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AH Feodal Matters or Difputes among VafTals "relating to their Fees or Dependences, were terminated by the fuperior Lord, of the two contending Parties, and by their (Peers in 'Bee.

If the Procefs were between the Lord and the Vaffal, the Lord took no Cognizance of it, and the 'Peers alone judg'd it. See Peer.

Hence, all Lords or Nobles being (Pares Nobilitate, i. e. all equally entitled to the Privileges of Nobility, are denomi- nated 'Pares Regni, 'Peers of the Realm.

Some Authors attribute the firit Inftitution of (Peers of the Realm to Charlemaign $ but with little probability ; fince moll: of the Fiefs which bear the Names of Dutchies, $§G. or give Titles to the Peers, were not erefted into Dutchies, ejfc. till long after. The Dukes, 0c. in thole Days being no more than Ample Governors of Provinces, without any other Title or Privileges. See Duke.

The more probable Opinion is, that Peers were firfl: in- stituted by Pioilip the young, of France, about the Year 1719 5 and that they firltact-ed in Capacity -of (Peers at the Coronation of his Son.

PEERAGE, the Dignity of a Peer, attach'd toaDutchy, Earldom,, or the like. See Peer.

The Kings of England and Prance confer Peerage at Plea- fure. His prefent Majefty of England ofter'd his Parliament to refign that Branch of his Prerogative, and to have the Number of peers ftinted.

The Reafon infilled on, was the Inconveniences accruing to the State from an Arbitrary and immoderate Ufe thereof. The Prince having it hereby in his Power to throw what Number of his Creatures he pleafes into the Upper- houfe of Parliament.

The twelve Peers created at once in the late Reign, was a main Argument in behalf of the Peerage Sill.

3 Tis recorded as a popular Saying of King Charles, that if his Friends cou'd but fecure him a Houfe of Commons, he'd throw his whole Troop of Guards into the Upper-houfe, but he'd have the Peers.

(To hold Land in Peerage, in the ancient Cuftoms, was a Tenure which obliged the Perfon to affiil the Lord's Bailiff in his Judgements; as all the ancient Vaffals, call'd (Peers did. See Peer and Vassal. Seealfo Tenure.

Peer, or Pier, in Building, a Maffive of Stone, £5?c. op- pofed, by way of Fortrefs,againlt the Force of the Sea, or a great River; for the Security of Ships, that lye at Harbour in any Haven.

Such is the Peer of (Dover defcribed by Cambden, Brit, The Haven and peer of great Yarmouth, mention'd izd. Car. II.

The Word in this Senfe, is form'd from the French Pierre, Stone. See Piebroit.

Peers areaifo ufedin Architecture for a Kind of Pilafters or Buttreffes, raifed for fupport, itrength, and fomething for Ornament.

PEGASUS, among the Poets, a Horfe imagin'd to have Wings ; being that whereon Sellerophon was fabled to be mounted when he engaged the Chimera. See Chimera.

The opening of the Fountain Hifipocrene, on Mount Helicon % is afcribed to a blow of Pegafus's Hoof.

It was feign'd to have flown away to Heaven; where it be- came a Conftellation. Hence

Pegasus, in Aftronorny, a Conftellation of the Nor- thern Hemifphere, in form of a flying Horfe. See Constel- lation.

The Stars in this Conftellation in Ptolemy's Catalogue are 2.0, in 'lycho's jo, in the Britannic Catalogue 93. The Longitudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, &c. whereof are as follow.

Names and Situations of the Stars.

Longftd., Latitude, ! South.

Stars in the Conftellation Pegasus.

Names and Situation ' of the Stars.

Preceed?In the Triangle over Pe. North. 5 g^/wj's Mouth,

Pe^afits's Mouth

Pofter.and South, in the Triangle

In the Heel of the Preced. Foot

v, Longic.

Latitude.

5"

South.

3

. 1 it

1 11

S»5 58 39

33 18 39

29 49 57

36 09 30

24 43 41

19 38 14

24 3S 55

18 46 05

a 9 49 31

31 28 35


 * 3 37 56

15 21 40

iy 2i 30

18 22 36


 * 7 33 31

22 07 16

X 41 04

29 02 49

4 37 10

36 39 05

25 39 21

15 oS !9

3 34 17

34o5 1°

z 04 04

28 28 58

8 m 13

4° '5 4°

2 19 10

SS 46 07

South, of two in the Head In the preced. Knee

North, in the Head

In the Heel of the hind Foot

Small one againft the Ear.

North, in the Ear, or rather inform.

In the Top of the Main, preced. of 35 little A)

North, of the Triangle

Pofter. and South, in the fame

40

Preced. of the Contig. Stars in the Neck) South, in the hind Knee North, in the fame Knee

Lalt of the Contig. in the Neck

Preced. or two in the Breaft

Subfeq.

North, of two in the Main

5°

South, of the fame

In the rife of the hind Leg, Scheat In the Shoulder of the Wing.Ai^jfc^

55 Preced. of the North in the fmnll □ That under Scheat (of the Neck

Preced. of South, in f_j of Neck Lait of North. Laft of South. 60

North, of two under the Wing in the Body) Preced. of 5 in the Belly 65

Preced. of two behind Markab Second and North, in the Belly South, of two under the Win2

That behind Markab That in a right Line with the 69th (and 63d. Third and Middle in the Belly

75 Preced. in middle of the Wing

6 54 27 1 3 5 20

16 zi

1 ofl 39 3 01 41

1. 51 41

58 06 U ? 9 57

10 04 09

8 31 30

2 28 46

1 5 04 is 8 48 51 15 'S 13

X 19 42 07

X 4 48 30

7 37 52

1 5 10 56 II 55 26

5 42 4S

6 08 55

8 II 58 6 33 16

>94" 51 13 48 43

I{ o 29

15 17 33 II 59 C6

20 3 S 43

21 24 ;2

16 29 36

13 37 19 IS 43 48 20 03 20

13 S7 °

14 14 06 19 ;6

j6 21 25 02 19 09 13

£■ Fourth in the Eelly

g South, of five in the Belly

4 5 6 Middle, in the mid. Wing

6 7 North, in the mid. Wing 8S North, in the Extrem. of the Wing

In the Navel, Andromeda's Head

4

Tip of the Wing, Algenib South, in Extrem. of the Win?

36 07 07 25 01 46

ly 46 20 I9O6 36

23 37 2°

11 47 57 15 42 01

37 4= 34 3^1648

30 J" 42

16 21 48 I 4 41 03 45, 8 29 58 44 67 40 59 52 , 4 5

2430! s


 * 47

20 5' 42 4 s

35 34 03 ! 5 6 28 34 40 1 6 7 I3 09 56 ! 6

13 21 09 -5 17 18 50 6 7

12 S3 28

27 09 30

25 54 ° 2 25 56 59

17 42 03

34 25 43

35 C7°'

25 05 48 1827 18

28 48 12 2923 32 ■5 43 34

14 30 06 25 I i 47 16 46 ?8 31 08 06 19 2437

17 14 16 13 53 52

24 28 48 2S 28 30

17 31 19 12 58 "°

18 06 39 13 57 58 180332 124724

26 16 3 5 29 13 44

27 53 40 26 44 OS

Y 0103s

J II I.

}£ 25 50 OS

22 IO 23

T 02 09 28

X 27 38 ,, 290 1 51

23 45 06 29 °40a

T °3 3 5 42

4 56 31

X 2725 39

28 12 34 2823 55 26 00 I 9

T 4 46 00

5 45 24

X 27 *+ 45 2 57 24 I 49 S9

X 282233

5 45 50

7 37 33

2 22 OO

9 5S So 5 09 17

22518

4 49 50 T 71742

30 oj >7

25 33 57

31 31 SB

32 39 OI

22 44 22

1+ 57 25 32 52 21 24 47 5 J

26 09 20

■4 45 25

23 10 °9

31 01 57

32 S 3 00

17 37 36

19 o 48

16 40 02

11 O7 40 28 18 05

27 16 20

9 24 26

20 32 38

18 '3 41 10 45 59 20 3 5 o

23 09 16

24 34 42 1 1 42 3 8

25 4 1 00 i;4<> 15

9 13 22

12 35 12

1 7 o 1 40

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