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NUNDUNGOT'CHY, a town of Bengal: ten miles 
eail-fouth-eaft of Bauleah. 
NUNDUNGUR', a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar: 
twenty-five miles eaft-north-eall of Durbungah. Lat. 26. 
i2. N. Ion. 86. 32. E. 
NUNDYDROO'G, a town and fortrefs of Hindooftan, in 
the Myfore country, and capital of a conliderable dillrift; 
built on the fummit of a mountain 1700 feet in height, 
the greater part inaccefiible; befieged and taken by the 
Britilh in the year 1792 : fixty-five miles north ofSeringa- 
patam. 
NUN'EATON, a market-town and parilh in the coun¬ 
ty of Warwick, is fituated on the river Anker, at the 
diftance of nine miles north-north-eaft from Coventry, 
and 104 north-weft-by-weft from London. The river di¬ 
vides the town into two parts; and dole to it, on the 
weft fide, paffes the canal which connects the town of 
Coventry with the Grand Trunk Navigation. 
This place was originally limply denominated Eaton, 
fignifying The Town on the Rivulet; and feems to have 
been a confiderable village previous to the Norman era. 
The addition Nun was derived from the monaftery for Be- 
nedidline nuns, founded here in the reign of king Stephen 
by Robert Bolin earl of Leicefter, whofe countefs, Ami- 
cia, took the veil in it, and at her death was buried in 
the church. Some fragments of the walls of the ancient 
buildings of this monaftery are ftill (landing at the north- 
weft end of the town ; but they are too trifling to convey 
any idea of the extent or grandeur of the foundation in 
the time of its profperity. No doubt, however, exifts of 
its riches and magnificence ; as it is recorded to have had 
large pofleflions in different counties, befides the patro¬ 
nage of feveral churches, which were granted to it by pope 
Boniface and William earl of Gloucelter. At the dilfo- 
lution, it was furrendered to the king, who bellowed the 
fciteon firMarmaduke Conftable. 
Nuneaton is a town of confiderable extent, and has 
been on the increafe ever fince the opening of the canal. 
According to the population-returns of 1811, it con¬ 
tained noi houfes, and 4947 inhabitants. The market 
was firft eftablifhed here in the 7th year of Edward II. by 
a charter from that prince, granted at the requeft of the 
nuns, who were afterwards empowered by fpecial patent 
to “ take toil of all vendible commodities coming thither 
by the fpace of five years, towards the expenfe of pa¬ 
ving” the town. The market is held on Saturday week¬ 
ly, and there are three fairs during the year. A very 
confiderable ribbon-manufadlory is carried on here. A 
free-fchool, founded by the inhabitants in the time of Ed¬ 
ward VI. is ftill fupported. The church is dedicated to 
St. Nicholas; and is a very ancient llrudlure, with a fquare 
tower at the weft end, but is not remarkable for its ar¬ 
chitecture. It contains, however, feveral curious mo¬ 
numents ; and, among others, that of fir Marmaduke 
Conftable, whofe death happened in April 1560. 
About two miles from Nuneaton the Watling-ftreet 
crofies the northern divifion of the county, and forms, 
for fome miles, the boundary between it and Leicelter- 
Ihire. On this part of its courfe was the ftation Mandu- 
eftedum, now called Manccjler , where many Roman coins 
of brafs and filver have been dug up. The church be¬ 
longing to this village Hands on an eminence, fuppoled 
by Stukely to have been the (cite of an ancient camp, as 
one fide of it is deeply entrenched ; and to the left of the 
church are the remains of an ancient -fortrefs, or encamp¬ 
ment, called Oldbury. It is of an oblong form, and fur- 
rounded with large ramparts, which inclole an area of 
feven acres. Dugdale thinks that this work was originally 
conftrufted and occupied by the Britons, as many itone 
axes or celts are frequently difcovered within its boun¬ 
daries. 
About two miles to the north-weft of Nuneaton is 
Arbnry-hall, the feat of Francis Newdigate, efq. who has 
a coal-mine here, whence a; cut is made to the Coventry 
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canal. In the parifli of Chilvers-Cotton, on the fame 
fide of the town, are the ruins of the monaftery of Erd- 
burie, which was founded by Ralph de Sudley, in the 
reign of Henry II. for canons regular of the order of St. 
Auguftine. 
NUN'EGAN, a final! ifland in the Frozen Sea. Lat. 
67.40. N. Ion. 193.40. E. 
NU'NEHAM COURTENAY. See Oxford. 
NU'NEZ, a tow'n of Spain, in the province of Cordova: 
feven miles north-north-well of Montilla. 
NU'NEZ, or Nuno, a river of Africa, which feparates 
the Nalos from the Sierra Leone, and runs into the At¬ 
lantic in lat. 10. 20. N. Ion. 13. 50. W. 
NU'NEZ (Fernan de Guzman), born - at Valladolid at 
the beginning of the 16th century, was a knightand com- 
mendador of the order of Santiago. But, though he had 
entered this military fraternity, his inclination led him 
to letters inftead of arms. Following this happier and 
wifer inclination, he went to Italy, and there ftudied 
Greek and Latin under Philippus Beroaldus, and Jovian 
the Greek refugee. Don Inigo Lopez de Mendoza is faid 
to have profited greatly by the fociety of Fernan Nunez, 
who added as preceptor to his lbn. When cardinal Xi- 
menes founded the univerlity of Alcala, he and Demetrius 
the Cretan were appointed Greek profeflors ; and, in the 
famous Polyglot, which would immortalize the name of 
Ximenes better than all his aCtions as a ftatefman, the 
talk of preparing a Latin verfion from the Septuagint was 
entrufted to them and to Lope de Alluniga. Fernan 
Nunez had retired from all common and unworthy ob¬ 
jects of ambition; but literature had taught him, or loi¬ 
tered in him, the love of liberty ; and, in that brave 
though unhappy llruggle which the commons of Caltile 
made againll the growing tyranny which has been fince 
lo fatal to their country, he lent what aid he could to their 
efforts, and endeavoured to win the people of Alcala to 
their caiife. A young man to whom he had promifed 
■great pecuniary rewards for his afliftance, when the infur- 
gents were fupprefled, attacked him, becaule this money 
could not then be paid, and wounded him in the arm. 
The nggreffor w'as too powerful, and the caufe of the dis¬ 
pute of too ferious a nature, for Fernan Nunez to leek 
redrefs. He therefore left the univerlity, and removed to 
Salamanca. Here he was appointed Greek profelfor, teach¬ 
ing Greek in the forenoon, Latin in the afternoon, and 
reading lectures upon rhetoric and upon the natural hif- 
tory of Pliny. Thus ufefully and honourably employed, 
he palled the remainder of his life. He died in 1553, 
leaving his valuable library to the univerlity of Salamanca. 
To Nunez has been afligned the firft place among the 
rellorers of claflical learning in Spain. He is highly ce¬ 
lebrated by various authors, from fome of which we lhall 
make a fliort extradr or two. Liplius bellows on him very 
high commendation, remarking, at the fame time, how 
little his celebrity was proportioned to his deferts. He 
defcribes him, “ Non praeceps, acutus tatr.en, et lagaci- 
tate ac modellia pari.” His life, fays Mr. Southey, leems 
to bear infpedlion, as well as his learning; and heischa- 
rafterifed by Nic. Antonio, “ Ccelebs, callus, comis, fel- 
tive dicax fed innocue, vitiorumque reprehenfor accerri- 
mus.” His publilhed works, befides the part which he 
bore in the Polyglot, are, 1. Annotationes in. Senecte 
Philofophi Opera, 1536. 2. Obfervationes in Pomponium 
Melam, 1543. 3. Obfervationes in loco obfcura & depra- 
vata Hilloric Naturalise, Plinii, cum retradlatiombus 
quorumdam locorum Geographic Pomponii Melre, lo- 
cifique aliis non paucis in diverlis utriufque linguae audlo- 
ribus caftigatis &expofitis, 1544. 4. Glofa fobre las obras 
. de Juan de Mena. In this commentary there is a prof 11- 
fi on. of claflical learning : the original edition is one of 
thofe books wherein half a dozen lines of text are infulated 
in a whole page of comment. 5. Refranes y Proyerbios 
. Glofados, 1555, His occupations and growing infirmi¬ 
ties prevented him from completing this vyork as he had 
intended; 
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