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monaftery, which was the fuperior of the Carthufian order 
in England, has been fecured from further dilapidation 
by its prefent poffeffor, William Beckford, efq. 
NUNNO'RE, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar, on the 
Soane: fifteen miles fouth of Arrah. Lat, 25.20. N. Ion. 
84.49. E. 
NUNNO'RE, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar: twenty- 
two miles fouth-foiifh-eaft of Arrah. 
NUN'NY, a village in Cumberland, north of Penrith, 
near the river Eden. 
NU'NO ALVA'REZ PERE'CRA. See Lobeira, vol. 
xii. p. 855. 
NU'NO PERE'IRA, a fmall iftand in the Eaftern In¬ 
dian Sea, near the eaft coaft of Madagafcar. Lat. 13. 50. S. 
NU'NO TRISTA'O, a river of Africa, which runs 
into the Atlantic in lat. 9.40. N. 
NUNSA'RA, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat: fix- 
teen miles fouth of Surat. 
NUNS'BROUGH, a village in Northumberland, near 
Hexham, on the banks of the Tyne, on the brink of a pre¬ 
cipice two hundred feet high, exhibiting the fineft natu¬ 
ral view in the north of England. 
NUN'WICK, a village in Northumberland, near the 
confluence of Symondburn with the river Tyne ; near 
which, a few years ago, was difcovered, five natural ftone 
pillars, placed in a circular order, near eight feet high, 
and twenty feet in girth, fuppofed to have been Danilli 
monuments, or Druidical remains. 
NUP, f. Seemingly a contraction of Numps.—’Tis he 
indeed ; the vileft nup; yet the fool loves me exceedingly. 
Breu'er's Lingua. 
NU'PHAR, f. in botany. See NymphAa. 
NUP'SON, f. A kind of diminutive of Nup.— I fay 
Phantaftes is afoolilh tranfparent gull, a mere fanatic nup- 
J'on. Brewer's Lingua. 
NUP'TIAL, adj. [Fr. nuptialis, Lat.] Pertaining to 
marriage; conftituting marriage; uled or done in mar¬ 
riage.—Whoever will partake of God’s fecrets, muft pare 
off whatfoever is amifs ; not eat of this facrifice with a 
defiled head, nor come to this feaft without a. nuptial gar¬ 
ment. Bp. Taylor. 
Confirm that amity 
With nuptial knot, if thou vouchfafe to grant 
Bona to England’s king. Shakefpeare. 
Fir’d with her love, arid with ambition led, 
The neighb’ring princes court her nuptial bed. Dryden. 
NUP'TIALS, J. pi. [ tirptia ?, from liubo, Lat.] Mar¬ 
riage : 
This is the triumph of the nuptial-day; 
My better nuptials, which, in fpite of fate. 
Forever join me to my dear Morat. Dryden. 
It is in Shakefpeare lingular, but contrarily to ufe : 
Lift up your countenance, as ’twere the day 
Of celebration of that nuptial, which 
We two have fworn Ihall come. Winter's Tale. 
NIJR, a town of Grand Bukharia, on a mountain of the 
fame name. Bur lignifies “ light,” and the name was 
given it from a number of holy places within it, relorted 
to by the devotees : one hundred miles north-eaft of Buk¬ 
haria. Lat. 40. 15. N. Ion. 63. 50. E. 
NUR, a towm of the duchy of Warfaw: fifty miles eaft- 
north-eaft of Warfaw. 
NUR PONGE'LION, f. in botany. See Bignonia. 
NU’RA, a river of Ruflia, which runs into the Kar- 
galdzin Lake in lat. 224. N. Ion. 68.44. E. 
NU'RA, a river of Italy, which runs into the Po fix 
miles north-eaft of Piacenza. 
NURABAD', a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 
Gohud : twenty miles weft of Gohud. 
NURAQUIMI'RE, a town of Hindooftan, in the pro¬ 
vince of Tatta : forty-eight miles fouth-fouth-eaft of 
Tatta. 
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NUR'DIJA, a town of Perfia, in the province of Cho- 
rafan : thirty miles fouth of Neifapour. 
NU'REMBERG, an imperial city of Germany, in the 
circle of Franconia, anciently called Mans Noricorum, 
and the country round Noricum ; made free by the em¬ 
peror Frederic Barbaroffa. It is a large well-built town, 
but not populous, lituated in a fandy fpot, but well culti¬ 
vated and fruitful; and, on account of the many pleafure- 
feats near it, as alfo the beautiful and large villages round 
it, extremely pleafant. It Hands on the Pegnitz, which 
runs through the middle of the town ; and over it, exclu- 
five of divers wooden bridges, are laid alio fix others of 
ftone. This town is environed with double walls, which 
are fortified with feveral fmall and large towers, and thefe 
again with cannon, and a broad and deep ditch, in circuit 
about a ihort German mile. The number of its ftreets 
amounts to about 500, and that of its houfes to 8000, which 
latter are alfo, for the moll part, large and built of ftone ; 
but yet the number of its inhabitants is by no means 
proportionable to the largenefs of the town. 
The magiftrates, and almoft all the inhabitants, are 
Lutherans; but, on account of their having formerly re¬ 
ceived the interim, feveral Roman Catholic culloms are 
ftill retained in their divine fervice. Exclulive of two 
parilh-churches, Nuremberg contains 15 others, includ¬ 
ing chapels. The town of Nuremberg is divided into 
eight parts or quarters, and 131 captainfhips. In one 
quarter lies the imperial fortrefs, being an ofd-faftiioned 
citadel, Handing on a mountain, in which the firft coun- 
fellor, as imperial bailiff, always had his relidence, and 
was ftyled the caftellan. Not far from the imperial for¬ 
trefs here, ftood the old citadel of the burggraves of Nu¬ 
remberg, which was burnt dqwn in 1420; and, in 1427, 
was difpofed of by the burggrave and eleiStor Frederic to 
the town. At prefent it contains a granary, a pentagonal 
tower, and a prifon. The council-houfe is one of the 
moft magnificent in all Germany, and in its apartments 
are to be feen fome excellent paintings. The patriciate 
here took its rife in 1198, the emperor Henry VI. affift- 
ing at a tournament, at which .time he alfo raifed 38 
burghers’ families to the degree of nobility. In its care- 
fulnefs to maintain its nobility, it has greatly the fupe- 
riority over almoft all other degrees of nobility in Ger¬ 
many. The council confifts of 34 noble and eight handi¬ 
craft counfellors. The military force confifts of feven 
Companies of foot, each of which in time of peace con¬ 
tains 100 men, but in time of war is 185 ftrong ; of two 
companies of cuirafliers, each confiding of 85 men, .and 
two of invalids, amounting to 226. Out of the burgher- 
fliip 25 ftandards are always kept in arms, each of which 
confifts of between 300 and 400 men, exclufive of 200 
gunners, and tw'o companies of the town-cavalry. Di¬ 
vers Nurembergers have, for a long time paft, acquired 
"confiderable reputation in the arts of painting and en¬ 
graving: a great number of its artilfs and handicrafts’- 
people, execute in ivory, wood, and metal, numberlefs 
ingenious things, at a very low price, which are exported 
all over the world, Thefe toys do not bring in fo much 
money to the town at prefent as they did formerly; but 
this article is even yet confiderable, Nuremberg being one 
of the greateft trading-towns in Germany. 
The territory called the Circle of Nuremberg is confi¬ 
derable. In 1631, Nuremberg .was belieged by the Im- 
perialifts under cpunt Tilly,, without fuccefs; and again 
under Albert Walleftein duke of Fritland, when the city 
was preferred by the king of Sweden. Albert Durer, the 
celebrated painter, was a native of this town. Nurem¬ 
berg is feventy-eight miles eaft-louth-eaft of Mentz. Lat. 
49. 28. N. Ion. 11. 1. E. 
NURE'NI KELENGU'. See Dioscorea. 
NUR'HUN, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar: twenty- 
eight miles north-weft of Chuprah. Lat. 26. o. N. Ion, 
84. 20. E. 
NUR'HUN, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar, on the 
Dewah : fifty miles north-weft of Patna. 
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