(Sebastian), a learned writer, was born at Ingelheim, and became a corderlier; but having embraced Luther's sentiments, he quitted that order in 1529, and retired to Heidelberg, and afterwards to Basil, where he taught with reputation. He was a man of great candour, and void of ambition; and was so well skilled in geography, the mathematics, and the Hebrew tongue, that he was named the Eudras and the Strabo of Germany. His Latin translation of the bible is esteemed. He was the first who wrote a Chaldee grammar and lexicon; he also published a treatise on cosmography, and several other works. He died of the plague at Basil in 1552, aged 63.

Latin Monomia, and in Irish Moun, the most southerly province of Ireland; bounded on the south by the Vergivian sea, on the west by the Atlantic ocean, on the north by the river Shannon which parts it from Connaught, and on the east by the Irish sea. Its length is about 130 miles; but its breadth is very unequal, being from 68 miles to 120. The air is healthful and temperate; and the soil, where properly cultivated, is fruitful both in corn and grass; but the mountains are bleak and barren. The northern parts, being the most level and fertile, are the best improved and inclosed. Vast numbers of cattle are fed in the province; which is also well supplied with fish, especially cod and herrings.

territory of Germany, in the circle of Westphalia; bounded on the north by Emdben and Oldenburg, on the south by the county of Mark and duchy of Westphalia, on the west by the county of Bentheim and the United Provinces, and on the east by the bishoprics of Osnaburg and Paderborn together with the county of Ravenberg. It is the largest of all the Westphalian bishoprics, being in length about 80 miles, and in breadth from 20 to 60. It is divided into 13 bailiwicks; and tho' in general but a barren country, has some fruitful plains, with woods, and quarries of stone. The inhabitants, excepting a few of the nobility and gentry, are all Roman Catholics; though Lutheranism had once a considerable footing here. The bishop, who is generally also elector of Cologne, has a revenue from hence of about 70,000 pounds, and can maintain 8000 men. In consequence of an unjust custom, unknown in the rest of the empire, he is heir to all strangers who die in the country without children. In the matricula he is rated at 30 foot, and 118 horse; or 832 florins monthly in lieu of them. His chapter consists of 40 canons, who are all noble.

city of Germany, capital of a bishopric of the same name and of all Westphalia, stands at the conflux of the river Aa with the Ems, in E. Long. 7. 49. N. Lat. 52. 0. It is of a circular form. Munychia, form, large, and well fortified both by nature and art.

It hath a fine citadel called the Brille, erected by a bishop named Bernard van Galen in order to awe the burgheers. The dean and chapter now elect the bishop; but till the beginning of the 13th century he was nominated by the emperor. This city has been rendered famous by three remarkable transactions:

1. By the peace concluded here in 1648, which put an end to a war of 30 years; occasioned by the persecuting spirit of bigotted papists, who chose rather to plunge their country into all the calamities of war than allow liberty of conscience to the Protestants. By this peace, however, they consented, much against their inclinations, to grant them a toleration.

2. By the disorders and disturbances occasioned here in 1553, by a parcel of enthusiasts called the Munster Anabaptists, who, headed by a taylor, called John of Leyden, from the place of his birth, turned out the magistrates, and took possession of the city, where they perpetrated the most horrid villanies and cruelties.

3. For the noble, though unsuccessful, efforts it made in defence of its liberties against the tyranny and usurpation of the above-mentioned turbulent and bloody-minded bishop, Bernard van Galen. In this city are a great number of convents, and other religious houses, many of them stately piles, and surrounded with beautiful gardens.