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VALIANTLY, adv. Stoutly; with personal strength; 
■with personal bravery. 
Farewell, kind lord; fight valiantly to-day: 
Thou art fram’d of the firm truth of valour. Shakspeare. 
VA'LIANTNESS, s. Valour; personal bravery; puis¬ 
sance; fierceness; stoutness.—Thy valiantness was mine; 
thou suck’dst it from me. Shakspeare. 
VA'LID, adj. [valide , French ; validus Latin.] Strong; 
powerful; efficacious; prevalent. 
Perhaps more valid arms, 
Weapons more violent, when next we meet. 
May serve to better us, and worse our foes. Milton. 
Having intellectual force; prevalent; weighty ; conclu¬ 
sive.—A difference in their sentiments as to particular ques¬ 
tions, is no valid argument against the general truth believed 
by them, but rather a clearer and more solid proof of it. 
Stephens. 
VALI'DITY, s. [validite, Fr.] Force to convince; cer¬ 
tainty. 
You are persuaded of the validity of that famous verse, 
’Tis expectation makes a blessing dear. Pope. 
Value. A sense not used. 
To thee, and thine, 
Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom ; 
No less in space, validity, and pleasure, 
Than that conferr’d on Goneril. Shakspeare. 
VALINCOURT (John Baptist du Trousset de), was born 
of a noble family at St. Quintin, in Picardy, in 1653, edu¬ 
cated at the Jesuits’ college in Paris, and distinguished him¬ 
self as a man of letters. In 1685 he was appointed, by the 
count of Toulouse, admiral of France, his secretary-general, 
and afterwards secretary of the marine; but through life he 
cultivated polite literature- His writings are few: they con¬ 
sist of a critique on the celebrated novel of “ The Princess 
of Cleves“ A Life of Francis Duke of Guise, surnamed 
Le Balafre“ Critical Observations on the CEdipus of So¬ 
phocles,” and a few poems. He died at Paris, generally 
esteemed, in 1730, aged 77 years. Moreri. 
VALINCOURT, a small town in the north-east of France, 
department of the North; 9 miles south-east of Cambray, 
and 23 south-east of Douay. 
VALK1, a considerable town in the south of European 
Russia, situated on the river Mscha, in the province or 
government called Slobodsk Ukraine. It is the chief place 
of a circle; 27 miles west-by-south of Charkov. 
VALLADOLID, an inland province of Spain, forming 
part of the kingdom of Leon, and lying between 41. 10. and 
42. 40. of north lat. It consists of several scattered tracks, 
the two largest of which lie in the west and south-east of 
Leon. The area of the whole is 3400 square miles; the 
population about 190,000. It is divided into 22 districts. 
VALLADOLID, an ancient city in the interior of Spain, 
in Leon, situated on the banks of the Esgueva, which divides 
it into two, and of the larger stream of the Pisuerga, which 
bathes its walls. The former flows from the east, the latter 
from the north. The town stands in the midst of an exten¬ 
sive plain, which might be rendered far more productive, 
were the streams that traverse it made to serve effectually for 
the purpose of irrigation; 100 miles north-north-west of 
Madrid. 
VALLADOLID, a province of Mexico. The most 
elevated summit of this province is the Pic de Tancitaro, 
to the east of Tuspan. To the east of this peak is the 
extraordinary volcano of Jurullo, which was formed in 
the night of the 29th September, 1759. The great catastrophe 
by which this mountain rose from the earth, and by which a 
considerable extent of ground totally changed its appear¬ 
ance, is perhaps one of the most extraordinary physical revo¬ 
lutions on record. A vast plain extends from the hills of 
Aguasarco to near the villages of Teipa and Petatlan. This 
plain is only from 2460 to 2624 feet above the level of the 
sea. In the middle of this space basaltic cones appear, the 
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summits of which are crowned with ever-green oaks of a 
laurel and olive foliage, intermingled with palm trees. This 
beautiful vegetation forms a singular contrast with the aridity 
of the plain which was laid waste by volcanic fire. In the 
month of June 1759, a subterraneous noise was heard. Hol¬ 
low noises of a most alarming nature were accompanied by 
frequent earthquakes, which succeeded one another for from 
50 to 60 days, to the great consternation of the neighbouring 
inhabitants. From the beginning of September every thing 
seemed to announce the complete re-establishment of tran¬ 
quillity, when in the night between the 28th and 29th, the 
horrible subterraneous noise re-commenced. The affrighted 
Indians fled to the mountains for safety. A track of ground 
from three to four square miles in extent, which goes by the 
name of Mai pays, rose up in the shape of a bladder. The 
bounds of this convulsion are still distinguishable in the frac¬ 
tured strata. The ground thrown up near its edges is 39 feet 
in height above the old level of the plain; but it rises pro¬ 
gressively towards the centre, to an elevation of 500 feet. 
Those who witnessed this great catastrophe from the top of 
the mountain of Aguasarco, assert, that flames were seen to 
issue forth for an extent of more than half a square league; 
that fragments of burning rocks were thrown up to prodi¬ 
gious heights; and that through a thick cloud of ashes, illu¬ 
mined by volcanic fire, the softened surface of the earth was 
seen to swell up like an agitated sea. The rivers of Cuitamba 
and San Pedro rushed into the burning chasms, and contri¬ 
buted to exasperate the flames, which were distinguishable at 
the city of Pascuaro, though situated on a very extensive 
table land, 4500 feet above the plains of Jurullo. Thousands 
of small cones, from 6 to 9 feet in height, called by the na¬ 
tives ovens, issued from the ground while it was under the 
influence of this confusion; and although the heat of these 
volcanic ovens has suffered a great diminution, Humboldt 
mentions that he has seen the thermometer rise to 202 de¬ 
grees of Fahrenheit, on being plunged into fissures, which 
exhale an aqueous vapour. From each small cone the va¬ 
pour arises to the height of 40 or 50 feet. In many of them 
a subterraneous noise is heard, resembling that occasioned 
by the boiling of a fluid. In the midst of the ovens six large 
masses, elevated from 1300 to 1600 feet above the old level 
of the plains, sprung up from the chasm. The most elevated 
of these masses is the great volcano of Jurullo. It is conti¬ 
nually burning, and has thrown up an immense quantity of 
lavas. These great eruptions of the central volcano con¬ 
tinued till the month of February 1760. In the following 
years they became less frequent: and the Indians having been 
gradually accustomed to the terrific noises of the new vol¬ 
cano, had advanced towards the mountains to admire the 
streams of fire discharged from an infinity of great and small 
volcanic apertures. At the first explosion of this volcano, the 
roofs of the houses of Queretaro were covered with ashes, 
though distant more than 48 leagues. The subterraneous 
tire appears now far from violent; and the desolate ground 
as well as the great volcano, begin to be covered with vege¬ 
tables. The air, however, is still heated to such a degree by 
the ovens, as to raise the thermometer to 109 degrees of 
Fahrenheit. 
In extent, Valladolid is nearly equal to Ireland. It con¬ 
tains three cities, three towns, 263 villages and fe05 parishes. 
The population is 376,400; the extent of surface 3446 square 
leagues, which allows 109 inhabitants to each square 
league. 
VALLADOLID, or Mechoacan, an episcopal city of 
Mexico, and capital of the province of that name. It 
contains 18,000 inhabitants. 
VALLADOLID, a small town of Mexico or New Spain, 
in the province of Merida or Yucatan. 
VALLANCER, Point, the north-west cape of the island 
of Gravina, in the North Pacific ocean. Lat. 55. 26. N. 
long. 228. 24. E. 
VALLA'NCY, s. A large wig that shades the face. 
But you, loud Sirs, who through your curls look big. 
Critics in plume, and white valiancy wig. Dry den. 
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