Rycaut, or Ricaut (rē-kō'), Sir Paul

Died in En England, England, Dec. 16, 1700. An English diplomatist, traveler, and historian. He wrote "Present State of the Ottoman Empire" (1670) and "His tory of the Turks 1623-1699" (1680-1700). Rydal (rī'dal). A village in West more land, side England, 2 miles north-northwest of Amble side. It contains Rydal Mount, the home of Ryswick gist and author, chief librarian of the royal library 1858-65. He wrote "Svenska språkets Lagar" ("Laws of the Swedish Language," 1850-74), etc., and ed. ited "Heimdall," a literary journal, 1828-32. Rye (ri). rī). A seaport in the county of Su ex, England, situated near the English Channel 53 miles southeast of London. It is one of the ancient Cinque Ports, and formerly stood directly on the coast. Population (1891), 3,871. Rye. A town in Rocking ham County, New Hampshire, situated on the Atlantic Ocean directly south of Portsmouth. The summer resort Rye Beach is near it. Population (1900), 1,142. Rye House Plot. In English history, a conspiracy by some extreme Whigs to kill Charles II. and the Duke of York (James II.), June, 1683. It is so called from Rye House in Hertfordshire, the meeting-place of the conspirators. Lord Ru ell (see Ru ell , William ), Algernon Sidney, and Robert Baillie were executed for alleged complicity. Ryle (ril), John Charles. Born May 10, 1816: died June 10, 1900. Bishop of Liverpool. He was educated at Oxford (Christ Church), and in 1880 was religious works. appointed bishop of Liverpool. He was the author of nuRymer (rī'mer), Thomas. Born about 1641: died at London, Dec. 14, 1713. A noted English antiquary. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn June 16, 1673. In 1692 he succeeded Thomas Shad well as historiographer royal. On Aug. 26, 1693, he began the Diplomatic us" of Leibnitz. It is a compilation of all the "Fœder a," based on the "Codex Juris Gentium treaties, conventions, correspondence, and other records relating to the foreign relations of England from 1101 A. D. to his own time. The publication was completed after his death, in 1735. His critical work was good, but he produced an unsucce ful play, "Edgar, or the English Monarch" (1678). Rysdyk's Hamble ton i an (10). A bay trotting stallion, foaled about 1849. From him has sprung most of the improved trotting stock of America. He was by Abdallah (1), dam the Charles Kent mare; Abdallah by Mambrino, dam Amazon i a; and Mambrino by Me enger out of a thoroughbred mare. The Charles Kent mare was by the imported Norfolk trotter Bellfounder out of One Eye by a son of Me enger. He was thus a cro between the thoroughbred and the partially developed English trotting horse of the day. Ryswick, or Ryswijk (riz' wik), Peace of. [D. Rijswijk . A treaty signed at Ryswijk, a village in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. 2 miles south-southeast of The Hague, Sept. 21, 1697, between France on the one side and England, the Netherlands, and Spain on the other. France acknowledged William III. as king of England, abandoning the cause of the Stuarts, and restored con Words worth. Ryde (rīd). A town and watering-place in the Isle of Wight, England, situated on the north- ern coast 5 miles south-southwest of Portsmouth. Population (1891), 10,952. Rydqvist (rid'kvist), Johan Erik. Born at Go then burg, Sweden, Oct. 20, 1800: died at Stockholm, Dec. 19, 1877. A Swedish philolo- France. quests in Catalonia and in the Spanish Netherlands (ex. cept certain "reunited" towns); the Dutch restored Pond i cherry to the French; and England and France mutually restored conquests in America. The treaty was ratified by the Empire Oct. 30: France restored its conquests except those in Alsace; the Duke of Lorraine had most of his dominions restored; and a clause prejudicial to the Protestants was inserted, applying to the towns "reunited" by IMG:content-0998.png:[graphic] The Century Cyclopedia of Names Portugal about 1520: died at São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro), Feb. 20, 1567. A Portuguese captain, nephew of Mem de Sá. In 1564 he was sent against the French Protes- in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Saar 38 miles south-southeast of Treves. It is the center of an important and extensive coal-mining dis- trict, and has considerable manufactures. In its vicinity occurred a skirmish, the first action of the Franco-German war, Aug. 2, 1870. Its result was favorable to the French, and it was represented by Napoleon III. as an important victory. Population (1890), 13,812. Saadia Gaon (sä-äd'yä gä-ōn'). Born at Fayum, Egypt, 892: died 942. A celebrated Jewish exegete, religious philosopher, and apologist. Sora. He may be considered as the founder of scientific Judaism, and the creator of religious philosophy in the middle ages. He defended Judaism against Karaism, Christianity, and Islam. Besides his polemical works, he wrote many treatises on the Talmud, composed a Hebrew lexicon ("Iggaron "), and translated the Old Testament into Arabic. But his principal work is on the philosophy of religion, written in Arabic "Kitab al-Amanat wal Itiqa bör'). A town in Lorraine, Alsace-Lorraine, situated on the Saar 35 miles west-northwest of Strasburg. It has a ruined castle. Popula- tion (1890), 5,445. Saargemünd (zär'ge-münt), F. Sarreguemines (särg-men'). A town in Lorraine, Alsace-Lor- raine, situated at the junction of the Blies with the Saar, 40 miles east of Metz. It has important manufactures of porcelain, earthenware, faience, majol- ica, plush, and velvet. Population (1890), 13,076. Saarlouis (zär-lö'i), F. Sarrelouis (sär-lö-ē'). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Saar 31 miles south by east of Treves. It is an industrial and commercial center, and one of the strongest border fortre es of Pru ia. It was founded by Vauban in 1681; granted to France in 1697; and ceded to Saasthal (säs'täl). An Alpine valley in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, south-southwest of Brieg: traversed by the Saaser Visp. Saati (sä'te). A height west of Ma owah, eastern Africa, occupied by the Italians in 1885 as a military post. Saavedra (sä-ä-vāʼvírä), Angel de, Duke of Rivas. Born at Cordova, Spain, March 1, 1791: died at Madrid, 1865. A Spanish poet, politi- cian, and diplomatist. He was twice exiled. Among his works are the tragedies "Lanuza" and "Don Alvaro" (1835), the epic "Florinda," the narrative poem "El moro expósito" (1834), etc. Saavedra, Cervantes. See Cervantes . Saavedra y Faxardo (e fä-Här'dō), Diego. Born in the province of Murcia, Spain, May 6, 1584: died at Madrid, Aug. 24, 1648. A Spanish diplomatist and author. His chief works are "Empresas politic as" (1640) and “República literaria" (1655). Saaz (zäts), Bohem. Žatec (zhä'tets). A town in northwestern Bohemia, situated on the Eger 43 miles northwest of Prague: the center of an im- portant hop-growing district. It was formerly a Hu ite stronghold. Population (1890), 13,234. Saba (sa'ba), or Sabea (sa-bē'ä). A former kingdom in Yemen, southwestern Arabia: also its chief city. See Sheba. Saba (sä bä). A small island in the Le er An- tilles, West Indies, situated northwest of St. Christopher's, in lat. 17° 39′ N., long. 63° 15′ Saale 24 miles south of Weimar. tures of sewing-machines, etc. It contains the ruined Sorbenburg. On Oct. 10, 1806, a battle occurred in its vic in- ity between the French and the Pru ians, in which the latter were defeated and Prince Ludwig of Pru ia was slain. Population (1890), 9,801. Saalfeld. A former duchy of Germany, founded in 1680 by Johann Ernst, youngest son of Duke Ernst the Pious of Gotha, and annexed to Saxe- Me in in gen in 1826. Saane (zä'ne), F. Sarine (sä-rēn'). A river in the cantons of Bern, Vaud, and Fribourg, Switzerland. It rises on the border of Bern and Valais, and joins the Aare 10 miles west by north of Bern. Length, 78 miles. Sabaco (sab'a-kō), or Shabaka (shäʼbä-kä). The first of the recognized monarchs of the 25th or Ethiopian dynasty of Manetho: a native of Akesh, in Kush or Ethiopia. He is mentioned by Hero dot us. He retired from Egypt in consequence of a dream. The death of an Apis at the Serapeum is recorded in the second year of his reign, and his name is found on the monuments of Karnak. He concluded a treaty with one of the A yrian monarchs, and the seal which was attached to it was found in the archives of Kuyunjik, the ancient Nineveh. His reign is supposed to have lasted eight years. Birch . Hero dot us mentions only one Sabaco, but the monu- ments and Manetho notice two, the Sabakón and Sebi- chôs (Sevéchos) of Manetho, called Shebek in the hiero- glyphics. One of these is the same as So (Savá), the con- temporary of Hosen, King of Israel, who is said (in 2 Kings xvii. 4) to have made a treaty with the King of Egypt, and to have refused the annual tribute to Shalmaneser, King of As syria. Rawlinson , Herod., II. 216, note. Saar (zär), F. Sarre (sär). [L. Saravus or Sarra.] A river in Alsace-Lorraine and the Sabah. Same as British North Borneo. Rhine Province, which joins the Moselle 5 miles Sabako. See Sabaco . Sabará (sä-bä-rä'). A town in the state of Minas Geraes, Brazil, situated on the Rio das Velhas, about lat. 19° 54′ S., long. 44° 21′ W. Population, about 8,000. Sabellius (sa-bel'i-us). Lived at the end of the 2d and the beginning of the 3d century A. D. A Roman presbyter, founder of the Sabellians. He was excommunicated by Bishop Cal list us. Sabians (sā'bi-anz). See Mandæans . Sabina (sä-bē'nä), La. A mountainous region Sabina, Poppæa. See Poppæa Sabina . Sabine (sa-bēn'). Ariver in eastern Texas, and on the boundary between Louisiana and Texas. It flows into the Gulf of Mexico through Sabine Oct. 14, 1788: died at Richmond, June 26, 26, 1883. A British astronomer and physicist. He obtained a commi ion in the artillery about 1804; accompanied Ro and Parry as astronomer in the arctic expeditions of 1819-20; and was president of the British A ociation in 1853, and of the Royal Society 1861-71. He published a number of valuable papers pertaining to terrestrial mag- netism in the "Philosophical Transactions." Sabine Mountains Latium. It is a branch of the A pennines. Its highest point is about 4,200 feet. Sabine Pa (sa-bēn' pås). A short and narrow pa age connecting Sabine Lake with the Gulf of Mexico. Sabines (sā'bīnz), L. Sabini (sa-bīnī). In ancient history, a people of central Italy, who lived chiefly in the mountains north-northeast of Rome. They were allied to the Umbrians and Oscans, and the Samnites were descended from them. They formed an important element in the composition of the Roman people. The rape of the Sabine women is a notable incident in the legendary history of early Rome. Romulus, difficulty in obtaining wives for the men who had gathered around him in his new city, is said to have in vited the neighboring tribes to a celebration of games, and the Roman youths took occasion to carry off a num her of the Sabine virgins. The chief town of the Sabines was Reate (now Rieti). They were subjugated by the Ro mans about 290 в. с. Sabines, Rape of the. See Rape of the Sabines . Sabinum (sa-bi'num). The country villa of Horace, situated not far from Tivoli: celebrated in his poetry. Sabis (sā'bis). bis). The ancient name of the Sambre. Sablé (sä-blā'). A town in the department of Sarthe, France, situated on the Sarthe 27 miles southwest of Le Mans. In its vicinity are quarries of black marble. Population (1891), commune, 6,047. Sable (sā'bl), Cape. [F. sable , sand.] 1. The southwesternmost extremity of Nova Scotia, in lat. 43° 23′ N., long. 65° 37′ W.-2. The southernmost point of the mainland of Florida and of the United States, in lat. 25° 8′ N. Sable Island. [ F.sable , sand.] A sandy island southeast of Nova Scotia, to which it belongs: lat. of eastern lighthouse 43° 58′ N., long. 59° 46' W. It is surrounded by shoals and sandbanks. Length, about 45 miles. Sables d'Olonne (sä'bl dō-lon'), Les. A seaport in the department of Vendée, France, situated on the Bay of Biscay 21 miles southwest of LaRoche-sur-Yon. It has considerable trade and important fisheries; it is a summer watering-place. Population (1891), commune, 11,557. Sabra (sā'brä). In the ancient ballads of "St. George and the Dragon," the maiden for whom the knight slew the dragon, and whom he after ward married. IMG:content-1000.png:[blocks in formation] Sabrina. The legendary daughter of Locrine. She was drowned in the river Severn (Savarin a, Sabrina), with her mother, by Locrine's enraged widow, and became its nymph. Milton introduces her in "Comus," and Drayton in the "Polyolbion" and Fletcher in "The Faithful ShepSabrina (sä-brē'nä). A temporary island formed by volcanic eruptions near the coast of St. Michael, Azores, in June, 1811. It disappeared July-Oct., 1811. herde " transformation. Sabrina Land. [Named by its discoverer, Balleny, captain of an English whaler, from a ve el which accompanied him.] A region in the Antarctic Ocean, about lat. 66° S., long. 120° E. Sac (sâk). [Pl., also Sacs .] A tribe of North American Indians who anciently lived at the mouth of the Ottawa River, and were driven by the Iroquois from that region to settle in northern Wisconsin. They united with the Fox tribe, and about 1765 took po e ion of the land on both sides of the Mis si ippi River, conquered from the Illinois. In 1810 they held a large territory in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Mi ouri. They fought against the United States in 1812, and in 1832 a part of the tribe led by Black Hawk rebelled, and was defeated and removed. Most of them are now in the Indian Territory, their whole number, together with the