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the eaft by the department of the Meufe, on the fouth by 
the department of the Aube, on the fouth-weft by the 
department of the Upper Marne, and on the weft by the 
departments of the Seine and Marne, on the Aifne ; about 
fixty miles from eaft to weft, and forty-five from north to 
fouth. 
MARNE (Upper), a department of France, bounded 
on the north-weft by the department of the Marne, on 
the north-eaft by the departments of the Meufe, and the 
Vofges, on the fouth-weft by the department of tlve Upper 
Saone, on the fouth and fouth-weft by the Cote d’Or, and 
on Hie weft by the department of the Aube ; about fe- 
venty miles in length from north-eaft to fouth-weft, and 
from twenty-two to thirty-five in breadth. 
MARN'HAMS, Nottinghamlhire, two hamlets by the 
Trent, near Normanton; one of which has a fair on 
Sept. i. 
MARN'HUL, a town of Bavaria, in the principality 
of Bamberg : five miles fouth-weft of Weifmain. 
MARN'HUL, a village in Dorfetlhire, three miles from 
Sturminfter Newton. The church is an ancient lofty 
building; the ceiling was finely carved, but now much de¬ 
cayed; the tower fell down in 1710, in time of divine fer- 
vice, but is handfomely rebuilt: here are feveral ancient 
infcriptions in the church. 
MAR'NIX (Philip de), Seigneur du Mont Sainte Al- 
degone, a diftinguilhed negotiator and writer among the 
reformed, was born in 1538 at Bruflels, of a noble family, 
originally from Savoy. He was educated under Calvin at 
Geneva, where he imbibed the principles of that reformer, 
together with an intimate acquaintance with languages, 
law, hiftory, and the fciences. He fuffered much for his 
religion in his own country, both from the difpleafure of 
bis relations, and from the feverity of the government. 
His property was confifcated, and he was a year in prifon, 
during part of which he was in daily apprehenfion of death 
from the tyranny of the duke of Alva. He was particu¬ 
larly obnoxious, as having drawn up the formulary by 
which, in 1566, feveral nobles confederated to prevent the 
introduction of the inquifition into the Low Countries. 
When liberty of conference was entirely fupprefied there, 
he took refuge in Germany, and was made a counfellor 
in.the ecclefiaftical council at Heidelberg. Returning to 
his native country in 1572, he zealoufly devoted himfelf 
to the fervice of liberty and the reformed religion, and 
was in great efteem with the prince of Orange. Having 
been taken prifoner at the Hague, the prince, apprehend¬ 
ing that the Spaniards might make him an object of pu- 
nilhment, threatened to retaliate on the count of Bofiut 
any ill-treatment he might meet with. He was one of the 
deputies fent in 1575, to requeft the protection of queen 
Elizabeth. Three years afterwards, he was an envoy of 
the archduke Matthias at the diet of Worms, where he 
made a very free and energetic harangue againft the Spanifh 
tyranny. He was one of the plenipotentiaries fent by the 
states into France in 1580, to treat with the duke of 
Alen$on. When the duke of Parma befieged Antwerp 
in 1584, he was conful of that city. He underwent fome 
imputation for his conduft on this occafion, and was 
thought finally to have become too favourable to the Spa¬ 
niards ; but it does not appear that there were any juft 
grounds for fuppofing him cooled in his attachment to 
his religion or his country. He died at Leyden in 1598, 
while he was engaged in a Flemifh verfion of the Scrip¬ 
tures. St. Aldegonde (as he is ufually called) was the 
author of a confiderable number of writings, political and 
controverfial, both ferious and ludicrous, which were of 
much temporary fervice to the caufe he efpoufed. Of the 
latter clafs was a work in Flemifh, entitled The Romifli 
Bee-hive, containing ftories in ridicule of the papifts, 
which became extremely popular. He publifhed a firnilar 
work in French, entitled Tableau des Differens de la Re¬ 
ligion, which was equally fuccefsful. He tranflated the 
Pfalter into Flemifh verfe; but his verfion, though better 
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than that in common ufe, did not obtain, admifllon into 
the churches. Gen. Biog. 
MA'RO, the furname of Virgil; which fee. 
MA'RO, in geography, a mountain of Portugal, in the 
province of Alentejo : fix miles north-weft of Evora. 
MA'RO, a town of Pegu, fituated on an ifland, formed 
by the mouths of the Ava: 120 miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Pegu. 
MA'RO, or Mar'ro, a town of the principality of 
Oneglia : nine miles north-weft of Oneglia. 
MAROBU'DUM, in ancient geography, a town of Ger¬ 
many, the royal refidence of Marobudus, king of the 
Marcomanni; and hence the appellation. Now thought 
to be Prague , the capital of Bohemia. 
MAROELAT', a town on the north coaft of the ifland 
of Bouro, or Baufo. Lat. 3. 10. S. Ion. 127.7. E. 
MAROG'GIO, a town of Naples, in the province of 
Otranto : feventeen miles fouth-eaft of Tarento, 
MARO'GLIO, a river of Sicily, which runs into the 
fea near Terra Nuovo, in the valley of Noto. 
MARO'GNA, a town of European Turkey, in Roma¬ 
nia, near the Archipelago: forty-fix miles fouth-weft of 
Trajanopoli, and fixty-four eaft of Emboli. 
MAROL'LES, a town of France, in the department of 
the North: fix miles weft of Avefnes, and three north- 
eaft of Landrecy. 
MAROL'LES, a town of France, in the department of 
the Aube : fix miles north of Bar. 
MAROL'LES, a town of France, in the department of 
the Loir and Cher: fix miles north of Blois. 
MAROL'LES, or Marolles-les-Brau'x, a town of 
France, in the department of the Sarthe, and chief place 
of a canton, in the diftriCt of Mainers : feven miles fouth 
of Mamers. The place contains 1808, and the canton 
1 3>993» inhabitants, in 18 communes. 
MAROL'LES (Michael de), abbot of Villeloin, an in¬ 
defatigable writer, born in 1600, was fon of Claude de 
Marolles, famous as a champion of the League, in whofe 
caufe he killed Marivaut, the royalift champion, in Angle 
combat. Michael had an extraordinary palfion for ftudy ; 
and at the age of nineteen publilhed a tranflation of Lucan. 
He purfued his career as an author during his whole life, 
and was fo much immerfed in it, that he obtained no other 
church-preferment than two abbacies, notwithftanding 
the reputation of his father, and his high connexions. 
The talk of tranflation was that to which he particularly 
applied himfelf; and, although his verfions could boaft no 
beauty of ftyle, they were uleful performances at the time. 
Of the authors who thus palled through his hands are enu¬ 
merated Plautus, Terence, Lucretius, Catullus, Tibullus, 
Virgil, Horace, Juvenal, Perfius, Lucan, Martial, Statius, 
the Auguftan hiftorians, Ammianus, Athenaeus, and Gre¬ 
gory of Tours. He alfo began a tranflation of the Bible; 
His verfions of the poets are the leaft in efteem ; for, though 
he verfified with extreme facility, it was with proportional 
flovenlinefs. “ My verfes (faid he one day to Liniere) 
coft me little.” “ They coil as much as they are worth,” 
replied the fatirilt. Marplles was one of the firft who col¬ 
lected prints. His collection afterwards came to the king’s 
cabinet: he publilhed two catalogues of them, much va¬ 
lued by the curious in that walk. He compofed his own 
Memoirs, which contain a valt number of anecdotes, fome 
of them interefting, but the greater part frivolous. An 
edition of them was printed by the abbe Goujet, 3 vols. 
imio. 1755 . His lalt work was a Hiftory of the Counts 
of Anjou, 4-to. 1681, in which year he died, at the age of 
eighty-one. Moreri. 
MAROM'MES, a town of France, in the department 
of the Lower Seine, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftrift of Rouen. The place contains 1455, and the can¬ 
ton 14,760, inhabitants, in 19 communes. 
MA'RON, an Egyptian who accompanied Ofiris in his 
conquelts, and built a city in Thrace, called from him 
Maronea. 
MARO'N, 
