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COTES du NORD (North Coafts, Department of), 
one of the new divifions of France, bounded on the. north 
by the Englifn channel, on the eaft by the department of 
the Ilie and Villaine, on the fouth by that of Morbihan, 
and on the weft by that of Finifterre and tire fea, form¬ 
ing a part of what was before called Bretagne : about 
lixty-five miles from eaft to weft, from twenty-feven to 
forty-five from north to fouth. St. Brieuc is the capital. 
CO'TESWOLDjyi [from cote, a cottage; and polb, 
Sax. a place where there is no wood.] A ftieep-cote, a 
fheep-down, or ftieep feeding on hills. On the Cotefwolds, 
or fheep-downs, is a cuftomary meeting in feveral parts 
of England at Whitfuntide, vulgarly called an ale, or 
Whitfun-ale. Perhaps the true word is Yule ; for, in the 
time of Druidifm, the feafts of Yule, or the Grove, were 
celebrated in the months of May or December. Thefe 
[ports are reforted to by great numbers of people of both 
fexes, and are conducted in the following manner; Two 
perfons are chofen previous to the meeting to be lord 
and lady of the Yule, who drefs as fuitably as they can 
to the characters they affume. A large building is pro¬ 
vided for the lord’s hall, and fitted up with feats to ac¬ 
commodate the company. Here they affemble to dance 
and regale in the belt manner their circumftances will 
afford. The lord and lady honour the hall with their 
prefence, attended by the fteward, fword-bearer, purfe- 
bearer, and mace-bearer, with their feveral badges or 
enfigns of office. They have likewife a page or train- 
bearer, and a jefter dreffed in a party-coloured jacket, 
whofe ribaldry and gefticulation contribute not a little to 
the entertainment. The lord’s mufic, confifting gene¬ 
rally of a pipe and tabor, is employed to conduct the 
dance. All thefe figures, handfomely reprefented in 
baffo relievo, Hand in the north-wall of the nave of Ci- 
rencefter church, which vouches fufficiently for the an¬ 
tiquity of the cuftom. Some think it a commemoration 
of the ancient Drinklean, a day of feftivity formerly ob- 
ferved by the tenants and vaffals of the lord of the fee, 
within his manor, the memory of which, on account of 
the jollity of thofe meetings, the people have thus pre¬ 
served evevfince. It may, notwithftanding, have its rife 
in Druidifm, as on thofe occafions they always ereiSl a 
May-pole, which is an eminent fign of it. We fhall juft 
remark, that the mace is made of filk, finely plaited 
with ribbands on the top, and filled with fpices and per¬ 
fumes, for fuch of the company to frnell to as defire it. 
Does not this afford fonre light towards difcovering the 
original ufe, and account for the name, of the macc , now 
carried in oftentation before the fteward of the court, on 
court-days, and before the chief magiftrate in corpora¬ 
tions ; as the prefenting of fpices by great men at their 
entertainments was a very ancient practice ? Mr. Robert 
Dover, who lived in the reign of James I. inftituted cer¬ 
tain diverfions on the Cotefwold, called after his name, 
which were annually exhibited about Willerfey and Camp- 
•clen. Even now there is fomething to be feen of them, 
every Thurfday in Whitfun-week, at a place about half 
a mile from Campden, called Dover’s.hill. The Cotef¬ 
wold game's, and their patron, are celebrated in a fmall 
collection of poems, intitled Annalia Dubrerjia , written by 
Michael Drayton and others. 
CO'TESWOLD HILLS, hills of England, in the 
county of Gloucefter, remarkable for the number of ftieep 
fed there, and the goodnefs of the wool: a few miles 
fouth-eaft of Gloucefter. 
COT'GARE,y. A kind of refufe wool, fo clung or 
clotted together, that it cannot be pulled afunder. By 
13 Rich, II. c. 9. it is provided, that neither denizen 
nor foreigner'fhall make any other refufe of wools but 
cotgare and villein. 
CO'THEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of Up¬ 
per Saxony, and capital of the principality of Anhalt 
Cothen, containing two churches, two fchools, and an 
orphan-houfe for Calvinifts and Lutherans. Here is like- 
1 
wife an hofpltal, and a caftle, where the prince refides: 
twelve miles fouth-weft of Delfau, and ten eaft of Bern 
burg. Lat. 51.44. N. Ion. 29. 38. E. Ferro. 
CO'THIBEB, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 
Morocco, in the province of Tedla. 
COTHUR'NUS, or Buskin, f. A very high flioe or 
patten, railed on foals of cork, wore by the ancient actors 
in tragedy to make them appear taller and more like the 
heroes they reprefented ; mod of whom were fuppofed 
to be giants. It covered the greateft part of the leg, and 
was tied beneath the knee, jfjgfchylus is laid to have in¬ 
vented the cothurns. 
CO'THY, a river of South Wales, in the county of 
Caermarthen, which runs into the Towey: three miles 
eaft-north-eaft of Caermarthen. 
COTIA'RI, a fmall ifland near the eaft coaft of the 
iftand of Ceylon : twenty miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Trin- 
comale. 
COT'ICE, or Cotise',/. A term in Heraldry. 
COTIEL', a town of the iftand of Borneo : 140 miles 
north of Banjar Maflin. 
COTIGNA'C, a town of France, in the department 
of the Var, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrict of 
Barjols: two leagues eaft of Barjols. 
COTIGNO'LA, a town of the Italian republic, in the 
Ferrarefe, built in 1276 : twenty-five miles fouth-fouth- 
eaft of Ferrara, It was formerly a fortified place, and 
gave to a famous painter the furname of Lugo. This 
town was plundered and deftroyed on the 13th of July, 
1796, by the French, in confequence of a revolt. 
COTILLO'N, the name of a dance, in which eight 
perfons are employed. The term is French, and ftgni- 
fies an under petticoat. 
CO'TINUS,/ in botany. See Rhus. 
COT'LAND, f Land appendant to a cottage. 
COTOLEN'DI (Charles), advocate in the parliament 
of Paris, native of Aix or of Avignon, died at the be¬ 
ginning of the eighteenth century, gained a reputation 
in the literary world by feveral works. The principal are, 
1. Voyages of Peter Texeira, and Hiftory of the Kings 
of Perlia down to 1609, tranflated from the Spanilh into 
French, 2 vols. 121110. 1681. 2. Life of St. Francis de 
Sales, 4to. 3. Life of Chriftopher Columbus, tranflated 
into French, 2 vols. 121110. 1681. 4. Life of the Duchefs 
of Montmorenci, 2 vols. Svo. 5. Arlequiniana, or Bon- 
Mots, &c. collected from the converfations of Harlequin. 
6. The Book without a Name. 7. Difiertations on the 
Works of St.Evremont, 12100. under the name of Dumont. 
COTONE'A MA'LUS. See Cydonia. 
COTONEAS'TER,/. in botany. See Mespilus. 
COTOPAX'I, a large volcano near Lataacungo, an 
afliento or dependence on the province of Qjtito in Peru, 
South America. It lies nearly under the line, yet the 
tops of it are generally covered with ice and fnow. It 
firft fhewed itfelf in 1553, when Sebaftian de Belacazar 
fir ft entered thefe countries, which eruption proved fa¬ 
vourable to his enterprife, as it coincided with a pre¬ 
diction of the Indian priefts, that the country fliould be 
invaded on the burfting of this volcano ; and accordingly 
it fo happened ; for, before 1559, he fubdued all the 
country. The Cotopaxi mountain is fuppofed to be 
one of the higlieft in the world, being 3126 toifes above 
the level of the fea. 
COT'PUTLY, a town of Hindooftan, in the country of 
Mewat: eight miles fouth-fouth-weft of Delhi, and nine¬ 
ty north-north-weft: of Agra. Lat. 27. 35. N. Ion. 7 6. 50. 
E. Greenwich. 
COT'QUEAN,./. [probably from cequin, Fr.] A man' 
who bufies himfelf with women’s affairs.-—A ftatefwo- 
man is as ridiculous a creature as a cotqu'ean : each of the 
fexes ftiould keep within its bounds. Addifon. 
COTRO'NA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Principato Citra: fourteen miles 
weft of C'angiano. 
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