a town in the Isle of France, remarkable for its antiquities; and for the battle which was fought in December 1562 between the Papists and the Protestants, wherein the former gained the victory. Some think it took its name from the priests of Gaul, called the Druids, in the times of Paganism. It consists of two parishes, St Stephen's and Notre Dame, called the great church, which is pretty well built. It is seated on the river Blaise, at the foot of a mountain, on which is a ruined castle. E. Long. 1. 27. N. Lat. 48° 44'.