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Ugious founded by pope Innocent for redeeming Chrif- 
tians from Turkifh flavery. They were otherwife called 
Brethren of the Holy Trinity ; bat obtained the name of 
Mathurins, from their having a monaftery at Paris, erect¬ 
ed in the place where there is a chapel conl'ecrated to St. 
Mathurin. 
MATHU'SEN, or Mauthausen, a town of Auftria, 
fituated on the Danube: feven miles ealt of Steyregg. 
MATIA'NA, in ancient geography, a country of Afia, 
between Armenia and Media ; called by Strabo the Mar- 
tianane of Media. 
MA'TIAS (St.) in modern geography, a town of New 
Navarre: 150 miles welt of Caia Grande. 
MAT'ICA (St.) a town of Rufiia, in the government 
of Revel, on the gulf of Finland: twenty miles north-ealt 
of Revel. 
MATICA'LAS, a river on the weft coaft of New Mex¬ 
ico ; feven leagues from Cateltaftrand, or the Port of San- 
fonate, known by fome high but fmall hills that are op- 
polite to it, and much expofed tb northerly winds. 
MATIGNON', a town of France, in the department 
of the North Coafts : fourteen miles north-welt of Dinan, 
and eleven north-eaft of Lamballe. 
MATIL'DA, or Maud, [from the Gr. lignifying a 
lady of honour.] A woman’s name. 
MATIL'DA, or Maud, Emprefs of Germany and 
Queen of England. See the latter article, vol. vi. p. 567— 
570. 
MATIL'DA, Countefs of Tufcany. See the article 
Italy, vol. xi. p. 457, 458. 
MATIL'DA,-in geography, a townftiip of Upper Ca¬ 
nada, in the county of Dundas, being the iixth townftiip 
in afcending the river St. Laurence: a few miles north- 
welt of Ofwegetchie. 
MATIL'DA, a town of Virginia, on the Potomack : 
fifteen miles north-weft of Wafhington. 
MATIL'LA, a town of Spain, in the province of Leon : 
twenty miles fouth-fouth-weft of Salamanca. 
MAT'IN, adj. [matutinus, Lat.] Morning; ufed in 
the morning : 
I wafte the matin lamp in fighs for thee ; 
Thy image fteals between my God and me. Pope. 
MAT'IN,/ Morning: 
The glow-worm (hows the mattin to be near, 
And ’gins to pale his uneffeflual fire. Shake/peare. 
MAT'IN, a river of Canada, which runs into the St. 
Laurence 150 miles below Quebec. 
MATI'NA, a town of Mexico, in the province of 
Cofta Rica : fixty miles north-north-eaft of Carthage. 
MATINA'TA,/ [Italian.] A lover’s morning-fong, 
under the window of his milfrefs. The Crufca Dictio¬ 
nary defines it, “ A compofition fving and played by a 
Jover in a morning, under tbe window of his miitrels ; as 
a fercnata is performed in a fimilar manner in the evening.” 
MA'TING,/ The aft or ftate of cohabiting j the aft 
of putting into confufton. 
MATIN'ICUS ISLANDS, a clutter of fmall iflands in 
America, on the coaft of Maine. Lat. 43. 56. N. Ion. 68. 
so. W. 
MATI'NO, a town of Naples, in the province of 
Otranto : ten miles ealt of Gallipoli. 
MAT'INS, /. Morning worfhip.—By the pontifical, 110 
altar is conl'ecrated without reitques; the vigils are cele¬ 
brated before them, and the n oft urn and mattins , for the 
faints whofe the reliques are. Stillingfleet. 
That he fliould raife his mitred creft on high. 
And clap his wings, and call his family 
To (acred rites; and vex th’ etherial powers 
With midnight mattins, at uncivil hours. Dryden. 
M ATI'NUS, in ancient geography, a mountain of Apu¬ 
lia, abounding in yew-trees, and bees,. 
MATIS'CO, a town of ^Edui, in Gaul ; now called 
Macon. 
MATISFAL'VA, a town of Tranfilvania : feven miles 
eaft-fouth ealt of Samofvivar. 
MAT'LOCK, a village and parifh in the county of 
Derby, on the eaftern banks of the river Derwent, 17 miles 
diftant from Derby, and 143 from London. At the time 
ot compiling the Domefday-book, it was a hamlet of the 
manor of Metesford, which was part of the demefnes of 
the crown. It was afterwards held by William de Ferrers, 
earl of Derby; but, on the attainder of his fon Robert, 
reverted to the crown ; and, being granted by Edward I. 
to Edmund earl of Lancalter, continued a part of that 
earldom and duchy till the reign of Charles I. when it 
was fold to the copyholders of the manor, and is now di¬ 
vided into fmall (hares. The inhabitants are chiefly em¬ 
ployed in the neighbouring lead-mines, and in the manu¬ 
facture of cotton. The houfes are principally of llone; 
and at the entrance of the village is a neat ltone bridge. 
The church ftands on the verge of a romantic rock. On 
the eminence called Riber, are the remains of a druidical 
altar, or cromlech, called the Hirjl jldnes. It is compofed. 
of four mattes of grit-ttone, one of which, apparently the 
fmalleft, is placed on the others, and is computed to weigh 
about two tons. On this upper lfone is a circular hole, 
fix inches deep, and nine in diameter, wherein, till about 
the middle of the laft century, (food a ltone pillar. 
About a mile and a half from the village is Matlock- 
bath ; which, though few fituations can be more beautiful, 
was only occupied by fome rude cottages inhabited by 
miners, till its warm fprings began to attrafl notice, for 
their medicinal qualities, about tbe year 1698. At that 
period the original bath was built, and a houle for the ac¬ 
commodation of vifitors. A lecond fpring having been 
difeovered, a new bath and lodging-houfe were ereCted. 
At a later period, a third fpring was found ; another bath 
and houfe were confequently built; and the latter, by va¬ 
rious alterations, is become one of the molt commodious 
hotels in England. Thel’e buildings are of (tone, and are 
refpeCtively named, the Old Bath, the New Bath, and the 
Hotel. In thefe, and two private lodging-houfes, five 
hundred perfons may at the fame time be accommodated. 
The Matlock feafon commences at the end of April, and 
continues till the end of October. The heat of the hot 
well here, and that of our other molt famous hot waters, 
is by Fahrenheit, 
116, or 84) 
82, 01 50 l a b ove freezing. 
76, or 44 f s 
69, or 37 j 
Bath 
Buxton 
Briltol 
Matlock 
T[ie environs of this place are fuperior in natural beauty 
to molt in the kingdom. They form a winding vale of 
above three miles, through which the river Derwent runs; 
the courfe extremely various; in fome places the breadth 
is confiderabie, and the (tream fmooth ; in ethers it breaks 
upon the rocks, and falls over the fragments, befides form¬ 
ing feveral (light cafcades. The boundaries of the vale 
are cultivated hills on one fide, and very bold rocks, with 
pendant woods, on the other. The belt tour of tbe place 
is to crofs the river near the turnpike, and then take the 
winding path up the rock, which leads you to the range 
of fields at the top, bounded this way by the precipice ; 
along which we would advile every one who vifits Mat- 
lock to-walk, for it is, without exception, the fitieft natu¬ 
ral terrace in the world. At the top, turn to the left, till 
you come to the projecting point called Hag-rock. From 
this fpot you have a perpendicular view down a vail preci¬ 
pice to the river, which here forms a fine (heet of water, 
fringed with wood on the oppofite fide. It falls twice 
over the rock, the roar of which adds to the effeCt of the 
fcene. The valley is fmall, and bounded immediately by 
the hills, which rile boldly from it, and are cut into mclo- 
lures, fome of the fined verdure, others (cared with rocks, 
and fome full of wood j the variety plcafing, and the whole 
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