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had fled to Mofcow. In more tranquil times, Wachtang’s 
family refuted to return the crofs to the Georgians; and 
it was in vain that Heraclius reclaimed this national relic. 
Its reftoration has now been effected, thanks to prince 
Bakerew, Wachtang’s defendant, who lately laid the 
crofs at the feet of the emperor Alexander, whereupon 
his imperial majefty deigned to reftore this precious de- 
poiit to Georgia. There is alfo a fumptuous ancient mo- 
naftery on the bank of the river Kur. Whilft Georgia 
was an independent ftate, the kings were crowned in the 
church ; and it is alfo their place of burial. The laft kings 
of Georgia, Heraclius, and George his fon, who ceded 
his dominions to the emperor Paul iii 1802, reft amongft 
their predecefl'ors, and not unhonoured ; for the tombs 
which cover their remains were eredted by the exprefs or¬ 
ders of the prelent emperor. The cupola is furmounted 
by a gilded globe. The Perfian invaders endeavoured to 
bring it down, by firing at it ; and the cupola is pierced 
in all directions with cannon-balls; but the globe main¬ 
tains its place. The Perfians thought it was a treafure or 
a talifman. The faints in the interior of the building 
have alfo fuffered much from the zeal of the Mahometan 
invaders. On the north of Mthet are more ruins, the re¬ 
mains of a caftle built at lead two thoufand years fince by 
the princes of the Amilarchwerow family. The laft piece 
of antiquity which we (hall notice, is the bridge over the 
river Kur, one verft from Mthet. It is flanked by two 
ruined towers which once defended the paflage ; and they 
fay it was built by Pompey, when he crofted this country 
at the head of his army. But it is more probable it was 
built before Pompey came, by the princes of the Gedewa- 
now family, who then had their eftates in that neighbour¬ 
hood. Lettres J'ur le Caucafe et la Georgie, Hamb. 1816. 
MSLAVL, or Miscis'law, a town of Ruflia, in the 
government of Mogilev, on the Sem, formerly the capital 
of a palatinate of Lithuania, incorporated with Ruflia in 
the year 1773 : fixty miles ealt of Mogilev. Lat. 53. 54.. N. 
Ion. 31. E. 
MSTA, a -river of Rufiia, in the government of Nov¬ 
gorod, w hich runs into the Ilmen Lake near Lipintkoi. 
MSTOW, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Cra¬ 
cow : forty-four miles north-north-weft of Cracow. 
MTZEN'SK, a town of Ruflia, in the government of 
Orel: twenty-four miles north of Orel. 
MU-KELEN'GU,yi in botany. See Dioscorea. 
MUAKI'SIN, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the go¬ 
vernment of Diarbekir, on the Euphrates : ten miles weft 
of Kerkifieh. 
MU'AR, a river of Malacca, which runs into the Straits 
in lat. a. 6. N. Ion. 102. 27. E. 
MUAS'SEM, a town of Arabia, in Yemen: twenty 
miles fouth of Abu Arifch. 
MUBAD', a town of Hindooftan, in Oude: eleven 
miles w r eft-north-weft of Lucknow. 
MUCA'RE, a town of Arabia, in the province of Hedf- 
jas : eighty miles fouth-weft of Mecca. 
MUCA'RES, a fmall illand among the Bahamas, fur- 
rounded with rocks. Lat. 22. 1 3. N. Ion. 77. ao. W. 
MUCA'TO, a river of Naples, which runs into the fea 
fix miles fouth of St. Eufemia. 
MUCCAPET', a town of Hindooftan, in Golconda : 
thirty-two miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Combamet. 
MUCCH'IO, or Castel Muschio, a populous town 
in the late Venetian ftates, north of the Ifle of Veglia, 
half a mile from the fea, having a port rather (hallow, but 
capable of containing one hundred galleys. It has 12,4.00 
inhabitants, a rich abbey, and two fprings of fweet water, 
which have probably fome l'ubterraneous connection with 
the Lake Ielero, which is at a fmall diftance from them. 
Dobafnizza, fouth of this, is an open borough, with 2300 
fouls. It has an harbour for fmall boats, and is fituated 
in the moft fertile part of the illand. To the eaft, and al- 
moft in the centre of the Hie, lies Caftel Dcbrigtto, four 
miles from Veglia, in a very fruitful country, with 2500 
inhabitants, and excellent falt-houfes. Oppenheim's Ac¬ 
count of Maritime Auftria. 
Vol. XVI. No. noi. 
MUCE'DO, f. in botany. See Mucor. 
MUCH, udj. [Su. Goth, mycken, great, much ; Icel. 
mi oh, mikit, much : hence the Span, macho, as well as our 
much.'] Large in quantity ; long in time : oppofed to little . 
—Thou (halt carry much feed out, and (halt gather but 
little in ; for the locuft ihall confume it. Dent. xxiv. 38, 
—I am well ferved, to take fo much pains for one relolved 
to make away with himfelf. L' Ejirunge. —Many in num¬ 
ber oppofed to few: 
Let us know 
If ’twill tie up thy dilcontented fword. 
And carry back to Sicily much tall youth, 
That elfe mull perilh here. Shahefpeare, 
MUCH, adv. In a great degree; by far : before fome 
word of comparifon.—Excellent fpeech becometh not a 
fool, much lefs do lying lips a prince. Prov. xvii. 17.—We 
have had fathers of our flelli which corrected us, and we 
gave them reverence: (hall we not much rather be in fub- 
jeCtion unto the Father of Spirits, and live ? Ileb. xii. 9. 
—If they efcaped not who refufed him that fpoke on earth, 
?nirck more Ihall not we efcape, if we turn away from him 
that fpeaketh from heaven. Heh. xii. 25. 
Full of doubt I Hand, 
Whether I fliould repent me now of fin 
By me done or occalion’d, or rejoice 
Much more, that much more good thereof (hall fpring. 
Milton. 
To a certain degree.—He charged them that they l’nould 
tell no man : but the more he charged them, fo much the 
more a great deal they publilhed it. Mark, vii. 36. 
There is, faid Michael, if thou well obferve, 
The rule of not too much, by temperance taught. Milton „ 
To a great degree.—If his rules of reafon be not better 
than his rules for health, he is not like to be much fol¬ 
low’d. Baker on Learning. 
Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong 
Life much, bent rather how I may be quit 
Faireft and eafieft of this cumbrous charge. Milton. 
Somewhat aw’d, I (hook with holy fear. 
Yet not fo much but that I noted well 
Who did the moft in fong and dance excel. Dryden . 
Often, or long -. 
You pine, you languilh, love to be alone. 
Think much, fpeak little, and in (peaking, figh, Dryden . 
Homer (hall laft, like Alexander, long. 
As much recorded, and as often lung. Granville. 
Nearly.—All left the world much as they found it, ever 
unquiet, fubjeft to changes and revolutions. Temple. 
MUCH , f. A great deal; multitude in number; abun¬ 
dance in quantity : oppofed to a little. —They have muck 
of the poetry of Mecaenas, but little of his liberality. 
Dryden’'s Preface to All for Love. 
Nor grudge I thee the much the Grecians give. 
Nor murm’ring take the little I receive. Dryden’s Iliad. 
More than enough ; a heavy fervice or burthen.—He 
thought not much to clothe his enemies. Milton. 
This gracious aft the ladies all approve. 
Who thought it much a man (hould die for love. Dryden. 
Any afiignable quantity or degree.—The matter of the 
univerfe was created before the- flood ; and, if any more 
was created, then there mud be as muck annihilated to 
make room for it. Burnet's Theory .—Who is there of 
whom we can with any rational aflurance, or perhaps fo 
much as likelihood, affirm, Here is a man whofe nature is 
renewed, whofe heart is changed ? South. —An uncommon 
thing.; fomething (trange.—It is much, if men were from 
eternity, that they (hould not find out the way of writing 
all that long duration which had paft before that time. 
Tillotfon. 
To make Much of. To treat with regard ; to fondle ; 
to pamper.—The king underftanding of their adventure’ 
S s fuddenly 
