a market-town of England, county of Essex, 7 miles E.N.E. of London, on the river Roding, not far from the Thames. It was celebrated for its nursery, one of the oldest and richest in England, founded about 670, the abbess of which was a baroness ex officio. The church of St Margaret is an ancient edifice of considerable beauty, with some curious monuments. It has also an ancient market-house and an embattled gateway. Pop. in 1851, 4930, principally engaged in fishing and the cultivation of vegetables for the London market.

BARLEUS, or BARLE, Gaspard, professor of philosophy at Amsterdam, and one of the best Latin poets of the seventeenth century, was born in 1584. There was scarcely any event of importance while he lived that was not celebrated by him, when reasons of state opposed no obstacle to it. He was a great defender of Arminius, and showed his abilities in history by his relation of what passed in Brazil during the government of Count Maurice of Nassau, published in 1647. He died in 1648.