in being ground away.

Barley-Water is a decoction of either of these, reputed soft and lubricating, and of frequent use in physic.

Barley-Corn is used to denote a measure, containing in length the third part of an inch, and in breadth the eighth. The French carpenters also use barley-corn, grain d'orge, as equivalent to a line, or the twelfth part of an inch.WILLIAM, bishop of Chichester, descended of an ancient family in Wales, was born in the county of Essex. In his youth he favoured the Reformation, and travelled into Germany to be instructed by Luther and other preachers of the new doctrine. How long he continued a Protestant is uncertain; but from his letter to king Henry VIII., quoted below, it appears that he wrote several books against the church of Rome. However, he was a regular canon in the Augustine monastery of St Osith in the county of Essex, and studied some time at Oxford with the brothers of that order, where he took the degree of doctor in divinity. He was then made prior of the convent at Bisham in Berkshire, and afterwards succeeded to the several priories of Blackmore, Typtree, Legg, Bromhole, and Haverford-West. On the dissolution of abbeys, he not only resigned with a good grace, but persuaded several other abbots to follow his example. King Henry was so pleased with his ready obedience on this occasion, that he sent him in 1535 on an embassy to Scotland, in the same year made him bishop of St Asaph, in two months after translated him to the see of St David's, and in 1547 to that of Bath and Wells. During this time he was, or pretended to be, a stanch Papist; but when Edward VI. came to the crown, he again became a Protestant; and for that reason, on Queen Mary's accession, was deprived of his bishopric, and sent prisoner to the Fleet, where he continued for some time. At length he found means to escape, and immediately joined the other English Protestants in Germany. When Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, our prelate was raised to the see of Chichester, and soon after made first prebendary of the collegiate church of Westminster. He died in 1568, and was buried in the cathedral of Chichester. He had five daughters, each of whom married a bishop. He wrote:

1. The Burial of the Mass; 2. The Climbing up of Priests and Religious Persons, portrayed with Figures; 3. Christian Homilies; 4. A book upon Cosmography; 5. The Godly and Pious Institution of a Christian Man, commonly called the Bishop's Book; and several other works.