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Colonia or Colchefter, and Icianos or Cliefterford. This 

 ftation is placed by Camden, Gale, and Baxter, at St. Ed- 

 mund's Bury, in Suffolk; but Mr. Horfley prefers thofe 

 copies of the Itinerary which have xxv for the numerals, 

 and fixes it at Dunmow. Wherever it was fituated, it pro- 

 bably derived its name from fome great Roman called 

 FaujUnus having a country feat there. 



Villa Fernanda, in Geography, a town of Portugal, in 

 Alentcjo ; 14 miles E. of Eftremoz. 



Villa Flor, a town of Portugal, in the province of Tra 

 los Monies ; 12 miles S.E. of Mirandela. — Alfo, a town of 

 Portugal, in the province of Alentejo ; 7 miles N.N.W. of 

 O Crato. 



Villa de Fradet, a town of Portugal, in the province of 

 Alentejo ; 4 miles N. of Beja. 



Villa Franca, a town of Italy, in the department of the 

 Benaco ; 13 miles N. of Mantua. — Alfo, a town of Spain, 

 in the province of Cordova ; 13 miles N.E. of Cordova. — 

 Alfo, a town of Spain, in Old Caftile, on the Tormes ; 25 

 miles S. of Avila. — Alfo, a town of Spain, in Old Caftile ; 



9 miles S. of Frias. — Alfo, a town of Spain, in Old Caftile ; 



10 miles E. of Burgos. — Alfo, a fea-port, and capital of 

 St. Michael, one of the Azores iflands. It is the moft 

 ancient tovv'n in the whole iOand ; and fo called from its 

 being at firft a free port. Before its harbour lies an ifland, 

 about a mile in circumference, and towards the fea the town 

 is defended by a fort and fome other works. It confifts of 

 18 13 hearths, lias two parifh churches and two convents. — 

 Alfo, a town of Spain, in the province of Leon ; 1 2 miles 

 N.W. of Ponftrrada. — Alfo, a town of Spain, in the pro- 

 vince of Leon ; 35 miles W. of Aftorga Alfo, a town of 



Italy, in the Trevifan ; 14 miles W. of Trevigio. — Alfo, a 

 town of France, in the department of the Dora ; 3 miles 

 S.E. of Aofta. — Alfo, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Po; 16 miles S.S.W. of Turin.— Alfo, a fea-port 

 town of France, in the department of the Maritime Alps, 

 late the county of Nice, with two calUes. The harbour is 

 fhcltered by fome lofty hills, founded in 1 295 by Charles 1 1, 

 king of Naples, who was earl of Provence : the citadel was 

 built by duke Emanuel Philibert ; 3 miles E. of Nice. 



Villa Franca de Panadts, a town of Spain, in Cata- 

 lonia,-and principal place of a viguery ; 20 miles S.W. of 

 Barcelona. 



Villa Franca de Xira, a town of Portugal, in Eftrema- 

 dura, on the N. fide of the Tagus ; 15 miles N.E. of 

 Lifijon. 



Villa Frechos, a town of Spain, in the province of 

 Leon ; 7 miles W.N.W. of Riofeco. 



Villa Gala, a town of Brafil, in the government of 

 St. Paul ; 95 miles N.N.E. of St. Paul. S. lat. 22° 15'. 

 W. long. 46° 6'. 



Villa Garcia, a town of Spain, in Eftremadura ; 4 miles 

 N. of Llcrena. 



Villa Harta, a town of Spain, in New Caftile, on the 

 >ft fide of the Guadiana ; 36 miles W. of Civdad Real. 



Villa Hermofa, or Dilla de Mo/a, a town of Mexico, in 

 the province of Tabafco, on a river navigable by boats to 

 Tabafco ; chiefly inhabited by Indians ; 56 miles S.W. of 

 Tabafco. N. bt. 17° 40'. W. long. 94° 16'. 



Villa Hermofa, a town of Spain, in New Caftile ; 15 

 miles AV.S.W. of Alcaraz — Alfo, a town of Spain, in the 

 province of Valencia ; 24 miles N. of Segorbe. 



Villa de Horta, the chief town of Fayal, one of the 

 Azores iflands. It is fituated in the bottom of the bay of 

 Fayal, or De Horta, clofe to the edge of the fea, aiul is 

 defended by two caftles, one at each end of the town, and 

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the one to the other. But thefe works are in a ftate of 

 decay, and feem more for fliow than ftrength. They 

 brighten the profped of the city, which makes a fine 

 appearance from the road ; and if we except the Jefuits' 

 college, the monafteries, and churches, there is not another 

 building that has any thing to recommend it, within or with- 

 out. There is not a glafs window in the place, except 

 tliofe of the churches, and in a country-houfe which lately 

 belonged to the Englifli conful ; all tlie others being 

 latticed, which to an Englifliman has the afi-ea of prifons. 

 This little city is crowded with religious buildings ; it has 

 three convents of men, and two of women, and eight 

 churches. The Jefuits' college is a fine ftrudure, and is 

 feated on an eminence in the pleafanteft part of the city. 

 Since the expulfion of that order it is finking into decay, 

 and will probably foon be completely ruined. The Fayal 

 wine, as it is called, is i;aifed on the ifland Pico, andfliipped 

 abroad from De Horta, chiefly to America ; from which 

 circumftance it derives its name. Its bay or road of Fayal 

 is fituated at the E. end of the ifle before the Villa de 

 Horta, and facing the W. end of Pico. It is two miles 

 broad, three-quarters of a mile deep, and has a femicircular 

 form. N. lat. 38° 31' 55". W. long. 28° 38' 56". 



YlhlLA. d'Igleftas, or Villa di Glefa, a town of the ifland 

 of Sardinia, and fee of a bifliop, in 15 13 united to Cagliari; 

 36 miles S.W. of Cagliari. N. lat. xcf 28'. E. lenir. 

 8»42'. 6 j;/ b 



Villa Imprenta, a town of Italy, in the department of 

 the Mincio, on the Tione ; 9 miles E. of Mantua. 



Villa Joiofa, or Joy/a, a town of Spain, in Valencia, 

 on the coaft of the Mediterranean; 18 miles N.N.E. of 

 Alicant. 



Villa de Laguna, or Lagoa, a town of Brafil, in t!;e 

 jurifdiAion of Rio de Janeiro. 



Villa Magna, or Villa Privata, in Ancient Geography, a 

 place of Africa Propria, upon the route from Carthage to 

 Alexandria, between Ponteaita and Fifida Vitus. Anton. 

 Itin. 



Villa Magna, in Geography, a town of Naplei, in 

 Abruzzo Citra ; 51 miles S.E. of Civita di Chieti. 



Vllla Major, a town of Spain, in Galicia, on the coall 



of the Atlantic ; 27 miles S.W. of St. Jago Alfo, a town 



of Spain, in Aragon ; 12 miles S. of Saragofla. 



Villa Martin, a town of Spain, in Seville; 12 miles 

 N.E. of Arcos. — Alfo, a town of Spain, in Leon ; 22 

 miles E. of Leon. 



Villa Mayor, a town of Spain, in Leon ; 30 miles S. 

 of Leon. 



Villa de la Monclova, or Le Coagula, a town of New 

 Mexico, in the province of New Leon. 



Villa Mnfa. See Villa Hermofa. 



Villa de Motta, a town of Iftria ; 3 miles S. of Capo 

 d'lftria. 



Villa Nova, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Sefia ; 3 miles S. of Vercelli. — Alfo, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Dora ; 4 miles W. of Aofta. 



Viu,A Nova iPyilvio, a town of Portugal, in Alentejo ; 

 18 miles N. of Beja. 



Villa Nova d'Ancos, a town of Portugal, in Eftre- 

 madura ; 5 miles S. of Montcmor o Vclho. 



Villa Nova d'AJii, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Tanaro, fo called becaufe it was built by the in- 

 habitants of Afti, from the ruins of fome neighbouring 

 villages; and when they undcrflood the advantages of its 

 fituation, they furrounded it with w.ill5, baftions, ramparts, 

 deep fofles filled with water, half-moons, and other works. 

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