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i\1.\NDER

~C flEIT,

• ti,y of Cernl,ny, in ,he ddlo–

r:lIC C'lf Trié'ls, ao,-1 the

c~fitA.1

of lhe

c('Iun11

of l\Ian–

dl'rfchd t : E.

long.

6° 32, N.

lat.

50° 70 .

111 :1

' DIL"G OR~,

in bO'!lny. See

ATROPA .

l\I .\N E, che hltir hangingdown from

horre's

nc~k;

which

Ihould be lons. tllln, and fine; anu

frizzled, ro lUu..:h

Ihe

berter.

Jlll\NEGE, or IIIA" AGE, ,he exereiCe of riding .he

srooll

hor(,

the ground Cel

apart

for that

purpore

which is (omctim('s covercd,

fOf

continuing lhe cx(.rcifc

in bad we.thcr ; and Comctimcs open, in

on.kr

give

lcrty

and

[recuolO

both

the hadema n and'

horre. Sel:

H ORSEMANSHIP.

MANES, in .he pagan fyllem of .heolog)', a general name

(or .he infernal

dei.ie

., or godo of hell .

T he ancienu comprehenJed

lInder

manes oat only

Plu.o, ProCerpine, and Minos, bu, .he Couls ¡ikewiCc

of thedcceared

\Verc

t3k~D

IntO

,he

number,

aoc

d!ecm–

ed God. of hell.

was ufu,"

ereti altars and ofrcr

lib.nioos to lhe manes of dcccafcd rricnds 2nd rd::uioos.

One brand,

orlhe:

magic art

:lllIong Ihe

pagaos confificd

in confuhing the manes of fhe. dcad in maners of im·

porn.nce: Ihis was calJcd Necromancy. See

NECkO·

M ANCY .

MANGIFERA, in bo.any, a genus o( .he pen••ndria

monogynia ciar.. The eorolla confin. of rove petal.;

and .he drupa is fhaped like a kidney. T hcre is bu.

cne fpecic!I a native of Brit'ain.

MANHE IM, a ei.y of G erOlany, in .he palatina« of the

R hine, fituated at

Ihe

confluence of the !thínc and Ne.c·

kar : E. long. ,.

20'.

N . la,.

49· 30'.

MANIA, in med,cine. Se< M ED ICINE.

MANICHEES, in ehureh.hinory, ,reti o( Chrinian he–

retics in Ihe third century, Ihe followers of M OlDes,

who made his appearance in ,he reign of the emperor

P robus ; prclcnding

be lhe

comfoner

whom our 53·

vious promifed

fc:od ioto (be world

H e {3ught that

there are

("'0

principlc:s, or gods. coctero,,) and iode

pend.do(

each other, tbe cne Ihe author of 311 cvil,

and

lhe

other of ¡II caed; a

duélrine wh ieh he hor

rowed (rum the: Perfian magi

He hcld thal our fouls

we made by the good principie, 2nd our botlies by the

nil one; and that

che

fouls of

his

followers p:ured

through the: t1cmcnts

the moon, and (rom theneC' tO

the {un; where being purilictl, they lhen \Vent to

Cad,

ano

hecame united with

his

efrence;

bU[

as (or lhe

fouls

('Ir

other men, they t ither went to htll, or were

nnited tO o.hcr bodi... He .lIedged, .ha. Chrin h. d

his rdidence in lhe (un, thr- H oly G hoff in the air, wif·

dom in

lhe

,¡¡oon, and lhr: r alher in the abyfs o( light.

H e is alCo charged with denyiog lhe re:{urreflion and

condlmning m3friage; with ttaching lhat Chrin was

, he Cupent eh ..

lc:mplC~rl

Eve; with (orbidding the ure of

eggs, cheef\·, milk , and

wil"lc,

as rrocecding

(10m

che: bad

principie: with ufing a diff<rent kinrl o( baptifm (rom

that uf Ihe chnfch; with

(~aching

thu m:\gillr.ucs u'cre

nOI

to be: obeyeu; and with condemning lhe moU lawful

uar~.

JII /\

ICORDON, nr

1ANlCHORD,

a mufieal innru–

ment In thr forOl or

(pmet; Ihe: IIringo; of which, likc

UlOre o( .he chrichord, are eover:d ",i.b link

P.:.<c.

l\I

A N

d oth, to

dcaden

was \Vdl as

(o(cen

thcir

found ;

wllcnce

is alfo cilllcd Ihe dumb fpinee

MA . ¡¡:-EST O, • r ublie dcclaration . ..de by a pnnce in'

wruing, fhcwing his in[('mions

begin a

Wif,

or o·

lher

enterprizc, with

lile

motives thae

induce. him

¡t, and

Ihe

n:aCons

0 0

which he (ounds his righes and

pretenfions.

MAN ILLE, in eommeree, a I. rge braCs·ring in ,he form

uracelct, cithe:r plain or

en~ra't'e:n,

Bat

Of round.

M anilles are lhe principal commoditics which the E u–

ropeans c::I.rry to

the

coaH

Africa,

and

cxchange

wirh

the natives

fo r

llaves. T he{c

peopIe wear tltem as or·

naments on

the rmal!

of , he

leg, ano

the

th:ck put

of the

arOl

abo\'c the t1bow.

The

great meo \Vear ma–

nilles of gold and filver, but ,hefe are made in ,he eoun–

try by the

natives

thernfelves.

MAN IPULUS, in R oman antiquity, a body of infan–

tTY,

confiHingof two hundred men,

Jnd

conltilutiog

the

third

pa" of a

cohort.

:r-.

[ANl:3 , the

SCA L Y Ll'ZAII.D,

in zoology,

genus

quadrupeds, bclooging to the order of Bruta, the cha–

nder! of which are theft : T hey have no fore·teeth ei·

ther in the upper or under

jaw;

the: tongue is long and

cylindrical : the fnout is long and narrow¡ 2nd (he ha·

dy is cover. d with hard C ..les. There

are.wo

(peeie.,

viz.

l .

The pen.adatlyla, or Cealy

liz.rd

wi,h five ' oe.

on each fOOL T he head is fmaller [han [he neck ; lhe

eyes are very

Cmallj

.he ¡eng,h o( .he body, including.

.he .ail, i. from

r,,,

eigh' fee!. The whole body i.

covered wi\h hard

(cales,

excepting the under pan of

the head and Dcck, lhe brean , the belly, and the in..

ternal fide of each· leg , Betwixt lhe fcales of Ihis ani–

mal,

,here are Come hard ha;rs like the bril1:lcs o(

hog,

brownif'h at lhe points. T be (cales are o( a reddifil co..

lour, veryhard, convex above, and concave be:low.

the parts .which \Vant Ccales are naked.

T he

fcales are

unconneéled, and the animal

can

raife or lower chem

at plearure likc .he quills of .he porellpine. When

irrit.ted, he erefls his fcales, and rolls himfelf up

a hcdge· hog. In lhis filuation, neither lhe tiger, the

lion, oor any other animl l, is able to hurt him . This

ercature ha.! nOlhing fo rbidding

ahoUl

him but his

ti·

gure.

is mild and inoffeolh'e, (eeding on nothing

bUI worms aod othcr jnrréis. H is

0101;00

is flow; and

he has

other method of efc.aping the purCuit of man,

but by conceaHng himfclf

eranoies of roda, aoel

in·

holcs

which they dig in lhe ground, where lhey Jike–

wife bring fonh the;r young. This

animal

native

of lhe Eafi lndies ; aod are fo (ew

numbcr, lhal they

are reldom to be met with.

T he tetradallyla, or fcaly I:zard with four

roc:s

eJch foot. T his fp:cics is

\'ery

limil.lr

to tbe

former¡ only Ihe tail is much l\)rJ.:e:r in proponíon

ti)

tht: body, 2nd (uel! parts as \,ant

{CJ)cs.

;Ilr.ead

of bc–

iog

nakeu, 2re covcrc.d \Vilh :l ruf(

haiT.

like~vire

fOllnd in .he Ealllndies. Se" 1'1,,< CIV fiJ:. 4.

~iA

NA, in

,h~

nutt!ria OIuJic.t, lhe

COllcr;-lCJ

juíce of

forne \·eget;.ulc,

ndlUrJlly

cxfudatioc frulIl

it,

folubtc

in W3ter,

.anJ

00 1

infl.ml11.!bl:.

is a bcney.hkc j uic',

Lr\1;'ltihc

10 l1S

rJo:n Ca!,Ibria

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