Bastwick, John

an English physician and political writer, в. 1593. He studied at Cambridge, travelled all over Europe, and finally settled at Col chester as a physician. In 1637, he was condemned by the Star Chamber for his books against the Roman Church, viz., Eleuchus Papismi, and A New Litany; and was, like Prynne and Burton, his fellow-prisoners, sentenced to pay a heavy fine, to be set in the pillory, have his ears cut off, his cheeks and forehead branded, and be imprisoned for life. He was sent to Scilly, and kept there till released by the Long Parliament, when he had a reward of $25,000 allowed him for his sufferings. D. about 1650. Basyle, (basil,) n. [Gr. basis , base, and ule , wood.] (Chem.) The metallic radical of a salt. Thus, the base of sulphate of soda is soda , or oxide of sodium, and the basyle is sodium.