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in the fpring, the plants feldom rife till the year after. 
When the plants are fit to remove, they fnould be care¬ 
fully taken up, and either planted where they are de- 
figned to remain, or into a nurfery bed, at four inches 
difiance, to get firength, obferving to (bade them from 
the fun till they have taken frefh root: after which, 
thofe which arc planted out for good, will require no 
other treatment but to keep them clean from weeds ; as 
they advance in height, they fhould be fupported by 
flicks, otlieru ife the ftrong winds in autumn often break 
them ; and thofe which were placed in a nurfery bed, 
v hen they have obtained proper firength, fhould be taken 
up and tranfplanted with balls o, earth to their roots, 
where they are defigned to ftand for flowering. As 
tliefe plants continue to produce flowers till the frofl 
puts a flop to them, they merit a place in every curious 
'garden, efpecially thofe which do not ramble and fpread 
too much. The firfl is feldom preferved, but in bota¬ 
nic gardens for the fake of variety. See Rudbeckia 
ANGUS TIFOUA. 
CORE'SUS, a pried of Bacchus, at Calydon, in Boeo- 
tia, who was deeply enamoured of the nymph Callirhoe, 
who treated him with difdain. He complained to Bacchus, 
who vifited the country with a peflilence. The Calydo- 
nians were directed by the oracle, to appeafe the god by 
facrificing Callirhoe on his altar. The nymph was led 
to the altar, and Corefus, who w r as to facrifice her, for¬ 
got his refentment, and dabbed himfelf. Callirhoe, con- 
lcious of her ingratitude to the love of Corefus, killed 
herfelf on the brink of a fountain, which afterwards bore 
her name. Paitfanias. \ 
CORE'TA, f . in botany. See Corchorus. 
COR FCAS'TLE, a fmall town in the county of Dor- 
fet, fituate nearly in the center of the I He ofPurbeck, 
and governed by a mayor and eight barons, (each gain¬ 
ing the title of baron by ferving the office of mayor,) 
who claim by charter the fame privileges as the barons 
of the Cinque Ports. It is didant one hundred and 
twenty-one miles from London, eighteen from Poole, and 
twenty from Weymouth ; has its name from a cadle, 
fuppofed to have been built by king Edgar, who kept 
liis court here ; and, it being a royal demefne, great pri¬ 
vileges were granted to it. The town dands on a riling 
ground, and declines to the ead, confiding of two dreets, 
modly built of done : it is the only town in Purbeck, 
and its paridi is very extenfive. Its only trade is in done, 
and knit dockings. The town is feparated from the 
cadle by a dately bridge of four lofty arches over a deep 
fofs. On the wed fide of the church-yard is the town- 
hall. It has a large church, which is a royal peculiar, 
exempt from epifcopal jurifdiCtion or vifitation. It con- 
fids of a nave, a chancel, and two fide ailes as long as the 
church. The tower is richly embattled and pinnacled, 
with lbme fingular datues under it, fupported by four 
Saxon pillars, of different architecture. It was a borough 
by prefeription, but incorporated by queen Elizabeth, 
and afrerwards by Charles II. and had many privileges 
granted by Charles I. as a reward for the noble defence 
the cadle made for him. The cadle dands a little hortjt 
of the town, on a deep rocky hill, in the opening of 
thole ranges that enclofe the ead part of the ifland. It 
is about half a mile in circuit, of an oval form, with 
walls twelve feet thick. Here king John kept the regalia 
of the crown, and, belides its having been the refidence 
of ieveral of the Wed-Saxon princes, it lias been the 
place of confinement for perfons of the highed rank, par¬ 
ticularly of Edward II. The outer gate is large, with 
a round tower on each fide. The firfl ward has eight 
towers. Palling a fecond bridge of one arch, we enter 
the fecond ward, which probably was the fpot where the 
cruel murder of Edward king of England, called the 
martyr, was committed. Great part of the walls of this 
ward is in ruins, twenty-three feet of it having funk near 
half its height into the fofs, but yet remains perpendi¬ 
cular. There are feveral quarries near the town, and 
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in them are fometimes found human bones between two 
flones, fet edgeways, and covered with a third. It ha's 
a market every Thuifday, and two annual fairs, viz. the 
29th of May, and 29th of OCfober. 
COR'FU, an ifland of the Mediterranean, at the mouth 
of the Adriatic, -near the coad of Albania, about fifteen 
leagues long, and eight wide; anciently known under the 
names of Scheria, Phteacia, Corcyra, and Drepano. Ip 
the bed days of Greece the Corcyrians formed a power¬ 
ful republic ; in lucceeding times it belonged to the king 
of Naples, afterwards fold for thirty thoufand ducats to 
the Venetians, who maintain a fleet of galleys in the 
port, and a drong garrifon to defend this and the neigh¬ 
bouring iflands; and they have often withdood, and 
glorioufly defeated, many vigorous attempts of the Turks 
to fubjeCt it to the Ottoman government. This ifland 
contains above fifty thoufand fouls, and is divided into 
four bailiwicks or governments. The air is healthy, the 
land fertile, and the fruit excellent. Oranges, citrons, 
the mod delicious grapes, honey, wax, and oil, are ex¬ 
ceedingly abundant. There are lbme places mountainous 
and barren, and good water is fcarce. Salt forms a great 
part of its riches. The capital has always borne the name 
of the ifland. 
COR'FU, the capital of the ifland of the fame name, 
the feat of a bailiff, a proveditor, a captain, &c. and the 
fee of an archbifhop. It is fortified, and defended by 
two fortrefles; it has a good harbour, and the town lias 
a confiderable degree of trade. Lat. 39.42^. Ion. 37. 
48. E. Ferro. 
COR'GA. See Coorga. 
CORGOLO'IN, a town of France, in the department 
of the Cote d’Or, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trift of Beaune : five miles north of Beaune. 
CO'RI, a town of Italy, in the Campagna di Roma : 
ten miles fouth of Paledrino. 
CO'RIA, a town of Spain, in the province of Efire- 
madura, the fee of a bifliop. It contains two churches, 
two convents, and two hofpitals ; near it are medicinal 
Iprings. It is ninety miles eaft of Toledo, and one hun¬ 
dred and ten eaft-fouth-eaft of Madrid. Lat. 39. 56. N. 
Ion. 10 28. E. Peak of Teneriffe. 
CO'RIA, a town of Spain, in the country of Seville, 
on the Guadalquiver : feven miles from Seville. 
CORIA'CEOUS, adj. [coriaceus, Lat.] Confiding of 
leather. Of a fubflance refembling leather.—A ftronger 
projectile motion of the blood muff occaflon greater fe- 
cretions and lofs of liquid parts, and from thence per¬ 
haps fpiflitude and coriaceous concretions. Arbuthnot. 
CORIA'CO, a town of South America, in the pro¬ 
vince of Cumana, on a gulf to which it gives name : forty 
miles eaft of New Cordova. 
CORIA'GO, f [from corium, the hide, becaufe they 
are hide-bound, having their (kin flicking fo dole that 
it cannot be moved.] A diforder of cattle. 
CORIAN'DER, f. The herb coriandrum. — Ifrael 
called the name thereof manna; and it was, like coriander 
feed, white. Exodus , xiii. 31. 
CORIAN'DRUM, f. Coriander ; [from y.opi?, a 
bug ; the frefh leaves bruifed, emitting a flrong {cent, 
very like that of the bug.] In botany, a genus of the 
clafs pentandria, order digynia, natural order of umbel¬ 
late, or umbelliferae. The generic characters are—Ca¬ 
lyx : umbel univerfal with few rays ; partial with very 
many; involucre, univerfal fcarce one-leafed; partial 
three-leaved, halved, linear. Perianthium proper five- 
toothed, Handing out. Corolla: univerfal difform, 
rayed ; flolcules of the difk abortive. Proper of the 
dilk hermaphrodite ; petalsfive, inflex-emarginate, equal. 
Proper of the ray, hermaphrodite ; petals five, inflex- 
hearted, unequal, of which the exterior is' very large, 
two parted ; but the neareft lateral ones have a very 
large divifion. Stamina: filaments five, Ample; antherae 
roundifh. Piflillum : germ inferior ; ftyles two, diflant; 
fligmas of the ray headed. Pericarpium : none ; fruit 
fpherical, 
