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 B R O B R O ( 681 ) to bring it withing certain bounds, and under dry them* and pound them to powder, and give the leaft fome regulation, by ftatute 7 George II. c. viii. fedt. 1. horfe two or three fpoonfuls of it in a pint of wine or Perfons who keep ffiops,. and lend ftrong ale ; then mix the reft with anife-feed, liquo- T^ww-Brokers. upon pledges to neceffitous perfons, and moft rice, and fweet butter, of which make round balls, money commonly at an exorbitant intereft. They are more or pills, and give him two or there of them after properly ftyled pawn-takers, or tally men, fometimes drink, and let him fall; two or three hours. fripers, Thefe are meant in 1 Jac.I. cap. BROKER, a name given to perfons of feveral and very xxi. fedt.orfriperers. 5. where it is declared, that the fale of different profeflions, the chief of which are exchange- goods wrongfully taken to any broker, or pawn-brobrokers, Itock-brokers, pawn-brokers, and brokers, ker in London, Weftminfter, or within {imply fo called, who fell houfehold-furniture, and fe- two miles of London, does notSouthwark, alter the property. cond-hand apparel. v And fedt. 7. If a broker, having received fuch Exchange-^ro ke as are a kind of agents, or negotiators, goods, ffiall not, upon requeft of the owner, difeover who contrive, propofe, and conclude bargains between them, how and when he came by them, and to whom merchants, and between merchants and tradefmen, in they are conveyed, he ffialj forfeit the double value matters of bills of exchange, or merchandife, for to be recovered by adtion of debt, ere. ■which they have fo much commiflion. Thefe, by the thereof, cities of Italy, there are companies eftabliffiftatute of 8 and 9 William III. are to be licenfed in ed Inbythe for the letting out money on pawns, London by the Lord Mayor, who gives them an oath, called authority mounts ofpiety ; a title little becoming fuch ioand takes bond for the faithful execution of their offi- ftitutions, as the loan is not gratis. In fome parts of ces. If any perfon ftall a<ft as broker, without being Italy, they have alfo mounts of piety of another kind, thus licenfed and admitted, he ffiall forfeit the fum of wherein they only receive ready money, and return it 5001. and perfons employing him 51. and brokers are again with intereft, at a certain fum per annum. to regifter contracts, fee. under the like penalty: AlBologna, they have feVeral fuch mounts, which fo brokers ffiall not deal for themfelves, on pain of for- areAtdiftinguilhed frank and perpetual; the intereft feiting 200 1. They are to carry about with them a of the former is into only four per cent, that of the latfilver medal, having the king’s arms, and the arms of ter, feven. the city, and pay 40s. a year to the chamber of the city. Brokers are alfo thofe who fell old houfehold-furniture, The exchange brokers make it their bufinefs to and wearing apparel, ebc. know the alteration of the courfe of exchange, to inform merchants how it goes, and to give notice to BROMELIA, or pine apple, in botany, a genus of the monogynia clafs. The calix is divided inthofe who have money to receive or pay beyond fea ; hexandria they -are the proper perfons for negotiating the ex- to three fegments; it has three petals, and there is a change, and when the matter is accompliffied, that is, fcaly nedlarium at the bafe of each petal; the berry when the money for the bill is paid, and the bill de- has three cells. There are five fpecies of bromelia, livered, they have for brokerage 2 s. for 100I. fterling. viz. the ananas or common pine-apple, which is a naThey reckon at Paris, among the city-officers, who tive of Surinam and New Spain ; the pinguin, a native are employed under the jurifdidlion of the provoft of of Jamaica and Barbadoes; the karatos, lingulata, and the merchants, and echevins or aldermen, three forts nudicaulis, all natives of the fouthern parts of America. of brokers. BROMSGROVE, a market-town in Worcefterffiire, a1. The brokers of horfes for the carriage of mer- bout ten miles north of Worcefter .: W. long. 20 f, chandife by water they are eftabliffied for the navi- N. lat. 520 26'. gation, and take care to examine the horfes ufed to BROMLEY, a market-town of Kent, ten miles fouthdraw the boats up the river; to fet the horfes toge- eaft of London: E. long, f N. lat. 510 25'. ther, to oblige the carriers to repair their boats, or to Bromley is alfo the name of a market-town of Stafbreak fuch as are no longer fit to ferve. fordffiire, about ten miles eafi of Stafford : W. long. 2. Sworn wine-brokers on the keys, to examine i° 50', N. lat. 520 45'. and tafte all the wine that arrives there. BROMOIDES, in botany. See Festuca. 3. Brokers of bacon and lard. Thefe are eftabliffiin botany, a genus of the triandria digynia ed to examine thofe forts of merchandifes, as they are BROMUS, clafs. The calix is double-valved ; the fpica is oblanded or unloaded, and to anfwer for their goodnefs long and cylindrical; the awn is below the apex. There to the buyer, and to the feller, for the price of his are 17 fpecies, eight of which are natives of Britain, wares. viz. the fecalinus or field brome-grafs, the arvenfis or 5/ecf-BROKERS, are thofe who are employed to buy corn brome grafs, the ciliatus or wall brome-grafs, and fell ffiares in the joint ftockof a company, or cor- the fterilis or barren brome-grafs, the giganteus or poration. tall brome-grafs, the ramofus or wood brome grafs, As the pradlice of ftock-jobbing has been carried on and the pinnatus or fpiked brome-grafs. to fuch an excefs as became not only ruinous to a great BRONCHIA, anatomy, the ramifications-of the tranumber of private families, but even affedfed, or at chea. See p.in280. 2.) & p. 28J. leaft might foon afFedt, the public credit.of the nation, BR.ONCHOCELE, in(col. forgery, a tumour arifing in the the legiftature thought fit to put a flop to it, or at anterior part of the neck. See Surgery. Von. I. Numb. 29. 3 8K BRON-