLODOMI R . the capi,al of a provinee of .he fame
n.lme in Ruffia: E . long. 30° S', N. lat. 57° 40"
V' OLOG DA . the capi,al of a province of ,he fame oame
in Ruffia , firuated on the river D wioa : E . long. 42° 20~,
N . lat 59°·
WOLVER HAMPTON, • marke.-town of S,affordfhire,
rlevf o miles (outh of S(afford .
WOLVES_T EET H, of an horfe, are over_gro,,"n grindcr,.
the pOlnts of which be!"g 'higher than lhe ren , prick his
tongue and gums in fe..:di ng. fo as to hinder his chewlng.
Thcy are feldom mel wi,h in ao,y befides young horles ;
bu. If they be not daily wOln by chewlng, they will gro",
up even to plcrcc the roor o( the moulh.
WOMAN, the female of man o Se. HO Mo .
WOMB. See ANATOMY . p. '74'
W OOD, a fol id fu bllance, wh."of the .ruoks and branche.
of ti ces contifL
Thc wood is 4111 that part of a tree includ,.d bel\Vecn
the ('ark .md (he pith ¡" or the n rllél lHe of hl: th(' p'lh.
b..rk . woon, éc. o( plants, Cee AGR I CULTUII.¡, p. 40'
W OOD13RIDGE, • m>rket.tow" oí Suffulk, li¡u.."d
twt'nty·fix miles rOuth·eall of Bury.
WOOD COCK , in ornilholo~y. See SCOLOPAX.
v..'OOD LOUSE. in Z .ology. See ONISCU!
Woolo PJ::CKER., in orollhology. S { PI C US.
W 000STOCK, a ho,nugh_lown 01 Oxlordlbire, fi,"ored
{evc:n mrles north 01 Oxlord 1t 'cnds twO rncmbcfS lO
p~ r1iamenr .
W O ' lF', :tmong m;toufaélurers. thc thrc.lds which the
weavels 01ll0t acrols with an inílrumc:nt c;¡lIcd the Olultle,
S I,: CLOTH
W OOL, .he coverirg of Oteep. See OV IS
WOOLWI C H. a ",.,kel·,own 01 h "" . fi",..eJ on the
r'vc:r PI h.l nlt's. fi x nllle, eall or L ond,,".
W O llCESTER, the cOI'".1 CII y 01 worcefiedlurc, fi,"a-
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