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treason. Another work of Tertullian has been often cited, 
viz.: “ De Prescription ibus adversus Hsereticos.” In this 
work he treats of heresy in general, and then discusses par¬ 
ticular heresies in his five books against Marcion, in others 
against Praxeas, in defence of the Trinity, and against Her- 
mogenes, and the Valentinians. In his book “ On the Soul,” 
he inquires into the nature of the soul and its properties. In 
his treatise “ On Baptism,” he absurdly maintains that the 
moral stain of the soul is effaced by the external washing of 
the body, and that punishment is likewise remitted; a doc¬ 
trine which some later divines have zealously supported. 
Baptism by heretics he considers as no baptism, and contends 
that it ought to be repeated. In cases of necessity, he thinks 
infant-baptism to be allowable, but he recommends deferring 
rather than hastening the administration of this sacrament. 
His book “ On Penance” refutes the opinion advanced by the 
Montanists, that sins committed after baptism cannot be 
absolved by the church. In his treatise “ On Idolatry,” he 
extends this crime to practices that are almost unavoidable in 
society ; such as bearing arms for the defence of the empire, 
adorning houses in honour of the prince, and using customary 
expressions that have any reference to Heathen mythology. 
In his work “ De Corona Militis,” he applauds a Christian 
soldier who refused to place a crown or garland on his head. 
In another work he considers “ flight in time of persecution” 
as prohibited, and also giving money to escape it. In his 
treatise “ De Spectaculi,” he dissuades Christians from 
attending public shows. In his moral tracts is an exhortation 
to “ patience,” in which, as well as in a discourse ad¬ 
dressed to martyrs, or confessors, he dwells in an eloquent 
strain on the motives which should bind a Christian to the 
practice of that virtue. After his union with the Montanists, 
Tertullian wrote four books in opposition to the discipline 
of the Catholic church; viz., “ On Modesty“ On Mono¬ 
gamy;” “An Exhortation to Charity;” and “ A Treatise 
on Faith.” 
Tertullian, in his various writings, has afforded plain testi¬ 
monies to all the books of the New Testament, commonly 
received by Christians at this time, except the Epistle of 
James, the 2d of Peter, the 2d and 3d of John. The Epistle 
to the Hebrews he ascribes to Barnabas. This ancient father 
has been much admired : Cyprian calls him “ my master.” 
Some persons, however, have doubted whether he has done 
more good or harm in the Christian church. His character 
is judiciously appreeiated by one of his biographers (Gen. 
Blog.) in the following manner. Tertullian “ was certainly 
a man of lively parts and large acquirements, of copious 
invention, and warm feelings. In his reasonings, however, 
he displayed more fancy and subtilty than sound judgment; 
and the ardour of his temper inclines him to violence and 
exaggeration, while a propensity to superstition renders him 
weakly credulous and gloomily austere.” His works have 
been frequently printed both separately and collectively. Of 
his whole works, the editions of Rigaltius, fol. Paris, 1641, 
and of Sender, Hal. Magd. 6 vols. 1770—76, are most 
esteemed. Dupin. Lordlier. Mosheim. 
TERTZENA, or Trezna, a small town of Greece, in 
the west of theMorea. It is inhabited by Greeks; and the 
environs are very productive in wine and olives; 12 miles 
north of Dimiczana. 
TERUEL, a town of the north-east of Spain, in the pro¬ 
vince of Arragon, at the confluence of the rivers Guadalaviar 
and Alhambra. It stands on a hill, and is. defended by a 
citadel; 87 miles south-by-east of Saragossa, and 13 east- 
south-east of Abarracin. 
TERUNCIUS, a very small brass coin in use among the 
Romans. The inconvenience of such very small pieces being 
soon found, the teruncius became disused, but its name is 
still retained in reckoning, and thus it became a money of 
account. 
TERVENGARY, a town of the south of India, province 
of Malabar. Near to this place, a decisive victory was ob¬ 
tained by the British troops over those of Tippo Sultan, in 
1790. Lat. 11. 2. N. long. 76. E. 
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TERVISO, a small town of Austrian Illyria, in Istria; 8 
miles west of Mitterburg. 
TERVUREN, a small town of the Netherlands, in the 
province of South Brabant. Population 1500; 6 miles east 
of Brussels. 
TERWICH, a parish of England, in Sussex, near Mid¬ 
hurst, 
TERZA, La, a small town in the south of the kingdom 
of Naples, in the Terra d’Otranto ; 25 miles west of Taranto, 
TESCHEN, a circle of Austrian Silesia, comprehending 
the eastern part of that province, with an area of 740 square 
miles, and 152,000 inhabitants. It is very hilly on the south 
side, where the Carpathian chain commences, but the north 
is flat and marshy, so that throughout it is better adapted for 
grazing than tillage. The inhabitants are mostly of Scla- 
vonian origin. The greatest part of this circle is formed of 
the ancient duchy of Teschen, which belongs to the em¬ 
perors in their quality of kings of Bohemia. 
TESCHEN, a town of Austrian Silesia, and the chief 
place of the foregoing circle and principality, is surrounded 
with a wall, and situated on the river Elsa; 32 miles east- 
south-east from Troppau, and 62 east-north-east of Olmutz. 
TESCHEN, a small town in the south-east of Bohemia ; 
59 miles south-south-east of Prague, and 14 south-east of 
Tabor. Population 800. 
TESEGDELT, a village of Morocco, situated on a lofty 
rock, supposed to be impregnable; 20 miles south of 
Mogodor. 
TESENI, a village of Anatolia, in Asiatic Turkey ; 34 
miles south-east of Degnizlu. 
TESIA, a settlement of Mexico, in the province of 
Cinaloa. 
TESORO, a small island in the Spanish Main, near the 
coast of South America. Lat. 10. 8. N. long. 75. 46. W. 
TESSARACONTA, leatragaKovra, among the Athenians, 
were forty men who went their circuits round the several 
boroughs, and had cognizance of all controversies about 
money, if not above ten drachms; as also of actions of 
assault and battery. Potter. 
TESSARACOSON, reaa-a^aKoa-ov, Gr., in Antiquity, a so¬ 
lemnity kept by women on the fortieth day after child-birth, 
when they went to the temple, and paid some grateful ac¬ 
knowledgments for their safe delivery. Pott. Arc/ioeol. 
Groc. 
TESSELARII, among the Romans, artificers of che¬ 
quered or mosaic work. 
Tesselated pavements were much used in the tents of the 
Roman generals. 
TE'SSELATED, adj. [tessella, Latin.] Variegated by 
squares.—Van Helmont produced a stone very different from 
the tessellated pyrites. Woodward. 
TESSERA, in Roman antiquity, denoted in its primary 
sense a cube or dye ; so called from the Greek word r eo-traga, 
or Tecro-epa, four ; respect being had to its number of sides, 
distinct from the two horizontal planes, above and below. 
And it was thus distinguished from the talus, which, being 
round at each end, contained only four planes or faces on 
which it could stand; and, therefore, when thrown, had no 
more than two side faces in view. Hence ludere tails et 
ludere tesscris are spoken of by Roman writers as two dif¬ 
ferent games. 
TESSERA'IC, adj. [tessera , Latin.] Variegated by 
squares; tessellated.—Some of the tesseraic work of the Ro¬ 
mans has lately been dug up. Sir R. Atkyns. 
TESSERMUIT, an island near the south-west coast of 
East Greenland. Lat. 59. 59. N. long. 44. 20. W. 
TESSIN (Charles Gustavus), a Swedish count and con¬ 
siderable statesman, was born at Stockholm in ] 695, and re¬ 
ceived the rudiments of his education under his father. In 
1714, he set out on his travels, and continued them through 
various countries of Europe for five years, availing himself 
of every opportunity that occurred of acquainting himself 
with their respective constitution and laws. At the age of 
twenty-five he was deputed to the courts of Great Britain, 
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