. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . e, in orderto collect plants, and other objects of naturalcuriosity. On his return he published his re-marks, under the title of Les Observation*de plusieurs Singularites & Choses memorablestrouvees en Grece, en Asie, Judee, Egypte,Arabic, in 4to. Par. 1553 , a work repletewith curious and authentic particulars, andoften quoted, to the present day. He likewisepublished treatises ; On Coniferous Trees ; On Birds ; an
. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . e, in orderto collect plants, and other objects of naturalcuriosity. On his return he published his re-marks, under the title of Les Observation*de plusieurs Singularites & Choses memorablestrouvees en Grece, en Asie, Judee, Egypte,Arabic, in 4to. Par. 1553 , a work repletewith curious and authentic particulars, andoften quoted, to the present day. He likewisepublished treatises ; On Coniferous Trees ; On Birds ; and On Fishes, with theirfigures ; On the ancient INIode of Embalm-ing ; On Defects in the Practice of Agri-culture. By his learning and merit he obrtained the esteem of the kings Henry II. andCharles IX. and was proceeding to enrich sci-ence by his publications, when he was assas-sinated by an enemy near Paris, in Haller Bib!. Bo/an.—A. BELSUNCE, Henry-Francis-Xavier db,honourably known as the gtid bishop of Marseilles,was the son of the marquis of Belsunee, a no-bleman of Guienne. He first entered into thesociety of Jesuits; wliich he afterwards B E M ( 93 ) B E M and in 1709 was nominated to the bishopricof Marseilles. At the dreadful plague whichvisited that city in 1720 and 1721, and whichwas cme of the most fatal upon record, thisprelate greatly distinguished his charitable zealand fortitude. Refu ing to quit the scene ofdanger, he devoted all his fortune and time tothe succour of the afflicted, and went fromstreet to street in the height of the ])cstilence,carrying spiritual and temporal relief to the sickand dying. This noble conduct was of the great-est benefit to his unfortunate diocesans; andsuchwas the aflection with which calamity inspiredhim towards the flock committed to his cliarge,that when the king, in 1723, meant to rewardhis merit, by removing him to the see ofLaon, which confers a dukedom and peerage,he refused to change his situatio
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