M A It 
MATRIM, a river of Brafil, which runs into the Atlan¬ 
tic in lat. 2.25.8. Ion. 44.. 46. W. 
MARIMA'TA, a town of Arabia, in the province of 
Oman : ninety miles fouth-weft of Mafcat. 
MA'RIN, afmall ifland of Ruflia^in the Baltic : feventy- 
ttvo miles north of Riga. Lat. 58. 10. N. Ion. 24.. E. 
MA'RIN (Fabrice), a French compofer, who fet the 
fongs of Ronfard, Baif, Jamier, and Defpertes, in four 
parts, which were printed and publilhed at Paris in 1578, 
by Adrian le Roy. 
MA'RIN (Michael-Angelo), a French monk of the 
order of Minims, and a celebrated writer of fpiritual no¬ 
vels, was defcended from a noble family, originally of 
Genoa, and born at Marfeilles in the year 1697. Having 
taken the vows at an early age, and diftinguithed himfelf 
by his talents and proficiency in his ftudies, he was firft 
employed in teaching at different feminaries belonging to 
his order; after which he attradled much notice as a 
preacher. While he was yet young, he was fettled at 
Avignon, where he preached controverfial fermonsagainft 
the Jews, and it is faid with very uncommon fuccefs. In 
the fame city he publifhed his different works, by which 
he acquired very high reputation in the clafs of afeetic 
writers. Pope Clement XIII. was fo much pleafed with 
them, that he honoured the author with three briefs, full 
of the moft flattering encomiums; and gave directions to 
him, to colleft and methodife in one uniform work The 
Afts of the Saints; but he had not completed more than 
two volumes of that defign, in nmo. before he was car¬ 
ried off by a dropfy of the cheft in 1767, in the feventieth 
ear of his age. As a writer, he took the famous Camus 
ifliop of Bellay for his model, and endeavoured to excite 
his readers to the love and praflice of virtue, by the 
charms of fiction. The titles of feveral of his pious ro¬ 
mances may be feen in tSie Nouv. Did. HiJl. 
MARI'NA, a town of Italy, anciently called Lamurn, and 
afterwards, from a country-feat of Caius Marius, named 
Villa Marii. The great church was built by one of the 
Colonna family, to whom the town belonged with the ti¬ 
tle of duke: twelve miles fouth-eaft of Rome. 
MARI'NA, a town of Africa, in Kaarta : fifteen miles 
north of Kemmoo. 
MARI'NA, a town of the ifland of Cyprus, on the 
fouth coaft : four miles fouth of Larnica. 
MARI'NA, in heathen mythology, a name of Venus. 
To MAR'INATE, v.a. [mariner, Fr.] To fait filh, and 
then preferve them in oil or vinegar: 
Why am I ftyl’d a cook, if I’m fo loath 
To marinate my filh, or feafon broth ? King’s Cook. 
MAR'INATING,/. The a< 5 t or procefs of preferving 
in fait or brine. 
MARINDUGE'RA, or Marindioue, one of the Phi¬ 
lippine iflands, about fixty miles in circumference, near 
the fouth coaft of Lu^on : thirty miles north-eaft of Min¬ 
doro. Lat. 13. 29. N. Ion. 121. 51. E. 
MARI'NE, adj. [ marinus , Lat.] Belonging to the fea. 
—The king was defirous that the ordinances of England 
and France, touching marine affairs, might be reduced 
into one form. Hayward.— Vaft multitudes of {hells, and 
other marine bodies, are found lodged in all fotts of Itone. 
Woodward. 
No longer Circe could her flame difguife, 
Bht to the fuppliant God marine replies. Garth. 
MARI'NE, /. A general name for the navy of 
.a kingdom or ltate; as alfo the whole economy of na¬ 
val affairs; or whatever refpefts the building, rigging, 
arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting, (hips. It 
comprehends alfo the government of naval armaments, 
>and the ftate of all the perfons employed therein, whether 
civil or military. The hiftory of the marine affairs of any 
one ltate is a very comprehenfive fubject, much more that 
qf all nations. Thofe who would be informed of the ma¬ 
ritime affairs of Great Britain, and the figure it has made 
at fea in all ages, may find abundance of curious matter 
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in Selden's Mare Claufum 5 and from his time to Outs, we 
may trace a feries of fafts in Lediard’s and Burchet’s Na¬ 
val Hiltory ; but above all in the Lives of the Admirals, 
by the accurate and judicious Dr. Campbell. See alfo the 
articles England and Great Britain in this work. 
MARI'NE, f. A foldier for the fea-fervice. The ma? 
rines are a body of troops employed in the fea-fervice, 
under the direction of the lords of the admiralty. Thefe 
marines compofe certain regiments trained to the different 
modes of fea-fighting, and made ufeful alfo in fome of 
thofe manoeuvres of a fhip, where a great number ©f hands 
is required. The precife time when this inftitution firft 
took place, is, like many other parts of military hiltory, 
involved in obfcurity. The oldeft corps of this kind, 
which Grofe has been able to difcover, was the third re¬ 
giment of infantry in the lilt of the army for the year 168+. 
It then confided of twelve companies, without grena- 
diers. The men were clothed in yellow coats, lined with 
red ; their colours were a red crofs, with rays of the fun 
iffuing from each of its angles. This was not the prefent 
third regiment, now diltinguilhed by the name of the old 
buffs, which then flood the fourth on the lift. In the 
reign of king William III. there were feveral marine re¬ 
giments. In the beginning of the reign of queen Anne 
fix regiments of marines were raifed ; thefe regiments have 
been very ufeful, more efpecially upon fitting-out fqua- 
drons of fhips for an immediate expedition ; for, as they 
were conftantly quartered, when not at fea, as near the prin - 
cipal ports as poflible, they were very eafily put on-board 
fuch (hips as had moft occafion for them ; for they were 
under the immediate direflion of the admiralty ; and rule 1 ? 
and inltrudtions for their better government were fettled 
by her majefty in council, July 1, 1702. In the war pre¬ 
ceding the peace of 1748, there were ten regiments of 
marines, which were dilbanded about t^ie year 174.9; thefe 
were under the direction of the lords of the admiralty, 
and when alhdre were quartered in the neighbourhood of 
the docks and fea-ports. In 1755 a number of compa¬ 
nies of marines were raifed, under the direction of the fa** 
cretary of war; they were afterwards formed into three 
divifions, and llationed at the towns of Plymouth, Portf- 
niouth, and Chatham; and at each of thefe places have 
now convenient barracks. Thefe companies, A.D. 176*, 
being 130 in number, were, from the time of their efla- 
blifhment, put under the immediate direction of the lords 
of the admiralty. At the peace many of them were re¬ 
duced ; and in 1770 there remained only feventy compa¬ 
nies ; but, in the year 1782, they were increafed to 150 ; 
they are at prefent 120. The marines are now clothed 
a»d armed in the fame manner as his majefty's othercoTps 
of infantry. Their uniform is fcarlet faced with white, 
white linings, wailtcoats, and breeches; they alfo wear 
caps, like thofe of the fufileer regiments. Their pay is 
the lame with that of the marching regiments of foot; 
and their fervices have gained them the name of “ royal." 
There are annual ails for the better governing of hisma- 
jeliy’s royal marine forces whilft on-fhore ; which are 
much the fame with thofe that refpect the land-forces, 
only with fome variations on account of their being fub- 
jeft to the jurifdidtion of the admiralty. Thus, the IokI 
high admiral, or three commiffioners of the admiralty,are 
to form articles of war, and grant commiffions for holding 
court-martials. Notice of a deferter being apprehended is 
to be fent to the fecretary of the admiralty; and the bil¬ 
leting and carriages are to be in purfuance of orders front 
the admiralty. The following is the proportion-of ma¬ 
rines for fhips of different rates : 
On-board firft-rate fhips, 
fecond-rates 
third-rates 
fourth-rates 
fifth-rates 
fixth-rat§s 
floops, brigs, &c. 1 ferj. 18 
MARINE-AR'CHITECTURE. SeeSwr-BuiLDix®. 
5 A MARINE 
4. officers, 160 rank and file, 
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