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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

fall, in attempting his escape, in the presence of his wife and son, who shared his confinement, 1244. This son afterwards became joint sovereign of Wales with his brother.

Warrington's Wales.


SENTIA (AMÆSIA),

Pleaded her own cause with great force, in a large assembly of the people, before Lucius Titius, the proctor; and established her innocence, by the correctness and ability of her defence. She obtained the appellation of Androgyne, or a manly woman, as carrying a strong mind under a gentle appearance.

Valer. Max. lib. 8. C. 3.


SETURMAN (MADAME), a Native of Cologne,

Excelled in all the arts: was a painter, musician, engraver, sculptor, philosopher, geometrician, and theologian. She besides understood and spoke nine different languages.

Essay by M. Thomas.


SEVIGNÉ (MARIE DE RABUTIN), Daughter and Heiress of the Baron de Chantal; born 1626, died 1696; was not above a year old, when her Father was killed, at the Descent of the English upon the Isle of Rhé.

She was left under the tuition of an amiable mother, who took particular care of her education, and to instil into her mind the sound principles of

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