. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . pitate. The seals were taken from him in1604, and given to his rival Brulart de continued in the posts of chancellor andpresident of the council ; but he felt his lossof consequence, aiyl was used to say, that achancellor without the seals was a body with-out soul. He died in 1607, at the age ofseventy^eighl. Several writers of eminencehave bestowed praises on his memory, a duereturn to the regard he alwa
. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . pitate. The seals were taken from him in1604, and given to his rival Brulart de continued in the posts of chancellor andpresident of the council ; but he felt his lossof consequence, aiyl was used to say, that achancellor without the seals was a body with-out soul. He died in 1607, at the age ofseventy^eighl. Several writers of eminencehave bestowed praises on his memory, a duereturn to the regard he always shewed forlearning and its professors. He was presentat the famous theological conference at Fon-tainbleau between du Perron and DuplessisMornai, and by the kings command publisheda relation of it. Another Pompone de Bellievre, grandson tothe former, was eminent as a lawyer and anembassador in the reigns of Louis XIII. andXIV. and was founder of the general hospitalat Paris. Aloreri. Diet. Hist.—A. BELLINI, Laurence, a medical professorof great eminence, was born at Florence in1643. He studied at Pisa, and was a pupil ofMarchettij Redi, and Borelli. Such was his. BEL ( 91 ) BEL progiess, that at the age of twenty he wasmade philosophical professor at Pisa, and soonafter, through the favour of the Grand Duke,was placed in the anatomical chair, which hefilled with great applause during near thirtyyears. Bellini was of the medico-mathemati-cal sect, and was long one of its principalsupporters. His talents were splendid and va-rious ; and besides his proper professionalstudies, he was a proficient in oratory, poetry,and music. He employed a pompous and mag-nificent style, and was prone to exaggeratedrepresentations of things. At the age of fiftyhe was called to Florence, and made phy-sician to the Grand Duke, Cosmo III. but heis said to have been unfortunate in the practiceijf medicine, so as at length to have forfeitedthe confidence of his prince and the dis
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