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the Grecian chiefs refolved upon the dedniAion of Tioy. 

 The diftria belonging to it, and called " Aulide," lay 

 toward Euripiis, in that part which feparated Bccotia from 

 Euba-n. Diana had a temple in this territory, with u ilatue 

 of white marble holding a flambeau in the hand. 



AULLENE, ill Geography, a town of the ifland of Cor- 

 fica, four miles north of Tallano. 



AULNAGER, in Commerce. See Ai-mAGCR. 

 AULNAY, in Geo^rnphy, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Calvados, and chief plate of a canton in 

 the d=1ri£t of Vire, 4J leagues fouth-wcll of Caen. 

 A lJLO, a Grecian long meafure. See Measure. 

 AULOCRENE, in Andent Geo^^raphy, a mountain of 

 Phrygia, towards t!ie north-ealt of Apamxa-Cibotos. 



AULON, a valley of Pakllinc, extending along the 

 banks of Jordan, from Libanns to the defert of Ph-ran. 

 Scvthopolis, Jericho, and Tiberias were iituated in this 

 valley. — Alfo, a town of Meffenia, upon a river of the fame 

 name, north of Elcdra.-Alfo, a town and port of the 

 Macedonian fea, in the country of the Taulanlians. Pto- 

 lemy. — Alfo, a town of Pcloponnefus, in Laconia. — ^^Alfo, 

 another in Arcadia.— Another ancient town in the i(lc of 



Crete Alfo, a hill of Italy, near Tarentum, which was 



fertile in vines, and faid by Horace not to be inferior to 

 thofe of Falernum. 



AULOS, in Concbology, a name by which feveral of 

 the ancient writers call the /o/c-n, or as it is rather improperly 

 named the razor-fijlo. 



AULPS, or Aups, in Geography, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Var, and chief place of a canton in 

 the dillria of Barjols, 81 leagues W. N. W. of Frejns. 



AULT, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Somme, and chief place of a canton in the dillricl of Abbe- 

 Tille, five leagues vv-cfl of Abbeville. 



AULUS GELLius,orAGF.LLius,in5;(3fra//'_)',aRoman 

 grammarian and critic, flourilhcd at Rome, where he was 

 born, in the fecond centur)-, under the emperors Adrian 

 and Antoninus Pius ; and died in the beginning of the reign 

 of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. He ftudied grammar and 

 rhetoric at Rome, and philofophy at Athens, where he en- 

 joyed the fociety of Calvifius Tamus, Peregrinus Proteus, 

 Herodes Atticus and other learned perfons. Having 

 travelled through Greece, he returned to Rome, devoted 

 liimfelf to the lludy and praftice of the law, and was ap- 

 pointed a judge. From the frequent citations of his w^orks 

 by writers on Roman law, it may be inferred, that he at- 

 tained to confiderable reputation in his profcflion. His 

 *' Nodes Atticx," or " Attic Nights," the only work ex- 

 tant, and the greatell part of which was written at Athens, 

 furnifhing an amiifmg occupation for many long winter 

 evenings, is a coUcftion of incidents, and anecdotes, hifto- 

 rical and biographical, with critical obfervations and reflec- 

 tions on various authors and topics, originally compiled for 

 the inflruaion and entertainment of his children, and ren- 

 dered valuable by many fragments of ancient authors, that 

 are not elfewhere to be found. It was edited in folio, at 

 Rome, in 1469, by Swinheim and Panertz ; a fecond edition 

 was publiflied in 1472, by Jenfon at Venice ; in the fixteenth 

 century are found the editions of Aldus, 8vo. at Venice, in 

 1515; of Paris, in folio, 1519, 1524, 1536 ; of Balll, 8vo. 

 in 1526; of Paris, 8vo. in 1585, with the critical notes of 

 H. Stephens. Editions of a later date are thofe, in ufu;n 

 Delphini, 8ro., 1681 ; of the Elzevirs at Amfterdam, 1651, 

 iSmo. ; atLeyden, c.im notis variorum, 1660; by Grono- 

 tius 4to. in 1706; an 1 at Leipfick, in two vols. 8vo. by 

 Conradus, in 1762. An elegant tranflation of this amufing, 

 tut frequently obfcure and difficult author, with valuable 



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•notes, was given in Englilh, in 3 vols. Svo. bv Mr. Beloe, 

 in 1795. Prcf. to Bcloc's tranflation. Fabr. Eib. J^at. 1. i. 

 c. I. t.ii. p. I, &c. 



AUMA, in Geography, a town of Geraany, in Upper 

 Saxony, and circle of Neuftadt, forty-four miles S. S. W. 

 of Leipfick, and lix E, S. E. of Neuftadt. 



AUMA Wewinge/, a town of Germany, in Upper 

 Saxony, two miles S. E. of Auma. 



AUMALE, a town of I'rance, in the department of the 

 Lower Seine, and chief place of a canton in the diftria of 

 Neufchatel, nine leagues S. E. of Dieppe, and eleven N. E. 

 of Rouen. N. lat. 49=" 46'. E. long. 1° 38'. 

 AUMOXE, or Alms. See Alms. 

 AUMONT, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Lozerre, and chief place of a canton in the 

 diftria of St. Chely ; five leagues N. W. of Mende. 



AUN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Segeftan, 

 fortv four leagues S. S. E. of Zarcng. 



AUNALASCHKENSIS, in Ormthology, a fpecies of 

 Oriolus that inhabits the ifland of Oonalafchka. The 

 length of this bird is eight inches ; it is of a brown colour, 

 with a fpot ttnder the eyes, and chin white ; throat and 

 breaft ferruginous brown. Gmtlin. The beak and legs are 

 brown. 



AUNAY, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Nyevre, and chief place of a canton in the 

 diftria of Chateau-Chinon ; nine miles north of Moulins. 

 — Alfo, a town of France, in the department of the Lower 

 Charente, and chief place of a canton in the diftria of St. 

 Jean d'Angely : eight miles north-eaft of St. Jean d'An- 

 gely. 



AUNCEL-Weicht, quafi Handj'alc-We'ight, an ancient 

 mode of weighing by a kind of balance, confifting of fcalcs 

 hanging on hooks fattened at each end of a beam or flaft", 

 which a man lifts up by his hand or forc-fingcr, aid fo dif- 

 covers the equality or difference between the weight and the 

 thing weighed. There being great deceits praaifed in 

 thefe weights, they were prohibited by feveral ftatutes : and 

 the even balance alone commanded. The word is ftill ulcd 

 in fome parts of England, to fignify meat fold by poifing 

 in the hand, without putting it into the fcales. See Stil- 

 Yard. 



AUNCESTOR, JfflJ'e of Mart d'. See Assise. 

 AUNCESTREL Homage. SeeHoMAGH. 

 AUNE, in Commerce, a long meafure ufcd in France and 

 other countries, of different lengths in different places. See 

 Ell. 



AuNE, in Geography, a river of England, v.'hich runs 

 into the lea near Plymouth. 



AUNE AU, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Eure and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the diftria 

 of Chartres ; four leagues eaft of Chartres. 



AUNEUIL, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Oife, and chief place of a canton in the diftria of Beau- 

 vais ; five miles S.S.W. of Beauvais. 



AUNGERVYLE, Richard, or Rkhard of Bury, in 

 Biography, an Englifh bifliop, was born at St. Edmundf- 

 bury, in Suffolk, in 1281, ftudied at Oxford, and became 

 a Benediaine monk at Durham. He was tutor to prince 

 Edward, afterwards Edward III. ; and upon his acceflion 

 to the throne, he was loaded with honours and preferments. 

 In 1333, he was confecrated bifhop of Durham ; in 1334, 

 he was appointed high chancellor ; and in 1336, treafiirer 

 of England. He was himfelf eminently learned, and a 

 great patron and encourager of learning. Petrarch, with 

 whom he correfponded, calls him " virum ardcntis ingenii." 

 He was a great colkaor of books, and pofFefFed, it is faid, 



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