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the kingdom of Naples, about twenty miles north of

the eily of Naples : E. long. 15°, and N.lat. 41°

20'.

lt

is a bifhop's fee.

CARIPl, a kind of cavalry inthc TurkiOl army.

The earipi, to the number of about one

thonC.nd

,

are

nOI Oues, nor bred up in the feraglio, like the

rtll, bUI are generally Moors, or renegado Chrinians ,

wno, naving foHowed adventures, and being poor,

and naving their fortune to feek by their dexterity and

courage, nave arrived to the rank of

horf~-guards

to

tne grantl fignior.

CARISHROOK-CASTLE, a eanle fi tuated in the

middle of ule iOe of Wignt, wnere king Charles

1.

\Vas

imprifoned: W. long. t

Q

30',

and N. lat.

50°

40"

CARKE denotes tne thinietn pan of a farplar of wool.

See SARPLAR.

CARLINA, or CARLINE THISTLE, in botany, a genus

of the

fyngen~fia

polygamia rec¡ualis claf,. Tneedlix is

radiated, with long coloured fcales. There are feveo

fpecies, ooly one of whieh,

vit.

the vulgaris, is ana–

tive of Britain. The roots are fa id to be diaphoritic

and alexipharmic.

CARLlNE, or CAROLI NE, a filver eoin, current io the

Neapolitan dominions, and IVonh about four-pence of

our money.

CARLINGFORD, a port-town of Ireland, in the

eouoty of Lowth, and province of Leinner, about

Iweoty-two miles oorth of Drogheda: W. long. 6·

2,', and N_lat. 54°

¡'.

CARLlNGS, or CARLINES, in a fhip, two piem of

timber, I),ing fore and aft, aloDg from beam to beam,

whereon the ledges ren

00

which the planks of the

Ibip are fanened. AH the earling. have their ends let

iotothe beams eulvertail-wife: .They are direélly over

the keel, and fen'e as a foundalion for the IVhole bo–

dy of the Ibip.

CARLlSLE, LIte capital city of Cumberland, fituated

near the mouth of the ri,'er Eden, and the Solway

fritb: W_lQng. 2°

30',

and N. lat. 54° 45'.

It is a bilbop's fee.

CARLOCK, in commerce,

a

fort of ifing-glafs made

with the nurgeon's bladder, imponed from Arehan–

gel. The chief ufe of it is for elarifyiog wine ; bUI

it is alfo ufed by dyers. Tho ben cadoek comes from

Allracan, where agreat quantity of nurgeon is caught.

CARLO\VITZ, a town of Selavonia, fituated on the

wen fide of Ihe Danube, about thiny-fiye miles nonh–

well of Belgrade: E. long_ 20°

45',

and N. lat_

45° 21'.

CARLSTADT, the capital of Croatia, a frontier pro–

vince of Chrinendom againn the Turks: E. long.

16°, and N,lat_ 45°

S'.

ltis fubjeél tO thehoufe of

Aunria.

CARL STADT is ¡jfo the name of a tOIVn in the bifhopric

of Wurtfburg, in the cirele of Franconia in Cermany,

fituated on the river Maine, .bOllt founeenmiles nonh

ofWurlfburg: E. loog. 9° 50'. and N. l.t.

soo.

CARMACNIOL, a fonified 10wo of I'iedmoot, {¡tua–

,.d on the rÍl'er Po, about ten miles foutb of Turin:

E. long. 7°

30',

and N. lal. 44°

4S'·

VOL. Ir. No.)I.

CAR~r E LlTES,

or WHtT t rRI ERs, are an ordl!

~f

our

l.dy

of Mount Carmel.

m~king

one of the (our

orders of Olcndieanu:

"h~y

prctend to

ti

rÍl'e IhtÍr

original fr'lm the prophw Elij.h ano EliOId.

Th.ir

original rules contained fixtccn anieles, one of which

con6r.ed

them to thei r eells, and enjoined them tO

cOlploy themrc!.e, day and oight in prayer; an–

other prohibited the brethren hal'ing any proprrty ;

anolher enjoined faning, (rom Ihe fe.n of the exalt–

ation of lhe huly erofs till Eancr. excepting on Sunday.;

abninence at all times from Acfh, was enjoined by .n–

other anicle; one obliged them to maoual labour ;

a.nother

i~pofed

a nrid fi lenee on them, from vefpen

tdl the tlerce the oext day: However, lhefe connilU–

tion, have- been in fome refpeéls ahered .

This order is fo mueh increafed, Ihar it has at pre–

fent thiny-eight pro,ioees, befides the congregatinn of

Mantua (in which there .re fift)'-fou r monaneries, un–

der a vicar-general) and the congregation of bare-foot–

ed Carme!ites in ltaly and Spain, which bave thei r pe–

culiar generdls.

I( a monk of this order lie with a woman, he

i.

prohibited fayiog mars fo r thrce or four years, isdecla–

red infamous, and obliged tO difcipline hiOlrelf puhlic–

ly once a week: If he is again guilty of the faOle of-

. fence, bis penance is doubled: And if a third time,

he is expeJlecl to order.

CARMENTALlA, feans

celébrat~d

by th. Romans,

in honour of the prophetefs Carmeota, the mother of

Evander.

T hey were folemnized twice in Ihe month of

Ja–

nuar)',

t';z.

On the 1I th and t5th.

CARM INATIVES, in pharmacy, medicines ufed iR

colies, or other flatulent difordm, to difpe! the wind.

The fourcarminative Rowers are thofe of camomile,

melilot, Olotherwon, and dill; befides. angdica,

f~n­

nel, lovage, anife, car.way, eoriander, cummin,

Oc_

aH agree in their carminative qualities, and are Uu:le–

fore ufed in compofitions of that intenlion_

CARMI E,. powder of a 'very beautlful red colour,

bordering upon purple, and ufed by paintm in minia–

ture; though but rarely, becaufe of its grea{ price.

lt is extraéled from cochineal, by means of water,

wherein chouan and antour have been infufed; fome

add rocou, but this gives it too much of the oval

e.IL

Others make carmine with brafiJ-wood, fern,mbollc,

and leaf-gold, be. t in a mortar, and nceped in white–

wine vinegar ; the feum arifing from this mixlore', up–

on boiling, when dried, m.kes clrmine : but tilis kind

is vaflI y inferior to Ihe former: There is anorher ear:

mine, made of brafil-wood and fernambouc, by aditre–

rent preparation.

CARMONA, a town of Andalufra in Srain. about fe–

venteen miles ean of Sevil:

\V.

long. 5° 35', N. lat.

37°, 20'.

CARNARVON,

a

borough-town of

C.rn

'r\lonlbire, in

nonh Wales, about five miles fourh -wd! of Bangor :

W. long. 4°

~5',

and N.lat. 53°20'. Jt givcs Ihe

ti

tic

of

m i

to thc noble family of Bridges; aod fcod.

ooe meOlber to parliament.

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CARNA-