1701 The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical, and Poetical Dictionary

Jeremy Collier

Being a Curious Miscellany of Sacred and Profane History

Collected from the Best Historians, Chronologists, and Lexicographers as Calvisus, Helvicus, Isaacson, Marsham, Baudrand, Hoffman, Lloyd, Chevreau, and others but more especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D.

Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable action of the patriarchs, judges, and Kings of the Jews, of the Apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church, of Popes, Cardinals, Bishops.

Of Heresiarchs and Schematics, with an account of their principal doctrines of Emperors, Kings, illustrious Princes, and great generals, of ancient and modern authors, of philosophers, inventors of arts, and all those notable circumstances of their lives.

Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders.

Also, the fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes.

The description of empires, kingdoms, commonwealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains, rivers, and other considerable places, both of ancient and modern geography, wherein is observed the situation, extent and quality of the country, the religion, government, morals and customs of the inhabitants, the sects of Christians, Jews, Heathens, and Mahomet Ans.

The principal terms of arts and sciences, the public and solemn actions, as festivals, plays.

The statues and laws and withal, the history of general and councils, under the names of the places where they have been celebrated.

The whole is full of remarks and curious inquiries, for the illustration of several difficulties in Theology, History, Chronology, and Geography.

To which are added, by way supplement, intermixed throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of several illustrious families of our English, Scotch, and Irish nobility, and gentry, and most famous men of all professions, arts, and sciences as also, an exact description of these kingdoms, with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time.

Printed for Henry Rhodes, near Bride Lane in Fleetstreet, Thomas Newborough, at the Golden Bal in St. Pauls Church Yard, the assigns of L. Meredith, at the Star in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Elizabeth Harris, at the Harrow in Little Britain, MDCCI.