.106 M A G 
And, that thou mayeft be fenfible what kind of people the 
Scythians are, know, that we received front heaven, as a 
rich prefent, a yoke of oxen, a ploughthare, an arrow, a 
javelin, and a cup. Thefe we make ufe of, both with 
our friends and againft our enemies. To our friends we 
give corn, which we procure by the labour of our oxen ; 
with them we offer wine to the gods in our cup ; and with 
regard to our enemies, we combat them at a dilfance with 
our arrows, and near at hand with our javelins. But thou, 
who boafteft thy coming to extirpate robbers, thou thyfelf 
art the greateft robber upon earth. Thou haft plundered 
ail the nations thou overcame!!: ; thou haft poffeffed thyfelf 
of Lydia, invaded Syria, Perfia, and Badfriana ; thou art 
forming a de'fign to march as far as India ; and now thou 
comeft hither to feize upon our herds of cattle. The 
great poffefllons thou haft, only make thee covet more ea¬ 
gerly what thou haft not. If thou art a god, thou oughteft 
to do good to mortals, and not deprive them of their poG. 
feilions. If thou art a mere man, reflect always on what 
thou art. They whom thou flialt not moleft will be thy 
true friends, the Pronged friend (hips being contradled 
between equals ; and they are elteemed equals who have 
not tried their ftrength againft each other; but do not 
imagine that tbofe whom thou conquered can love thee.” 
That Alexander himfelf was not dellitute of magnani¬ 
mity, he gave many proofs ; of which his behaviour to 
the female part of Darids’s family, and to Porus, are - the 
moft remarkable. See the article Greece, vol. viii. p. 
940, 946. 
4. The following modern inftance is extradled from a 
French work entitled, Ecole Hiforique et Morale du So/dat. 
A mine, underneath one of the outworks of a citadel, was 
intruded to the charge of a ferjeant and a few loldiers of 
the Piedmontefe guards. Several companies of the enemy’s 
troops had made themfelves mafters of this work ; and the 
lofs of the place would probably foon have followed had 
they maintained their pod in it. The mine was charged, 
and a fingle fpark would blow them all into the air. The 
ferjeant, with the greateft coolnefs, ordered the foldiers to 
retire, defiring them to requeft the king to take care of 
bis wife and children ; ftruck fire, fet a match to the train, 
and facrificed himfelf for his country. 
MAGNAN'IMOUS, adj. Great of mind ; elevated in 
fentiment; brave.— Magnanimous induftry is a refolved 
aftiduityand care, anfwerable to any weighty work. Greiv's 
Cqfmology. 
To give a kingdom hath been thought 
Greater and nobler done, and to lay down 
Far more magnanimous, than to afftime. Milton. 
In ftrength 
All mortals I excell’d, and great in hopes, 
Y\ r ith youthful courage ar.d magnanimous thoughts 
Of birth from heaven foretold, and high exploits. Milton. 
MAGNAN'IMOUSLY, adv. Bravely; with greatnefs 
of mind.—A complete and generous education fits a man 
to perform juftly, fkilfully, and magnanimoujly , all the of¬ 
fices of peace and war. Milton on Education. 
MAGNAN'IMOUSNESS, f. Magnanimity; greatnefs 
of xnind. 
MAGNA'NO, a village of the Veronefe ; near which a 
battle was fought between the Aultrians and the French, 
in April 1799, in which the former were victorious. It 
is fix miles louth of Verona. 
"^lAGNA'NO, a town of the duchy of Piacenza : thir¬ 
teen n-.iles fouth-fouth-eaft of Piacenza. 
MAGNAVAC'CA, a fort of Italy, fituated on a canal 
which runs from the Adriatic to the town of Comachio, 
in the Ferrarefe ; the paffage is called Porto dc Magnavacca ; 
three miles fouth-eaft of Comachio. 
MAGNE', a town of France, in the department of the 
'I wo Sevres -. three miles weft-north-welt of Niort, and 
nine north-north-ead of Mauze. 
MAGNEN'TIUS (Magnus), an ufurper of the Roman 
empire, was by birth- a German. lie owed his diliin- 
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guifhed ftation to the circumftance of his having been 
made a prifoner of war. To free himfelf from chains he 
joined the Roman Troops, and became diftinguiflied for 
valour. He was commander of the Jovian and Herculean 
bands, fiationed to guard the banks of the Rhine, 3t the 
time when Conftans I. emperor of the Weft, had incurred 
the contempt of the army on account of his indolence and 
voluptuoufhefs. In 350 he afeended the throne; and, on 
the murder of Conftans, he was left without a rival in the 
Gallic and Italian prxfedures. At Rome, Magnentius 
affed with great tyranny ; and, by his various extortions, 
lie was enabled to levy a very powerful army to maintain 
his ufurped authority. Conftantius, emperor of the Ead, 
and brother of the deceafed Conftans, determined to at¬ 
tack him ; a bloody battle enfued, which terminated in 
the total defeat of Magnentius. After another defeat, he 
took refuge in Lyons, where he difpatched himfelf with 
his own fword. This event took place in the year 353, 
after a reign of nearly four years. See the article Rome.' 
MAG'NES, a town of the ifland of Canadia, on the 
north coaft, fuppofed by Dr. Pocock to be the ancient 
Diffamnum, or Dictynna: twelve miles north-weft of 
Canea. 
MAG'NES, f. [Latin.] Magnet.—Spenfer ufes it as an 
adjective : 
On th’ other fyde an hideous rock is pight 
Of mighty magnes ftone. Spenfer. 
MAGNE'SIA, in ancient geography, a province fitu¬ 
ated on a peninfula ealt of Theffajy, and fouth-eaft of 
Macedonia; which fome geographers have annexed to the 
former country, and others have deferibed as part of the 
latter. Strabo and Pliny place this province in Macedonia, 
and in their time the Romans had annexed it to this coun¬ 
try; but, before the kings of Macedonia had extended^ 
their conqueds beyond Mount Olympus, Magnefia was 
reckoned a portion of Theifaly. It had been denomi¬ 
nated ALneonia, and alfo Magnes Campus. The peninfula 
on which it was fituated, bounded, on the fouth-weft, the 
Sinus Pelafgiacus, the entrance of which formed a ftrait, 
having on the north-eaft the aTantium Promontorium in 
Magnefia, and to the foiith-weft the Antron in Phthiotis. 
Magnefia extended as faras Mount Offa, and, as fome fay’ 
to tlie valley of Tempe ; and M. d’Anville places to the 
north-weft of it, the country called Pelafgiotis. In Mag¬ 
nefia were the following towns, viz. Magnefia Phera 
now Sidero, Jerufat or Fanifar, Melibcea Parva, Ilcos, De- 
metrias now Demetriada, Pagafte, and Tempe Theffala. 
Its mountains were Offa now Coffovo, and Pelion, and its 
promontories were thole of Magnefia and Sepias. 
MAGNE'SIA, the capital ot the above province, fitu¬ 
ated on the ealtern coaft, at the bottom of a fmall gulf 
MAGNE'SIA ad MASAN'DRUM, a town of Afia 
Minor, in Ionia, on the northern bank of the Mseander : 
fifteen miles fouth-eaft of Ephefus. This, according to 
Diodorus Siculus, was one ot thofe towns given by Ar- 
taxerxes toThemiftocles. According to Pliny, this town 
was a colony of Magnefians of Theifaly, united with the 
Cretans. The Turks call it Guzel-Hifar , or the Beautiful 
Caftle. 
MAGNE'SIA ad SIP'YLUM, or Magne'sia Sip'yli, 
a town of Afia Minor, in Lydia, at the foot of Mount 
Sipylus, fouth of the confluence of the rivers Hyllus or 
Phrygius, and the Haemus. The victory obtained by the 
Romans over A-ntiochus, near this -city, rendered it fa¬ 
mous. Strabo fays, that under the reign of Tiberius it 
was deltroyed by an earthquake. Near it was a beautiful 
plain of the fame name, at the foot of Mount Sipylus. 
MAGNE'SIA, f. in mineralogy. See the following 
article. 
MAGNESIA'TA, f. -Magnesia; in mineralogy, 3 
genus of carcareous earth—Confuting 6f carbonat of lime, 
a little black oxyd of manganefe, carbonic acid gas, and 
water; hardifh, lamellar, Jpontaneoufly feparating into 
grains; gradually changing the colour of its furface when 
expoled to the air, efferv-efeing flowly with acids, and of- 
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