'AUGUST. So when Alcides mortal mould resign'd, SODALES his first consulship, had celebrated three triumphs, had AUGUS received the allegiance of the legions which occupied TALES the Janicular hill, had conquered Egypt, and had put an end to the civil wars. Gay. Ovid. Metam. Hence he preferred it to his natal month September. (Macrob. Sat. i. 12.) The Saxons called August, Weod monath, from the abundance of weeds produced in it. Your petitioner humbly presumes, that he has, at least, a common claim to such a pension: he has a vote in the most august assembly in the world. Chesterfield's Petition to the King, His other gifts All bear the royal stamp that speaks them his, And are august; but this transcends them all. Cowper's Poems. AUGUSTUS, a title of honour bestowed upon Octavius Cæsar, by a vote of the Roman senate, on the proposition of Munatius Plancus, when others wished him to assume the name of Romulus. Various authorities concur in affirming, that the word Augustus was understood to bear reference to qualities of divinity. Thus Dio expressly speaks of it, ως και πλειον τι ἢ κατ' ἀνθρώπους ὤν. Suetonius derives it ab auctu, vel ab avium gestu gustuve, and cites a line of Ennius to his purpose: Augusto augurio postquam inclita condita Roma est. Ovid enumerates the various cognomina of the chief families of Rome, and then adds of Octavius : Sed tamen humanis celebrantur honoribus omnes, Fasti, i. 607. A festival in honour of the assumption of this title, and of the pretended abdication of power by Octavius, on the same day, was kept by the Romans on the ides (the 13th) of January. The title was adopted by the succeeding emperors, although Nero was the last who could advance any hereditary claim to the honours of the Julian line. It has since been retained by a long series of emperors Roman, Greek, Frank and German: and the coins of some of the ancient kings of France shew that this title was affected by them also. Dr. Taylor (Elements of Civil Law, p.36) states that the title of Augustus was, at first, only personal, and implied nothing of sovereignty; having been assumed by several of the imperial family who never were emperors; as by Germanicus. After the time of Dioclesian it was changed into Semper Augustus, which title the emperor of Austria now enjoys. AUGUSTUS, FORT, one of the chain of forts which cross Scotland on the lochs of Inverness-shire It stands at the west end of loch Ness; having the river Tarff on the south-east, and the Oich on the west. It is a regular fortification with four bastions, and barracks capable of containing 400 men, exclusive of accommodation for officers. It is a neat looking place, surrounded by plantations which give it the appearance of an English country seat. It is garrisoned by invalids, and supplied from Inverness. It is by no means a place of strength, being commanded by the neighbouring hills. It was taken, and much injured by the rebels, in 1746. AUGUST, the eighth month of the Julian year; anciently called Sextilis, because it was originally the sixth in the Roman calendar, till Numa added January and February. Augustus gave it his own name for the following reasons: because in it he had assumed AUGUSTA, σeßaory, in Ancient Geography, a title of distinction annexed to several cities. The following are the principal: Augusta Acilia, a town of the Vindelici, between the lake of Constance and the Danube; now Azelburg. Augusta Asturica, now Astorga in Asturia. Augusta Ausciorum, now Aix, in Guienne. Augusta Bedacum, now Padiburgh, in Upper Bavaria. Augusta Batienorum, now Bassignano, near the Po. Augusta Braccarum, now Braccara or Braga, a town of Portugal, between the Minho and the Douro. Augusta Emerita, so called because it was colonised by veteran soldiers, now Merida, in Portugal. Augusta Gemella, a town of the Turduli, now Algarva, in Portugal. Augusta Nova, a town of the Arevaci, supposed to have stood near Burgos. Augusta Prætoria, in Gallia Cisalpina; so called because colonised by Prætorian soldiers, now Aosta, in Piedmont. Augusta Quintanorum, now Kintzan, in Lower Bavaria. Augusta Rauracorum, now Augst, on the left bank of the Rhine. Augusta Romanduorum, now Luxembourg. Augusta Suessonum, now Soissons on the Aisne. Augusta Taurinorum, now Turin. Augusta Tiberii, or Reginum, on the Danube, now Regenspurg, or Ratisbon. Augusta Trevirorum, between the Rhine and the Moselle, now Treves. Augusta Tricastinorum, on the Rhone, between Avignon and Valence, now St. Paul de trois chateaux. Augusta Trinobantum, now London. Augusta Vagiennorum, supposed by some now to be Vico, near Mondovi, by others to be Saluces. Augusta Veromanduorum, now St. Quintin, in Picardy. Augusta Vindelicorum, now Augsburgh. AUGUSTA, a county of Virginia, in North America. It is remarkable for a cataract called the falling spring;" in which the water precipitates itself a height of 200 feet. The population of Augusta is nearly 11,000 souls. AUGUSTA, a town of Georgia, in the United States of America, on the river Savannah, about 236 miles from the sea. It was first colonised in 1739. It is now the seat of government of the province: and is an entrepôt for the commerce between the upper and lower parts of the state. Lat. N.33°19'. long. W. 80°46'. Population about 4000 AUGUSTA, a maritime town, in Sicily, on the eastern coast, near the site of the ancient Megara. It is joined to the main land by a low causeway with salt ponds on each side. The Order of Malta used this town as a magazine for provisions for their navy. It was destroyed by an earthquake, in 1693: but has since been rebuilt with great regularity. Lat. N. 37° 8'. long. E. 15° 8'. Population variously stated from 10,000 to 16,000. AUGUSTA, in History, the title of the Roman empresses while alive. It was sometimes given to the daughters or sisters, as in the case of Julian and Trajan. AUGUSTALES SODALES, priests instituted by Tiberius after the apotheosis of Augustus Cæsar, to perform the service of the new god. One and twenty of the noblest Romans were chosen by lot to this office; and among the first members were Tiberius himself, Drusus, Claudius and Germanicus. Tacitus, A AUGUS- in his account of the institution, is guilty of a contraTALES diction. In his Annals (1. 54) he states that the priests SODALES. were appointed in imitation of the sodales Titii whom Titus Tatius created, on becoming joint king of Rome, VIGNON. in order to retain some of the Sabine rites. In his Histories (xi. 95) he speaks of them as appointed in imitation of the priesthood consecrated by Romulus to Tatius. The contradiction may be reconciled by supposing that Tatius was the founder of this priesthood, and that after his demise Romulus employed it in commemoration of the deceased king. AUGUSTALIA, a festival on which games (Augustales ludi) were celebrated, in Rome, annually, on the day of the return of Augustus Cæsar, at the conclusion of all his wars. It was instituted ann. v. c. 735, and kept on the IVth ides (12th) of October. After his decease, the tribunes of the people asked permission to celebrate the festival at their own private expense. This feast must be distinguished from that kept on the birth-day of Augustus, IXth cal. Oct. (23d of September.) AUGUSTIN, ST. in Geography, the capital of East Florida, in North America, a maritime town about eighty leagues from the mouth of the gulph of Florida. Long. W. 81° 40′, lat: N. 29° 58'. It is well fortified. Sir Francis Drake burned it in 1586; and the Buccaneers under Captain Davies, in 1685. The English have twice attacked the castle unsuccessfully, once in 1702, when they burnt the town, and again in 1744. AVIARY, avis (of unsettled etymology,) a bird. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England, for the wilde AVICENNIA, in Botany, a genus of plants. Class Didynamia, order Angiospermia. Generic character ; calyx five-partite, corolla campanulate, limbus fourcleft, the upper division somewhat dissimilar to the rest; germen two-celled, cells two-seeded; stigmas two pericarp two-valved, only one seed perfect. : The A. tomentosa, or olive mangrove tree, is a native of both Indies. Brown's Prodromus, 518. Bruce's Travels, v. 44. AVICULA, in Zoology, a genus of the class Conchifera, order Monomyaria, family Malleaceæ. Generic character; shell inequivalve, fragile, generally smooth; base transverse, straight; the extremities produced; the anterior caudiform, left valve emarginate. Hinge linear, with one tooth. A tooth also in each valve beneath the nates. Area of the ligament marginal, narrow, channelled; without a byssus. Of this singular genus Linnæus appears to have recognised but one species, which he confounded with his Mytili, under the name of Mytilus hirundo. AVIDITY, Avidus, aviditas, from aveo, avere, AVIDIOUSLY. S to covet, to desire. Greediness, eager desire, or appetite. For nothing is more auydyously to be desired, then is the sweete peace of God, Bale's Image of both Churches, part i. No writings would have been received with such avidity and respect as these consequently none afforded so great temptation to forgery. Paley's Evidences, vol i. p. 163. There is no phenomenon in nature more unaccountable, than the intercourse that is carried on between the mind and the external world there is no phenomenon which philosophical spirits have shown greater avidity to pry into and to resolve. Reid. Of the Human Mind. AVIGNON, in Geography, a city of France, capital of the department Vaucluse. 168 leagues S. E. from Paris. Long. E. 4° 48', lat. N. 43° 56′. It stands in Aan extensive plain, on the east bank of the Rhone, VIGNON. and an arm of the river Sorgue runs through it. With the exception of its fine walls, its broken Gothic bridge, and the noble palace of the papal legate, Avignon possesses few architectural beauties. Its circumference is somewhat more than three miles. It contains at present an admirably regulated lunatic asylum, and an hospital of invalid soldiers which lodges 1500 in-pensioners. Its manufactories are silks, saltpetre, oil of vitriol, and aquafortis. Its products, wine, brandy, almonds, olives, oil, saffron, truffles, corn, and wool. Before the French revolution its population exceeded 30,000, but in the latest census they are reduced to 23,311. Avignon was ceded by Philip III. of France to the See of Rome, in 1273. After the decease of Benedict XI., by the intrigues of France, and through the insubordination of the Romans, the papal court was transferred to Avignon; and the six successive pontiffs Clement V. John XXII. Benedict XII. Clement VI. Innocent VI. and Urban V. made this city their only abode. The intreaties of Petrarch were often addressed to the four last, in the hope of recalling the expatriated bishops to their ancient and peculiar diocese. He was well acquainted with Avignon, which had been the residence of his father; and the celebrated fountain of Vaucluse, but a short distance from its walls, has been immortalised by the complaints of unreturned love which he poured to its waters. The tomb of Laura is still shewn in the church of the Cordeliers, at Avignon; and her husband Hugh de Sade sleeps there by her side. The reproaches uttered by Petrarch against the city which detained the Popes from Rome, are bitter in the extreme. He speaks of it as the sink of vice and corruption, as an object of universal hatred and contempt, as barbarous, and as the mystic Babylon. Yet for seventy years, from 1309, it continued to be the seat of the head of the Christian church; and after the death of Gregory XI. who returned once more to the Vatican, on the commencement of the great schism of the west, during forty years more, the two rival pontiffs of the day thundered their respective excommunications against each other from the banks of the Rhone and of the Tiber. The election of Martin V. terminated the distraction, and Rome once again became the single metropolis of Christendom. The convenient posture in which Avignon lay for the correction of the kings of France whenever they were offended with the Holy See, led them to style it the derrière du Pape, and its position and easiness of access threw it entirely upon their mercy. It was twice seized by Louis XIV.: once in 1662, when the French ambassador at Rome had been insulted by the Corsican guards, and again, in 1688, in consequence of his disagreement with Innocent XI. The Count de Grignan, the husband of Madame de Sevigné's daughter, held it as viceroy for two years, and many of Madame de Sevigne's letters written at that time are addressed to Avignon. In the early period of the French Revolution it was a scene of much bloodshed, and a tower is still shewn from which the half-murdered victims of republican fanaticism were thrown to put an end to their sufferings. The efforts of the revolutionary faction prevailed, and it was annexed to France, and included in the department of the Mouths of the Rhone, in 1791. Its destiny was finally determined by the treaty of Tolentino; and VIGNON. AVILE. A- on its formal cession by the Pope, it received its present distribution. It is now the seat of a bishop, whose diocese contains the departments of Vaucluse and the Gard; and, in 1803, an university was established in it under the name of a Lyceum. 66 AUJILAH, an oasis in the great Sahrà, or Lybian Desert, in lat. 29° 30′ N. and long. 22° 50′ E. described by Idrísí, as a small, enclosed and populous town, frequented occasionally by merchants. Towards the desert side it is surrounded by corn-fields and palmgroves. It is on the high road to many parts of Negroland, such as Kawwár and Kúkú. It is a difficult road, and little frequented. Its inhabitants have their water from pools." (Idrísí, MSS. Clin. iii. part 3. Geogr. Nub. p. 99.) Hornemann, who passed through it in 1798, says, "there are three towns in the territory of Aújilah, the capital of that name, Mojabrah, and Meledilah; the two latter are near each other, and both about four hours distant from Aújilah. That city is about a mile in circumference; ill built, though of stone, dirty, and wretched. Mojabrah is smaller, but more populous, its inhabitants are principally engaged in commerce, as those of Meledilah are in agriculture The women are skilful weavers, and export their cloths to Fezzàn. The soil round the town is sandy, but fertile when well watered. It is subject to Tripoli, and the bey of Ben-gházì was resident there during Hornemann's visit. (Voyage de Hornemann par Langlès, i. 73.) AVILA, in Geography, a province of Spain, in Old Castile. It is divided into eleven jurisdictions, and contained, in 1787, 113,762 inhabitants. Its chief town of the same name stands on the river Adaga: it is strongly fortified and was once among the richest cities of Spain, but is now in decay. Long. W. 4° 35′, lat. N. 40° 45'. Population 4000. Distance from Madrid 50 miles N. W. Avila is known in history as the scene of the deposition of Henry IV. of Castile of which the historian Mariana has given the following account. The nobility having assembled in a plain without the walls, a spacious theatre was erected. An image representing the king was seated on a throne, clad in royal robes, with a crown on its head, a sceptre in its hand, and the sword of justice by its side. The accusation against the king was then read, and the sentence of deposition was pronounced. At the close of the first article of the charge the Archbishop of Toledo advanced, and tore the crown from the head of the image; at the close of the second, the Conde de Placentia snatched the sword of justice from its side; at the close of the third, the Conde de Beneventè wrested the sceptre from its hand; at the close of the last, Don Diego Lopes de Stuniga tumbled it headlong from the throne. At the same instant, Don Alfonso, Henry's brother, was proclaimed King of Castile and Leon in his stead. (Marian. xxiii. 9.) AVILE, Fr. aviler, to disprise, disesteem, imbase, make vile or cheap, to pull down the price of, to bring to a low price. Cotgrave. The bissopes, as he nede moste, bi gonne hom bi se Repented wrongs. I am cause thou now shall live AUL TON, AVINGTON, in the county of Berks, a rectory AVINGvalued in the King's books at S. Patron, Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. Population, in 1811, 64. Poor's rates in 1803, at 1s. 8d. in the pound, £80. 18s. 9d. 3 miles E. from Hungerford. AVINGTON, in the county of Southampton, a rectory valued in the King's books at £11. 11s. 10d. Patrons, the King and the Bishop of Winchester alternately. Population in 1811, 164. Poor's rates, in 1803, at 1s. 10d. in the pound, £39. 18s. 51⁄2d. 3 miles N. E. from Winchester. AVIS, a bird. Aves, in Natural History, form the second class of animals. See DIVISION II. ZOOLOGY. AVISION, used for Vision. Dame Pertelote, I say you trewely, Affirmeth dremes, and saytlı that they ben Chaucer. The Nonnes Preestes Tale, vol. ii. p. 187. The kinge of this auision Hath great imaginacion, What thinge it signifie maie. Gower. Con. Am. book viii. p. 264. AVIZE, see ADVIZE. The following examples may farther illustrate the explanation there given. Where force might not auaile, there sleights and art Id. book iv. c. 6. s. 26 Fond squire, full angry then said Paridell, He lookt askew with his mistrustful eyes, Simp. 'Tis a great charge to come vnder one body's hand. Habington. Castara, part ii. I cannot cry his carract up enough: Have him in that esteeme, for his relations, Ben Jonson. Magnetick Lady, fol. 18. I had yours of the tenth current and besides your avisos, I must thank you for those rich flourishes wherewith your letter was embroider'd every where. Howell's Letters, p. 395. AUKBOROUGH, in the county of Lincoln, a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £10. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. Population, in 1811, 368. Poor's rates, in 1803, at 2s. 6d. in the pound, 233.178. 24d. 10 miles W. from Barton on Humber. AULACUS, in Zoology, a genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, family Evaniales. Generic character; AULACUS. AULACUS Abdomen ellipsoïd, the base insensibly narrowed to a pedicle, which is inserted at the extremity of a pyraAUNT. midal elevation of the metathorax. Latreille Jurine. AULAS, in Botany, a genus of plants, allied to Protea, containing two species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Brown in Trans. of the Linn. Soc. vol. x. p. 49. AULIC COUNCIL, a jurisdiction of the German empire, established by Maximilian I. in 1502, to counterbalance the authority of the Imperial Chamber. It is called Aulic, because it follows the emperor's court aula. The emperor names all the members, consisting of a president, vice-president, and an unlimited number of councillors; six of whom at least must be Protestants. All points relating to feodal rights and the reserved territories of the emperor in Italy are arranged by this Council. The decrees of the Aulic Council are without appeal; and in order to prevent any collision with the emperor's will, it sometimes contents itself with making a Report to him in the form "fiat votum ad Cæsarem." Pfeffel Abrégé. AULIS, in Ancient Geography, a seaport town of Boeotia, on the Euripus, opposite to Chalcis in Euboea. Here the Greeks were detained by cross winds in the commencement of their expedition to Troy; nor could they sail till the anger of Diana, whose favourite stag had been killed by Agamemnon, had been appeased by the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia. When Pausanias visited it, he was shewn the knoll on which the tent of Agamemnon had been pitched, and a piece of the plane tree described by Homer (Il. B. 303.) as standing by the fountain of Diana near her altar; on the spot on which Chalchas interpreted the prodigy of the sparrow and her eight young. Aulis is now reduced to a village, the name of which, Vathi, is derived from a deep bay (Batùs) close to it; in which probably the Grecian fleet anchored, for the port of Vathi itself will not contain more than fifty ships. AULT, or HAULT HUCKNALL, in the county of Derby, a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £6. Os. 5d. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. Population, in 1811, 511. 71⁄2 miles S. E. from Chesterfield. 5 miles N. W. from Mansfield. AUNCEL WEIGHT, ansa, a handle; whence corruptly handsale or auncel, an ancient balance, now disused and forbidden by statute. AUNSBY, in the county of Lincoln, a rectory, The senatoures wif hire aunte was, The wisest aunt telling the saddest tale, Memoirs of Col. Huchinson. A'VOID, solate. It. voto, from vacuus, vacus, vocus, votus, voto, votare. Gall. vuide and vuider. Menage. Wachter thinks that the Fr. is formed from ode, desolate, from oden, veroden, to de To empty, to clear out, to evacuate, to go out of, to move or turn away from, to eschew, to leave, to quit, to escape. To empty, to clear or free from power or effect, to make or render of none effect, to abrogate, to annul. mych bi al wise, first for the spekyngis of god weren bitaken to What thanne is more to a iew? or what profyt of circumcisioun ? hem. And what if summe of hem bileuyden not? wher the unbileue of hem hath avoidid the feith of god? god forbede. Wiclif. Romayns, chap. 3. And if the mynystracioun of deeth writun bi lettre in stoonys was in glorie, so that the children of israel myghten not biholde into the face of moises for the glorie of his cheer which is auoidid, hou schal not the mynystracioun of the spyryt be more in glorie? Id. 2 Corynth, chap. iii. But Tyndall, as he denyeth the tone, so denyeth he the tother too, and with some fonde glose will auoyde the ghospell and all, and then goe boldely furth with his faythe, and boaste it, and saye, this faith and knowledge is euerlasting lyfe. Sir Thos. More's Workes, fo. 530. c. 2. Tell me by your fayth, doe you beleéue that there is a liuyng God, that is mighty to punish his enemies? if you beleéue it, say vnto me, can you deuise for to auoyde hys vengeaunce, which bée so openly contrary to hys worde? Barnes, fo. 187. c. 2. Wherfore the sayd Cheldrich parceyuynge the murmure and grudge amonge the people, and ferynge his sodayne distruccyon, cousayled with a frende and lorde of his, named Guynomadus or Guynemeus, by whose cousayll in auoydynge gretter paryll, he auoyded secretely his lande, and yode vnto the kynge of Thuryngs named Besynge, of whom he was ioyously receyued. Fabyan. Yet the variations are not so considerable, but that they may probably enough be ascribed to some such want of exactness as in such nice experiments is scarce avoidable. Boyle. Def. of Doctrine of Spring and Weight of Air. pt. ii. ch.5. I have lost my voice with the very sight of this gentlewoman. Good sir, steal away, you were wont to be a curious avoider of women's company. Beaumont and Fletcher. Hon. M. Fortune. act. iv. sc. 1. For on a holy day common prayers being kept in Rome, upon some suspicion or false report, they made proclamation by sound of trumpet, that all the Volsces should avoid out of Rome before sun set. North's Plutarch. Auoid then fiend, what tel'st thou me of supping? Thou art, as you are all, a sorceresse : I coniure the to lieue mee and begone. Shakspeare. Com. Errors, fo. 94. Not diffident of thee do I dissuade Milton. Par. Lost, book ix. I will my self conduct thee on thy way, Dryden's Virgil. She too when ripen'd years she shall attain, I but the transient use of that require, But if two presentations be offered to the bishop upon the same avoidance, the church is then said to become litigious; and if nothing farther be done, the bishop may suspend the admission of either, and suffer a lapse to incur. Blackstone. Commentaries, vol. 3. AVOID. AVOID. AVON. 1 All those violent emotions that urge us on to pleasure, or to the avoidance of pain, by a blind impulse, were by the schoolmen referred to what they called the sensitive appetite, because they seemed to partake more of the senses than of reason. Beattie's Moral Science. AVOIRDUPOIS, for the account of this weight, see AVERDUPOIS. AVOIRDUPOIS, OF HABERDEPOISE. Avoir de pois (says Minshew), is good French; i. e. habere pondus, to have weight, (ss. a fixed or standard weight.) The prince himselfe is such another; the weight of an hayre will turne the scales betweene their haber-de-pois. From hence it is evident, that all secular imployment did not hoc ipso avocate a clergy-man from his necessary office and duty; for some secular imployments are permitted him, all causes of piety, of charity, &c. Taylor's Polemical Discourses. We have written to your Grace in our common letter, for a confirmation of many inconveniences and dangers which we perswaded to his Holiness, to follow both to himself and to the See Apostolick, in case his Holiness should avoke the cause. Burnet's Reform Records, v. i. In the time of health, visits, businesses, cards, and I know not how many other avocations, which they justly stile diversions, do succeed one another so thick, that in the day there is no time left for the distracted person to converse with his own thoughts. Besides the advantages already mentioned, I here enjoy a more profound retirement, as I am at a farther distance from the business of the town, and the interruption of troublesome avocations. Melmoth. Pliny's Letters, v. i. p. 223. AVOLATION, Avolo, avolatum, I fly away from; from a, and volo, I fly. These strangers, or the fungous parcels about candles, only signify a pluvious air, hindering the avolation of the favillous particles. Sir T. Browne. Vulgar Errors. AVON, Afon, Cambro Brit. a river. The name of several rivers in England. The Upper or Warwickshire Avon rises in Northamptonshire, and flowing by Warwick Castle and Stratford on Avon, the birth place of Shakspeare, meets the Severn at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. The Lower or Wiltshire Avon rises near Wootton Basset in Wiltshire, and becoming navigable for barges at Bath, enters the Severn below Bristol. This river during the Heptarchy, was the boundary between the West Saxon and Mercian kingdoms, and many bloody actions were fought upon its banks. AVON, another Wiltshire river, rises in the centre of the county, flows through Amesbury and Salisbury, becomes navigable in Hampshire, and enters the English Channel at Christ Church. Avon, a river of Glamorganshire; it rises in the north of the county, and falls into the Severn at Aber Avon, six miles S. W. of Neath. AVON or AVON VANE, a river of Merionethshire; it rises near Bala, flows through Dolgelly, and enters the AVON. Irish Channel at Barmouth. Avon, a river of Scotland, which issues from a lake of the same name, at the foot of Cairngorin mount, in the county of Banff, and falls into the Spey. Avon, a river of Scotland, in the county of Lanark, which falls into the Clyde near Hamilton. Avon, a river of Scotland, the boundary between the counties of Stirling and Linlithgow. It falls into the frith of Forth west of Borrowstounness. Avon, a river of Nova Scotia, which falls into the Atlantic a little eastward of Halifax. It is navigable as far as Fort Edward, for vessels of 400 tons. AVOʻUCH, v. Fr. Avouer, from Lat. advocare. Avo'UCH, n. Menage. See ADVOCATE. Avo'UCHER, To advow, to avouch, approve, AVO UCHMENT.) allow of, warrant, authorise; defend, protect; undertake, answer for, own, acknowledge, confess to be, take as or for his own. Cotgrave. Sal And this I dare auouche, that if any interpretour should in some places bee as brief in the Englishe traslacion as the autour is in the Latin: he should make thereof but a derke piece of weorke. Udall. To the moste vertuous ladie moste gracious Quene Suche authours and anouchers of thynges, and the growyng of the same thynges to suche an ende and prouf as afore is saied, dooeth not suffer vs to doubte, neither of tho thynges that haue passed before our tyme, ne yet of suche thynges, as for many hundredes of yeres to come are promised. Id. Luke, cap. i. But I maruail much that maister Moore beyng a great learned man, would not for the auouchement of his credite, and the truth of so great a matter, allege so much as the testimonie and aucthoritic of some one aucthor, for the prouyng of his assertion. I could Grafton, vol. i. Shakspeare. Macbeth, fo. 140. What? threat you me with telling of the king? I will avouch't it in presence of the king: I dare aduenture to be sent to th' towre. Shakspeare. King Richard III. fo. 177. I dare boldly avouch, that the English is not altogether so natural to a satire as their Latin. Bp. Hall's Postscript to his Satires. Wee avouche the power and authoritie of Goddes holy woorde, for that the more it is trodden downe, the more it growethe. Jewel's Defence of the Apologie. By laying the foundation of his defence on the avouchment of that which is so manifestly untrue, he hath given a worse foil to his own cause, than when his whole forces were at any time overthrown. Milton's Answer to Eikon Basilike. Even Cardinal Bellarmin can abide to come in as an avoucher of these cozenages; who dares aver, that his fellow Xavier had not only healed the deaf, dumb, and blind, but raised the dead. Bp. Hall's Answer of Travel. For lo from yonder turrets yet unsack'd, Your valiant fellows stand, your worth to see; T'avouch your valour, if you live to gain; And if we die, that we dy'd not in vain. Daniel. History of the Civil War, book vi. HOR. Before my God, I might not this belieue Without the sensible and true auouch AVOUCH. |