ancient, handsome, and celebrated town of Germany, in Lower Bavaria, with a bishop's see and fort. The houses are well-built, and the cathedral is thought to be the finest in all Germany. It is divided into four parts, three of which are fortified; but the other is only a suburb, and has nothing but an old castle in which the bishop generally resides. It is seated at the confluence of the rivers Inn and Ilz, in E. Long. 13° 34' N. Lat. 48° 26'.

bishopric of Germany, lying between Lower Bavaria, Austria, and Bohemia. It extends not above 20 miles where largest; and has no considerable place, except the capital, which is of the same name.

Passerat (John), a celebrated professor of eloquence in the royal college of Paris, and one of the politest writers of his time, was born at Troyes, in the province of Champagne, in 1534. He spent three years in studying the law under the famous Cujacius at Bourges, where he became professor of eloquence in 1572. He was an indefatigable student, passing frequently whole days without eating a morsel; yet to an extraordinary erudition he joined an uncommon politeness of manners and pleasantry, having nothing of the mere scholar except the gown and hood. He gained the esteem of the kings Charles IX. Henry III., and of all the men of wit and learning in his time. He died in 1602, and left several admired works behind him.