310 MAN 
that he at length abnfed his promptitude in writing to 
fuch a degree, as to pour forth turbid ftreams of verfe def¬ 
uture of every kind of value. His Poetical Works were 
publifned entire at Bologna, folio, 1502; and at Antwerp, 
four volumes oCtavo, 1576. Parts of them have been 
printed feparately. Gen. Biog. 
. MANTUR'NA, in heathen mythology, a goddefs 
among the Romans who was fuppofed to influence wives 
to flay at home. 
MANTZIKIER'TA, See Malazkerd, p. 189. 
MANU'AH, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat, on the 
gulf of Cambay : ten miles fouth of Goge, 
MAN'UAL, adj. \_manualis , Lat.] Performed by the 
hand.—The fpeculative part of painting, without the af- 
fiftance of manual operation, can never attain to that per¬ 
fection which is its ohjeCt. Drydcns Dufrefnoy. —Ufed by 
the hand.—The treafurer obliged himlelf to procure fome 
declaration under his majefly’s fign manual. Clarendon. 
MAN'UAL, f. A fmall book, fuch as may be carried 
in the hand.— Manual is the name of a fervice book ufed 
in the church of Rome, containing the rites, directions 
to the priefls, and prayers, ufed in the adminiftration of 
baptifm and other facraments; the form of blefling holy 
water, and the whole fervice ufed in proceflions. Chambers. 
MANUAL EXERCISE, the exercife of the mufket, in¬ 
dependently of powderand ball. About the year 1757, a 
new manual exercife was introduced into the Britifh 
army, very much refembling the modern improved fyftern 
of Frederic, the father of the great king of Pruflia ; who 
was the firft that caufed the manual exercife to be con- 
traded, and the motions performed dole to the body. 
This exercife has of late been Amplified and reduced to 
a much fmaller number of motions. The following are 
the feven movements of the prefent manual exercife: 
1. Order arms; three motions, a. Fix-bayonets; one 
motion. 3. Shoulder arms 5 one motion. 4. Prefent 
arms; three motions. 5. Shoulder arms; two motions. 
6. Charge bayonets; two motions. 7. Shoulder arms; 
two motions. 
About the fame time the evolutions, manoeuvres, or 
field-movements, which were various in different corps, 
and very numerous in fome, were reduced to one ftand- 
ard, and confined in number to eighteen. See Manoeu¬ 
vre, p. 296. The purpofes of thefe changes were ftated in 
the “ Regulations” to be, the reconciliation of celerity 
v.ith order; to prevent hurry; to infure precifion and 
correCtnefs ; to adopt fuch motions only as are neceflary 
for combined exertions in corps, rejecting only what is 
curious on parade 5 and to make utility, not fliow, the 
principal objeCt. 
M AN'UALIST,/. [manus, Lat.] An aftificer, or han¬ 
dicraft. 
MANU'BIAs,/ [Latin.] Spoils taken in war; money 
arifing from the fale of booty taken in war. 
MANU'BIAL, adj. [from the Lat. manubitz, fpoils.] 
Belonging to the fpoils taken in war. 
MAN'UBLES, a river of Spain, in Arragon, which 
runs into the Xalon at Ateca. 
MANU'BRIUM, f. [Latin.] A handle.—Though the 
fucker move ealily enough up and down in the cylinder 
by the help of the manubrium , yet, if the manubrium be 
taken off, it will require a confiderable ftrength to move 
it. Boyle. 
MANUCAP'TIO, f. [from the Lat. manus, the hand, 
and capio, to take.] In law, a writ that lies for a man who 
has been taken into cultody on lulpicion, and not admitted 
to bail. 
MANUCAP'TOR, f One who (lands bail foranother. 
MANUC'CI, or Man u che (Cofmo),an Italian by birth, 
but refident at England. He took up arms for king Charles, 
and had a major’s commiflion. He wrote three plays in 
the Englifti language ; and, confidering that he was a fo¬ 
reigner, and that he only wrote for his amufemenr, they 
are far from contemptible. Their titles are, i.^The Juft 
General, a tragi-comedy ; 4tc. 1650. 2. The Loyal Lovers, 
M A N 
a tragi comedy ; 4to. 1652. 3. The Baftard, a tragedy; 
4to. 1652. In lord Northampton’s library at Cattle Afhby, 
in Northamptonfhire, are two or three manufeript plays by 
this author. Biographia Dramatica. 
MAN'UDEN, a village in Eflex, with a fair on Eafler 
Monday. 
M ANUDUC'TION, f. [manuduClio, Lat.] Guidance by 
the hand.—We find no open traCt, or conftant manuduCHon, 
in this labyrinth. Brown's Vulgar Errours. 
MANUDUC'TOR, f. A name given to an ancient offi¬ 
cer in the church ; who, from the middle of the choir, 
where he was placed, gave the fignal for the chorifters to 
fing, and marked the meafure, beat time, and regulated 
the muftc. The Greeks called him mefachoros, becaufe 
feated in the middle of the choir ; but in the Latin church 
he was called manuduElor ; from manus, and duco, “ I lead 
becaufe he led and guided the choir by the motions and 
geflure of the hand. 
MAN'UEL (Don Juan), was fon of the infant Don Ma¬ 
nuel, and grandfon of king St. Fernando of Caftile. His 
name often occurs in Spanilh hiftory during the reigns of 
Fernando IV. and of that treacherous aflafiin Alonzo XI. 
with whom lie was fotnetiines at open war; but, having 
at length effected the marriage of Iris daughter Coftanza 
with the infant Don Pedro, then heir of Portugal, peace 
was eflablifhed between them. Juana his other daughter 
married Henrique of Traftamara, and by his ufurpation 
was made queen of Caftile. He died in 1347 ; the date in 
his epitaph 1362 is erroneous. 
But Don Juan Manuel holds a (till higher rank in the 
literary than in the political hiftory of his country. Ex¬ 
cept the verfion of the Fuero Juzgo, and the works of 
King Alonzo the Wife, his writings are the eariieft fpe- 
cimens of Caliilian profe. They are twelve in number. 
1. Sumario de la Chronica de Efpanas. This is an abridg¬ 
ment of king Alonzo’s Coronica Geral, in three books. 
2. El Libro de los Sabios. 3. El Libro de Cavallero. 
4. El Libro del Efcudero. 5. El Libro del Infante. 
6. El Libro de Cavalleros 5 probably a treatife upon horfe- 
tnanfhip. 7. El Libro de la Caza. 8. El Libro de los 
Enjenos ; now afeertained to be a treatife upon military 
engines, which would doubtlefs throw great light upon 
the fubjeCt, as he lived precifely at the time when they 
were in their greateft perfection, immediately before gun¬ 
powder was introduced into Europe by the Moors. 9. El 
Libro de los Cantares; a book of poems. 10. El Libro 
de los Exemplos. 11. El Libro de los Confejos. 12. El 
Conde Lucanor. Of all thefe only the lafi: has as yet been 
publifhed. Argot# de Molina edited it in 1575, and it 
was reprinted in 1642. It is a kind of dialogue between 
the conde Lucanor and his friend Patronio, in which the 
latter gives him good advice, and illuftrates all his pre¬ 
cepts by fome example. Gen. Biog. 
MANUFACTORY,/, [from manufacture. ] The pro- 
cefs of forming any piece of work by hand ; the place 
where goods were manufactured.—There are many manu~ 
factories in Berlin. Guthrie. 
MANUFACTURE,/ [French ; from the Lat. manus, 
hand, and facio , I make.] The practice of making any 
piece of workmanfhip, from raw or natural materials, ei¬ 
ther by the hand or by machinery. See Cotton, Silk, 
&c.—Any thing made by art.—The peafantsare cloathed 
in a coarfe kind of canvas, the manufacture of the country. 
Addifon. 
Heav’n’s pow’r is infinite; earth, air, and fea. 
The manufacture mats, the making pow’r obey. Dryden. 
To MANUFACTURE, v.a. To make by art and la¬ 
bour; to form by workmanfhip. To employ in work; to 
work up : as, We manufacture our wool. 
MANUFACTURER, f. A workman ; an artificer_ 
In the practices of artificers and the manufacturers of va¬ 
rious kinds, the end being propofed, we find out ways of 
compofing things for the feveral ufes of human life. Watts. 
Manufactures and manufacturers are regulated by a valt 
variety 
