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ifie knowledge of the original authors, that a collection 
might be perfected, which, notwithftanding its faults, 
throws much light on the ecclefiaftical and civil hiflory 
of the Gauls, particularly after the eflabliihment of the 
monarchy. On this literary million our author fet out 
an the fame year, and traverfed alone Poitou, Berry, Ni- 
Ternois, and part of Burgundy. Afterwards he was 
joined by D. Urfin Durand, who from the year 1709 par¬ 
took in almoft all his labours, and was his companion in 
travelling through moll of the other provinces of France 
and Flanders. During the courfe of fix years fipent in 
thefe travels, father Martenne reaped a rich harveft of 
materials, which, exclufive of above two thoufand pieces 
alluftrative of the Gallia Chriftiana, compofe the greater 
part of five volumes in folio, publilhed in 1717, under 
the title of “Thefaurus novus Anecdotorum,” &c. In 
the fame year he publilhed, conjointly with his fellow- 
traveller, a particular account of their journey, entitled, 
“Literary Travels of two Monks of the Congregation of 
St. Maur,” in 4to. Two years afterwards they undertook 
another journey by order of their fuperiors, and pub- 
lifted an account of it in 1724, in 4to. under the fame ti¬ 
tle with the preceding. The refiult of this fecond jour¬ 
ney was an imtnenfe collection of documents, in nine vo¬ 
lumes folio, under the title of “ Veterum Scriptorum et 
Monumentorum hiftoricum et dogmaticorum ampliffima 
Colledtio,” &c. the three firlt of which appeared in 1724, 
and the fix lall in 1733. Having taken occalion in the 
preface of the fecond volume to maintain the fuperiority 
of the abbey of Stavelo over that of Malmedy, this cir- 
cumllance drew on him an attack from the monks of the 
latter ; to which he replied in a treatife entitled, “ Imperia¬ 
ls Stabulenfis Monalterii Jura propugnata,’’ See. 1730, 
folio, confilling more of learned differtations on feveral 
points of hiltory, difcipline, and diplomacy, than a par¬ 
ticular difpute concerning the pre-eminence of an abbey. 
He died of a Itroke of apoplexy in 1739, at the great age 
of eighty-five. He was refpefted and beloved by his li¬ 
terary contemporaries, on account of his virtues and fim- 
plicity of manners, as well as the vaft extent of his learn¬ 
ing and his indefatigable induftry. Dupin. 
MAR/TENS, or Mertens (Thierry), a native of 
Aloft, in Flanders, had the honour of firft introducing 
the art of printing into the Netherlands, and particularly 
at Aloft and Louvain. Having exercifed this noble art 
nearly fixty years, at both thefe places and at Antwerp, 
he retired at length to Aloft, where he died at the age of 
eighty, in 1553. He was an author as well as printer; 
but his own productions were the leaft valuable of thofe 
which ifi'ued from his prefs. He was much efteemed by 
•the learned men of the period in which he lived ; and en¬ 
joyed the friendfiiip of Barland, Martin Dorp, and Eraf- 
mus; the laft of whom lodged with him, when a trouble- 
fome ulcer, which could not be healed at Bafle, obliged 
him, for the fake of a cure, to repair to Louvain. By a 
letter from Dorp to Erafmus, it appears that Martens 
•was acquainted with Latin, as well as feveral foreign lan¬ 
guages; and that he was no lefs a difciple of Bacchus 
than of Minerva. The following epitaph was compofied 
for him by his friend Erafmus: 
Hie Theodoricus jaceo, prognatus Alofto j 
Ars erat impress icripta refer re typis. 
iFratribus, uxori, foboli, notifque fiuperftes, 
OClavam vegetus prseterii decadem. 
Anchora facra manet, gratae notifiima pubi : 
Chrifte, precor nunc fis anchora facra mihi. 
The laft lines are an lllufion to the double anchor 
which this printer employed as a fign. Pro/per Marchand 
XhEl. Hijlorique. 
MAR'TERSTORFF, a town of Auftria: feven miles 
Weft-fouth-weft of Zifterftorff. 
MARTHA, [Heb. bitter.] A woman’s name. 
MARTHA, a celebrated prephetefs of Syria, whole 
artifice and fraud proved of the greatelt fervice to C. Ma- 
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ruts in the numerous expeditions he undertook. Pint, in 
Marin. 
MARTHA, fifter of Lazarus and Mary, and miftrefs 
of the honfe where our Saviour was entertained in the 
village of Bethany. Martha is always named before Mary, 
probably becaufe (lie was the elder fifter. Once, when 
our Saviour vilited them, Martha was very bufy in pre¬ 
paring flipper, while Mary fat at our Saviour’s feet, hear¬ 
ing his doftrine with great afifiduity and attention. 
Martha complained to our Saviour, defiring him to bid 
Mary rife and afiill her. But Jefusmade anlwer, Martha, 
Martha , thou art careful and troubled about many things, in¬ 
different or unneceflary : there is but one thing needful ; and 
Mary hath chofen that good part, which Jhall not be taken from 
her. Luke x. 38-42. 
Soon after, Lazarus falling fick, the two fillers fent 
word of it to Jefus, then beyond Jordan; but he departed 
not from thence till he knew that Lazarus was dead. 
Being come almoft to Bethany, Martha went out to meet: 
him ; expoftulating with him on his delay, and profeff- 
ing her faith in him. Jefus bade them bring him to La¬ 
zarus’s tomb, where lie railed him from the dead. John xi. 
20, &c. Six days before his paffion, Jefus, being conje to 
Bethany for the fealt of the paffover, was invited to eat 
by a pharifee called Simon the Leper. Here Martha 
waited, Lazarus was one of the guefts, and Mary poured 
a box of precious perfume on the head and feet of Jefus. 
John xii. Malih. xxvi. 6 , See. (See Lazarus, vol. xii.) 
This is all that feripture informs us of Martha. The an¬ 
cient Latins and modern Greeks maintain, that fhe died 
at Jerufalem, as alfo Mary and Lazarus, and that they 
were all buried there; though other accounts fay that La¬ 
zarus, at leaft, was buried at Cyprus : (fee vol. xii. p.408, 9.) 
Several ancient martyrologies put their fealt January 6 ; 
others December 17; the Latins now place it July 29. 
MARTHA (St.), or San'ta Mar'ta, a province of 
South America, in the viceroyalty of New Granada, 
bounded on the north by the Spanifh Main, on the eaft 
by Rio de la Hache and Maracaibo, on the fouth by Santa 
Fe, and on the weft by Carthagena. It is a mountainous 
and very high country, extending in length about 300 
miles, and in breadth about 200. The climate-is hot and 
fultry, but the heat is mitigated by the winds which blow- 
over the mountains covered with finow. The chief town 
is of the fame name, and was founded in 1555; it has a 
good haven defended by two forts ; but has of late confi- 
derably declined, the houfes being now moftly of wood 
covered with ltraw. This was the place of arms of Que- 
fada, the conqueror of New Granada; and was reduced 
.to allies, in 1596, by fir Francis Drake. It is frill a bi- 
fhop’s fee. The port is large and convenient, protefted 
by lofty ridges; and has in front a round hill, which de¬ 
fends the city on the fide of the fnowy mountains, at the 
diltance of three leagues. Thefe mountains may be re¬ 
garded as the termination of the main chain of the Andes. 
The climate is lefs hot and more healthy than that of 
Carthagena; and the city is fupplied with excellent wa¬ 
ter from the river Goegaira, orGuayra, which paffes near 
it; the banks of the river being covered with beautiful 
groves of trees, and, among others, fome whole leaves bear 
an undluous appearance, and are ufed as foap. The en¬ 
virons produce cotton, tobacco, fome wine, cacao, Brafil- 
wood, fugar, vanilla, and fome w heat. Here is alfo abun¬ 
dance of cattle, and fome mules are bred. At Carrizal, 
on the fouth of Cape Vela, fixteen leagues eaft of the city, 
there is a pearl-fifhery, which, under bad co.ndudl, yields 
only about 30,000 dollars. At Ocana there are copper- 
mines; and gold-mines near the river Ariguana, thirty 
leagues from the city. Ornaments of tombac have been 
found in the tombs of the Indians. Eftella, who has 
given a minute and interefting defeription of this pro¬ 
vince, fays, that it only contains betwixt 25 and 30,000 
fouls, the population of a mere European town. The 
town of St. Martha is one hundred miles north-eall of 
Carthagena j and in lat. 11. 19. 2, N. Ion. 74. 4. 3°- VV. 
MARTHA*, 
