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principal towns in Italy, praftifing in his profeffion, and 
alfo probably making advantage of his claffical talents, 
fince Ghilini mentions that at Naples he explained the 
poems of Pindar. He fettled finally at Padua, where, in 
1539, he was elected profefl'or of the practice of medicine : 
four years afterwards he was placed in the theoretical 
chair; and for fome time he was alfo profefl'or of anatomy. 
His llipend was augmented with the increafe of his repu¬ 
tation, which at length furpafl'ed that of any Italian phy- 
fician of his time, and he had many difciples, who after¬ 
wards attained eminence. Charles V. Francis I. and the 
duke of Tufcany, attempted, by liberal offers, to attraft 
him to their courts ; but he was fatisfied with his prefent 
fituation. He fuffered feverely from calculous complaints, 
which induced him to retire to his eftate at Terazzo in 
the Veronefe territory, where he died in 1551. Monte 
was highly praifed by his cotemporaries,.and left a name 
which was long famous in the Italian fchools. He was 
the author of a great number of works, which are almoft 
all commentaries upon the ancients, or illuftrations of 
their theories, and have ceafed to be valued fince their 
authority declined. He tranflated into Latin the works 
of Aetius, w'hich he publiflied at the requeft of cardinal 
Ippolito de’ Medici. The marquis Maffei has prelerved 
a tranflation which he made in Latin verfe of the poem 
of Mufeus ; and adds, that he tranflated the Argonautics 
attributed to Orpheus, and Lucian’s Tragopodagra. He 
was likewife a great colle&or of medals. Tirabofchi. Hal - 
leri Bill. Med. 
MON'TE (Guidubalde, Marquis del), a Venetian no¬ 
bleman, and able mathematician in the fixteenth century, 
the dates of whole birth and death are unknown; and 
concerning whofe perfonal hiftory we have no other in¬ 
formation, than that he fpent moft of his life in retire¬ 
ment, paflionately devoted to ablfrufe and difficult ma¬ 
thematical ftudies. It is certain that he was living in 
1600, fince his Treatife on Perlpebfive, publifhed in that 
year, was edited by himfelf; but that he was dead in 
1608, appears from an edition of his Aftronomical Pro¬ 
blems, publiflied under the infpedtion of his fon, who 
dedicated it to the doge Leonard Donati. The Treatife 
on Perfpeftive is the firft, according to Montucla, in 
which that lcience was completely eftablifhed upon ma¬ 
thematical demonftrations. The marquis del Monte alfo 
publiflied a Theory of Planifpheres, and drew up A Re¬ 
formed Calendar. To his lkill as an aftronomer, his 
problems above-mentioned bear fufficient teflimony. He 
likewife directed his attention to the fludy of ftatics and 
mechanics; and, in publications that appeared in 1577, 
corrected the errors of his predecefiors relative to the in¬ 
clination of the balance, and threw new light on the 
fcience of ftatics. in general, by eftablifhing it upon cer¬ 
tain principles. Befides what has been already mentioned, 
he wrote commentaries upon the two treatifes of Archi¬ 
medes, On Equiponderants, or centres of gravity, and 
On the Cochleon, or fcrew-pump for drawing of w’ater. 
Such were the occupations and labours of this learned 
nobleman. Landi's Hijl. de la Lit. de iItalic, vol. iv. 
MON'TE (II), a town of the ifland of Corflca: eigh¬ 
teen miles fouth of Baftia. 
MONTE ACU'TO, a town of Sardinia : forty miles 
eaft-north-eaft of Alghieri. 
MONTE ACU'TO, a towm of Italy, in the duchy of 
Urbino : fifteen miles north-weft of Urbino. 
MONTE AGNO'NE, a town of Naples, in Principato 
Citra : nine miles nordi-eaft of Salerno. 
MONTE ALBA'NO, a town of Naples, in the pro¬ 
vince of Otranto: fix miles weft of Oftuni. 
MONTE ALBA'NO, a town of Naples, in Bafllicata: 
four miles north-north-eaft of Turli. 
MONTE ALBA'NO, a town of Sicily, in the valley 
of Demona: feventeen miles fouth-weft of Melazzo. 
MONTE ALCl'NO, a town of Etruria, anciently 
called Mans Alcinoi, the fee of a bifliop, fuffragan of 
Sienna. In the environs is produced the moft excellent 
wine of Italy, called Mufcatello di Monte Alcino. It is 
fifteen miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Sienna. 
MONTE ALFON'SO, a fortrefs of Italy, in the de¬ 
partment of the Panaro, near Carfagnano. 
MONTE ALMA'YA, a town of Etruria: nine miles 
north of Florence. 
MONTE AL'TO, a town of Italy, in the marquifate 
of Ancona; the fee of a bifliop, fuffragan of Fermo: ten 
miles north of Afcoli. 
MONTE ALVERI'NO, a mountain of Etruria, near 
the fource of the Tiber, celebrated for a convent which 
is a fanftuary: fourteen miles from Florence. 
MONTE ANSIDIA'NO, a mountain of Portugal, in 
Eftramadura, near Coimbra. 
MONTE APER'TO, a town of Naples, in Principato 
Ultra: nine miles fouth of Benevento. 
MONTE ARAGO'N, a town of Spain, in Aragon: 
four miles nortli-eaft of Huefca. 
MONTE BAL'DO, a mountain of Italy, confifting of 
fharp rocks, between the river Adige and lake Garda; 
feparating the Veronefe from the Trentin. 
MONTE BARBA'RO, a mountain of Naples, on the 
fea coaft, near Puzzoli. 
MONTE B ARO'NE, a town of Naples, in Capitanata: 
thirteen miles fouth-fouth-w r eft of Vielte. 
MONTE BEL'LO, a town of Naples, in Calabria Ul¬ 
tra : ten miles fouth of Reggio. 
MONTE BEL'LO, a town of Naples, in Abruzzo Ci¬ 
tra : twenty miles foutli-eaft of Lanciano. 
MONTE BEL'LO, a town of Naples, in Abruzzo Ul¬ 
tra: fifteen miles eaft-north-eaft of Aquila. 
MONTE BEL'LO, a town of Italy, in the Vicentin: 
thirteen miles fouth-weft of Vicenza. 
MONTE BRANDO'NE, a town of Italy, in the mar¬ 
quifate of Ancona : fifteen miles eaft-north-eaft of Afcoli. 
MONTE BRAU'LIO, a mountain oftheRhetian Alps, 
between the Grifons and the Tyrolefe: ten miles north 
of Bormio. 
MONTE BRU'NO, a town of the Ligurian Republic: 
fifteen miles n 5 rth-eaft of Genoa. 
MONTE de BUAR'COS. SeeCAFE MoNDEGO,vol.iii. 
MONTE del BUCHQ'N, a cape on the weft coaft of 
North America. Lat. 35.19. N. Ion. 239. 29. E. 
MONTE CAL'VO, a town of Italy, in the duchy of 
Urbino: four miles north of Urbino. 
MONTE CAL'VO, a town of Naples, in Principato 
Ultra: ten miles eaft-north-eaft of Benevento. 
MONTE CAM'PELO, a town of Spain, in Galicia: 
feven miles north of Ferro!. 
MONTE CAR'LO, a town of Etruria: twenty-four 
miles weft-north-weft of Florence. 
MONTE CAROT'TO, a town of Italy, in the mar¬ 
quifate of Ancona : eight miles weft of Jefi. 
MONTE dell’ CASA'LE, a town of Naples, in Ba- 
filicata : eleven miles north-weft of Turfi. 
MONTE CASI'NO, a town of Naples, in Lavora, fitu- 
ated on a mountain fo called; with a celebrated abbey, 
where Benedidl, the patriarch of the weftern monks, 
founded this order. This monaftery became fo eminent, 
that feveral princes left their crowns to fpend their latter 
days here. It is thirteen miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Sora. 
MONTE CATI'NO, a town of Etruria: four miles 
weft-fouth-weft of Volterra. 
MONTE CEC'CE, a town of Naples, in the county of 
Moliie: twenty miles uorth-eaft of Molile. 
MONTE CENAGNO'NE, or Cerogno'ne, a moun¬ 
tain of Italy, in the duchy of Urbino: five miles from 
St. Leo. 
MONTE CHIA'RO, a town of Italy, with 5600 inha¬ 
bitants: ten miles fouth-eaft of Brefcia, on the road to 
Milan. 
MONTE CHIA'RO, a town of Italy, in the duchy of 
Piacenza : thirteen miles fouth-weft of Piacenza. 
MONTE 
