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no recourfe to the Great-Seal. The Zord-Frhy-Sea! re- able in 'eft: Gregorio L*t\ alfo pabliffiM a Boole elt tn* ceiving his Warrant from the Signet-Office, iffues the Subject of Lotteries. And Father Menejlrler has done th<* Frivy-Seal, which is an Authority to the Lord Chancellor fame in a Treatife publifh'd in 1700. He there /hews to pafs the Great-Seal, where the nature of the Grant their Origin, and their Ufc among the Remain, He di- requ.res the Great-Seal. But TrivySad, for Money be- ftinguifhes feveral kinds of Lotter.es- and takes occafior, gin in the 1 reafury, from whence the firft Warrant if- to fpeak of Chances; and refolyes fevecal Cafes of Con- lues, counterfign'd by the Lord-Treafurer. On thej-orrf- fcience relating thereto.

Fr.vy-Seal areattendant four Clerks, who have two Depu- ties, to aft for them. The Clerks of the Frivy-Seal and Signet have no Salaries, but Board-Wages 30/. per Annum, and pay Taxes ; but they have confiderable Fees upon Warrants, for Gift of any Office, Penfion, Annuity, Special Livery, Conge d'Elires, Prefentations, Pardons, Licences, l$c.

LOVE and Hatred: See Fleafure and Fain. . LOUIS, or LOUIS D'OR, a French Coin, firft {truck in 1S40. under the Reign of LoulsXlll. and which has now a confiderable Courfe* Louis d'Ors at firft were va- lued at 10 Livres, afterwards at 11, and at length at 12, and 14. In the latter end of Louis XIV. they were rifen to 20, and in the beginning of that of Louis XV. to 30

Lord-Steward of the King's Houfiold, is the principal Of- and 3S, nay 40 and upwards } with this Difference how-

ficer for the Civil Government of the King's Servants be- ever, that in the lalt Coinings, the Weight was aug-

)ow Stairs; over the Officers of which, he has Jurifdiction. mented in fome proportion to the Price* whiob. in the

He is conftituted by the Delivery of the White Staff, former Reign was never regarded. On one fide of the

which is efteemed his Commiffion. By virtue of his Of- Coin is the King's Head feen, with his Name ; and on the

fice, without any other Commiffion, he judges of all Of- other, a Crofs compofed of 8 L's cantoned with Crowns,

fences committed within the Court, or the Verge there- The Legend is, Chrlftus regnat, vlncit, Imperat. The Re-

of, and gives Judgment according to their feveral Deferts. verfe has been frequently changed ; at prefent it bears a

To him it belongs at the beginning of the Parliament to Hand of Juftice crofs'd in a Saltier with a Scepter,

attend the King, and to adminifter the Oaths of Alle- There are alfo white Louis's, or Louis £ Argent; fome of

glance and Supremacy to all the Members of the Houfe 60, of 30, 15, 5, and 4 Sols a-piece, called alfo Ecus,

of Commons, and at the end of Parliament to adjult and among us French Crowns, Half Crowns, &c. See Crown.

Parliamentary Expences. At the Death of the Sovereign On the one fide whereof is the King's Head, and on the

he breaks his Staff over the Hearfe, in which the Royal other the French Arms, with this Legend, St nmen Domini

Corps are depofitcd, and thereby difchargeth all the Offi- lenediUum.

cers under his Power. St. LOUIS, the Name of a Military Order inflituted

_ Lari-Ijeutenants of Counues, are Officers of great Dif- by loan XIV. in rtyj. Their Collar is of a Flame-co-

tinflion, appointed by the King for managing the Hand- lour, and paffes from Left to Right. The King is their

ing Militia of the Country, and all Milirary Matters : Grand Mailer. There are in it 8 Grands-Croix, and *4

I hey are generally of the principal Nobility, and of the Commanders. The Number of Knights is not limited,

belt Interefi in the County : They are to form the Militia At the time of their Inftitution the King charged his

in cafe of a Rebellion, iSc. and march at the Head of Revenue with a Fund of 300000 Livres for the Penfions

them, as the King fhall direS. They have the Power of of the Commanders and Knights.

commiffioning Colonels, Majors, Captains, and Subaltern LOW-BELLERS, in our Statute-Books are Perfons

Officers ; alfo to prefent the King with the Names of the who go with Light and a Bell ; whereby Bird's fitting on

Deputy-Lieutenants ; who are to be feleBed from the the Ground become flupefied, and fo are cover'd with a

beft Gentry in the County, and act in the Abfence of the Net and taken* Lords- Lieutenants. No Subject is to be charged with an Horfeman, unlefs he has 500 /. per Annum, or 6000 /. Perfonal Eflate 5 nor with a Foot-Soldier, unlefs he hath 50/. yearly, or «oo 1. Perfonal Eflate. Subfervient to the Lords-Lieutenants, and Deputy-Lieutenants, are the Juflices of Peace, who, according to the Order they re- ceive from them, are to iffue out Warrants to the High and Petty-Conftables, £=fc. for Military Service, ci?c.

LOT. See Scot.

LOTION, in Pharmacy, a Preparation of Medicines, by

LOXODROMY, Rhumb, theCourfeofaShip, or the Line it defcribes in failing from any Point towards another, excepting a Cardinal Point ; making equal Angles with e- very Meridian. The word Loxcdromy is derived from the Creek *.£&, oblique, and %fj@- f Courfe ; becaufe it cuts the Circles of the Sphere obliquely. See Rhumb, - LOXODROMIQUES, the Art or Method of oblique Sailing, by the Loxodromy or Rhumb. Hence £0x0- dromw Triangle, See. See Rhumb. LOZENGE or LOZANGE, a kind of Parallelogram warning them in fome Liquid, cither made very light, fo or quadrilateral Figure, confiding of four equal and pa- as to take away only the Dregs 5 or made to penetrate rallel Lines or Sides, whofe Angles are not ri«ht, but them, in order to clear them of fome fait or corrofive whereof two oppofite ones are acute and the other two Spirit j as 1 the Lot.cn of Antimony, Precipitates Magifte- obtufe ; the Diftance between the two obtufe ones being lies, i$e. Or elfe intended to take away fome ill Quality, always equal to the Length of one Side. Some Geome- or to communicaie fome good one. tricians call the Lozenge Hebmuaym, and the Trapezium

Lot.on ,s alfo the Name of a Remedy, holding a Me- Hebmmrepte. In Geometry it is ordinarily call'd Rhombus, dium between a Fomentation and a Bath. There are re- and when the Sides are unequal, Rhomboides. Scalher de- fre/hing and fomniferous Louom for feverilh Perfons, made rives the word Lozenge from Laurenria, this Figure refein- of Leaves, Flowers and Roots boil d, wherewith the Feet bling in fome Refpecls that of a Laurel-Leaf, and Hands of the Patient are waft'd^and after wafhingj Lozenge is alfo a Term in Heraldry ;

and 'tis in this Figure that all unmar- ried Gentlewomen and Widows bear their Coats of Arms ; becaufe, as fome fay, it was the Figure of the Amazonian Shield,

wrapp'd up in Linnen fleep'd in the fame Decoction till dry. There are Lotions alfo for the Head and Hair, made of the Afhes of Vine-Twigs.

Lotion of the Fhlhfophers, in Chymifiry, is a Cohobation

which Nature makes of what is rais'd up, and afterwards or, as others, becaufe it is the antient Fi'

falls back to 1 the bottom of 'the Veffel. gure of the Spindle. The Lozenge differs

/■"■"», Waft, a Form of Medicine made up of liquid from the Fufil, in that the latter ,'s narrower in the Mid- Matters, ufed for beautifying the Skm, and cleanfing it die, and not fo /harp at the Ends

from thofe Deformities which a diftemper'd Blood fome- Lozenges, a Form of Medicine, made into fmall

times throws on it ; or rather, which are occafion'd by a Pieces, to be held or chewed in the Mouth till they are

preternatural Secretion ; for, generally fpeaking, thofe melted or wafted

Diftempers of the Skin, which are accounted Signs of a LUCARIA, the Name of a Feaft in ufe among the

foul Blood, proceed from the natural Salts thrown off by Romans. Sextus Fompems obferves, that the Lucarla were

the cutaneous Glands, which ought to be wafri'd away thro celebrated in the Wood, where the Romans, defeated and

the Kidneys : fo that inftead of Sweetners which are u- purfued by the Cauls, retired and concealed themfelves.

fually prefenbed on thefe Occafions, Dr. Qu.ncy thinks It was held in the Month of5W,. in memory of the A-

the Urinary Difcharge fliould be promoted, or that of fyhim they found in that Wood, which was between the

or Ointments and

theTjterand the Road call'd Via Solaria.

The Word, according to Fefia and"**. Tmfiiui, comes from Lucus, a Grove or Wood. Farro derives it from Luce, the Ablative of the word Lux, Light and Liberty. But

the Skin rectified by proper Lotion: Frictions.

L.OTTERT, a kind of Game at Hazard, wherein fe- veral Lots of Merchandize, or Sums of Money, are depo-

fited for the Benefit of the Fortunate. The Defign of former EtymologyYe'ems'thTmOTe%'atura1

Lotter.es, and the Manner of drawing them, are too well LUCIANIST, orjLUCANIST- The Name of a

known among us to need a Defcription here. They are Sect fo called from Luaanus or Lvcavus, a Heretic of the

very frequent in England anr [Holland, where they cannot f ccon d Century. He was a Difciple of Wlurclon, whofe

be fet on foot without the Permiffion of the Magistrate. Errors he follow'd, and added new ones to 'em. Epipba.

In France ,00 they have had feveral m favour of their „;,„ f avs, he abandon'd Maroon, teaching that People

Hofpitals. M.leClerc has compofed alreatife of Lotteg ought not to marry for fear of enriching the Creator-

r,es, wherein is fliewn what is laudable, and what blame- And yet other Authors mention, that he held this Error

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