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opinion of his writings, which, says Wood, "savour much of piety, zeal, and sincerity, but shew him to have been a zealous Calvinist." Dr. Walker informs us that "he sufferred much from the faction, both in his name and ministry, and they wondered that so holy a man as he was, should doat so much on kings, bishops, the common prayer, and ceremonies." He bequeathed the sum of 120l. to Magdalen college "in gratitude for the advantages which he had there enjoyed, and in restitution for a sum of money, which, according to the corrupt custom of those times, he had received for the resignation of his fellowship."

Although he took no active part in the disputes of the nation, he gave his opinion on some subjects arising out of them, respecting toleration, in a work entitled "Cases of conscience propounded in the time of Rebellion," which bishop Kennet in his "Chronicle" says is written with plainness, modesty, and impartiality. His other works are, 1. "Principles of Faith and of a good Conscience," Lond. 1642; Oxford, 1652, 8vo. 2. "An Apology for our public Ministry and infant Baptism," ibid. 1652, 1653, 4to. 3. "The plain man's senses exercised to discern both good and evil; or a discovery of the errors, heresies, and blasphemies of these times," ibid. 1655, 4to, with some other pious tracts.1

LYLLY. See LILLY.

LYNAR (ROCHUS FREDERIC COUNT), a Danish statesman and scholar, was descended from an ancient family, a branch of the counts of Guerini, in the dukedom of Tuscany, which had settled in Germany. He was born in 1708, at the castle of Lubbenau, and educated at Jena and Halle, at both which places he applied with the utmost assiduity to the Greek and Latin languages, and even to theology. After travelling in various parts of Europe, and visiting England in 1732, he obtained an appointment at the court of Denmark; but, being ambitious of a more public station, he volunteered his services in the home and foreign department, and displayed so much activity that he was dispatched by Christian VI. to East Friezland, to settle the affairs of the dowager princess, Sophia Caroline, sister to the queen. This mission he discharged to the satisfaction of his sovereign; and was appointed in 1735 ambassador extraordinary to the court of Stockholm, where

1 Ath. Ox. vol. II.-Fuller's Worthies. Lloyd's Memoirs, fol. p. 607.Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy,

he resided until 1740. On his return to Denmark the king conferred on him an office in Holstein, and a few years after he was sent as ambassador extraordinary to Petersburgh. On his return in 1752 he was appointed governor of the counties of Oldenburgh and Delmanhorst, to which he retired with his family, and where he spent his time in the composition of literary works, the first of which, a translation of "Seneca de Beneficiis," with excellent notes, was printed in 1753. Having renewed the study of the Greek language while at Oldenburgh, he made so much progress, that by comparing the best commentators he was enabled to write a good paraphrase on "The Epistles of St. Paul," &c. which was afterwards published. He wrote also several moral essays.

In 1757 he had an opportunity again of rendering himself conspicuous in a political capacity, by the part which he took in the famous convention of Closter-seven, entered into between the duke of Richelieu, commander of the French forces, and the duke of Cumberland, who was then at the head of the allied army. In this, however, he met with many difficulties, as the history of that convention shows; and the king of France and his Britannic majesty at last refused their ratification. In March 1763 he was invested with the order of the elephant by Frederic V. the highest honour his sovereign could bestow; but some complaints being made against him on account of his administration, which were not altogether groundless, he resigned in Oct. 1765. The remainder of his life he passed in retirement at Lubennau, where he died of a dropsy of the breast, Nov. 1781, in the seventy-third year of his age. He was a man of considerable learning, elegant address, and various accomplishments. His works are, 1. A translation of "Seneca de Beneficiis," Hamburgh, 1753, 8vo. 2. A translation of Seneca on "The Shortness of Life," 1754. 3. "Der Sonderling," or "The Singular Man," Hanover, 1761, 8vo, and in French, Copenhagen, 1777, 8vo, a work, which, according to his biographer Busching, is well worth a perusal. 4. "Historical, Political, and Moral Miscellanies," in four parts, 1775-1777, 8vo. 5. Paraphrases on "The Epistles," printed at various times, 1754-1770. 6. "The real state of Europe in the year 1737," and several other articles in Busching's Magazine for History and Geography.

Athenæum, vol. III.

LYNDE (Sir HUMPHREY), a learned English gentleman, was descended from a family in Dorsetshire, and born in 1579. Being sent to Westminster school, he was admitted scholar upon the foundation, and thence elected student of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1596. Four years afterwards he commenced B. A. about which time he became heir to a considerable estate, was made a justice of peace, and knighted by king James in 1613. He obtained a seat in the House of Commons in several parliaments; but he is entitled to a place in this work as a man of learning, and author of several books, which had considerable reputation in their day. He died June 14, 1636, and was interred in the chancel of the church at Cobham in Surrey. The night before he died, being exhorted by a friend to give some testimony of his constancy in the reformed religion, because it was not unlikely that his adversaries might say of him, as they did of Beza, Reynolds, King bishop of London, and bishop Andrews, that they recanted the protestant religion, and were reconciled to the church. of Rome before their death; he professed, that if he had a thousand souls, he would pawn them all upon the truth of that religion established by law in the church of England, and which he had declared and maintained in his "Via tuta." Accordingly, in his funeral sermon by Dr. Daniel Featly, he is not only styled "a general scholar, an accomplished gentleman, a gracious Christian, a zealous patriot, and an able champion for truth;" but "one that stood always as well for the discipline, as the doctrine of the church of England; and whose actions, as well as writings, were conformable both to the laws of God and canons and constitutions of that church."

His works are, 1. "Ancient characters of the visible Church, 1625." 2. "Via tuta, the safe way, &c." reprinted several times, and translated into Latin, Dutch, and French, printed at Paris, 1647, from the sixth edition published in 1636, 12mo, under the title of “ Popery confuted by Papists," &c. 3. "Via devia, the by-way," &c. 1630 and 1632, 8vo. 4. "A Case for the Spectacles; or, a Defence of the Via tuta," in answer to a book written by J. R. called "A pair of Spectacles," &c. with a supplement in vindication of sir Humphrey, by the publisher, Dr. Daniel Featly. A book entitled "A pair of Spectaclesfor sir Humphrey Lynde," was printed at Roan, 1631, in 8vo, by Robert Jenison, or Frevil, a Jesuit. 5. "An

account of Bertram, with observations concerning the censures upon his Tract De corpore et sanguine Christi," prefixed to an edition of it at London, 1623, 8vo, and reprinted there in 1686, 8vo, by Dr. Matthew Brian.'

LYONET (PETER), an eminent naturalist, was born at Maestricht July 22, 1707. He was of a French family, originally of Lorraine, whence they were obliged to take refuge in Switzerland, on account of their religion. His father, Benjamin Lyonet, was a protestant minister at Heufdon. In his early years he displayed uncommon activity both of body and mind, with a memory so prompt, that he acquired an exact knowledge of nine languages, ancient and modern, and in the farther pursuit of his academical studies at Leyden, made great progress in logic, philosophy, geometry, and algebra. It was his father's wish that he should study divinity, with a view to the church, and it appears that he might have passed by an easy transition to any of the learned professions. The law, however, was his ultimate destination; and he applied himself to this with so much zeal, that he was promoted the first year, when he delivered a thesis "on the use of the torture," which was published, and gained him considerable reputation. At what time he settled at the Hague we are not told, but there he was made decypherer, translator of the Latin and French languages, and patent-master to the States General. It was now that he turned his attention to natural history, especially entomology, and undertook an historical description of such insects as are found about the Hague; and as, among his other accomplishments, he understood drawing, he enriched his work with a great number of plates, which were much admired by the connoisseurs. In 1741 a French translation of Lesser's "Theology of Insects" was printed at the Hague, which induced Mr. Lyonet to defer the publication of his own work, and make some observations on Lesser's, to which he added two beautiful plates designed by himself. His observations were thought of so much importance that Reaumur caused the above translation to be reprinted at Paris, merely on account of them. Lyonet afterwards executed drawings of the fresh water polypes for Mr. Trembley's beautiful work, in 1744. Wandelaar had engraved the first five plates of this work, and being rather dilatory in producing the, rest, Lyonet took a

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single lesson in engraving, and executed the others him self in a manner which astonished not only amateurs, but experienced artists. In 1748 his reputation procured bim the honour of being elected a member of the royal society of London, as he was afterwards of other learned societies in Europe. In 1764 appeared his magnificent work on the caterpillar," Traité anatomique de la Chenille qui ronge le bois de Saule." In order to enable such as might be desirous of following him in his intricate and astonishing discoveries respecting the structure of this animal, he published, in the Transactions of the Dutch society of sciences, at Haerlem, a description and plate of the instrument and tools he had invented for the purpose of dissection, and likewise of the method he used to ascertain the degree of strength of his magnifying glasses. Mr. Lyonet died at the Hague, Jan. 10, 1789, leaving some other works on entomology unfinished, one of the most extensive collections of shells in Europe, and a very fine cabinet of pictures. In his early years, Mr. Lyonet practised sculpture and portrait-painting. Of the former, his Apollo and the Muses, a basso relievo cut in palm wood, is mentioned by Van Gool, in his "Review of the Dutch Painters," as a masterpiece. To these many accomplishments Mr. Lyonet added a personal character which rendered him admired during his long life, and deeply regretted when his friends and his country were deprived of his services. 1

LYONS (ISRAEL), son of a Polish Jew, who was a silversmith, and teacher of Hebrew at Cambridge, was born there, in 1739. He displayed wonderful talents as a young man; and shewed very early a great inclination to learning, particularly mathematics; but though Dr. Smith, then master of Trinity-college, offered to put him to school at his own expence, he would go only for a day or two, saying, "he could learn more by himself in an hour than in a day with his master." He began the study of botany in 1755, which he continued to his death; and could remember, not only the Linnæan names of almost all the English plants, but even the synonyma of the old botanists, which form a strange and barbarous farrago of great bulk; and had collected large materials for a "Flora Cantabrigiensis," describing fully every part of each plant from the life, without being obliged to consult, or being liable to be mis

1 Dict. Hist.-Gent, Mag. vol. LIX.

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