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ILLUS'TRIOUSNESS,/ [from illv/irtous.]. Eminence 5 
nobility ; grandeur. 
ILLUX'TA, a town of the duchy of Courland: thirty- 
two miles fouth-eaft of Seelburg. 
ILLYR'IA, Il'lyris, opIllyr'icum, in ancient geo¬ 
graphy, a country bordering on the Adriatic fea, oppofite 
Italy, whofe boundaries have been different at different 
times. It became a Roman province after Gentius its 
king had been conquered by the praetor Anicius; and in 
modern times it has formed part of Croatia, Bofnia, and 
Sclavonia. See the article Geography, vol.viii. p. 375. 
ILLYR'IAN PROVINCES. The provinces hitherto 
called Maritime Auftria, and before that Venetian terri¬ 
tory, but which were ceded to Bonaparte by the treaty of 
Vienna, have acquired this name by a decree dated at 
Schoenbrunn, Oftober 14, 1809, the very day on which 
the treaty of Vienna was figned. “ Napoleon, by the 
grace of God and the Conftitution, Emperor of tl^e 
French, King of Italy, and Prote&orof the Confederation 
of the Rhine ; we have decreed, and do decree, as fol¬ 
lows : The circle of Viilach, Carniola, the Provinces of 
Iftria formerly Auftrian, the Provinces of Fiume and 
Triefte, the countries known by the name of the Litto- 
rale, the part of Croatia, and all that has been ceded to 
us on the right bank of the Save, Dalmatia, and its iflands, 
lhall hereafter bear the name of the Illyrian Provinces.” 
ILLYR'IUS, a fon of Cadmus and Hermione, from 
whom Illyricum received its name. Apollodorus. 
ILLYR'IUS (Matthias, Flaccus, or Francowitz), one 
of the moft learned divines of the Auglburgh confellion, 
born in Iftria, anciently called Illyrica, in 1520. He is 
laid to have been a man of vaft genius, extenfive learn¬ 
ing, of great zeal againft popery ; but of fuch a reftlefs 
and paflionate temper, as overbalanced all his good quali¬ 
ties, and occafioned much dilturbance in the proteftant 
church. He published a great number of books; and died 
in 1575. 
ILM, or Stadt-Ilm, a town of Germany, in Upper. 
Saxony, and county of Schwartzburg Rudolftadt: twelve 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Rudolftadt, and fourteen fouth 
of Erfurt. Lat. 50. 37. N. Ion. 28.46. E. Ferro. 
IL'ME, a river of Germany, in Lower Saxony, which 
runs into the Leine two nailes fouth-eaft of Einbeck, in 
the principality of Grubenhagen. 
IL'MEN, a lake of Ruflia, in the government of Nov¬ 
gorod, about forty-eight miles long, and twelve to eigh¬ 
teen wide : Novgorod is lituated near it. 
IL'MEN^ or El me, a river which runs into the Alle 
near Allenburg in Pruflia. 
IL'MEN KIA'MEN, a poll of Chinefe Tartary. Lat. 
43.40.N. Ion. 143. 26. E. Ferro. 
IL'MENAU, or Elmenau, a river of Germany, which 
rifes about ten miles fouth from Oldenftadt, in the prin¬ 
cipality of Luneburg Zell, pafles by Oldenftadt, Lune- 
burg, &c. and runs into the Elbe two miles north-weft 
from Winfen. 
IL'MENAU, a town of Germany, in Franconia, and 
county of Henneberg, on the fide of the Elbe: near it are 
fome mines of filver and copper : ten miles eaft of Schmal- 
kalden. 
IL'MENT, a river of Perfia, in the province of Mec- 
ran, which runs into the fea two miles weft of Aruba. 
IL'MINSTER, a town of England, in the county of 
Somerfet, lituated near the river lie, at the interfeftion of 
two great roads, the one from London to Taunton, and 
the other from Bridal to Exeter, through Axminfter and 
Honiton. The fituation is pleaiant, and lurrounded by 
orchards. Some neighbouring eminences command very 
extenfive profpects over great part of this county, and 
part of Dorfet and Devon. The town comprifes about 
three hundred lioufes, which contain fourteen hundred 
inhabitants. Its manufacture is chiefly narrow cloth, of 
which about one thoufand pieces are annually made. A 
bandfdme modern market-houfe and ftfambles ftand in 
the middle of the town, The market is on Saturdays 5 
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and a fair is held on the laft Wednefday in Auguft, for 
cattle, horfes, and pedlary-wares. 
Plere is a veiy handfome church, with a quadrangular 
glazed tower. This church, with the manor, was, by Ina 
king of the weft Saxons, given to the abbey of Muchel- 
ney in this county, and continued as part of the pofief- 
fions of that abbey until the fupprefllon of religious houfes- 
in the time of Henry VIII. This king, by his letters pa¬ 
tent, granted the fame to Edward earl of Hertford; but, 
on the attainder of that nobleman in 1551, it. reverted to- 
the crown ; however, queen Elizabeth reftored it to the 
Seymour family in the next generation, with whom it 
continued till 1684, when it was fold in parcels to fir 
Thomas Travel and Edward Rider, efq. In the begin¬ 
ning of the laft century the proprietors fold it to the 
Speke family, of Whitelackington, with whom it con¬ 
tinued until 1756; when, by marriage, it came into the 
pofieflion of the Guildford family, and continued with- 
them until the year 1793, when the earl of Guildford 
fold the fame (with other manors) to John Hanning, efq.. 
of Barrington Court, in the county of Somerfet. In this 
church were buried Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, the 
founders of the college in Oxford which bears their name,, 
to whofe memory a handfome monument of Corinthian 
architefture was erefted in the beginning of the laft cen¬ 
tury, and which is ftill kept in good prefervation. In 
the reign of Richard I. it was made a prebend. JCing 
Edward VI. founded a free grammar-fchool here, the re¬ 
venues of which, from a very finall beginning, now admit’ 
a falary of 40I. per ann. and a houfe, to the niafter; be- 
fides 20I. a-year, and a houfe, to a writing-mafter; and 
5I. a-year to a reading-miftrefs ; leaving alfo a furplufage, 
to be applied to divers other purpofes, aS particularly fpeci- 
fied in the grant. Ilminfter is diftant from Taunton twelve 
miles, Chard five, Crewkerne feven and a half, Yeovil four¬ 
teen, South Petherton fix, Lamport ten, and London 137. 
ILOC'COS, a province of the ifland ofLugon. 
ILOV'LA, a finall river of Ruffian Tartary, in the 
country of the Cofacs, which runs into the Don at fort 
Donlkaia. 
IL'SENBURG, a town of Germany, in Upper Saxony, 
and county of Wernigerode: four miles weft of Werni- 
gerode. 
IL'SLEY, or East IL3LEY, a town of'England, in the 
county of Berks, with a weekly market on Wednefday : 
fourteen miles weft of Reading, and fifty-three weft of 
London. 
IL'SNA, a river of Poland, which runs into the Bog- 
eight miles north of Brzeik. 
ILST, or Ylst, a town of the ftate of Friefland, de¬ 
fended by a ditch filled with the waters of the river Wey- 
mer : twelve miles north-eaft of Staveren, and five fouth- 
eaft of Bolfwaert. 
IL'SLORP, a town of Sweden, in the province of Weft 
Gothland: twenty-feven miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Gothe- 
borg. 
IL'TEN, a town of Germany, in Lower Saxony, and 
principality of Luneburg: fixteen miles fouth-fouth-weft 
of Zell. 
ILTZ, a river of Germany, which rifes north-weft of 
Bifchofttorff, in Stiria, and runs into the river Feiftritz 
three miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Kalftorff. 
IL'TZHOFEN, a town of Germany, in Swabia, in the 
territory of Hall: eight miles north-eaft of Flail. 
I'LU-MUL'LU, f. in botany. See Spinifex. 
IL'UA, now Elba, an ifland in the Tyrrhene fea, cele¬ 
brated for its iron-mines. The people were called Iluates. 
ILU'A, a finall ifland in the Mediterranean, near the 
north coaft of the ifland of Sardinia. 
ILUCHA'NO, a town of Ruflia, in the government of 
Upha : thirty-two miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Menzelinlk. 
I'LUS, the fourth king of Troy, was fon of Tros by 
Callirhoe. He married Eurydice the daughter of Adraf- 
tus, by whom he had Themis, who married Capys, and 
Laomedon the father of Priam. He built, or rather em- 
bellifned. 
