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when they muft be cut down clofe ; and, after having 
cleared the beds from weeds, you Should fpread a little 
fine rich earth ail over them, which will greatly encourage 
the roots againit the Succeeding fpring. See Clinofo- 
DIUM, OCYMUM, SATUREIA, TaNACETUM BALSAMITA. 
MENTFIAS'TRUM. See Mentha and Nepeta. 
MEN'THAUSEN, a town of Germany, in the county 
of Henneberg: three miles fouth-weft of Romhild. 
MENTI'GO, /'. A difeas'e of Sheep. Ajh. 
MEN'TION, J. [lnentio, Lat.] Oral-or written expref- 
fion, or recital of any thing.—Think on me when it Shall 
be weil with thee; and make mention ol me unto Pharaoh. 
Gan. xl. 14.—Curfory or incidental nomination : 
Haply mention may arife 
Of Something not unfeafonable to aSk. Milton. 
To MEN'TION, v. a. To write or exprefs in words or 
writing.—I will mention the loving kindnefies of the Lord, 
and the praifes of the Lord. Ifa. lxiii. 7. 
No more be mention cl then of violence 
Againft ourfelves, and wilful barrennefs. Milton. 
MEN'TIONING, f. Mention; the aft of making 
mention. 
MENTI'TION, f. [from the Lat. mention, to lie.] The 
aft of lying - ; a falsehood. Bailey. 
MENTO'LE, a town on the well coaft of Ceylon : 
eighty miles weft-north-weft of Trincomalee. Lat. 9. 1. N. 
Ion. 80. 3. E. 4 
MENTO'NE, a town of Italy, near the fea : fix miles 
north-eaftof Monaco. 
MEN'TOS, a town of Louifiania, on the Akanfas : 150 
miles fouth-weft of New Madrid. Lat. 35. 27. N. Ion. 92. 
40. W, ' 
MENTZ, or Mayence, (Archbishopric of,J an elefto- 
ral principality of Germany, whofe territories were ex- 
tenfive, but confiderably difperfed. In the proper arch- 
biflropric, exclufive of corn, are alfo fine garden-fruits, 
and breeds of cattle, with an abundance of excellent 
wines; among which, in particular, are to be reckoned 
the Rhenifh wines, which grow in the Rheingau: fome 
good fait is likewife made; here and there too are iron- 
mines. In the Mentz lhare of the Berg-Strafze, is found 
plenty of almonds, chefnuts, and filberts. The lower 
part of the Eichsfeld -yields a fufficient plenty of corn, 
together with large quantities of flax and tobacco; but 
the upper part requires the importation of the firft. The 
principal rivers which water the electorate of Mentz, are 
the Rhine, the Maine, the Jaxt, and the Lahn. In the 
whole of the electoral countries of Mentz, which lie in 
this circle, were forty-one cities, and twenty-one bo¬ 
roughs. The countries lying on the Rhine and the 
Maine, and which ever fince the reformation had always 
been in the power of the eieftor of Mentz, continued in¬ 
variably attached to the Roman-catholic faith. In other 
countries and places, the eleftors introduced the Roman- 
catholic worftiip. In many, however, there are ftillfome 
Proteftant fubjefts; and the Eichsfeld and the territory 
of Erfurt excepted, Jews were alfo tolerated. On the 
Upper Eichsfeld much ferge and linen is made, and on 
the Lower Eichsfeld they apply themfelves with great 
diligence to the cultivation of tobacco and flax. The in¬ 
habitants alfo carry on an important trade in wines. Out 
of the Berg-Stralze too are exported almonds, chefnuts, 
nuts, and nut-tree wood. 
The bifliopric of Mentz was in the eighth century 
raifed to an archbilhopric, which, in 731, obtained its 
full eftablifnment, and was flrlfc administered by St. Boni¬ 
face : by degrees it acquired a considerable increafe in 
its lands. An archbishop of Mentz was elefted to this 
dignity by the chapter. The papal confirmation was very 
expensive: the pallium was dear; and the annalis, which 
each new archbifhop was obliged to pay to the pope, 
amounted to 10,000 florins. This prelate, however, was 
the firft archbishop in Germany, and with the archiepif- 
copal dignity that of the eieftor was inseparably con- 
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nefted; nay, he was the firft among all the Spiritual and 
Secular eleftors. At what time this eieftor affumed to 
himfelf peculiarly and alone the arch-chancellor’s office 
is uncertain ; but this dignity was confirmed to him by 
the emperor Adolphus, in the year 1292 ; by the emperor 
Albrecht I. in the year 1298 ; and by the emperor Louis 
IV. in the year 1314. He alfo nominated the vice-chan¬ 
cellor oS the empire, and held at the imperial court a 
proper chancery. At the affemblies of the emperors and 
States of the empire, the eieftor of Mentz appeared not 
only every-w'here as the firft State of-the empire, and next 
after the Roman emperor and king, but alfo wholly re¬ 
gulated all consultations relating thereto. With refpeft 
to the fupreme judicatory of the empire, the eieftor of 
Mentz had great prerogatives : at the imperial aulic coun¬ 
cil, the vice-chancellor of the empire, nominated by him, 
followed immediately after the imperial president. He 
had alfo the nomination of all the Secretaries: the impe¬ 
rial aulic chancery too, which was appointed by him, ex¬ 
pedited all matters of which cognizance had been taken: 
he likewife collefted and had the direftion of the money 
received for all and feveral the difpatches; kept the afts, 
and visited the imperial aulic council: the emperor’s no¬ 
mination of a chamber-judge was n rifled to the eieftor 
of Mentz, and by him to' the chamber-court. The afleS- 
fors of the eieftor of Mentz were •poffefled of the first 
place among all of their order. The chancery too of the 
chamber-court was appointed, regulated, See. by the elec¬ 
tor of Mentz alone. The arch-high chapter of Mentz 
confifted of twenty-four perfons; namely, of five prelates 
and nineteen capitulars. The former had the privilege 
of wearing a mitre; the latter, indeed, need not be priefts, 
but notwithstanding were generally Such. A capitular 
was always vicar-general to the archbifhop in Spiritual 
matters. The vacant capitular places were filled up out 
of the domicelli. It was neceffary that thefe Should not 
only be Germans, but alfo born in the Rhenifh province* 
and produce Six noble ancestors, confirmed by oath. The 
archbishopric of Mentz, as well as the reft of the bishop¬ 
rics and archbishoprics here, was fubjeft to the fee of 
Rome. The province belonging to it formerly extended 
over the greateft part of Germany; but by degrees Mo¬ 
ravia, Magdeburgh, Bamberg, Prague, Verden, and Hal- 
berftadt, had withdrawn themfelves: the bishoprics which 
laft remained under its juriSdiftion were thofe of Worms, 
Spire, StraSburgh, Conftance, AugSburg, Coire, Wurzburg, 
Aichftadt, Paderborn, Hildefheim, and Fulda. The elec¬ 
toral revenues were estimated at about 1,200,000 florins. 
Mentz and its territory, by the Convention of Frank¬ 
fort, July 1816, are ceded to the eieftor of Hefle, who 
now takes the title of Grand Duke of Hefle and of the 
Upper Rhine. 
MENTZ, or Mayence, capital of the above territory, 
fituated at the conflux of the Rhine and Maine; called 
in Latin Moguntium. It was built by Drufus, brother of 
Tiberius. The city is large and populous, but conSifts 
for the moft part of narrow Streets, and old-faShioned 
houfes ; there are, however, fome fine buildings, as alfo 
a confiderable palace. The cathedral is a lofty vaulted 
building, which, in the year 1755, was ornamented anew, 
and furnished with windows: it contains fome good mo¬ 
numents of the archbilhops and canons. Mentz con¬ 
tained befides feven parish-churches. Six monasteries, and 
five nunneries, with a charter-houfe, and two other nun¬ 
neries near the city; as alfo fix holpitais, among which is 
that of St. Rochus, containing a printing-houfe, toge¬ 
ther with manufaftures of ltockings and fluffs, which are 
the principal things in it, and a corredtion-houfe. The 
univerfity was founded by Charlemagne, in 800; and 
established in 1482, by the archbishop Diether, of the 
houle of Ifenburg. Several councils have been held here. 
The emperor Alexander Severus, together with his mo¬ 
ther Mammea, was killed in this city by the treachery of 
Maximinus. In the middle of the fifth century it was 
ruined by Attila king of the Huns, and reftored by Da- 
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