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Chronicle of the Holy Land ; and it is fo much the more 
valuable, as he was an eye-witnels of the fails he relates. 
He was at Jerufalem, and was wounded there, during the 
fiege of that city by Saladin. It is faid that he died in 
This Chronicle was publifhed in 1729, by the fa¬ 
thers Martenne and Durand, in_ the fifth-volume of the 
Ainplifiima collectio veterum Scriptorum et Monumen- 
tornm,-&c. In this volume are likewile two other works 
of the fame author, the firft intituled Chroniion Angli- 
tanum ab anno 1066 ad annum 12005 and the lecond, 
Libelius de motibus Anglicanis fub Johanne rege. 
COG'GIA, or Gocia, a town of the ifland of Cor- 
fica : fix miles fouth of Vico. 
COG'GLE, f. A fmall fiflting-boat, ufed upon the 
coafts of Yorkfhire; and cogs, (cogones,) are a kind of 
little flips or vefiels tiled in the rivers Oufe and Humber, 
mentioned in flat. 23 Henry VIII. c. 18. 
COG'GLESTONE, f. [cuogolo, Ital.] A little ftone; 
a fmall pebble. Skinner. 
CG'GITABLE, adj. [from cogito, Lat.] That which 
may be thought on ; vtdiat may be the lubjeit of thought. 
To CO'GITATE, v. n. [cogito, Lat.] To think. 
COGITA'TION, f. [cogitatio, Lat.] Thought 5 the act 
of thinking.—A piiture puts me in mind of a friend: the 
intention of the mind, in feeing, is carried to the object 
reprefented ; which is no more than fimple cogitation , or 
apprehenlion of the perlon. Siillingfleet —Purpofe ; re¬ 
flection previous to action.—The king, perceiving that 
his.defires were intemperate, and his cogitations vail and 
irregular, began not to brook him. Bacon.-* -Meditation 5 
contemplation 5 mental [peculation : 
On fome great charge employ’d 
He feem’d, or fixt in cogitation deep. Milton. 
CO'GITATIVE, adj. [from cogito, Lat.] Having the 
power of thought and reflection.—If thefe powers of co¬ 
gitation and ienlation are neither inherent in matter, nor 
acquirable to matter, they proceed from fome cogitative 
fubltance, which we call ipirit and foul. Bentley, —Given 
to thought and deep meditation.—The earl had the cloler 
and more referved countenance, being by nature more 
cogitative. Wotton. 
COGLIA'NO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Principato Citra: thirteen miles 
north-north-weft of Cangiano. 
CO'GNAC, a town of France, and principal place of 
a diftriCt, in the department of the Charente, celebrated 
for its wine and brandy, which conftitute its principal 
articles of commerce. The number of inhabitants is 
about 5000. It is feven leagues weft of Angouleime, and 
four and a half eait of Saintes. Lat. 45,42. N. Ion. 17. 18. 
E. Ferro. 
CO'GNAC, a town of France, in the department of 
the Upper Vienne: twenty miles fouth-eaft of Confolent. 
COG'NATE, or Cognative, adj. [ cognatus , Lat.] 
Relative 5 relating to the fame thing. 
COGNA'TI,/. [Lat.] Relations by the mother.—The 
agnati, or relations by the father, were preferred to the 
cognati, or relations by the mother. Blackjlc'ne. 
COGNA'TION, f. [cognatio, Lat.] Kindred; defcent 
from the fame original—Two vices I fhall mention, as 
being of near cognation to ingratitude ; pride, and liard- 
heartednefs, or want of compaffion. South. —Relation; 
participation of the fame nature.—He induceth us to 
afcribe effeils untocaules of no cognation. Brovjn. 
COG'NE, a vale of Piedmont, to which the title of 
county is annexed, belonging to the bifltop of Aofta; it 
takes its name from a fmall river which waters it. The 
mountains which furround it are rich in mines of iron 
and copper; it contains thirteen villages, of which Cogne 
is the principal: fituated fix miles fouth from Aofta. 
COG'NI, or Konich, a town of Afiatic Turkey, the 
capital of Caratnania, and the ordinary reiidence of a 
beglerbeg, fituated in a beautiful and fertile country. It 
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is very large, and the walls are fupported by 108 fquare 
to vers, forty paces diftant from each other: there are 
two large rauxbourgs, into one of which the caravans 
and itrangers retire. All the inhabitants are Turks j' 
Armenians, Jews, and others, who come hither to trade, 
lodge in the kans, where they are fupplied with every thing- 
they want. It is the fee of a Greek archbilhop : 260 miles 
fouth-eaft of Conltanfinople. Lat. 38. 13. N. Ion. 50.45. 
E. Greenwich. 
CO'GNISABLE, adj. [connoifjable, Fr.J That falls un¬ 
der judicial notice. Liable to be tried, judged, or exa¬ 
mined.—Some are merely pf ecclefiaftkal cognifance ; 
others of a mixed nature, fuch as are cognifable both in 
the ecclefialtical and fecular courts. Ayliffe. 
CO'GNISANCE,/. [ connoiffance , Fr.] Judicial notice;, 
trial; judicial authority.—It is worth while, however, to 
confider how we may difcountenance and prevent thole 
evils which the law can take no cognifance of. L'Ef range. 
—A badge, by which watermen, ticket porters, or any 
fuch perlons are known.—Thefe were the proper cogni- 
fances and coat-arms of the tribes. Bro-um. 
CO'GNISANCE, in law, is ufed diverlely, lometimes 
for an acknowledgment of a fine. In replevin, cognifance 
is the anfwer given by a defendant, who has ailed as bai¬ 
liff, See. to another, in making a diftrefs. But the molt 
ulual fenfe in which this term is now ufed, is relative to 
the claim of cognifance of pleas. This is a privilege granted 
by the king to a city or town, to hold plea of all con¬ 
trails, &c. within the liberty of the franchife; and when 
any man is impleaded for fuch matters in the courts of 
Weftminfter, the mayor, &c. of fuch franchife may afic 
cognifance of the plea, and demand that it fhall be deter¬ 
mined before them : but if the courts at Weftminfter are 
poflefled of the.plea before cognifance be demanded, it is 
then too late. 9 Hen. IV. c. 5. 8 Hen. VI. c. 26. Cogni¬ 
fance of pleas extends not to aflizes ; and when granted, 
the original fhall noc be removed: it lies notin a quare 
impedit , for they cannot write to the bifhop, nor of a plea 
out of the county-court, which cannot award a refum- 
mons. Jenk. Cent. 31, 34. This cognifance fhall be de¬ 
manded the firft day ; and if the demandant in a plea of 
land counterpleads the franchile, and the tenant joins 
with the claim of the franchife, and it is found againft 
the franchife, the demandant fhall recover the land ; but 
if it be found againft tire demandant, the writ fhall abate. 
There are three forts of inferior jurifdiilions, one where¬ 
of is tenere placita, and this is the loweft fort; for it is 
only a concurrent juiildiition, and the party may fue 
there, or in the king’s courts, if he will. The fecond is 
conufance of pleas, and by this a right is vefted in the lord 
of the franchife to hold the plea, and he is the only per- 
fon who can take advantage of it. The third fort is an 
exempt jurfdidion, as where the king grants to a great 
city, that the inhabitants thereof fhall be fued within 
their city, and not elfevvhere ; this grant may be pleaded 
to the jurifdiifion of the court of king’s-bench, if there 
be a court within that city which can hold plea of the 
caufe, and nobody can take advantage of this privilege 
but a defendant; for if he will bring certiorari, that will 
remove the caufe, but he may wave it if he will, fo that 
the privilege is only for his benefit. 3 Salk. 79, 80. 
Henry VIII. by letters patent of the fourteenth of his 
reign, and confirmed by parliament, granted to the uni- 
verfity of Oxford conufance of pleas, in which a fchoiar 
or fervant of a college fliould be party, it a quod jujliciarii 
de utroque banco fe non intromittant. A11 attorney of the 
court of king’s-bench fued a fchoiar in that court for 
battery. By the court, this general grant does not ex¬ 
tend to take away the fpecial privilege of any court with¬ 
out fpecial words. Lit. Rep. 304. If a fchoiar of Oxford 
or Cambridge be fued in chancery for a fpecial perform¬ 
ance of a contrail to leafe lands in Middlefex, the uni- 
verfity fhall not have conufance, becaufe they cannot fe- 
quefter the lands. Gilb, Hijl, o/C. P, 194. Conufance was 
granted 
