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fore he is

r~i(~d

to thJt (orereigll dieni'y, Thc prin.

cip.ll

pJints whiclt tite emperor undwakes to obferve,

al'r,

l. '1'0

ddctld tite eltlltrh aod Ihe

emplr~.

obfe\'vc Ihc (ood,ltneotall.lws of dIe empi re. And,

'1'0

tlt.,itlIJitl ;\nd p\'& rve lhe lighu, prid=gcs, and

¡mmooilics of tite cledors, prioees. aoJ other nates

uf tite eOlpirc, fl'ecificd in tile eapitul:niuo. Thcfc

aniclcs :ttld eapitul:niutls .re prerunted

the emperor

hl' tite cledors ooly, witltout tite coneltrreoee of tite

oiile\' Ihtes, wlto hare eomplained from time to timc

of (ueh proeeedings ; and itl Ihe lime of tite Wcnpha–

liatl mat)', in 16,18, it \Vas propofed to deliberate in

thc fullowing diet, upon a way of makiog a papetual

eapitulation; bttt the e1el\ors havealways found melns

of tluding the cxeeution of tltis anicle. In order how–

ever to give fonte ["tisfaé!ioo to their adverf.tries, they

b.I'·c infened in the eapit'llations of the emperors, and

ill lhat of Franeis 1. io particular, a promife tO ufe all

t1t<ir iofiueoee

bring the afi'airof aperpetual eapitu–

btion to a eoodtlfioo. SOllle German altthors

0100,

that this eapitulation limits the emperor's power ; but

m,imain that it does not weakeo his fovereignty:

Though the mon part maintaio, that he is not abfo·

IUle, becaltft he reeeives the empire IInder eonditions

whieh fet bounds to an abfolute a:nhority.

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'OIDES, in botany, the trivial name of a fpeeies

of fumaria. See FUMAR lA.

CAPON, a eoek·ehieken, gelded as foon lS left by the

dam, or as foon as he begins tOerow. They are of

ufe either tOledd ehiekens, duekliogs, pheafams.

&c.

and d&nd themfrom the kites and buzzards; or to

(eed (or the table, they bciog reekoned more delieate

thao either a eock or ? heno

C.\ PP:\CIA, a town of the hilher prineipate, in lhe

kiocdomof Naplcs.

is a bilhop's fee, aod

fituat~d

.bOllt fifly-five miles follth·can o( Ihe eity of Naples :

lon~.

20',

and

lat.

40° 10"

(' -\1']'[' lt[S. in botany, a gentls of the polyaodria 010-

""g)'nta clafs. The ealix eonfins of lour eortaeeous

Ic,ves; Ihe eoroll.l has (our prtals; the Oamioa Are

long ; ."d

th~

edpfule is flefllY",ithin, uniloeular, and

fuppC>rtcd by a peJuoeulus . There are ten fpeeies,

none o( whieh are n' tives of !J,irain

C.\PRA, or GOAT, a genus of quadrupeds belonging

tOthe order of peeora. The hOlns are hollow, rurn·

cd upwards, creé!, and feabrous. There are eight

fore'lwh in lhe under jaw, aod none in lhe upp"";

alld Ihey h"le no dog.tecth. This genus coofins of

twelve fpeeit!,

viz .

l. Thehireus, Or eommon goar, witll arehed eari–

Dated Itorns, and a long bmd. The gnat of Angora

I! only a ,'ariety of this fpeeies; ils Itair is white,.and

hangs down 10 the fcet ; ancllhe cm are plain and

pendenr. "he eomlllon coat is a native of thee.lllera

lIIountains. Sec Plate

LXlll.

[The

gu.tI

i9an animal of more r.'gaeily than the

Iheep. Innead of having an antipathy at mankincl,

they volno t.trily mingle witll Ihem, and are c.llily

r,med. Even in uninh"bited eououies, the)' b:uay

no r.t'l.lge d fl'0fi tions. In lite year IlrQ8, an Englilh

leUtl hal'ing pUt in tO the inand of 1J0noviJIa, two

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negroes or.leaboard,

~nrl

oITeren

gr!ti~

to tl.e eaprain

as maoy glla:s as he p!t.t!,

The e.lptain tXpren'cd

his

:tll,wi¡!allll'nl

lillS

olrt.:r.

H\I;

t!te

11l:~IOts r~plicc},

that Ihere were only

IlVeh~

pu lons in tile

,fl.nd

; Ihat

the goats hatl lIIultiplt<tl lO [ueh a tlcgl<e. that they

Vierebccoll1e extrem·:ly Irouhlefome; and thal, inHead

of havio¡; .oy eI,lfiellll)' ineatehing

tlt~01,

tlteyti,lIoweel

the men ",here-cver theyWellt , and were fo obHioarely

0lfici0ns, th:u

Ih~y

e"uld not

g~t

qllit of them UpOIl

any aceon!le wltdtenr.

GMS

are

fenli~le

of em[l'cs, and e"IHlble of a con–

fideloble dcgree of frienellhip. They are IIronger,

more agile, and lefs timiJ titan nleep. They have a

li,'c1y, eaprieious, anel waoderingdilpofition; arefond

of high and folit,try pl:tecs

and freq"cntly fleep npon

the very points 01' rocks. They are more e,fily IUJ!–

poned titan any other animal of rhe fame lile; for

there is Iwdly an hcrb 01 tite bark of a me, whieh

they willnot eat with pleafure.

Ncilher are they

liable tO fo ro:any difeafes .s Oleep: Tltcy can bw

heJt alld eolJ wilh Icf¡ ineonvenience. The

a[lio~s

and mOI'emen:s of anim"ls depend more upon the

force

~nd

"arielv of tlteir fenJiuions,

th~n

the IIrué!ure

of lltdr bodies ,. Tite n:tlural ineonnanc)' or faneiful–

nds of goats is accordingly expre[l'ed by Ihe im gula–

rily oí their atlions: They walk, nop fllOrt, run,

jumr, fllew, and hide tltemfeh'cs, as it were by mere

capriee, and "irhollt any other caure titan wltat

a·

rib from the natural t'tvacity of tlteir temper.

The

buek ",ill eopulat" ",hen he is ayear old, and

Ihefemalcwlten Ole

fe\'enmonths. But as this is

rJ–

ther premature, they are generally

rdlrain~d

till Ihey

be eiglueen O1onths or tWO years. The bllek is bald,

beautiful, and

Yigor~us;

One is fnfficiem tOferve

150

felllales.

buck for propagalion Ihould be large.

handfo01e, auJ aboue 1"'0 years of age; his neek

Ihonld be fllOrt. andee!11)'; his Itead Oender ; hisears

pendent ; his· tltighs thiek ; his limbs fi rm

his hnir

blaek, rhiek, and foft; an.! his bearu Ihould be long,

and buOly. The f"ma!es

generally in feafon from

Seplcmber to tite end of

No\'~mber.

The time O!'

gl,ing with young is five momhs. They generall)' plO–

dllee one kid, fometimcs twO, feldom time. and ne,'er

more tI;,n four; and eontinue (rnitfol rill lhey be feven

years of age: But abuck is fddom kept after he is five.

Goat's Aelh is not fo good :,s multon: Tite rank

fmcll 01' the buck does not

proc~ed

fromtile Jlenl, bllt

from lhe Ifán.

The fuod of this animal eons next to norhino, as it

lives monly "pon fueh plants as are

rcj<l~ed

bJ' other

eattle, and can fuppnrt itfdf e"en upon the mofi bar–

ren mount,ins. !lUt their produce is ,·,Iuable. e heel<:

is made of their milk, whieh befides is r<ckoncd goon

ineonfumptions, and olher difcafes. Their Aelh , lal–

low, hair, , lid hides, are aH "fe(ul and faleable eom–

moditics.

The

ib~x,

has large knolty horns redined "Fon

ilS baek, is of a yellowtih eolour, and its beard is

bl.tck. This fpeeies is

n:tlive of Crcte: aod is like–

",ife to be met with in the mountains

fO:tle

01' the

Dorthern

par.ts

of Europe.