FOR 
rans into the Indian fea, S. lat. 34° 184. —<Alfo, a river of 
Brazil, which ruus into the Atlantic, S. lat. 
Formosa Bay, a bay of the Indian fea, on the coal of 
Airica. S. Jat 2° 45%. 
Formosa, Cape, a cape on the coaft of Guinea, fo 
' eilled from i's beat itiful appearance 5 it is low, flat, and 
woody. N, lat ong. 4 rescms a cape on 
the coait of Malacca 3 "30 miles $.E. of Malac 
FORMOSUS, Pores, in Biography, facceeded to the 
high dignity on the death of Stephen He had pol- 
feiled, previoufly to his election” : the papal ee high 
church a and had been op of Porto, and fent 
legate from the Roman fee into Buleads, > ‘folve fome 
doubts jane to religious snr which were entertained 
by the people of that country, who a ee! become con- 
verts to the Chriftian faith. Und e pontificate of 
John VIII. he was ae of confirng againtt the lives 
of the emperor and pope, and not appearing to anfwer the 
heavy charge, he was excommu oa nd anathematized. 
"f'o make his peace he was obliged to {wear that he would 
never return to Rome, nor reiume the epifcopal dignity, 
but content sre during the remainder of his life, with 
Jay communion. e was abfolved from his oaths 
by pope Marinus, a ne eclared him innocent of the c 
agi ae and reftored hit to his epifcopal fun RGus 
n Sgt he was velefted pope in the room of Stephen. For- 
ie Nes firft pope who was tranflated from another 
fee to 
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Q. 
fettled in his chair w from 
Conftantinople to fettle the difpute refpeGting the perfons 
who had been ordained by the patriarch Photius, who had 
ais unable 
eturned, and 
$ intended to heal fubSfting di- 
vifions, widened {till farther the breach eeiween the eaftern 
and weftern churches. Formofus, ie the following year, 
pe ae ary to prefide at the council of Vienna, to redrefs 
poufed 
s the Sin OQ, 
who, et ae ah of that pase s father, had feized 
onthe kingdom of Aquitaine, and had even been crowned 
king of France. His letters, however, to 
availing, and it was not Ay i 
Charlemagne regained p 
In the year For ey crowned Lambert emperor in 
the room of his deceafed father Wido : but Berengarius 
laid claim to the kingdom of Italy, which caufed a blood 
war between the contending sas ne pope invited 
Arnulph, king of Germany, to Rome, promifing to crowa 
him emperor, provided he refto i fee: to the country by 
ae the prefent emperor and his rival. Armulph 
complied, entered Italy with a powerful army, made him 
felf mafter of uPuRL matc nie to Rome, obtained pate 
 feffion of the and wa wned emperor by the pope. 
After this, to Teutle mat aint more co pou the a aan 
of Lombardy was divided between Lambert and Bereng 
rius, and Arnulph returned to Conny. Fe rmofus died 
in the year 896, after a reign of about four years and a half. 
n the * Collectio beac all there are two letters ex- 
tant which bear the name of Formofus, one refpecting the af- 
fairs of the Eaft, andthe otheraddrefie d tothe bifhops of En ng: 
land ; the letter is not 
fucceffor of Formofus, Stephen VIL., was his bitter ries 
and determined to difgrace iy prkaad his death, whom he 
durft not openly oppofe w ve. He accordingly, as 
u 
ene of his firft atts, fummoned a pee to meet at Rome, 
FOR 
ae on the petite throne; and yeaie eco him a 
deacon to plea ufe, he u hi a furious philippic 
‘fear. him, and oan unce ed him 
a 
were cut off, aoe de body, a a large ftone rere 
about its ae as thrown into the Tyber, an ail ordina- 
tions which Enos had en were e declared invalid 
The 
the Vatican ; and by John IX. the ads of Steph § coun. 
aha co — ed to the flames. See Joun, STEPHEN, 
an 
FORMULA, arule, or model, or certain terms pre- 
feribed and decreed by authority, for the form and n manner 
an aét, inftrument, proceeding, or the like. The 
nlaw was fnll of a ee formulas of Mar 
ia a M. Bignon’'s are in great efteem. 
For Ay in roa Litory and Theology, denotes a 
Sete or profe fio ul 
Formura, in Mathematics, a Lane expreffion for re- 
folving certain cafes or problems, E.G. / dx — x? is 
the formula that expreffes the ee of a circle, having d 
for i its diameter and » for its, abfciffa. 
LA, in Medicine, denotes a little form or pre- 
{cription, fuch as peace dire€t in extemporaneons prac. 
ce, in diftinétion from the greater shi 8, which are the 
ofiicinal medicines. See Prescrip 
FORMULARY writing, contai ining the form or 
oe of an oath, ‘declaration, atteftation, or abjuration, 
be e on certain occafions. ere are alfo 
Formularie s of devotion, of pr ayers, oe Liturgies are 
formularies sof the public fervice in moft ch churches, 
FORNA, in Lebibyoe yy @ name given tb Hildegard 
and others, to the trout. : = 
FORNA TA, 0 or Fornicati, i in Antiquity, a feaft 
held among the een —— in honour of the godJefs 
Tornax, or Forn iff 
o 
s 
ere movea 
celebration e 
March. were Belt inflituted by Numa; and the 
quirinalia were inftituted for the fake of fuch as had not 
kept the fornacalia 
FORNAGE, i upeciiaes in our Old Writers, fi fignities 
the fee taken by a lord from his tenants, bound to bake in 
e lord’s oven, or for a permiffion to ufe their own; this 
was ufual in a northern parts of England. Plae. Par] 
18 Ed. I. ce Assisa panis ci cerevifia. (51 Hen 1 IIL) 
‘The word comes from the French “fournage, which figs 
nifies the fame. 
FORNAZZANDO, in ts grapiyy. 
a to f Italy, 
the departmen of the Amo 3 15 mi eo 
es 5.S.W lala 
FOR 
he port is fituated about fix’ miles from mount Ter, 
and deferi esa ceed the entrance of which is very narrow 
and facing the nor he is capable of containing 
the largeit fleet, aad. thls siwahee port is de. 
fended at the entrance by a fquare fort, conftru&ted 
hewn ftone, with baftions per foffes. rampart is 
covered with magazines and a Saad 
a n the oppofite fide stevia tower, and at the beivad end of 
e port, upon or ifle, is a fort, bui wood, 
The eftablifhment is capable of fupporting a pe gar. 
rifo 
paar are vaulted; 
