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Spam, in the province of La Mancha; 115 miles south- 
south-east of Madrid. 
VILLA NUEVA DEL RIO, a town of Spain, in the 
province of Seville, on the Guadalquivir; 25 miles north- 
north-east of Seville. 
VILLA NUEVA DE LA SERENA, a small town of 
Spanish Estremadura, on the Guadiana; 58 miles east of 
Badajos. 
VILLA DE PRINCIPE, a town of the province and 
government of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, on the confines of 
the diamond district. The most part of the inhabitants are 
shop-keepers. The rest are artizans, farmers, miners, and 
labourers. 
VILLA DE LA PURIFICATION, a small town of 
Mexico; about 40 miles north-west of the port of Guatlan, 
on the Pacific ocean. 
VILLA REAL, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Traz os Montes, on the small river Corgo; 10 miles north 
of Lamego. 
VILLA REAL, a town of Spain, in the province of 
Valencia, on the river Mijares, near the Mediterranean; 35 
miles north-by-east of Valencia, and 20 east of Segorbe. 
VILLA REAL, a small town of the south of Portugal, in 
Algarva, at the mouth of the Guadiana, opposite to Aya- 
monte, and 1 mile south of Castel Marirn. 
VILLA REAL DE ALAVA, a small town of the north¬ 
east of Spain, in the district of Alava; 21 miles south of 
Bilbao. 
VILLA REAL DE CONCEICAO, ah town of Brazil, 
in the government of Minas Geraes; 40 miles north-west of 
Villa Rica. 
VILLA RICA, a town of Brazil, and capital of the pro¬ 
vince of Minas Geraes, and the seat of its government. It 
is situated on the side of a large mountain, connected with 
others forming an immense chain, of which it is one of the 
highest. Most of the streets range, in steps, as it were, 
from the base to the summit, and are crossed by others 
which lead up the acclivity. The town is divided into two 
parishes, and contains about 20,000 inhabitants. Lat. 20. 
26. S. long. 45. 50. W.—2. A town of South America, in 
the province of Paraguay; 100 miles north-east of Assump¬ 
tion.—3. A volcano of Chili; 60 miles north-east of Val¬ 
divia. 
VILLA RUBIA, a small town of the central part of 
Spain ; 31 miles south-south-east of Madrid. 
VILLA RUBIA DE LOS OJOS DE LA GUADIANA, 
a small town of Spain, in the province of La Mancha; 82 
miles south of Madrid. 
VILLA SAVARY, a town in the south of France, de¬ 
partment of the Aube ; 9 miles south-east of Castelnaudary. 
VILLA DE VALLE FERTILE, a town of South Ame¬ 
rica, in the province of Cuyo; 80 miles south-east of Juan 
de la Frontera. 
VILLA VEJA, a town of South America, in Bahia, at 
first called St. Salvador. 
VILLA VERDE, a town of Portugal, in Estremadura; 
32 miles north of Lisbon. 
VILLA VICIOSA, a small sea-port town of Spain, in 
Asturias, near the mouth of the Asta; 23 miles north-east of 
Oviedo. 
VILLA VICIOSA, an ill built town of the south of Spain, 
in the province of Cordova, on the Guadalquiver; 21 miles 
west of Cordova. 
VILLA VICIOSA, a village of Spain, in New Castile; 20 
miles north-east of Guadalaxara, on the river Henares. 
VILLA VICOSA, a fortified town in the south-east of Por¬ 
tugal, in the province of Alentejo; 100 miles east-by-south 
of Lisbon, and 34 west of Badajos in Spain. 
VILLACH, an old town of Austrian Illyria, in Upper Ca- 
rinthia, at the confluence of the Drave and the Geyl; 22 
miles west of Klagenfurt, and 63 north of Trieste. 
VILLACH, a circle of Austrian Illyria, in the govern¬ 
ment of Lay bach. Its extent is about 2175 square miles ; 
its population 120,000. 
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VILLAFAMES, a town of the east of Spain, in Valencia, 
with 2300 inhabitants; 51 miles north-north-east of Va¬ 
lencia. 
VPLLAGE, s. [village, French.] A small collection 
of houses in the country, less than a town. 
Beggars, with roaring voices, from low farms, 
Or pelting villages, sheep-cotes, and mills, 
Enforce their charity. Shakspeare. 
VILLAGE HILL, a post village of the United States, in 
Nottaway county, Virginia. 
VI'LLAGER, s. An inhabitant of the village. 
Brutus had rather be a villager. 
Than to repute himself a son of Rome 
Under such hard conditions. Shakspeare. 
VI'LLAGERY, s. District of villages. 
Robin Goodfellow, are you not he, 
That fright the maidens of the villagery ? Shakspeare . 
VI'LLAIN, s. [villanus, low Lat.; villain, old French. 
“ Depuis le xii. sieclejusqu’ au xvi., ce mot ne presentoit 
• rien d’infame, quoiqu’ il fut employe pour vilis: il servoit 
a designer l’ordre du tiers-etat; il signifioit paysan, habitant 
de la campagne, laboureur, fermier et cultivateur; homme 
du peuple, marehand, roturier, qui n’est pas noble d’etat ou 
des mceurs.” Roquefort. ] One who held by a base tenure; 
a servant. 
A trusty villain. Sir; that very oft, 
When I am dull with care aud melancholy, 
Lightens my humour with his merry jests. Shakspeare. 
A wicked wretch. 
What in the world, 
That names me traitor, villain- like he lies. Shakspeare. 
VILLAINE LE JUHEL, a town of France, department 
of the Mayenne; 17 miles east-north-east of Mayenne. 
Population 2200. 
VPLLAINOUS. See Villanous. 
VPLLAINY. See Villany. 
VILLALGORDO DE XUCAR, an inland town of 
Spain, in the province of Cuenga, on the river Xucar; 50 
miles south of Cuenca. Population 2200. 
VILLALONOS, a small town of Spain, in the province 
of Valladolid; 27 miles west of Palencia. 
VILLALPANDO, a considerable town of the west of 
Spain, in the province of Leon, on the south bank of the 
river Valderaguay, which, flowing southward, falls into the 
Douro east of Zamora ; 40 miles south of Leon. 
VILLALVA, a small town of Spain, in the province of 
Navarre; 3 miles north-east of Pampeluna. 
VI'LLANAGE, s. The state of a villain; base servitude. 
—Upon every such surrender and grant there was but one 
freeholder, which was the lord himself; all the rest were but 
tenants in villanage, and were not fit to be sworn in juries. 
Davies. —Baseness; infamy. 
If in thy smoke it ends, their glories shine; 
But infamy and villanage are thine. Dry den. 
VILLANDREAU, a town of France, department of 
the Gironde, on the river Giron; 9 miles north-west of 
Bazas. 
VILLANI (Giovanni), a native of Florence, was old 
enough in 1300 to visit Rome at the jubilee, and is supposed 
to have afterwards travelled into France and Flanders. In 
1316 and 1317 he was one of the magistrates called priors at 
Florence, and also in the latter year official of the mint, to 
whom was due an exact register, still extant, of all the 
money coined at Florence in and before his time. He served 
in the Florentine army in 1323, and in 1328 contrived 
means for relieving his poor countrymen at a period of dis¬ 
tressing scarcity. On occasion of the failure of the com¬ 
pany of Bonaccorsi, in which he had a share in 1345, and 
to which he was not accessory, he was committed to the 
public prison, and his life was terminated by the plague, 
which 
