1000000030

was fubjcél to all taxe!, bUI

ineapabl~

of voting or en–

joyiog any puhlic olnce.

CAER LEON, a market-tolVo of Monmouthfhire, fitu–

aleel on thc river UOtC, about fixleen miles fouth'IVdl

of Moomo"th :

long.

3°,

N. lal. Sl o

40'.

CAER~!.'\RTHEN,

the capital of CwmanhenO,ire iD

Wales, litu.tlcd upon the river Tivy, about five miles

from thc fea.

CAERNARVAN, the chief tOlVn of CaernarvanOlire in

\Vales, fituated upon Ihe river Menay.

CAERWIS, a n ...rket·tOlVn inFlintO,ire, in north

Wal~s,

abollt five milesCdn ofSt Maph, and four IVen of Flint:

W. long.

3°

2S',

N. lal.

53°

20'.

C1ES.~LI'INIA,

in bOlany, a genus of rhe decandria

mono~ynia

clafs. The ealix has five fegmems, lhe

IOIVel! of IVhich is largen; lhe eorolla eonfills of five

petals; thc eapfule is of lhe rod kind . Thcre are

four

fp~des,

all nali\'cs of lhe Indies.

C.'ESALI'II OlDES, in bOlany, a f)'nonimc of the

gleditli.l. See CL EO ITSIA.

C,IESAR, in Roman amiquity, a tide borne by all the

emperors, from J"lius

Cd.lr,

10 lhe dellruélion of

the empire.

\Vas alfo ulcd as a title of dininélion,

for the imended or pr ef"m pllve heir of Ihe empire,

as King of

th~.Romans

0011

uled for Ihat of lhc Ger·

man empire.

This lide took ilS rife from Ihe furoame of lhe firn

empcror, C. Julius C:efar, IVhieh, by adeeree of lhe

{enate, al! the fuccecdi ngemperors IVere

be.r. Un·

der h;s f"ecdror. tire' appellatioo of Angunus being

a?prOrli~l.:d

'lhe (clperors, io complimeol tOthJt

pllo,e, lite lide C:efar IVas given tOIhe fecond pero

fon in Ihe cmpirc, tho"gh lIill il eonlinued

be gi.

ven 10 IItCfirH

and Irenee the difFerence hwvi:<t C:e·

far nfed fimply, and C;rfar "ith the addilion of

1m·

l'erdtOr Auguri"s.

Tite dignlty of Crefdr remained lhe feeood of llre

empire, li l! Alexius Co:noenus having el,éled Nice·

phoru~

Mclificnus C:dar, by

contr.él

; and il being

ol'~tfr..ry

confcr fome higher dignilY on his own

hrul hcr Ifa,cius, he ermed him .S"baOocralor, wilh

the precede",y ovcr Mcliffenus; ordering, Ihat io aH

aeclarnations,

6e.

If.acius SebaOoerator Ihould be

n,III,eo the fecond, and

Meliff~nus

Crofar, lhe lhird.

CiF.<;ARIAN

opemioll, in miJwifery. See M

ID'

\\' 1FF

¡..

C!F.SARIANS,

(40ri",!o,

io Roman anliquity, IVere

oliieers or OIinillm of the Rom. nemperors: They

kcpl Ihe aceount of the rcveoues of lhe emperors, and

ronk polídiion, io their . ame, of fueh Ihings as de·

volv:d, or

w~re

confifeated 10 Ilrem.

CiESTUS, in anliquil)', a large gdndet made of raIV

hide, which lQC \Vreolers mad" ufe of whco lhcy fOU;;lt l

Ihe pnblic p,ame,·.

Th;s IVas a kincl of Icathero Orap, rhcngrhcoed

with lead, or plales of irnn, which eocompaned tite

hand, Ihe ",rin, aod a part of thearOl, .s wdl lO de·

fend lhtfc pdrl!, as tOenforce lhcir blolVs.

(i:A:'''U ~,

ClElTUM, IVas alfoakiod

girdle, madc

of IVoul, which the hulband untied for his fpoufe the

lirfi.

d.y of marriage, befoJetbey \VCnt tO bed.

A G

This relates to Venu,', girdle, which Juno borrow–

cri of her, tOeotice Jupiter tO love her. Sec CB'

TUS.

CJESURA, io the ancient poetry, is wheo, io lhe fcan·

oing of a I'crfe,

word i! dil'ided fo,

one part

f<em! cut off, and goes to a difFmnl foot fromlhe

ren ; as,

Mml/1ri nolli, nflnlqunm mtnldaci0l pro!unl. .

whcre thc fylJables

ri, li,

qflal/l,

aod

1/1'",

are c;r·

furas.

CA:SURE, in the modern poctry, deootes a ren, or paufe,

lo"ards lite middlc of anAlcxandriaover(e, by

wltic~

thc I'oiec and proouociation

are

.ided, and Ihe ver(e,

as it IVere, divided ioto two heminichs. See PA

SE.

CAFFA, io COOlmcrce, paioled conan·cloth! manufac·

turcd in the E. Iodies, aod fold at Beogal.

CArFA, or KUFA, a city aod porHown of Crim Tar·

lar)', fituated 00 lhe foulh·ealt part of lhat peninfuJa:

E. long.

37°,

N. lal

44°

55'.

is the moO coofiderable 10IVOin the couolry, and

gives naOle tothe Orails

Catra, which ruo flom lhe

Euxine or Black fea, 10 lhe Palus Mcolis, or fea of

Azoph.

CAFfl LA, a compaoy of

me~hanrs

or lrmllm, \Vho

join IOgethcr inorder to go Wilb morc fecu rity lhro'

the dominioos of Ihe Craod Mogul, aod throogb ather

eoumries 00 lhe conl io"ot of lhe E. ¡ndies.

The Callila difFas..f.rom

caraYan, at leaO in Pero

fia; for the Clllila beloogs properly tO fome fovereiel>,

or 10 fome powcrful company in Earope ; IVhereas a

cara,,"n i,

compaoy of panicular merchaots, caeh

trading upoo his OIVO aecounl. The

En~lir.,

and

Dllleh have each of rhem Iheir eallira at Cambron.

CurlLA on lhc eoaO of Cuzem or Cambaya, figOlfies

• fmal! Reet of merchant.Orips.

CAFFRARIA, thc coumry of rhe Caffeis, or Homn-

10lS, in the moO foutherlypart of ACrica, Iring in lhe

foro, of

crcfeeot abolll Ihe inland country of Mono–

mOlapa, belween SOS. lal. and the tropic of Capri.

coro ; . nd boundetl on lhe caO, fouth,

~nd

wdl, by

lhe Indian and Atlantic oceans.

MoUof the fea·eoan, of this counlry

are

fuhjetl 10

rheDUleh, \Vho hare built afon near the mon fomilero

promontory, called the Cape oICood·Hope.

CAC, or

KlG,

a barrel or veOel, thal contains from

four 10 five

~aJlons.

CACE, an ioclofore made of wire, wicker, or the' like,

inter\\'ol'cn

I~ice·"ife,

for the confineOlcOl of birdt,

or IVild beans.

Thc cage, io thc Romao

amphil~emes,

was a

place whacin favage animals IVere confined.

was

inclofed "illt iroo rails, .od open at tOP, fo as

(ceo to

tI~~

bOllom by the fpeélators.

CACLl, atown of thc province ofUrbino. io lhcpope's

lerritories, abolll tweoly.five miles foulh of the Cily

of Urbinn: E;long

14°,

1:11.

43 °

15'–

CACLlARl, tlle capilal of lhe iO. nd of Sardinia, finl-

3lCd 00 a bay of thc (ca io thc fou lhern pan of thal

iOand: E. long.

9°

12', N. lal.

39°·

CAGUI, io zoology, a fyooniOlc of tlVO fpceies of moo–

key,

vi:.

th~

jacechus aud a:dipus. See SIMIA.

CAHERAH,