The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history : containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, ... heresiarchs, ... emperors, ... and all those who have recommended themselves to the world ... together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders ... ; [with] The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe ; The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes ; The description of empires, kingdoms ... / collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery ... his sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clark ... now done into English ; to which are added by way of supplement ... the lives ... and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility ... clergy ; as also an exact description of these kingdoms ... by several learned men ; wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun ... never extant till in this work.

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• * Kinwulf, a West-Saxon King, who succeeded Sigebert in 755. and was joyfully saluted King upon the Flight of the Tyrant, his Predecessor. He proved a valiant Prince, witness the several Battels he fought against the Welsh. But his Fortune fell short of his Courage when he fought at Besington, with Offa the Mercian King; and his End was tragical, after a laudable Reign of 30 Years. For being jealous that Kineard, Brother to Sigebert, the former King, intended to usurp the Crown after his Decease, or revenge his Brother's Expulsion, he commanded him to de∣part his Dominions. Kineard obeyed, but resolved to take his Opportunity to be revenged; in order to which he got a small Party together, and hearing that Kinwulf was at Merton in Sur∣rey, at a Woman's House whom he loved, went by Night and beset the Place. The King, over-confident of his Valour, rush∣ed out with a few of his Attendants; and running fiercely at Kineard, gave him a dangerous Wound; but being hemmed in by the rest, he was over-power'd, and killed. The Noise of his Death drew great Numbers, and, amongst others, the Earls Osric and Wivert, to the House, where Kineard and his Men remained; who seeing himself surrounded, endeavoured to ap∣pease them by fair Means; but finding that it was in vain, he fought it out to the last, until he and all his Men were slain, but one or two.
• Kiosem, the Wife of Achmet Emp. of the Turks, Mother of Sultan Ibrahim, and Grandmother of Mahomet IV. dethroned in 1687. During the Minority of Mahomet she had the Govern∣ment of the Empire in her own Hands; but the Mother of Ma∣homet fearing the Craft and Policy of this old Lady, whom she knew to have fomented that Conspiracy of the Janizaries who massacred Ibrahim, enter'd into a League with the Spahi's, Ba∣shaws and Beys, who commonly are the opposite Party to the Janizaries; assuring them, that Kiosem had a Design to abolish the Name and Office of the Spahi's, and to put all the Authority into the Hands of the Janizaries. The Asiatick Spahi's, alarm'd with this News, marched streight to Scutari, with a conside∣rable Army, under the Command of Gurgi Nebi, or Nebi the Georgian, and demanded the Heads of the Traytors that had conspired against Ibrahim, their Sovereign. Which so start∣led Morat Bashaw, the Grand Visier, an Accomplice of that Conspiracy, that getting a Force of Janizaries together, he ad∣vanced with them in all haste to Scutari; but they were hin∣der'd from fighting by the Interposition of the Chief Justices of Natolia and Greece. The Janizaries being grown more insolent by the Retreat of the Spahi's, held a secret Council, where it was resolved to destroy them; and accordingly, sent Order to the Bashaw of Natolia to kill Gurgi Nebi, which he presently exe∣cuted; for, entring his Quarters, and finding him abandoned by his Soldiers, he shot him with a Pistol, and sent his Head to Constantinople. All this served but more and more to exasperate the two Queens against each other; the one striving to maintain her own Authority, and the other that of her Son Mahomet: But in the End Siaus Bashaw, Grand Visier, accompanied with those of the Queen's Party, enter'd the Appartment of Kiosem, sei∣zed her, and committed her to the Keeping of the King's Eu∣nuchs: And not long after, the Mufti gave Sentence of Death against the Old Queen, and represented to the Sultan, that it was necessary for him to sign it, in order to re-establish the Peace of the Empire; which he did accordingly, and the Sen∣tence was executed by the Ichoglans, who strangled her. Ricaut's History of the Turkish Empire.
• Kiow, a City of Poland, Capital of the Lower Volhinia, with the Title of a Palatinate. It is situate upon the Borysthenes, and hath a strong Fortress. It was built in 861. by Kius, a Russian Prince, and called by his own Name. It was formerly great, rich, and well built; but the Tartars, who took it in 1615. did ruin it in such sort, that little remains of its ancient Splendour. Since which, the Cossacks made it their Retreat, and at last yiel∣ded it to the Moscovites. It lies 4 Polish Miles from the Borders of Moscovy to the West, 70 from Kaminieck to the North East, and 100 from Warsaw to the East. The Palatinate of Kiovia is called Volhinia Inferior, and also Ʋkraine. It is a Part of Red Russia, and lies on both Sides the Niester, between Moscovy, the Desarts of Lesser A••abia, Volhinia Superior, the Palatinate of Bar∣law, and the Tartars of Orzakow. It was yielded to the Russians in 1686. to engage them in an Alliance with the Poles, against the Crim-Tartars. It was formerly the Seat of the Russian Em∣pire, and 8 Miles in Circuit. It has vast Caverns under Ground, which the Inhabitants pretend run 8 Miles; and in them are the Tombs of many of the old Russian Nobility, with many Bo∣dies still entire in them. Two of the Princes are in the same Habit they wore when alive; and are shewn by the Russian Monks to Strangers.
• Kircher (Conrade) a Protestant of Augsburg, the Com∣poser of a Greek Concordance of the Old Testament, which was printed in two Volumes at Francfort, in 1607. This is a Book of good use towards the understanding of the Scri∣pture; and may serve besides for an Hebrew Dictionary, be∣cause the Author puts the Hebrew Words first, and after∣wards the Greek Interpretation which the Septuagint have gi∣ven to those Words; quoting the Places of Scripture where they are differently interpreted. This Concordance is made according to the Complutensian Edition of the Septuagint. M. Simon.
• Kircher (Athanasius) a Jesuit of Fulda, a famous Philoso∣pher and Mathematician. Being very young, he enter'd him∣self amongst the Jesuits, and taught at Wirtzburg in Franconia. In 1631. when the Swedes enter'd Germany, Kircher retired to France to avoid Troubles, and stayed some Time at the Jesuits College in Avignon; and from thence went to Rome, where he made many learned Discoveries, chiefly in explaining the Secrets of the Oriental Languages, wherein he was very well skilled. He writ many excellent Works, viz. Praelusionis Magneticae. Pri∣mitiae Gnomonicae Catoptricae. Prodromus Copticus. Ars Magnetica. Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiacae. Ars magna Lucis & Ʋmbrae. Mu∣surgia Ʋniversalis. Obeliscus Pamphilius. Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Tom. IV. Itinerarium Extaticum. Obeliscus Aegyptiacus. Mundi Subterranei, Tom. II. China Illustrata, &c.
• * Kircholm, a Town of Livonia, near unto which Charles King of Sweden received a great Overthrow in 1605. by Charles Chotkevicz, General for Ʋladislaus K. of Poland. Thuan.
• * Kirkby, or Kirby-Lonsdale, a Market-Town in the Coun∣ty of Westmorland, Capital of its Ward, and situate upon the Banks of the River Lon, in a rich and pleasant Vale, called Lons∣dale; large, well built, and populous; having a fair Church, and a fine Stone-Bridge over the River. The Name signifies, The Church in the Dale or Valley of Lon.
• * Kirkby-Steven, another Market-Town in the County of Westmorland, in the East Parts, near the Skirts of the Hills which sever Cumberland from Yorkshire. It has a fair Church, and the L^d. Wharton a Seat near it, called Wharton-Hall, being the ancient Seat of the Family, with a noble Park.
• * Kirkby-Moreside, a Market-Town in the North-Riding of Yorkshire, in Ridal-Hundred, upon a small River, which, after a short Course, falls, with others, into the Derwent.
• * Kirkhoven (Charles) a Foreigner, Son of. . . . . . . Kirkhoven L^d. of Hemflete in Holland, by Catharine his Wife, the eldest of the 4 Daughters and Co-heirs of Thomas Lord Wotton, Widow of Henry Lord Stanhope, Son and Heir to Philip late Earl of Chesterfield. Which Charles was by reason thereof created Lord Wotton of Wotton in Kent, as appears by His Majesty Charles II's Letters Patent bearing date at St. Johnstown in Scot∣land, the 2^d. Year of his Reign, and Naturalized by Act of Par∣liament, begun 8 Maii, 13 Car. II. Dugdale.
• * Kirksop, a River which has its Source in the South of Scot∣land; from whence running Southward, it severs, for some part of its Course, Scotland from Cumberland, and at last runs through this County, into the River Eden.
• * Kirkton, a Market-Town in Lincolnshire, in the Division of Holland, and Hundred of Corringham, adorned with a fair Church, built Cathedralwise, in form of a Cross, with a broad Steeple in the midst.
• * Kirkubright, the principal Town of the Stewardry of that Name, and the best Sea-Port of Galloway, in the West of Scotland.
• * Kirkwall, Lat. Cracoviaca, commonly called Kirkwa, the principal Town of Orkney, in the Island Pomona. It has a very good Harbour, and is a Place of considerable Trade. It is well built of Stone, and has a Castle belonging to the King, which was formerly very strong, and well provided with Guns. The Walls are so thick, that large Chambers are built in them: But the Castle is now ruinous Near thereunto is a stately Pa∣lace, built by Robert Reid, Bishop there, in Q. Mary's Time. And not far from thence is a stately Structure, built by Patrick Stuart Earl of Orkney, but never finished. And these Houses have all of them very pleasant Gardens. Betwixt this and the King's Castle, there is a stately Church, very long, but not broad, built by St. Magnus, who first planted the Christian Re∣ligion there. It is a very magnificent Structure, built of hewen Stone, and vaulted above. Its Steeple is remarkable and hath so many Windings and Apartments, that Strangers cannot find their Way out without a Guide: And so strong, that 50 Men may defend it against 1000, if they have not Great Guns. It hath also a curious Ring of Bells: And the Town moreover hath a good Free-School. Gordon. Theatr. Scotiae.
• Kisico, Lat. Cyzicus, a ruinous City on the Eastern Coast of the Sea of Marmora, in Natolia, which took its Name from Cysicus the King of that Country, the Son of Aeneas and Stilbe, whom Jason ignorantly slew. It was built 500 Years before Rome, in a pleasant Island, which two fair Bridges joins to the Continent. It was provided with 3 great Magazines, filled with Arms, Provisions, and other Necessaries for the Inhabitants. The Buildings were magnificent, and most of them of Marble; but the Temple built there to the Ho∣nour of Augustus was the most surpassing Ornament of that City. There is nothing to be seen now but the Ruins of sumptuous Buildings; and particularly, of an Oval Theatre, capable of 12000 Spectators. It stands upon a pleasant Hill, from whence there is a Prospect of the two Gulfs, or Bays, which form two Havens. The Ruins of this City are now joined to the Continent by a Neck of Land made by the Rubbish of the two great Bridges, that reached over this Arm of the Sea, which is not above two Arrow Flights over. This Isthmus is about half a League broad, and hath on each Side of it two fair Havens, but unfrequented. Grelot's Journey to Constantinople.