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SAN AN, a village of Yemen, in Arabia; 36 miles north- 
north-west of Abu Arisch. 
SANASHYGOTTA, a flourishing town of Bengal, dis¬ 
trict of Purneah, situated on the eastern bank of the 
Mahanuddy river. It is much frequented by Hindoo pil¬ 
grims, on their route to the places of ablution in the North¬ 
ern mountains, and takes its name from this circumstance. 
Lat. 26. 35. N. long. 88. 32. E. 
SANATES, among the Romans, an appellation given to 
those people in the neighbourhood of Rome, who having 
revolted, soon submitted themselves again; on which account 
they had equal privileges with the other citizens, there being 
a law in the Twelve Tables ordaining ut idem juris sana- 
tibus quod foretibus sit. 
SANA'TION, s. [sanatio , Lat.] The act of curing.— 
Consider well the member, and, if you have no probable hope 
of sanation, cut it off quickly. Wiseman. 
SANATIVE, adj. [from sano, Lat.] Powerful to cure; 
healing.—The vapour of coltsfoot hath a sanative virtue 
towards the lungs. Bacon. 
SANATIVENESS, s. Power to cure. 
SANATODOS, in Natural History, a name given by the 
people of Sicily to the spongy excrescence found on the 
stalk of the dog-rose, and more usually called the bedeguar. 
This they greatly esteem in all venemous bites, and use it 
in fine powder, both internally and externally, in many parts 
of that country. They use no other remedy for the bite of 
a viper: the wound is scarified, and some of the powder is 
sprinkled on, and large doses of it are also given internally 
in strong wine. 
In the bite of a mad dog they apply it to the wound, soft¬ 
ened into a sort of poultice with oil, or with strong wine; 
and they give it in repeated doses internally in broths, and 
other weak fluids. They give it also in continual fevers, and 
in many other cases, particularly in the colic. It is said, 
that a single dose of a drachm in red wine, takes off all the 
pain of the colic in an hour. 
There seems a very old opinion on the side of this medi¬ 
cine, in the cure of a bite from a mad dog; for Pliny tells 
us, that the root of the wild-rose, from the stalks of which 
this substance grows, was revealed in a dream for the curing 
of this terrible disease. 
SANBORNTON, a township of the United States, in 
Strafford county. New Hampshire. It contains three 
churches, and is situated between the Winnipiseogee and 
the Pemigewasset, which unite at the south-west part of the 
town, to form the Merrimack. 
SANCAHO, a small town of Abyssinia, near the frontier 
of Sennaar, inhabited by a tribe of Shangalla; 20 miles 
north west of Tcherkin. 
SA'NCEBELL, s. A corruption of saints-bell; which 
see.—Ring out your sance-bells. Beaum. and FI. 
SANCELLAS, a small town in the island of Majorca; 16 
miles east-by-north of Palma. 
SANCERRE, a town in the central part of France, in 
the department of the Cher, situated on an eminence near 
the Loire. Population 2500; 12 miles north-east of 
Bourges. Lat. 47. 20. N. long. 2. 55. E. 
SANCHELLE, a cape on the west coast of Portugal; 2 
miles south-east of Cape Roca. 
SANCHEZ (Francois, or Sanctius), was a native of Las 
Brocas, in Spain, and has been dignified by his own coun- 
trymeu with the pompous title of “ Le pere de la langne 
Latine, et le docteur de tous les gens de lettres.” He wrote, 
1. An excellent treatise, entitled “ Minervas, aut de causis 
Linguae Latinae,” which was published at Amsterdam in 
1714. 2. The Art of Speaking, and the Method of Trans¬ 
lating. And, 3. Several other learned pieces on Grammar. 
He died in the year 1600, in his 77th year. This author is 
to be distinguished from a physician of the same name, who 
died at Toulouse in 1632, who was a Christian, though he 
had been born of and educated by Jewish parents. His 
works were collected under the title of “ Opera Medica: his 
juncti sunt tractatus quidam philosophici non insubtiles.” 
These were printed in 1636. 
SANCHEZ, a town of the province of G-.mana, in South 
America, situated on the shore of the river Orinoco.—It is 
also the name of a settlement on the shore of the river 
Plata, 
SANCHEZ, a river of South America,, in the province of 
Porto Bello, which runs north, and enters the sea. 
SANCHONIATHON, an ancient Phoenician historian, 
was a native of Berytus. It is not at all ascertained at u'hat 
time he flourished. He is, however, commonly referfed to 
the age of the Trojan war. He is particularly known for a 
history which he composed in the Phoenician language, 
partly from the records of cities, and partly from the registers 
and inscriptions preserved in the temples of Phoenicia and 
Egypt. It was translated into the Greek language by Pliilo 
of Byblos, in the time of Adrian, of which version there are 
some fragments in Porphyry, “ De Abstinentia," &c. Dod- 
well, in an express treatise, has attempted to shew that the 
history of Sanchoniathon never existed, and Dupin has at¬ 
tempted entirely to destroy the credit of the supposed frag¬ 
ments ; but other learned men consider them as authentic. 
According to Saidas, Sanchoniathon wrote a treatise on the 
religious institutions of the Phoenicians; another on the phy¬ 
siology of Hermes; and a third on the Egyptian theology. 
SANCOINS, a town in the central part of France, in the 
department of the Cher. Population 1400; 13 miles south¬ 
west of Nevers. 
SANCOL, a town on the east coast of the island of 
Mindanao. Lat. 6. 37. N. long. 126. 15. E. 
SANCOT, a town of Hindostan, province of Serinagur, 
The lands in the vicinity of this place are well cultivated, 
and the soil fertile. It suffered much while subject to the 
Nepaulese, but has been recently restored by the British to the 
rajah of Serinagur. Lat. 30. 10. N. long. 79. 33. E. 
SANCOTY HEAD, the east point of Nantucket island, 
on the coast of Massachusetts. Lat. 41. 15. N. long. 69. 
58. W.- 
SANCREET, or St. Creed, a parish of England, in 
Cornwall; 4 miles west of Penzance. Population 790. 
SANCROFT (William),, an eminent English prelate of 
the 17th century, was born at Fresingfield, in Suffolk, in 
the year 1616. He was initiated into grammar learning at 
Bury St. Edmund’s, and at the age of eighteen went to 
Cambridge, where he soon distinguished himself in various 
. branches of literature. He took Iris degrees, and was, in 
1642, chosen fellow of his college. This situation he re¬ 
tained till the year 1649, when, refusing to conform to the 
wishes of the governing powers, he was ejected, upon which 
he wit! drew to the continent, and travelled a considerable 
time in France and Italy. He was at Rome in 1660; but 
when measures were ripe for the restoration of. Charles H., 
he returned to England, and was chosen one of the univer¬ 
sity preachers at Cambridge. After various promotions, he 
was, in 1670, unexpectedly raised to the archiepiscopal see 
of Canterbury. This church preferment he obtained from 
his known attachment to high principles with regard to the 
royal prerogative. He is .said to have attended Charles II. 
on his death-bed, and to have spoken to the dying king with 
a degree of freedom that was. scarcely to be expected. In 
1.686, he was nominated the first in King James’s commis¬ 
sion for ecclesiastical affairs; but he refused to act under, it, 
though he did not feel strong enough to remonstrate against 
its illegality. In a short time after this, he afforded evi- 
. dence of his zeal to counteract the king’s insidious designs 
for promoting the interests of popery, by refusing, in his 
capacity of one of the governors of the Charter-house, to 
admit as pensioner in that hospital a papist, though strongly 
recommended by the court. In 1688, he shewed his reso¬ 
lution, by refusing, with six other bishops, to order the 
reading of the king’s declaration of indulgence, and by sign¬ 
ing, in conjunction with them, a petition to his majesty, 
containing their reasons for resisting the authority which he 
assumed. For this petition, as we have before seen (see 
England), they were committed to the Tower, and tried 
at the bar of the king’s bench; but were acquitted, to the 
great joy of the people at large, though to the disappoint- 
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