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Which laft would be the proper Hero of the Poem, as being hot and apt to be enraged. He would reprefent the Perfon uf dchilles to Admiration ; and the Folly of fome A]ax his Coufin, would afford a good Proof of fo divine an Extrac- tion. Nothing more were required to engage Heaven in the Caufe, and divide the Gods; which, no Doubt, have as much Right in JEfofs Republic, as in the States of Ho- mer. Witnefs Jupiter taking care to give a King to the Nation of the Frogs.
The Reader has here field enough for an Epopca ; if he have any thing of Fancy and Expreflion, and do but take care to repeat, as often as Homer does,
For the Unity of the Fable, fee Unity.
FABRICK, the Structure, or Conftrudtion of any thing, particularly a Building. See Building.
The Word is form'd of the Latin Fabrica, which origin- ally fignifies a Forge.
In Italy, the Word Fabrick is applied to any confiderable Building. In France it rather fignifies the manner of build-
Fabrick Lands, are Lands given towards the Mainten- ance, Rebuilding or Repair of Cathedrals or other Churches ; mentioned in the A& of Oblivion, la Car. z. cap. 8. See Church, Glebe, &c.
In ancient time almoft every one gave by his Will more or lefs to the Fabrick of the Cathedral or Pariih. Church where he lived. See Intestate,
FABULOUS, denotes fome thing that has a Relation to Fable. See Fable.
Varro divides the Duration of theWorld into three States or Periods. The firft, dHhw, the obfeure or dark, in- cluding all the Time before the Deluge ; for the Heathens had fome faint Idea of a Deluge, and a Sort of Tradition founded therein; but knew nothing of what had paffed be- fore. See Deluge,
The fecond Period he calls the {avQikov, fabulous Age, in- cluding the Time from the Deluge to the firft Olympiad ; and making, according to 'Petavius, 155s Years j or to the Deftructioh of Troy, which was 1 i&iYears after the Deluge, or ;oS after the Delivery from Egypt. See Age.
This Period is called fome times Fabulous, and fometimes Heroic. The firft, on account of the Fables wherein the Hiftory and Learning of thofe Ages are veil'd : The Second, from the Heroes, or Sons of the Gods, whom the Poets feign to have lived in thofe Days. See Hero and Heroic.
FACE, the Surface, or firft Side, which a Body prefents to the Eye. See Surface.
Thus we fay, The Face of the Earth, of the Waters, &c. 'Polyhedrons have feveral regular Faces. See Poly- hedron.
A Die, or Cube has fix Faces. See Cube.
Face, is particularly ufed for the Vifage of an Animal, and efpecially of a Man ; as being the only Part of the Bodyj that ordinarily appears bare to the Eye. The Latins call it Fades, Vultus, Os, &c. In other Animals it is fome- times call'd Sill or Seek-., fometimes Snout, &c. See Bill,£5jc
The great Variety obfervable in Mens Faces, Voices and Hand- writing, furni flies a noble Argument of a Providence. See Voice.
The human Face is call'd the Image of the Soul, as be- inr* the Seat of the principal Organs of Senfe ; and the Place where the Ideas, Emotions, fife, of the Soul are chiefly fet to View. Pride and Difdain are fliewn in the Eye-brows; Modefty on the Cheeks, Majefty in the Fore- head, ffc. 'Tis the Face fhews the Sex, Age, Tempera- ment, Health, or Difeafe,£f/t.
The Face, confider'd as the Index of the Paffions, Ha- bitudes, f£c. of the Perfon, makes the Subject of Phyfiog- nomy. See Physiognomy.
Anatomilts ufually divide it into two Parts, the Upper, and Lower : The Upper is the Fro?it, or Fore-head ; the Lower includes the Eyes, Nofc, Ears, Mouth, and Chin. See each Part defcribed under its refpective Article, Eye, Nose, Mouth, ffc.
Face, or Facade, is fometimes ufed for the Front of a Building; or the Side on which the chief Entrance is: as alio for the Side it prefents to a Street, Garden, Court, &c. And fometimes for any Side oppofite to the Eye. See Front.
Face, in Aftrology, is ufed for the third Part of a Sign. Each Sign is fuppofed to be divided into three Faces. The ten firft Degrees compofe the firft Face $ the ten following ones the fecond; and the laft ten the third. Venus is in the third Fate of Taurus, that is, in the firft ten De- grees thereof. See Sign.
Face, Facia, or Fafcia, in Architecture, is a flat Mem- ber, having a confiderable Breadth, and but a fmall Pro- jective : fuch arc the Bands of an Archdrave, Larmier, ?£c. See Fascia,
Face of a Stone, is the Surface or Plain of Stone, which is to lie in the Front of the Work. The Face is ealily known when the Stone is icapled, as being always oppoiite to the Back; and the Back going rough as it comes from the Quarry.
But rough Stones, the Workmen generally chufe to make one of thofe Sides the Face, which when in the Quarry, lay- perpendicular to the Horizon; and confequently the Break- ing, and not the Cleaving way of the Stone. See Stone,
Face of a 'Place, includes the Curtain, together with the two Flanks raifed above it, and the two Faces of the Ba- ftion, which look towards one another, and flank the Angle of theTenaille.
Face of a Bajlion, or of a Bulwark, is the moft ad- vanced Part of a Baftion towards the Field 5 or the Diflance comprehended between the Angle of the Shoulder, and the Flank 'd Angle. See Bastion.
The Face, or Flat of a Baftion,. Ravelin, Demi-baftion, Horn-work, Crown- work, &c. is more ufually under flood of that Part of the Work, terminated between the Angle of the Epaule, and the flank *d Angle ; or between the Point of the Baftion, and the Flank.
Face prolonged, in Fortification, is that Part of a Line of Defence rafant, which is between the Angle of the E- paule or Shoulder of a Baftion, and the Curtain ; or the Line of a Defence rafant cut by the Length of the Face.
FACET, or Facette, a little Face, or Side of a Body cut into a great Number of Angles.
Multiplying Glafles ate cut in Facets, or Facet -ivife.
Diamonds are alfo cut in Facets, or Tables. See Dia- mond.
FACIA, in Architecture. See Fascia.
FACIES Hippocratica, in Medicine, is when the Noftrils are fharp, the Eyes hollow, the Temples low, the Tips of the Ears contracted, the Fore-head dry and wrinkled, and the Complexion pale, or livid.
The Fades Hippocratica is chiefly obferved toward the Period of Phthifes and other Confumptions. It is held a fure Prognoftick of Death.
FACTION, a Cabal, or Party, form'd in a State to di- fturb the publick Repofe.
The moft celebrated FaBions in the World were that of the Guelphs and Gibelins, who kept Italy in Alarm for ma- ny Ages 3 and that of the Whigs and Tories in England. See Guelph, Tory, &c.
. Faction, was originally the Name given the divers Troops or Companies of Combatants in the Games of tho Circus. Of thefe there were four, viz. the Green FaBion, the Slue FaBion, the Red Faction, and the White FaBion. See Circus and Colours.
Thefe Fatlions, with their Liveries and Badges were at length abolifh'd. The Emulation which was at firft between them, growing to fuch height, that in Jujlinians Time they came to Blows.
FACTITIOUS, fignifies any thing made by Art ; in Opposition to what is the Produce of Nature.
Thus Cinnabar is divided into Natural and Factitious. See Cinnabar.
Diftilled Waters are FaBitious Liquors. See Water.
2^-FACTO, fee DE-facto.
FACTOR, in Commerce, an Agent or Perfon who acts, and negotiates for a Merchant, by Commifllon, call'd alfo Com- mijjioner, and on fome Occafions Broker, and throughout the Levant, Coagis. See Commissioner, Broker, &c
FaBors are chiefly either charged with the Buying, or the Selling of Goods; or with both.
Thofe of the firft Kind are ufually eftablifhed in Places of confiderable Manufactures, or Cities of great Trade. Their Office is to buy up Commodities for other Merch- ants, refiding elfewhere ; to fee them packed, and fend them to the rerfons for whom they were bought.
FaBors of Sale, are ufually fix d in Places where there is a grea,t Vent. To thefe, Merchants and Manufacturers fend their Goods to be fold for them according to the Price and other Conditions exprefs'd in the Orders deliver'd them. '
The Wages, or Allowances for felling, are ufually clear of all Expences, of Carriage, Exchange, Remittances, &c. excepting Poftage of Letters, which are never iet to Ac- count. See Factor. age.
Factors, in Arithmetick, is a Namegivento the Multi- plicand and Multiplier ; byreafonthey do facere produBum, make or conftitute the Product. See Multiplication.
FACTORAGE, fee Factor, Brokage, &c.
The FpMorage, or Wages, call'd alfo CommiJJion, is dif- ferent, at different Places, and for different Voyages : at a Medium it may be fix'd at three per Cent, of the Value of the Goods bought ; befide the Charge of Package, which is pay'd over and above.
At Virginia, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, the FaBorage is from three to five $>er Cent, and the like throughout the
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