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rime after, vifiting Scotland; he returned in the retinue 
ot'James T. and was appointed governor to prince Henry, 
whom he conftantly attended, and, when his royal pu¬ 
pil vifited Oxford, was honoured with the degree of 
matter of arts. He died in 1615, and was buried at 
Chifwick in Middlefex. His eldett fon William was cre- 
atedabaronet, the 18th of James, 1620. He wrote, 1.De¬ 
dication to Lord Burleigh of his father’s poetical works, 
1759. 2. The Virtue of Nitre, wherein is declared the 
fundry cures by the fame effected. Lor.d. 1584., 4-to. 
CHALON'NJS, a town of France,.in the department 
of the Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftrift of Angers, fituated near coal mines: four 
leagues fouth-weft of Angers. 
CHALON NE, an ifland in the Loire, a little below 
the town of the fame name, about three miles in length, 
with a village. 
CHALONOIS', before the revolution, a fmall coun¬ 
try of France, in the environs of Chalons fur Saone. 
CHALO'NS-SUR-SAONE, a city of France, in the 
department of the Saone and Loi re: before the revolution, 
the fee of a bilhop, luftragan of Lyons; fituated on the 
Saone. It is furrounded with walls, and defended by a 
citadel. The principal commerce confifts in corn, wine, 
and wood: fourteen polls north of Lyons, forty-fix 
and a half fouth-fouth-eaft of Paris. Lat. 46.48. N. Ion. 
22. 31. E. Ferro. 
CHALO'NS-SUR-MARNE. See Chaalons. 
CHALOS'SE, before the revolution, a fmall diftri£t 
of France, in the environs of St. Sever. 
CHALTARON', a town of Afia,. in the country of 
Thibet: ten miles weft-north-weft of Coucha. 
CHALVAN'CA, or Chumbivilcas, a town of South 
America, and principal place of the jurildidtion of 
Chumbivilcas, in Peru. 
CHA'LUS, a town of France in the department of the 
Upper Vienne, and chief place of a canton, in the di- 
llridl of St. Yrieux. Richard I. king of England, re¬ 
ceived a wound in his fhoulder, which proved mortal, 
by an arrow (hot from the caftle of this town, as he was 
taking obfervations on the bell way of aflaulting it, to 
recover a treafure found there, which he claimed as his 
right, and was withheld by the vifcount of Limoges: 
fifteen miles fouth-louth-weft of Limoges. 
CHALYfBEATE, adj. [from chaljbs, Lat. Heel.] 
Impregnated with iron or lleel; having the qualities of 
Heel—The diet ought to ftrengthen the folids, allowing 
fpices and wine, and the ufe of chalybeate waters. Ar - 
buthnot. 
CHA'LYBES, a people of Afia Minor, near Pontus, 
once very powerful, and poflefled of a great extent of 
country, abounding in iron mines, where the inhabi¬ 
tants worked naked. The Chalybes attacked the ten 
thoufand in their retreat, and behaved with much fpirit 
and courage. They were partly conquered by Crcefus, 
king of Lydia. Some authors imagine that the Chalybes 
are a nation of Spain. 
CHA'LYBON, now fuppofed to be Aleppo, a town 
of Syria, which gave the name of Chalybonitis to the 
neighbouring country. 
CHA-MA-KI, a town of the ifland of Formofa. Lat. 
22. xo. N. Ion. 138. E. Ferro. 
CHAM, a country of Afia, and one of the provinces 
of Cochinchina. 
CHAM, a town of Swiflerland, in the canton of Zug, 
on the fouth fide of the lake of Zug. 
CHAM, a town of Germany, in the circle of Bavaria, 
on the Regen, at its conflux with a river called Campl, 
or KampL: fixty-four miles eaft of Nuremberg, and 
eighty-four north of Saltzburg. 
CHAM, Chan, or Khan, f. the title given to the fo- 
vereign princes of Tsrtary. The word, in the Perfian, 
fignifies mighty lord; in the Sclavonic, emperor. Sper- 
lingius, in his diflertation on the Danilh term of Majefty, 
Vol. IV. No. 179. 
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koning, king, thinks the Tartarian chain may be well 
derived from it; adding, that in the north they fay, 
kan, konnen, konge, konning, &c. The term cham is 
alfo applied, among the Perfians, to the great lords of 
the court, and the governors of provinces. 
CHAM de COUCE, a town of Portugal, in the 
province of Eilramadura: fix leagues north ofThomar. 
CHA'MA, f a genus of ftiell-fifii belonging to the or¬ 
der of vermes teftaceae. The fliell is thick, and has two 
valves; it is of the oyfter kind. Linnaeus enumerates 
fourteen fpecies, principally diftinguiihed by the figure of 
their fliells. See Concholocy. 
CHA'MA.CHRYSO'COME,/ in botany. See Stje- 
HELINA. 
CHAMADE, f, [Fr.] The beat of the drum which 
declares a furrender.—Several French battalions made 
a fliow of refiftance; but, upon our preparing to fill up a 
little fofle, in order to attack them, they beat the cha- 
made , and fent us charte blanche. Addifon. 
CHAMAiBALA'NUS, /. in botany. See Arachis. 
CHAMALBUX'US, /. in botany. See Polygala. 
CHAMiECE'RASUS,/ in botany. SeePRUNusand 
Lo NICER A. 
CHAMZECIS'SUS,/. in botany. See.GLECOMA. 
CHAMZECIS'TUS,/. in botany. See Andromeda, 
Azalea, Cistus, Portulaca, Rhododendron, 
Saxifraga, and Turnera. 
CHAMALCLE'M A,/ in botany. See Glechoma. 
CHAMAECRIS'TA,yi in botany. See Cassia. 
CHAMAECYPARIS'SUS, /. in botany. See San- 
tolina. 
CH AMiEDAPH'NE,/. in botany. See Andromeda, 
Kalmia, Mitchella, and Ruscus. 
CHAMAEDRIFO'LIA, /. in botany. See Forsko- 
ehlea. 
CHAMAFDRYS,/in botany. See Bartsia, Dryas, 
P/EDEROTA, RHINANTHUS, TEUCRIUM, VERONICA. 
CHAMAiFI'LIX, f. in botany. See Asplenium. 
CHA'MAi-GENIS'TA, /. in botany. See Genista. 
CHAMdEIAS'ME, /■ in botany. See Stellera. 
CHAM/EI'RIS, /• in botany. See Iris. 
CHAMAELA'RIX, f. in botany. See Aspalathus. 
CHAM^TLE'A, f in botany. See Cneorum, Clu- 
TI A, PHYLICA, andTRAGIA. 
CHAMAsLEAG'NUS, / in botany. See Myrica. 
CHAMiE'LEON, [from and Xemv, a lion, i. e. 
dwarf lion.] The trivial name ot a fpecies of lizard. 
See Lacerta. 
CHAMZE'XEON, /. in botany. See Atractylis, 
Carduus, Carlina, Carthamus, Centaurea, 
and Cnicus. 
CHAMAsLI'NUM, f in botany. See t LiNUM. 
CHAMAsME'LUM, /. in botany. See Achillea, 
Anthemis, Arctotis, Chrysanthemum, Cotula, 
and Matricaria. 
CHAMJEMES'PILUS,/ in botany. SeeMESPiLus. 
CHA-'MjE-MO'LY,/. in botany. See Allium. 
CHAMZEMCVRUS, f. in botany. See Runus. 
CHAM^ENE'RION, f in botany. See Epilobium. 
CHA’MAi-OR'CHIS, f. in botany. See Ophrys. 
CHAMAiPERICLY'MENUM, /. in botany. See 
CORNUS. 
CHAM AiPEU'CE, f. in botanj r . See STjThelina. 
CHAMA 2 PPTYS,/. in botany. See Cressa, Dra- 
cocephalum, Erica, and Teucrium. 
CHAMiERHODODEN'DRON, f. in botany. See 
Azalea and Kalmia. 
’CHAMiERHODODEN'DROS, / in botany. See 
Azalea and Rhododendron. 
CHAMZERFPHES, f in botany. See Chamjerops. 
CHA / MAiROPS,/'. [from a l° w flirub.] 
The Dwarf Palm, or Palmetto; in botany, one of 
the genera of palmai in the Linnaean Appendix, and be¬ 
longing to the clafs polygamia, order dioecia. The ge- 
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