C A M, 
wholefome, and the inhabitants carry on a confiderablc 
trade in articles of cutlery. 
CAM'PO FOS'TQ, a town of Italy, in the kingdom 
of Naples, and-province of Abruzzo Ultra. 
CAM'PO LIET'TO, a town of Italy, in tlie kingdom 
of Naples, and county of Mblile : fourteen miles eaft of 
Molife. • 
CAM'PO MAGGIO'RA, a town of Italy, in the king¬ 
dom of Naples, and province of Badlicata: fourteen miles 
fouth-eaft of Acerenza. 
CAM'PO MAGGIO'RA, a town of Italy, in the Tor- 
tonefe, belonging to Piedmont. 
CAM'PO MARI'NO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom 
of Naples, and province of Capitanata : three miles iouth- 
eaft of Termoli. 
CAM'PO MARO'NE, a town of Italy, in the Pate of 
Genoa, which owes its name to tlie quantity of Mulber¬ 
ries in the neighbourhood : eleven miles narth-north-weft 
of Genoa. \ 
CAM'PO MAYOR', a town of Portugal, in the pro¬ 
vince of Alentejo, fortified in the modern manner, con¬ 
taining about 5300 inhabitants : (ixtecn miles fouth-eaft of 
Arronches, and ten north-weft of Badajos, in Spain. 
CAM PO MOR'TO, a place of Italy, in the duchy of 
Piacenza, near which it is faid the Romans were defeated 
by Hannibal. 
CAM'PO SAN'TO, a place of Italy, near the city of 
Modena, remarkable for a battle fought there between the 
Spaniards and the Auftrianson the 8th of February, 1743. 
CAM'PO St. PIE'TRO, a town of Italy, belonging 
to the ftate of Venice, in the Paduan: eighteen miles 
north of Padua. 
CAMPOBEL'LO, a town of Sicily, in the valley of 
Maraza : fourteen miles north-eaft of Girgenti. 
CAMPOCH 1 A'RO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom 
of Naples, and county of Molife: eleven miles fouth of 
Molife. 
CAMPO'LI, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Abruzzo Ultra, the fee of a bifliop, 
united with Ortona : three miles north of Teramo. Lat. 
■42.40.N. Ion. 31. 28. E. Ferro. 
CAMI’O'RA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and Principato Citra : fifteen miles north-weft of Po- 
licaftro. 
CAM'PRA (Andrew), a famous mufician, born at Aix 
in 1660, and died at Verfailles in 1744, at the age of eighty- 
four. He fir ft; made himfelf known by performing motets 
in the churches, and by private concerts. Thefe little 
produGions procured him tlie place of mailer of mufic iu 
the Maifon Profelfe of the Jefuitsat Paris, and afterwards 
that of mafter of the band of the metropolis. His genius 
afterwards took to the opera, in which he fucceeded as 
happily as in the former. He followed the fteps of Lulli, 
and very nearly came up to him. His Europe Galante, 
his Carnival de Venife, his Fetes Venetiennes, his Ages, 
his Fragmens de Lulli, ballets; Hefione, Alcine, Tele- 
phus, Camilla, and Tancred, tragic operas; appeared with 
great applatife, and ftill maintain their ground. The va¬ 
riety, the graces, the livelinefs, of Iris mufic, and, above 
all, that uncommon talent of exprefting juftly thefenfeof 
the words, were highly admired. 
CAMPRF'DON, a town of Spain, and principal place 
of a viguery, in Catalonia, at the foot of the Pyrenees. 
It was taken by tlie French, who deftroyed tlie fortifica¬ 
tions, in 1691. It was alfo taken by the French republi¬ 
cans in the month of June, 1794, under general Doppet. 
It is twenty miles fouth-eaft of Puycerda, and twenty-fe- 
ven north-north-weft of Gerona. 
CAMPS (Francois de), born at Amiens in 1643, vvas 
the fon of a hardwareman. Ferroni, bifliop of Mende, 
took him from the Dominican convent of the lauxbourg 
St. Germain, and made him his fecretary. This prelate 
gave him the priory at Flore, obtained for him the abbey 
of St. Marcel, the coadjutorlhip of Glandeves, and the 
-bifbopric of Pamiers. He is author of feveral dilfertations 
■Vgl. III. No.J54. 
CAM 6-5.9 
on Medals; on tlie Hiftory of France; on the Title of 
i Mojl Chrjlian ,’ given to the kings of France; on the 
Guard of thefe monarchs ; on the Daughters of the Houle 
of France given in Marriage to heretical' or pagan Prin¬ 
ces; on the Nobility of the Royal Race; on the Heredity 
ot the Grand Fiefs; on the Origin of Enfigns Armorial; 
on tlie Hereditary Dignities attached to Titled Eftates, &c. 
His cabinet was rich in medals; the celebrated Vaillant 
publiflied the 1110ft curious of them, accompanied with ex¬ 
plications. Abbe de Camps died at Paris in 1723, aged 
eighty-one. He Was learned and laborious, and his invef- 
tigations have been of great ufe to the hiftcrians that have 
come after him. 
CAMP'TON, a town of Grafton county, New Hamp- 
(hire, in the United States cf America, thirty.five miles 
north-eaft of Dartmouth College, and fixty-feven north- 
weft of Portfmouth. It was incorporated in 1761. - 
CAMPUGIAL'LI, a town of Italy, in the duchy of 
Tufcany, nine miles weft-noi l h-weft of Arezzo. 
CAM'PUS, f. in antiquity, a field or vacant plain in 
a city, r,9t built upon, blit left vacant on account of fnows, 
combats, exercifcs, or other ufes of the citizens. 
CAM'PUS MAIT, in ancient cuftonis, an anniverfhry 
aftembiy cf our anceftors held on May-day, when they 
confederated together for the defence of the kingdom 
againft all its enemies. 
CAM'PUS MAR’TIUS, a large plain at Rome, with¬ 
out the walls of the city, where the Roman youths per¬ 
formed their exercifes, and learnt to wreftle and box, to 
throw the difcus, hurl the javelin, ride a horle, drive a 
chariot, &c. The public affemblies were held there, and 
the officers of ftate chofen, and audience given to foreign 
ambaffadors. It was adorned with ftatues, columns, arch¬ 
es, and porticoes; and its pleafant fituation made it much 
frequented. It was called Martins, becaufe dedicated to 
Mars. It was fometimes called Tiberinus, from its clofe- 
nefs to the Tiber. It was given to the Roman people by 
a veftal virgin ; but they were deprived of it by Tarquin 
the Proud, who made it a private field, and lowed corn in 
it. When Tarquin was driven from Rome, the people 
recovered it, and threw away into the Tiber the corn 
which had grown there, deeming it unlawful for any man 
to eat of the produce of that land. The fheaves which 
were thrown into the river Hopped in a (hallow ford, and, 
by the accumulated colleGion of mud became firm ground, 
and formed an ifland, which was called the Holy Ifland, 
or the Illand of Aifculapius. Dead carcafes were gene-, 
rally burnt in the Campus Martins. Strabo. Livy. 
CAM'PUS SCELERA'TUS, a place without the walls 
of ancient Rome, where the veftals who had violated 
their vows of virginity were buried alive. 
CAMPYLO'TIS, f. [from xagwuX©-, bent.] A pre¬ 
ternatural incurvation or recurvation of any part. A dis¬ 
tortion of the eye-lids. 
CAMUL', a town of Tartary, in the country of Tan- 
gut. Lat. 37. 15. N. Ion. 115. 40. E. Ferro. 
CAMU'NIUM,/. in botany. See Chalcas. 
C A'MUS, f. [probably from camifa , Lat.] A thin drefs 
mentioned by Spencer: 
And was yclad, for beat of fcorching air, 
All in filken camus, lily white, 
Purfied upon with many a folded plight. Fairy Queen. 
CA'MUS (Antoine le), born at Paris in 1722, died in 
the fame city in 1772, at fifty years of age, praGifed me¬ 
dicine with great luccefs, and wrote on the art he pradfi- 
l’ed. He wrote, 1. Phyfic fqr the Mind, Paris, 1753, two 
vols. 121T10. 2. Abdeker, or the Art of preferving Beau¬ 
ty, 1756, four vols. nnio. a romance in which the author 
introduces a variety of receipts and precepts for the bene¬ 
fit of the ladies : the true cofmetics are exercife and tem¬ 
perance. 3. On various Subjects of Medicine; and ma¬ 
ny other traGs. 
CA'MUS (John Peter), a French prelate, born in 1582. 
lie was author of a number of pious romances (the latte 
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