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i i ts Cavity being by this means rarefy'd, and brough ! " ar to the Condition of a Vacuum ; that Part of the Body ° vet'd by it being iefs prefs'd by the Air than the reft, its T°| c es are fore'd up with the Cutis, and raife a Bunch in he Cavity of the Veflel : to which the Scarificator being ' ly'di and ten or twelve Incifions made at the fame time, 8 plentiful Evacuation is effected

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Hence, as in thofe Days it was fuppos'd there was iifc Communication with the Gods but by Divinations and Au- guries, and the Operations of Magick ; the Curetes pafs'3

a <To Cup without Fire, the Veffel is fitted with a brafs tfeck; to which a Syringe being_ apply'd, a Rarefaction is

due'd, by working it to and fro :

reft a s

1 the former Cafe.

CURATE, is properly a Parfon, or Vicar of a Parlfh, ff ho hath the Charge or Cure of the Parifhioners Souls. g ee Cure, Parson, &c.

Curate is now more generally ufed for a Deputy or Sub-

for Magicians and Enchanters : To thefe they added the Study or the Stars, of Nature, and Poefy ; and fa were Phi- lofophers, Attronomers, &c.

Such were the Curetes., and after them the Druids ; with this difference, that the Curetes, in the Time of the Fla- mens, went to the Wars ; for which reafon they were arm'dj (lee Syringe.) The and were wonderfully dextrous in dancing, Cap a-pe, fhaking their Bucklers and Javelins : From which Action, *Pez~ ron conjectures, they took their Name, Curetes ; Curo t in the Celtic, being the fame with the xjaW, of the Greek.

According to Kircher, the Curetes were what the Spi- rits are among the Cabalifis, the Powers in Qionyfius, the

flitute ; or one who officiates in the Place of the Incumbent, Demons among the <PIatoni]h, and the Genii among the or Beneficiary.

CURATIVE Indication, zmtit% Phyficians, a Sign which has relation to the Difeafe to be cured. See Symptom, and Indication.

CURATOR, in the Civil Law, a Trujiee, or Perfon elected or nominated to take care of the Affairs and Interests f a Perfon emancipated, or interdicted. See Emancipa-

vhere the Roman Law prevails, between

tion. In Counrrie

Egyptians. See Djemon, &c. _ Vojjius dirtinguifhes three Kinds of Curetes, thofe of Etc- lia, thofe of Tkrygia, and thofe of Crete, which were ori- ginally derived from the Phrygians.

The firh\ he fays, took their Name from m^a, tonfare 5 in regard, from the Time of a Combat wherein the Ene- my feiz'd their long Hair, they always kept it cut : Thofe of Phrygia and Crete, he fuppoles were lo call'd from jw?©-, young Man ; in regard they were young ; or becaufe they

theAgeof 14 and 24 Years, Minors have Curators affign'd nurs'd Jupiter when he was young. <DeIdololat

'em : Till 14, they have Tutors. Sec Minor, and Tutor. Curator of an Academy, in the United Provinces, is an elective Office, to which belongs the Direction of the Af- fairs of the Academy ; as, the Adminiitration of the Reve- nues, the Inflection of the Profefiors, &c. The Curators

CURFEW, or COURFEU, q. d. Couvrc-fcu, a Signal of Retreat, given in Cities taken in War, i£c. to advertife- the Inhabitants to go to bed, and not to ftir out any more.

The Curfeu-Bcll, wherewith the Signal was given, was fometimes hung up as a Punifhment ofSedition. " ■Pafquier

are chofe by the States of each Province : The Academy of fays, it was call'd Carfcu, and Garefeu ; as being intended

leyden has three ; the Bourgernaifters of the City have a

fourth.

CURDLING, the coagulating, or fixing of any fluid Bo- dy ; particularly Milk. See Coagulation.

Vmfanias fays, Arijldsus Son of Apollo, and Cyrene Daughter of the River Pcneus, were the firft who found the Secret of curdling Milk. Sec Milk.

At Florence, they curdle their Milk for the making of Checfe with Artichoke Flowers ; in lieu of the Rennet us'd for the fame Purpofe among us. See Cheese.

The Sifaltes, a People of Macedonia, Rochfort obferves, live wholly of curdled Milk, i, e. of Curds. He adds, that Curds is the whole Food of the People of the upper Au- wrgnc in France, and Whey their only drink.

Women newly deliver'd are fubject to have their Milk curdled, or converted into little Grumes in their Breafts, which occasions violent Pains, with a fhivering in the back.

'Tis occafion'd by the want of being fuck'd, whence the Method of remedying and preventing it is apparent.

CURE of Souls, a Benefice, the Incumbent whereof has the Charge and Guidance of the Souls of the People with- in a certain extent of Ground, call'd a Parijh. Sec Bene- fice, Parish, &c.

Such is a Vicar, a Rector, &c. in conrradiftinction to a Prebend, a Dean, a Chantor, i£c. See Vicarage, &c.

Cure, in Falconry, a Remedy which the Falconers give their Birds, in form of little Balls or Pellets, of Hemp, Cotton, or Feathers, to imbibe and dry up their Phlegm.

The beft Cure is that made of Feathers, or of little Bones of Birds, bruis'd ; or of Hares, or Rabbets Feet.

to advertife the People to fecure rhemfelves from the Rob- bers and Debauchees of rhe Night.

The 1110ft antient Curfiu, was that eftablifh'd in England, by 'William the Conqueror; who appointed, under fevere Pe- nalties, that at the ringing of a Bell, at eight a-Ciock in the Evening, every one Ihould put out their Lights, cover, or rake up their Fires, and go to bed.

Whence, to this Day, where a Bell is accuftom'd to be rung about Bed-time, 'tis call'd CurfcuSell.

CURIA, in our antient Cuftoms. It was ufual for the K.ings of England to affemble the Biiliops, Peers, and great Men of the Kingdom, to fome particular Place, at the chief Feftivals in the Year ; and this Affembly is call'd, by our Hiftorians, Curia ; becaufe there they confulted about the weighty Affairs of the Nation : whence it was fometimes alfo call'd, Solennis Curia, Generalis Curia, Augufialis Cu* ria, and Curia Publica, &c. See Court.

Curia advifare vu/t, in Law, is a Deliberation, which. the Court fometimes takes, before they give Judgment in a Caufc wherein there feems to be any Point of difficulty.

Curia Baromim. See CouRT-Sijnw.

Curia Claudenda, is a Writ that lies againft him who Ihould fence and enclofe Ground, but refufes or defers to doit.

Curialitas Angli<e. See Courtesy of England.

Curia Militum, a Court fo called; antiently held at Ctl- risbrook Cattle, in the llle of Wight. Et idem t Do7mnus Williclmus de infula facere debet fe&am ad Curiam (Domini caftri de Crasbroc, dc tribus feptimanis in tres feptimanas % in Curia qu<e vocatur Curia Militum.

Curia, among the Romans, a Portion or Divifion of a

.„, among

That of Cotton burns and confumes the Lungs; efpecially Tribe. See Tribe.

when given without wafhing. In the Time of Romulus, a Tribe confifted of ten Curia,

Prom the Condition of the Cure, when evacuated, they or a thoufand Men ; each Curia being one hundred : That

Judge of the State of the Bird. See Casting. Legiflator made the firft Divifion of his People into thirty

CURETES, in Antiquity, a fort of People of the Ifle Curia.

of Crete ; call'd alfo Corybantes. See Corybantes. Afterwards, the Word Curia, Curies, or Z)omus Curia Us,

The Curetes are faid to have been originally of Mount became ufed for the Place where each Curia held its Affem-

■»&» in Phrygia ; for which reafon they were alfo call'd bhes : Hence, Curia pafs'd to the Senate-houfe ; and 'tis

id<ei 2)aclylt. See Dactyli. hence the Moderns come to ufe the W T ord Curia, Court, for a

The Name Curetes, according to Strabo, was given 'em Place of Juttice, and for the Judges, &c. there affembled.

hy reafon of their cutting off the Hair before, to prevent the See Court.

■Enemy's taking hold thereof : the Word being Greek, kv$- Some derive the Word Curia from CniGr ; for what Rea-

«fj of KKgo-, the Act of cutting off the Hair; of *.«?», tondo, fon we fee not. Varro brings it from Cura, Care, q. d. an

Uthers derive it from k^t^io., the feeding or educating Affembly of People, charg'd with the Care of Publick Af-

°f a Child ; by reafon they are faid to have educated fairs. Others will have the Word come from the Greeks ;

Jupiter. maintaining, that at Athens they call'd -me/o, the Place where

Ovid fays, they arofe from a huge Shower of Rain : Lu- the Magistrate held his Affixes, and the People ufed to af-

n&n and Diodorus Siculus reprefent them as very expert in femble : jtuewe, again, may come from jwp©-, Authority,

cattmg of Darts ; tho other Authors give 'em no Weapons 'Poixer ; in regard, it was here tjje Laws were made,

but Bucklers and Pikes: But all agree in furnifhing 'em with Hence alfo,

labours, and Caftanetta's ; and relate that they ufed to CURIO, the Chief, and Prieft of a Curia.

dance much to the Noife and clafliing thereof. Romulus, upon dividing the People into Curia, gave each

Some Authors, however, give a different Account of the Divifion a Chief, who was to be Prieft of that Curia, un-

Curctes : According to 'Pezron, and others, the Curetes der the Title of Curio, Curion, and Flamen Curialis.

^ erc, in the Times of Saturn, &c. and in the Countries of His Bufinefs was to provide and officiate at the Sacrifices


 * f ete . aild Tbrygia, what the Druids and Bards were af- of the Curia, which were call'd Curionia ; the Curia fur-

terwards among the Gauls, &c. i.e. they were Priefts, and nifhing him with a Sum of Money on that Confideration :

bacrificers, who took care of what related to Religion, and which Penfion or Appointment was call'd Clirionhtm. ^e Worfhip of the Gods. See Druids.

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