6$5 MON MON 
MON'EY-BAG, f. A large purfe.—My place was taken 
up by an ill-bred puppy, with a money-bag under each arm. 
AdiliJ'on's Guardian. 
Look to my houfe ; I am right loth to go; 
There is fome ill a-brewing towards my reft. 
For I did dream of money-bags to-night. Shakefpearc. 
MON'EY-BILL, f. in parliamentary language, an aft by 
which money is directed to be raifed upon the fubjedt, for 
any purpofe or in any fhape whatfoever; either for the 
exigencies of government, and colledted from the king¬ 
dom in general, as the land-tax ; or for private benefit, 
and collected in any particular diftridt, as by turnpikes, 
parilh-rates, and the like. With refpedt to thefe bills, the 
commons are fo reafonably jealous of their privilege of 
framing new taxes for the fubjedt, that they will not fuf- 
fer the other houfe to exert any other power but that of 
rejeffing: they will not permit the leaft alteration or 
amendment to be made by the lords to the mode of tax¬ 
ing the people by bills of this nature. 
MON'EY-BOX, f. A till; repofitory of ready coin. 
MON'EY-BROKER, f. A money-changer or money- 
fcrivener: 
They enquire, 
Like money-broilers, after names. B. Jonfon. 
MON'EY-CHANGER, f. A broker in money.—The 
ufurers or money-changers being a fcandalous employment 
at Rome, is a reafon for the high rate of intereft. Arbuthnot. 
MON'EY-JOBBER, f. A dealer in money.—Thefe 
huckfters, or money-jobbers, will be found neceffary, if 
this brafs money is made current in the exchequer. Swift. 
MON'EY-LENDER, f. One who lends money to 
others ; one who raifes money for others.—In all the cor¬ 
porations, all the open boroughs, indeed in every diftridt 
of the kingdom, there is fome leading man, fome agitator, 
fome wealthy merchant, or conflderable manufadturer, 
fome active attorney, fome popular preacher, fome money¬ 
lender, &c. who is followed by the whole flock. Burke on 
the Durat. of Parliaments. 
MON'EY-MATTER, f Account of debtor and cre¬ 
ditor.—What if you and I, Nick, Ihould enquire how 
money-matters ftand between us ? Arbuthnot's John Bull. 
MON'EY-SCRIVENER, f. One who raifes money for 
others. — Suppofe a young unexperienced man in the 
hands of money-J'criveners; fuch fellows are like your wire¬ 
drawing-mills, if they get hold of a man’s Anger, they 
■will puli in his whole body at lad. Arbuthnot's John Bull. 
MON'EY-SPINNER, f. A fmall fpider, vulgarly fo 
called ; and fancifully held to prognofticate the receipt of 
money, or good luck, to thofe on whom they are feen to 
crawl. 
MON'EY-WORT, f. in botany. See Anagallis, 
Lysimachia, and Sibthorpia. 
MONEY’s-WOR'TH, f Something valuable ; fome- 
thing that will bring money.—There is either money or 
money's-worth in all the controverfles of life ; for we live 
in a mercenary world, and it is the price of all things in 
it. L'Ejlrange. 
MON'EYED, adj. Rich in money; often ufed in op- 
pofltion to thofe who are poflefied of iands.—Invite mo¬ 
neyed men to lend to the merchants, for the continuing 
and quickening of trade. Bacon's JEjfays. —If exportation 
will not balance importation, away muft your fllver go 
again, whether moneyed or not moneyed; for, where goods 
do not, fdver muft pay for the commodities you fpend. 
Locke. —With thefe meafures fell in all monied men ; fuch 
as had raifed vaft fums by trading with ftocks and funds, 
and lending upon great intereft. Swift. 
MON'EYER, f [ monnoyeur, Fr. from money.'] One 
that deals in money; a banker,—A coiner of money.— 
Impairment in allay can only happen, either by the dif- 
lionefty of the moneyers or minters, or by counterfeiting 
the coin. Hide's P.C. c. 18.—An officer of the mint.— 
The moneyers are thole who really coin the money, under 
the. direction of a provoft. 
MONEYGA'LL, a poft-town of Ireland, in the King”* 
county : flxty-r.ine miles fouth-weft of Dublin, and ten 
fouth-weft from Rolcrea. 
MON'EYLESS, adj. Wanting money; pennylefs.—The 
ftrong expectation of a good certain falary will outweigh 
the lofs by bad rents received out of lands in moneylefs 
times. Swift. 
MONEYMO'RE, a town of Ireland, in the county of 
Derry : twenty-five miles fouth-eaft of Londonderry. 
MONFAL'CO, a town of Spain, in Catalonia: flve miles 
north-eaft of Cervera. 
MONFALCO'NE, a town of Italy, and capital of a 
fmall principality of the fame name, on the coaft of the 
Adriatic, which fell under the power of Venice in the year 
1420, and with that ftate was ceded to Auftria. The town 
contains about 1200 fouls; and the whole territory com¬ 
prehends twenty villages, and about 4600 inhabitants. 
It is twenty-one ndies fouth-eaft of Udina, and fifteen 
north-weft of Triefte. Lat.45. 55. N. Ion. 13. 30. E. 
MON'FALOUT. See Manfalout, vol. xiv. 
MONFAU'CON, a town of France, in the department 
of the Lot : feven miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Gourdon, and 
fixteen north-north-eaft of Cahors. 
MONFER'RAN, a town of France, in the department 
of the Gers: fixteen miles &aft of Auch, and four weft of 
l’lfle en jourdain. 
MONFER'RAND, a town France, in the department 
of the Dordogne : Ax miles fouth-weft of Belvez. 
MON'FIA, an iffand in the Indian Sea, near the coaft 
of Africa, governed by a king tributary to the Portuguefe 3 
about eighty miles in circumference. Lat. 7. 30. S. 
MONFLANQUIN', a town of France, and principal 
.place of a diftridt, in the department of the Lot and Ga¬ 
ronne : nineteen miles north of Agen, and twenty-four 
eaft of Marmande. Lat. 44. 32. N. lon.o. 51. E. 
MONFORMO'SO, a town of France,in the department 
of the Sefta: eight miles north-north-weft of Vercelli, 
and ten north-eaft of St. Ja. 
MON'FORT-L’AMAU'RY, a town of France, in the 
department of the Seine and Oife, and chief place of a 
canton, in the diftridt of Verfailles. The place contains 
2400, and the canton 15,809, inhabitants, on a territory 
of 212-t kiliometres, in 28 communes. 
MONFO'RT, or Montfor'tb, a town of Portugal, in 
the province of Tras os Montes: Ax miles eaft of Chaves, 
and thirty-three weft of Braganga. 
MONFO'RTE, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Alentej.o : feven miles weft-fouth-weft of Aronches, and 
twelve fouth of Portalegre. Lat. 38. 56. N. Ion. 7. 12. W. 
MONFO'RTE, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Beira : feven miles north-weft of Rofmarilhal, and Afteen 
fouth-eaft of Caftel Branco. Lat. 39. 38. N. Ion. 6. 58. W. 
MONFO'RTE, a town of Sicily, in the Valley of De- 
mona : ten miles weft-fouth-weft of Meflina. 
MONFOR'TE, a town of Piedmont, in the department 
of the Stura : Ax miles fouth-eaft of Cherafco. 
MONFOR'TE, a town of Spain, in the province of Va¬ 
lencia: thirteen miles weft-north-weft of Alicant. 
MONFOR'TE de LA'MOS, a town of Spain, in Ga¬ 
licia : Afteen miles north-north-eaft of Orenfe. 
MONFORTIN'HO, a town of Portugal, in the pro¬ 
vince of Beira, on the borders of Spain: ten miles eaft 
of Idanha a Velha, and three fouth-eaft of Penha-garcia. 
MONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in Ho¬ 
nan : Afteen miles fouth-fouth-weft of Hoai-king. 
MONG'-CORN, f. [mang, Sax. mingled, and corn .J 
Mixed corn: as wheat and rye; mifcellane, or maflin. 
MONG-HO'A, or Mung-hoa, a city of China, of the 
flrft rank, in the province of Yun-nan, furrounded with 
high mountains ; abounding with the animals which yield 
mufk. It is 1217 miles fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 25. 
18. N. Ion. 100. 4. Eaft. 
MONG-TCHING', a town of China, of the third 
rank, in Kiang-nan; thirty-two miles loutli-fouth-weft 
of Sieou-tcheou. 
MONG- 
