(Francis), an Italian poet, a native of Pistoia, and the friend of Pope Urban VIII. died about the year 1644, aged 80. He wrote, 1. An epic poem, intitled, The cross reconquered, under the emperor Heraclius. 2. An heroic poem, intitled, The mockery of the Pagan gods. 3. The election of Pope Urban VIII. in 23 books.

BRACE is commonly taken for a couple or pair, and applied by huntmen to several beasts of game, as a brace of bucks, foxes, hares, &c.