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with a line of more than two hundred fathoms; and to 
put it beyond a doubt that the animals had been at that 
bottom, he informs us, that their llieils were covered with 
a black clayey mud. It is true thefe ammonites were but 
Imall; while of three hundred varieties of foflil ammo¬ 
nites which he mentions, l'ome, he fays, have been found 
ten feet in circumference ! 
In treating of this fubjeft we have been the more elabo¬ 
rate in our explanations and extenfive in our engravings, 
not only becaufe it forms an interefting and elegant depart¬ 
ment of natural hiftory, but becaufe the article CoN t CHO- 
locy lias never before appeared in any Cyclopaedia, En¬ 
cyclopaedia, or other Dictionary, in the Englilh language. 
CONCHU'COS, a jurildiftion in the empire of Peru, 
in South America, under the archbilhop of Lima ; it be¬ 
gins forty leagues north-north-eall of the metropolis, 
and runs along the center of the Cordilleras. It produces 
fruits, grain, &c. and affords extenfive pafture for cattle 
of all kinds. Several branches of the woollen manufactory 
are carried on here, which conftitute its greateft com¬ 
merce with the other provinces. 
CONCHY'LIA,/. A general name for all forts of pe¬ 
trified (hells. 
CONCI'LIAR, adj. [ concilium , Lat.] Relating to a 
council.—Having been framed by men of primitive fim- 
plicity, in free and conciliar debates, without any ambi¬ 
tious regards. Baker. 
To CONCFLIATE, v. a. [caucilio, Lat.] To gain; to 
procure good will; to reconcile.—It was accounted a 
philtre, or plants that conciliate aff’eftion. Brown. 
CONCILI A'TION,/ The aft of gaining or reconciling. 
CONCILIA'TOR, f. One that makes peace between 
•Others. 
CONCI'LIATORY, adj. Relating to reconciliation. 
CONCI'NI, better known by the name of the marlhal 
d’Ancre, was born at Florence, where his father was raifed 
from a notary, to be fecretary of ftate. He came into France 
at the beginning of the feventeenth century with Mary 
de Medicis, wife of Henry the Great, and was then only 
gentleman in ordinary to that princels; but he was after¬ 
wards made her mafter of the liorfe, bought the niarqui- 
fate of Ancre, enjoyed many confiderable pofts, and was 
iirft gentleman of the bed-chamber, and marlhal of France, 
by the influence his wife, Eleonora Galigay, had over the 
queen: but he abufed all this confidence; he difpofed of 
the finances and employments, filled the army and cities 
with his creatures, and endeavoured to make liimfelf maf¬ 
ter of the government. This created great troubles in 
the ftate. De Luines perfuaded Louis XIII. that the only 
method to (top his ambition, and put a period to the dif- 
orders, was to finilh his exiftence. Accordingly a com- 
mifllon was given to Vitry, one of the captains of the 
life-guard, who executed it on the draw-bridge of the 
Louvre, April 24, 1617, with feveral piftol-lhots. His 
body was afterwards abufed by the populace; the parlia¬ 
ment declared him guilty of treafon, fentenced his wife 
to lofe her head, and declared their fon ignoble, and in¬ 
capable of holding any office in France. 
CONCIN'NITY, f [from concinnitas, Lat.] Decency, 
fitnefs; a jingling of words.—The coe/cinnity, 1 fuppole, 
muff have confided in the rime. Tyrwhitt on Chaucer. 
CONCIN'NOUS, adj, [concinnus, Lat.] Becoming; 
pleafant; agreeable. 
CON'CIGNATORY, adj. [ concionatorius, concio , Lat.] 
Ufed at preachings or public afiemblies.—Their comeli- 
nefs unbeguiled the vulgar of the old opinion the loyalifts 
had formerly infufed into them by their concionatory in¬ 
vectives. Howell. 
CONCl'SE, adj. [ concifus , cut, Lat.] Brief; ftiort; 
broken into (hort periods.—The concife ftile, which ex- 
prefleth not enough, but leaves fomewhat to be under- 
ftood. Ben Jonfon .—Where the author is obfcure, en¬ 
lighten him ; where he is too brief and concife, amplify a 
little, and fet his notions in a fairer view. IVatts. 
CONCFSELY, adv. Briefly ; fliortly; in few words; in 
Voj.. V. No. 2.52. 
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(hort ftntences.—Ulyffes here fpeaks very concifely , and he 
may feem to break abruptly into the fubjeft. Broome. 
CONCISENESS,/! Brevity plhortnefs.—Giving more 
fcope to Mezencius and Laufus, that verfion, which has 
more of the majefty of Virgil, has lefs of his concifenefs. 
Dry den. 
CONCISION, f. [concifura, Lat.] Cutting off; exc - 
lion; deftruftion. 
CONCITA'TION,/! [concitatio, Lat.] The aft cf ftir- 
ring up, or putting in motion.—The revelations of heaven 
are conceived by immediate illuminations of the foul; 
whereas the deceiving fpirit, by concitation of humours, 
produces conceited phantafmes. Brown. 
CONCLAMA'TION,/. [conclamatio , Lat.] An outcry 
or (hout of many together. 
CON'CLAVE,/ [conclave, Lat.] A private apartment. 
The room in which the cardinals meet; or, the afiembly 
of the cardinals at Rome, fimilar to the convocation of 
archbilhops and bifliops in England.—It was laid of a 
cardinal, by reafon of his apparent likelihood to (tep inta> 
St. Peter’s chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope, 
and came out again cardinal. South.— A dole afiembly ; 
Forthwith a conclave of the godhead meets, 
Where Juno in the Ihining lenate fits. Garth. 
To CONCLU'DE, v.a. [conclude, Lat.] To (hut.—The 
very perfon of Chrift, therefore, for ever and the lelf- 
fame, was only, touching bodily fubltance, concluded within, 
the grave. Hooker.— To include; to comprehend.—God 
hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have 
mercy upon all. Romans, xi. 32.—To colleft by ratioci¬ 
nation.—The providences of God are promifeuoufiy ad¬ 
min iftered in this world ; fo that no man can conclude 
God’s love or hatred to any perfon, by any thing that 
befals him. Tillotfon. —To decide; to determine: that is, 
to Jhut or clofe the difpute : 
Youth, ere it fees the world, here ftudies reft; 
And age, returning thence, concludes it belt. Drydeu. 
To end ; to finilh.—I will conclude tljis part with tho 
fpeech of a counfellor of ftate. Bacon. 
Thefe are my theme, and how the war began. 
And how concluded by the godlike man. Drydete. 
To oblige, as by the final determination.—If therefore 
they will appeal to revelation for their creation, they mult 
be concluded by it. Hale. 
To CONCLU'DE, v. n. To perform the laft aft of ra¬ 
tiocination ; to colleft the confequence ; to determine : 
For why Ihould we the bufy foul believe. 
When boldly (he concludes of that and this ; 
When of herlelf (he can no judgment give, 
Nor how, nor whence, nor where, nor what (he is ? Davies. 
To fettle opinion.—I queftion not but your tranflatiou 
will do honour to our country; for I conclude of it already 
from thofe performances. Addfon. —Finally to determine; 
They humbly fue unto your excellence, 
To have a goodly peace concluded of 
Between the realms of England and of France. Shakefj, 
To end: 
We’ll tell when ’tis enough, 
Or if it wants the nice concluding bout. King. 
CONCLU'DENCY,/. Confequence; regular proof; 
logical deduction of reafon.—Judgment concerning tilings 
to be known, or the negleft and concludency of them, ends 
in decifion. Hale. 
CONCLU'DENT, adj. Decifivepending in juft and 
undeniable confequences.—Though thefe kind of argu¬ 
ments may feem more obfcure, yet, upon a due confidera- 
tion of them, they are highly confequential and conclu - 
dent to my purpofe. Hale. 
CONCLU'DINGLY, adv. With uncontrovertible evi- 
M dente. 
