PA PADILLA, Mary de, a Spanish lady, the favourite of Peter the Cruel, king of Castile. PAEZ. Francis Alvarez, a Portuguese, bishop of Coron; he died in 1532. FAGAN, Peter, professor of poetry and history, at Marpurg, died in 1576. FAGAN, Blaise Francis, count de, a valiant PAGANI, Gregorio, a celebrated painter, of PAGE, William, an English divine and author, died in 1669. PAGE, John, governor of the colony of Virginia, espoused the cause of the colonies at the commencement of the revolution, and was distinguished as an ardent patriot. member of congress, after the adoption of the He was a federal constitution, and governor of the state of Virginia. He died in 1808. PAGE, Benjamin, a distinguished physician, of New-Hampshire, died in 1824. PAGE, John Odlin, son of the preceding, an eminent citizen of New-Hampshire; he died in France, in 1811. PAGET, William, lord, ambassador to France, and secretary of state, in the reign of Henry VIII.; he died in 1504. PAGI, John Baptist, of Genoa, an eminent painter and engraver, died in 1629. PAGI, Anthony, a famous French Cordeller, and one of the ablest critics of his time, was born in Provence, in 1624, and died in 1699. PAGI, Francis, nephew of the preceding, and author of "A Chronological History of the Popes," was born in 1654, and died in 1721. PAGNINUS, Sanctes, a Dominican, of Lucca, well skilled in the learned languages; he died in 1536. PA grammarian, who taught at Rome, about A. D PALÆPHATUS, a Greek philosopher, who lived before the Christian era. PALAFOX, John de, an illustrious Spaniard, and distinguished for his benevolence to the naappointed bishop of Los Angelos, in America, tives; he died in 1659. PALAGE, N. de la Curne, a member of the French academy, and an author, died in 1781. guished lawyer and poet, died in 1721. PALAPRAT, John, of Toulouse, a distin PALATI, John, a Venetian historian of the 17th century. writer, was condemned at Rome as a heretic, PALEARIUS, Aonius, an eminent Italian ther's followers were to be commended in some and burnt to death in 1566, for saying that Ludegree elegant writer on ethics, was born in 1743, and and medical writer, died in 1730. GELO MANZOLI, an Italian poet of the 16th eminent potter and chymist. He was patronis PALISSY, Bernard de, a native of Agen, an ed by Henry III., and died about 1590. Pisa, celebrated as a portrait painter; she died PALLADINI, Arcangela, an Italian lady of in 1622. PAINE, Thomas, a political writer, born at called also James of Taramo, his best work is PALLADINO, Janies, an ecclesiastical writer, Thetford, England, in 1737, and bred a stay-a pious romance, published in 1572. maker: coming over to America, he contributed much to the revolution by a pamphlet entitled architect in the 16th century. He immortalized PALLADIO, Andrew, a celebrated Italian "Common Sense;" in 1790, he went to London, his name by four books of architecture. He and published "The Rights of Man," swer to Burke. in an-was born in 1508, and died in 1580. To avoid a prosecution, he went to France, and was chosen a member of the national assembly. He was thrown into prison by Robespierre, and narrowly escaped the guillotine. He returned to the United States, and died in 1809. PAINE, Robert Treat, LL. D., a distinguished lawyer, of Massachusetts, was a member of the first congress from that state, and one of the signers of the declaration of Independence. He was afterwards one of the judges of the supreme court of Massachusetts. He died in 1814. PAINE, Robert Treat, son of the preceding, a distinguished poet, was born in 1773, and died in 1811. and anchorite, and author of a History of the PALLADIUS, of Cappadocia, a Greek bishop Anchorites, or Hermits," died in the 5th century. PALLADIUS, Rutilius Taurus Æmilian, a put to death by Nero. was bred to surgery and medicine, wrote sevePALLAS, Peter Simon, born at Berlin, in 1741, ral works on different subjects, and died in 1811 PAINTER, Gamaliel, an officer of the revo- family, employed by the pope in several embasPALLAVICINI, Anthony, of a noble Genoese lution, was one of the earliest settlers of Mid-sies, was made a cardinal, and died in 1507. dlebury, Vt., and held several important offices in that state; he died in 1819. PAJON, Claude, a French protestant divine, and author, died in 1685. PAJOT, Lewis Leo, count of Osembray, a nobleman of great learning and abilities. He enjoyed the favour of Louis XIV., and died in 1753. PAKINGTON, Dorothy, an English lady, eminently distinguished for her learning; she died in 1679. PALEMON, Q. Rhemmius, a celebrated 330 PALLAVICINI, Ferrante, an eccentric Ita- nal, who composed a "History of the Council PALLIOT, Peter, an eminent bookseller and PALLISER, Sir Hugh, an English admiral, known for his dispute with admiral Keppel in the battle of Ushant, in 1778. He died governor of Greenwich hospital, in 1786. PALLUEL, Francis Crette de, of Paris, strongly attached to agricultural pursuits, died PALMA, James, the Elder, an Italian painter, and a pupil of Titian, died in 1588. PALMA, James, the Younger, nephew of the preceding, a celebrated painter, died in 1628. PALMER, Samuel, an eminent printer, of London, in whose office the celebrated Dr. Franklin was sometime employed. He died in 1732. PALMER, John, an actor of very considerable talents, belonging to Drury-Lane theatre, was born about 1742, and came on the stage in 1762. In his profession he excelled. He died suddenly on the stage, immediately after uttering the words "There is another and a better world," in 1798. PALMIERI, Matthew, a Florentine, and a Doet of the 15th century, distinguished in the councils of his country. PALONINI, Anthony, a Spanish ecclesiastic, known as a painter and a writer. PALUDANUS, Bernard, professor of losophy at Leyden, travelled over the four quarters of the globe, and died in 1634. PAMELIUS, James, a learned Fleming, and author of several works; he died in 1587. PAMMACHUS, St., a Roman senator, converted to Christianity, and who, by his conduct and writings, displayed great zeal in its favour. He died in 410. PAMPHYLIUS, a Macedonian, under Philip; he was an able painter. PAMPHYLUS, St., a priest, of Cæsarea, in Palestine, who suffered martyrdom under Maximin, in 308. PANAGIOTI, a Greek, of Chios, interpreter o the grand seignor; he died in 1673. PANARD, Charles Francis, a French poet, beloved for his probity and the gravity of his manners; he died in 1765. PANCIROLLUS, Guy, a famous Italian lawyer, and writer on legal subjects, he died in 1599. PANCKOUCKE, Andrew Joseph, a bookseller, of Lisle, and an indefatigable writer; he died in 1753. PANCKOUCKE, Charles Joseph, son of the preceding, followed his father's profession, acquired celebrity in the typographical art, and died at Paris, in 1799. PANEL, Alexander Xavier, a native of Franche Comte, of the order of the jesuits, became a preceptor to the royal family of Spain, and died in 1777. PANETIUS, a stoic, of Rhodes, who settled at Rome. He flourished about 150. PANIGAROLA, Francis, an Italian, and bishop of Asti, was sent into France, to support the interests of the league against Henry IV. He died in 1594. PANIN, Nakita Ivanowitz, count de, a Russian statesman, and general in the armies of the czar Peter, was born at Lucca. He was an able statesman and general, and died in 1783. PANINI, Paul, an eminent Italian painter, died in 1758. PAOLUCCIO, Paul Anafeste, a noble Venetian, and the first doge of Venice, in 697. He died in 717. PAPERBROCH, Daniel, a jesuit, of Antwerp, and an author of learning and virtue; he died in 1714. PAPHNUTIUS, bishop of Thebes, who opposed the celibacy of the clergy, and warmly supported the cause of Athanasius, at the council of Tyre. PAPIAS, a bishop of Hierapolis, author of the doctrine of the inillenium. Some suppose him to have been a disciple of St. John. A grammarian of that name lived in 1053. PAPILLON, Thomas, a celebrated lawyer, of Dijon, died in 1596. PAPIN, Isaac, a French protestant divine, who after being engaged in controversy, joined the Roman catholics, in 1690. He died in 1709. PAPINIAN, a learned lawyer of the 3d century. He was put to death by Caracalla, for refusing to vindicate that tyrant's murder of his brother Geta, in 212. His works on jurispru dence are much esteemed. PAPIRIUS, Cursor, a Roman dictator, who triumphed over the Samnites. PAPIRIUS PRÆTEXTATUS, a Roman youth, and a senator, who refused to reveal to his mother the secrets of the Roman senate. PAPON, John Peter, a native of Pujet, was a priest of the oratory, and an author; he died in 1803. PAPPUS, a philosopher and author, of Alexandria, of the 4th century. PAPYRIUS MASSON, John, a learned French lawyer and annalist, born in 1544, and died in 1611. He was a voluminous writer. PARABOSCO, Girolamo, a comic writer, of phrastus Bombast de Hoenheim, a famous Swiss PARKER, George, earl of Macclesfield, son physician, and medical and philosophical wri- of Parker, the first earl and lord chancellor of ter, born in 1493. He studied alchymy, and pre- England, celebrated for his knowledge of matended he was let into the secret of the philo- thematics; he died in 1766. sopher's stone. He wrought many extraordinatry cures, but was almost always intoxicated, and died in 1541. PARADIN, William, a laborious French historian and writer; he died in 1582. PARAMO, Lewis de, a Spanish inquisitor, who, in 1588, published a curious and valuable! account of the inquisition. PARCELLES, John, a native of Leyden, and an eminent painter, was born in 1579. PARCIEUX, Anthony de, a celebrated French mathematician and author, died in 1768. His nephew also professed equal abilities, and died in 1798. PARDIES, Ignatius Gaston, a French jesuit, distinguished in mathematics and philosophy; he died in 1673. PARE, Ambrose, an eminent French surgeon and writer, died in 1590. PARKER, Richard, an Englishman, leader of the rebellion in the British fleet, at the None. in 1797, for which he was executed. PARKER, Thomas, first minister of Newbury, Mass., was a good scholar and zealous divine; he died in 1677. PARKER, Samuel, D. D., a bishop of Mass., distinguished for his benevolence; he died ir 1804. PARKHURST, John, a learned divine, born in 1728. He died at Epsom, in 1797, leaving, among other works, "A Hebrew and English Lexicon," and "A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament." PARKINSON, John, an eminent English botanist, died about 1645. PARMEGIANO, an Italian painter, celebrated for the gracefulness of his figures; he died in 1540. PARKMAN, Ebenezer, minister of Westboem-rough, Mass., and author of some sermons; he died in 1782. PARE, David, a protestant divine, born in Silesia. The greater part of his life was ployed in controversy; he died in 1622. PARE, Philip, one of the most laborious grammarians and critics that Germany ever produced, was born in 1576, and died in 1648. PARMENIDES, of Elis, a Greek philosopher, who flourished 436 B. C. PARMENIO, one of Alexander's generals. PARE, Daniel, son of the preceding, applied PAREJA, Juan de, a native of the WestIndies, and originally a slave to a painter, in whose art he deservedly became celebrated; he died in 1670. PARENNIN, Dominic, a French jesuit, who went as missionary to China, in 1698. He was well received by the emperor, and died there, in 1741. PARMENTIER, Jean, or Jehan, a native of Dieppe, a celebrated merchant and navigator, died in 1530. PARNELL, Thomas, a learned divine and ingenious poet, born in Dublin, in 1679, and died in 1717. He wrote "The Hermit." PARODI, Dominico, a painter, of Genoa, and an eminent statuary, died in 1740. PARR, Thomas, an Englishman, who lived in the reigns of ten sovereigns; he married his second wife when he was 120 years of age, had child by her, and died in 1635, aged 152. PARENT, Anthony, a French mathemati-a cian, and an author, died in 1716. PARFAIT, Francis, the historian of the French drama, died in 1698. PARIS, son of Priam, king of Troy, and memorable in poetical history for carrying off Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Mycena, in his absence, which occasioned the famous siege of Troy, wherein he was slain, 1188 B. C. PARIS, Francis, a native of Chatillon, and an author, died in 1718. PARIS, Francis, an abbe at Paris, of the order of the Jansenists. He renounced the honours which he might have obtained, for the austerities of an ecclesiastical life, and died in 1727. PARR, Catherine, the last queen to Henry VIII., whose perfections, though a widow, attracted his heart, and whose prudence preserved her from the effects of his cruelty and caprice. She survived the king, who left her a legacy of 40007. She afterwards married sir Thomas Šeymour, and died in childbed, in 1548. PARRHASIUS, a celebrated painter,of Ephesus, who flourished about 430 B. C. PARRHASIUS, James, an Italian grammarian, who taught belles lettres and rhetoric at Milan; he was born in 1740. PARROCEL, Joseph, an eminent French painter, died in 1704. PARRY, Richard, an English divine and au PÁRRY, Richard, an able divine, was made bishop of St. Asaph, in 1604. PARIS, Matthew, an eminent English histo-thor, died in 1780. rian, was a Benedictine monk, and flourished In the 13th century. He wrote a Universal History, from the creation of the world, to the year of his death, A. D. 1259. PARISEAU, N., a native of Paris, and a distinguished dramatic writer, was guillotined in 1744. PARKER, Matthew, the second protestant archbishop of Canterbury, was born in 1504. He was deeply versed in Saxon literature, and the early English history; he published a work on the antiquity of the English church, &c., and died in 1575. PARKER, Samuel, an English prelate, who was made bishop of Oxford by James II. He sacrificed his religion to his interests, and died in 1687. PARSONS, or PERSONS, Robert, an intriguing English jesuit, in the reign of queen Elizabeth; he sought the destruction of that princess, and the subversion of the protestant religion, and died in 1610. PARSONS, Dr. James, an excellent English physician and medical writer, born in 1705, and died in 1770. He wrote well on physic, anatomy, natural history, antiquities, languages, and the fine arts. PARSONS, William, an English comic actor, of the highest eminence, who trod the stage 45 years, and died in 1795. PARSONS, Moses, a useful and beloved mi nister, of Byfield, Mass., died in 1783. PARSONS, Jonathan, an eminent American clergyman, of Massachusetts, died in 1776. PARSONS, Samuel Holden, an eminent lawyer, of Connecticut, and a major-general in the American army during the revolution; he was drowned near Pittsburg, in 1789. PASSINELLI, Lorenzo, a celebrated painter, of Bologna, died in 1700. PASSIONEI, Dominico, an Italian cardinal, a learned man, and a distinguished patron of literature, died in 1764. PATEL, a celebrated French painter, who is called by his countrymen, the French Claude. PATER, Paul, a Hungarian, was an able mathematical professor at Thorn and Dantzic, and died in 1724. PATER, John Baptist, a painter, of Valen PARSONS, Theophilus, LL. D., a native of Massachusetts, was born in 1750. After leaving college, he devoted himself to the practice of law, and soon rose to the highest eminence in his profession. He was appointed chief justice of the state of Massachusetts, in 1806, and re-ciennes, died in 1736. tained the office until his death, in 1813; during PATERCULUS, Caius Velleius, an eminent which time, he performed his official duties with Roman historian, lived 49 years, and died in the an ability, fidelity, and integrity, rarely equal-year of Rome 784, having left a "History of led. Greece and Rome, from 168 B. C. to A. D. 8,' in which many particulars are related which are not found elsewhere. PARTHENAY, Anne de, an illustrious lady, well skilled in Greek and Roman literature, and an ornament to the court of the dutchess of Ferrara. PARTHENAY, John de, lord of Soubise, a heroic leader among the protestants of France; died in 1566. PARTHENAY, Catherine de, daughter and heiress of the preceding, died in 1631. PATERSON, Samuel, an eminent bibliographer; he wrote several works, the objects of which, were, public utility, sound policy, and moral admonition. He died in 1802, aged 74. PATIN, Guy, a French writer of much wit and learning, and professor of physic in the Royal College of Paris. His "Letters," pubPARTRIDGE, Ralph, first minister at Duxbo-lished since his death, have made his name farough, Mass., died in 1658. PARTRIDGE, William, lieutenant-governor of the colony of New-Hampshire; he died in 1729. mous. He died in 1672, aged 70. PATIN, Charles, second son of Guy Patin, published a great number of valuable works, and died in 1693. PARUTA, Paul, a noble Venetian, called the PATKUL, John Reginald de, a Livonian genCato of Venice, died in 1598. He wrote several tleman, who resented the oppression which his works. country suffered from the Swedes. He was basePAS, Manasses de, marquis de Feuquierres,ly seized, and put to death, by order of Charles distinguished for his valour in the field, was XII., in 1707. ambassador to Sweden and Germany, and head of the French army, in 1635. He died in 1640. PAS, Anthony de, marquis of Feuquierres, a famous French officer, died in 1711. PASCAL, Blaise, a Frenchman, highly eminent as a mathematical genius, born in 1623, and died in 1662. He wrote the "Provincial Letters," published in 1656, which have been translated into several languages. PASCHAL I., St. Paschasius, a Roman, was elected pope in 817, and died in 824. PATRICK, St., the apostle and guardian saint of Ireland, was, as is supposed, a native of Wales, or of Cornwall, who was seized by pirates and carried to Ireland, where he converted the inhabitants to Christianity; he died about 460. PATRICK, Peter, a native of Thessalonica, in the age of Justinian, whom he served as am bassador. PATRICK, Samuel, an English divine, known for his edition of "Hederic's Greek Lexicon." PATRICK, Simon, a very learned bishop of Ely, died in 1707, having published many serPASCHIUS, George, professor of moral phi-mons, tracts against popery, and paraphrases losophy at Kiel, and an author, died in 1707 PASCHAL II., Reinier, a Tuscan, was elected pope in 1099, and died in 1118. and commentaries upon the Holy Scriptures. PASOR, George, a protestant, Greek profes- PATRIX, Peter, a French poet, favourite of sor at Francker, and an author; he died in 1637. the duke of Orleans. He wrote some licentious PASOR, Matthias, son of George, went to poems, of which he heartily repented before England and delivered lectures on the Orien-his death, which happened in 1672. tal languages with great reputation. He died at Groninjer, in 1658 PATRIZI, Francis, author of dialogues, in Italian, on the manner of studying and writing PASQUALINO, a distinguished Italian paint-history; he died in 1494. er, died in 1700. PASQUIER or PAQUIER, Stephen, a learned French lawyer and poet; he wrote against the jesuits, and died in 1615. PARTRIZI, Francis, a native of Istria, professor of philosophy, at Ferrara, Padua, and Rome. He wrote some Italian poems, and died in 1597. PASSEMANT, Claude Simeon, a celebrated PATRU, Oliver, an eminent French lawyer. constructer of optical and mathematical instru-He introduced correctness and purity of lanments; he died in 1769. guage into pleadings, wrote several works, and died in 1681, aged 85. PASSERAT, John, a celebrated professor of eloquence, in the royal college at Paris, and one of the politest writers and most excellent critics of his time; he died in 1602. PASSERÍ, Giovanni Battista, a painter, and an author, died at Rome, in 1679. His nephew was also celebrated as a portrait painter, and died in 1714. PASSERI, Gio. Battista, an Italian antiquary, and an author, died in 1780. PASSEROTTI, Bartholomew, an admired Italian painter, died in 1595. PATTEN, Thomas, an English divine, rector of Childrey, He published sermons and other religious works, and died in 1754. PATTERSON, William, a member of the senate of the United States, and governor of the state of New-Jersey, and afterwards a judge of the supreme court of the United States; he died in 1806. PATTISON, William, an English poet of genius, died of want and the smallpox, at 20 years of age, in 1726. PATU, Claude Peter, of Paris, author of some poems and dramatic pieces of merit; he died in 1757. PAUCTON, Alexis, a French mathematician, author of a treatise on weights and measures, and of other works, died in 1799. built a monastery at Bethlehem, and displayed all the virtues and mortifications of an ascetic life; she died in 407. PAULET, William, Marquis of Winchester, son of sir John Paulet, one of the courtiers of Henry VIII., and of his three successors. He PAUL, Mark, or MARCO PAULO, a Vene-declared that he retained his places by being a tian traveller, into China, in 1272, of which he willow, and not an oak; he died in 1572. published an account. PAUL, St., originally called SAUL, was a native of Tarsus, in Cilicia, and educated among the Pharisees of Jerusalem, under the care of Gamaliel. He was imprisoned at Rome, and put to death by Nero, A. D. 66. PAUL I., pope after his brother Stephen II., in 757; he died 10 years after much respected for his wisdom and learning. PAULI, Simon, was professor of medicine at Copenhagen, and physician to Christian V., who rewarded his services by making him a bishop. He wrote several books on his profession, and died in 1680. PAULIAN, Aime Henry, a learned jesuit, of Nismes, who wrote largely on philosophy and physic; he was born in 1722. PAULINUS, St., a native of Bourdeaux. He PAUL II., Peter Barbo, a Venetian noble, married a Spanish lady, by whom he was perelected pope after Pius II., died in 1471. suaded to embrace Christianity. He afterwards PAUL III., Alexander Farnese, pope, memo-went to Italy, where he was made bishop of rable for refusing to divorce Henry VIII. of Nola, and died in 431. England, from his queen Catherine of Arragon; he died in 1549. PAULMIER DE GRENTEMESNIL, Juliar de, a Frenchman, physician to Charles IX. PAUL IV., John Peter Caraffa, succeeded whom he restored to health. He was a very Marcellus II. on the papal throne, in 1555. He copious author in the line of his profession, and was very haughty and cruel toward the pro-died in 1670. testants, and died unlamented, in 1559. PAUL V., Camillus Borghese, pope, after Leo XI., in 1605. He embellished Rome with sculpture, aqueducts, and paintings, and died, greatly respected, in 1621. PAUL, Petrowitz, emperor of Russia, son of the great Catherine and Peter III. He married for his second wife a niece of the king of Prussia. Before he came to the throne, he visited most of the nations of Europe, to obtain such information as would be advantageous to his subjects. But he afterwards grew tyrannical, and banished a great number of persons to Siberia. He was assassinated in 1801. PAULMY, Mark Anthony Rene de Voyer, marquis de, distinguished as a man of letters, and for his valuable library. He was raised to the dignity of minister of state, and was the author of several works; he died in 1787. PAULZE, N., a Frenchman of great intelligence and erudition, made farmer-general of France. He formed a company for the improvement of Guyenne. He was imprisoned during the revolution, and guillotined in 1794. PAUSANIAS, an ancient Greek writer, who flourished in Cappadocia, about 170 A. D., and has left us a curious "Description of Greece." PAUSANIUS, a Lacedæmonian, governor of PAUL, a celebrated heresiarch, of Samosata, the kingdom during his nephew's minority. He a city on the Euphrates. He was bishop of An-made a secret treaty with the Persians, and tioch, in 260; but avowing his belief that Jesus Christ was only a good man, endowed with great wisdom, he was deposed by the Synod of Antioch, in 270. PAUL, of Tyre, a rhetorician, who went as ambassador from his country to Adrian, A. D. 120. took refuge in a temple to escape punishment; but his mother placed the first stone to secure him there, so that he was starved to death, 474 B. C. PAUSIAS, a painter, of Sicyon, about 352 B C. He first applied colours to wood and ivory, by means of fire. PAUL, the silentiary, a Greek writer, so called PAUTRE, Anthony le, an architect, of Paris from the office he held in the palace of the em-patronised by Lewis XIV. He was made a peror Justinian. inember of the academy of sculpture in 1671, and died a few years after. He contributed to the embellishment of Paris. PAUL, of Sancta Maria, a Jew, converted to Christianity. He became tutor to John II., king of Castile, and was appointed bishop of Carthagena, and then of Burgos. This learned prelate died in 1445. PAUL, deacon of Aquileia, was secretary to Didier, the last king of the Lombards. He was afterwards banished, but left his exile for the court of the duke of Benevento. He wrote some histories, and died in 801. PAUL, Father, a most illustrious person and universal scholar, but particularly skilled in the canon and civil law, and in physic. He wrote many political and anatomical works; but is principally celebrated for his "History of the Council of Trent," the rarest piece of history the world ever saw. PAUL, an ecclesiastic, of Spain, author of "A History of the Spanish Fathers," edited at Antwerp, in 1635. PAUL, a physician, of Ægina, in the 7th century, author of several medical works. PAULA, St., a Roman lady of noble birth, and great learning, who embraced Christianity, PAUTRE, John, a relation of the preceding, was an eminent designer and engraver. Hie works appeared in three vols., folio, with more than 1,000 engravings. PAUW, N. de, a German, author of "Recherches sur les Americains, les Egyptiennes, les Chinoises, et les Grecs;" he died in 1799. PAUW, Cornelius, a native of Utrecht, em! nent for his learning. PAVILLON, Stephen, a French poet, and advocate, of Paris, who received a pension from Lewis XIV.; he was born in 1652. PAVILLON, Nicholas, an eminent French ecclesiastic, made bishop of Alet, by cardinal Richelieu. He was deposed, and died in exile, in 1677. PAYNE, Nevil, a dramatic author, in the reign of Charles II. He wrote several works, and died in 1675. PAYNE, Roger, an English book-binder, of very singular habits. His workmanship was of so superior a style, that lord Spencer gave him |