Iamafus and Gregory the Great; which lafi is faid
,e ufsd it to check, by his Modefly, the Arrogance of
Patriarch of ConJianrinople, who took the Title of
rienical. fDu Caige adds, That the Title Servant
enh taken by fohie Bilhops, fome Kinns- and1 fme


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SERVITIUM, iA Law. See SERVICE
SERVETISTS, the Difciples or Followers of Michael
Servet, the Ringleader of the Antitrinitarians of there lall
Ages. In Reality, however, Servet had not any Difciples;
stbeing burnt, together with his Books, at Geneva,in 1553
B~ut the Name Servetifis is given to the Modern Antitrini-
tarians, becaule they have tollow'd his Foot-fleps. Sextus
senenis calls the Aizabaptifis, Serveti/Is, and feems to ufe
the Two Terms Indifferently. The Truth is, in many
Things, the ancient Anabapitifs of Switzerland, Sc. chimed
in with Servet. As the Bqooks that he wrote againft
the Trinity, are very rare, his real Sentiments are but little
known. M. Simon, who had a Copy of the firfi Edition
lays them down at length in his CriticallHiflory. Thol
&ervet ufes many of the fame Arguments againfl the Trini-
ty, as the Arians, yet he profeires himfelf very far from
their Sentiments. He alfo oppofes the Socinians in fome
Things; and declares his Diftent from  the Opinions of
Taulus Samofatenus, though Sandius miftakenly charges
him with having the fame Sentiments. In effect, he does
not feem to have had any fix'd regular Syflem of Religion,
at lea{ not in the firfi Edition of his Book againft the
Trinity, publifh'd in 1531, under the Title of C7De7ini-
jtatis E9rroribus, Libri SePtem, PerMichaelem Servetumalias
Reves, ab Arragonia HIlfpanum. The Year following he
publifh'd his Dialogues on the Myflery of theTrinity. In
the Preface to which lafl Work, he declares himifef dif-
fatisfied therewith. 'Twas on this Account he undertook
another on the fame Subject, of much greater Extent;
which did not appear till the Year i553, a little before
his Death. Thofi of Geneva having feiz'd the Copies of
this Edition, had it burnt; nor were there above Two or
Three that efcaped; one of which was kept at ZBafil, where
the Book was printed, but is now in the Library at
D1Jublin. It was lately put to the Prefs, fecretly, in En-
gland; but being discovered, the Impreflion was feiz'd,
and deflroy'd.
SERVICE, SERVITUM, in Law, a Duty which the
Tenant, by reafon of his Fee, owes to the Lord. See FEE.
It is Sometimes alfo call'd Servage. Our ancient Law-Books
make divers Divifions of Service,viz. into !Perfoinal, Real
and Mixt; JMilitary, and jBofe; Intrinfec and Extrinfec,ec.
But fince the Statute , . rc,1  n       Tab11 ' a-


:e. and common Soccage ; much of thatLeaming
Yet may it notvbe amifs to mention how the fe-
of Service are defcribed in our ancient Law-
)ERVICE, is that to be perform'd by the
h is that due from a Slave to his Mafler.
vVICE, is that due from the Perfon, by reafon
g, as an UIu-fruit, &)c. Our ancient Law-
, of Lands held of the King, by the Tenant's
t before the King on Neav.wears-wDay; others,
,the King with Whores whenever he travelled
others, by bringing the King a Mefs of Pottage
ation Feall, dc.
TICE, is either Urbane or luflic; which two
, not in the Place, but the Thing. The firm
irom a Building or Houte, in whatever Place
her City or Country, as the keeping a Drain,
ie like. Ruflic Services, are thofe due for
:re there is no Building; fuch is the Right of
uugh Ways, Wc.   There are alfo Natural
r Infance, if a Man can't gather the Produce
a without pafling through his Neighbour's
e Neighbour is obliged to allow a Pafrage, as
Service. By the Lex Scribonia, a Servitude'
ir'd by Cu{tom and Prefcription.
SERVICE g See S KNIGHTS SERVICE.
MRVICE   :      I 2VILLENAGE.
r    Extrinfec, or Regal SERVI CE, was a Service
ot belong to the chief Lord, but to the King.
Forinfec and Extrinfec, becaufe done foris,
rs; and extra Servitium. We read feveral
e .Monaflicon, of all Liberties, with the Ap-
Salvo forenji Servitio.
SERVICE, thatl due to the Chief Lord from
RVICE, a Service done by the Feudatory
o were call'd Liberi homipes, and dittin&t
:    As likewife was their Service; for they were
any of tho'e Services, as to Plough the Lord's
But only to find a Man and Horfe to attend
o the Army or Court. This was fomnetimes
im servitidam rmoum..


SERVITES, an Wider of Rtligiou6 denominitta 'r
a peculiar Attachment to the Service of the Virgin The
Order was founded by Seven Florentine Merchantsq whob
about the Year 123t, began to live in Commutn;y Ott
Mount Senar, Two Leagues from    Florence. In 12 39
they received from the Bilhop, the Rule of St. Ahugsfne;
with a Black Habit, in lieu of a Grey one which they had
wore before. In 12fz Ieonflio, one of the Seven, of Asmple
Prior of Mount Senar, was named General.- The Order
was approved of by the Council of the Lateranj notwith-
flanding the Decree it had pais'd to prevent the Multi--
plication of Religious Orders. And it was again apt
proved by Cardinal Raynerius5 Legat of Pope Innocent IV;
who put it under the Protedfion of the Holy See. The
Succeeding Popes have granted it a great many Favours*
particularly Alexander IV. and Innocent VIII. It has had
onme Reform. At prefent it has Twenty-feven Provinces.
'Tis become famous in Italy, by the Hiflory of the Council
of Y'rent, of Fra. !Paolo, a Venetian, who was a Re-
i gious Servite.  M. Ilermant, gives this Order the Name
of the Annunciate, doubtlefs from this Miflake, that id
fome Cities of Italy, they are call'd Religious of the An-
n2unciate, becaufe in thofe Cities, their Church is dedi-
cated under that Name. F. Archan diani, derives the
Name Servites, Servants of the Holy Virgin, from hence;
That when they appeared for the firfi Time in the Black
Habit given them by the Bifhop, the Sucking Children
cried out; See the Servants of the Virgin. -- There are
alfo Nuns of this Order.
SERVITOR, in our Univerfities, a Scholar who At-
tends or waits on another for his Maintenance there.
SERVITORS of Bills; are fuch Servants or Meffenger4
of the Marfhal of the King's-Bench, as were fent Abroad
with Bills or Writs, to Summon Men to that Court. They
are now copmonly called 7i~p-flaves.
SERVITUDE, the Condition of a Servant, or Slaves
See SERVICE. Under the Declenfion of the Roman Em-
pire , a new kind of Servitude, was introduced, different
from that of the ancient Romans: It confifleci in leaving
the Lands of fubjugated Nations to the firfm Ownersi upon
Condition of certain Rents, and fervile Offices, to be paid in
Acknowledgement. Hence the Names of Servi cenjiti, ad
fcriptitii { additi Glebhe: Some whereof were taxable at
the reasonable Difcretion of the Lord; others at a certain
Rate agreed on; and others were mainmortable, who,
having no legitimate Children, could not make a Will to
above the Value of Five-Pence. the Lord being Heir of all
the refi: Others were prohibited marrying, or going to live
out of the Lordfhip. Mof' of which Services fill fubfifl
in one Province or other of France ; though all abolifh'd
in England. Such was the Original ot our Tenures, Ae.
See TENURE.
SERUM, a thin, transparent, watry Liquor, fomewhat
faltifh, which makes a confiderable Part in the Mafi of
Blood. The Blood confifts of Two Kinds or Parts; the
Cruor, or red Part; and the Serum, or wheyifi,limpid Part.
See BLOOD. Mr fBoyle, and fume others, have taken the
Serum to be more ponderous than the Cruor; but Dr.
Jurin, in the PhilofophicalY'ranfialions, from repeated
Experiments, affures us of the contrary. See CRUOR.
The Serum is, in Realityj the fame with the Lympba
'Tis carried by the Arteries throughout the feveral Parts of
the Body; whence it returns partly in the Veins, and
partly in the Lymphatick Veffels. See LYMPHA. The
Ufe of the Serum   is to nourifh the Parts of the Body;
and to render the Chyle and Blood more Fluid.     gee
NUTRITION. Urine and Sweat, are nothing but Serum
drained of their Nutritious Parts, by repeated Circulati-
ons, and Secreted from the Blood in the Glauds of the
Kidneys and Skin. The Redundancy, and other Vices in
the Serumt are the Caufe of various Difeafes.See DISEASE.
SESAMOIDEA OSSA, in Anatomy, feveral very finall
Bones, placed between the Joints of the Fingers, to for-
tify them   i and prevent Diflocations.  See FINGER.
Thev hive their Name from their Refemblance to a Grain
of Sefamnum, from Sefamnums, and e   form.
SESQU, a Latin} Particle, fignifying a Whole and
a Half; which, Joined with Altera, J'erza, _iiarta, d'c.
is much ufed in the Italian Mufic, to exprefs /a Kind of
Ratio's; particularly, feveral Species of Triples, The
Ratio exprefs'd by Sefqui, is the Second Ratio of Ine.
quality, called alfo Super-particulor Ratio; and is, wheit
the greater Term     contains the ,Lefs, once, and fome
certain    Part, over:  As     2 a; where the    Firkt
Term  contains the Second once, and Unity over; which
is a Quota Part of Two. Now, if this Part remaining
be jufi Half the lefs Term, the Ratio is called Sefqkl-
altera: If the remaining Part be a Third Part of rho
1611er Term, as 4 : 3, the Ratio is called Sefqui-t*rda,
or Sequi-terza. If a Fourth Part, as y: 4, the Ratio
is called sefqui-.quarta; and thus toInfinity, I filladding
to Seffii the ordinal Number of the tI=arl Terni. In
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