A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names of all the counties, provinces, remarkable cities, universities, ports, towns, mountains, seas, streights, fountains, and rivers of the whole world : their distances, longitudes, and latitudes : with a short historical account of the same, and their present state : to which is added an index of the ancient and Latin names : very necesary for the right understanding of all modern histories, and especially the divers accounts of the present transactions of Europe / begun by Edmund Bohun ... ; continued, corrected, and enlarged with great additions throughout, and particularly with whatever in the geographical part of the voluminous, Morey and Le Clerks occurs observable, by Mr. Bernard ; together with all the market-towns, corporations, and rivers, in England, wanting in both the former editions.

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DAbir or Debir, an ancient City of the Ana∣kims in Palestine near Hebron. It had been formerly call'd Kirjah-Sepher, i. e. the City of Lear∣ning, as we read Judg. 1. 11. And was first taken by Joshua, Josh. 11. 21. afterwards by Othniel, Judges 1. 13. with a reward of the General Caleb's Daugh∣ter given him to Wife for his Victory.

Dabul, Dabulum, Dunga, a strong Maritime City with a large Port and a Castle, at the Mouth of the River Helevacho, in the Confines of the Kingdom of Guzarate; but under the King of Decan: between Daman to the North, and Goa to the South, in 20. deg. of Lat.

Dacia, the ancient Appellation and Division of a large Country of Europe: bounded on the North by the Carpathian Mountains, and the River Preuth; on the East and South by the same River, together with the Danube; and by the Theysse on the West. It was divided into 1. Dacia Ripensis, which contained a part of the present Hungary and Walachia. 2. Dacia Alpestris, answering to another part of Walachia and to Moldavia. 3. Dacia Mediterranea or Ge∣pida, in which was comprehended the present Tran∣sylvania. The Albocensii, Sinsi, Taurissi, Piephigi, Biepti, &c. were the then Inhabitants of this Coun∣try, under the Government of Kings of their own; till Trajan, conquering Decebalus, reduced them in∣to a Roman Province in the year of Rome 98. and af∣fixed the Name of Colonia Ʋlpia Trajana to their Ca∣pital City, otherwise called Varhel or Zarmisoge∣thusa. The Greeks called this people, Getae: It was the Romans that derived the Title of Daci and Dacae upon them. Dacia also in the Monastick Writers is put abusively for Dania, Daci for Dani, and Daci∣cum for Danicum. In the University of Paris the Danish College is called Collegium Dacorum. The Marish and the Olt were the principal Rivers of Dacia.

Dacha, Paropanisus, a Province in the Greater Asia.

Dada, an ancient City of Pisidia in the Lesser Asia: otherwise by Ptolomy and Strabo written A∣data and Adadata.

Dadastana, an ancient City of Bithynia in Asia the Less, upon the Confines of Galatia: remarkable for the death of the Emperor Jovian here.

Dadivan, a delightful Plain four or five Leagues in Circuit in the Province of Farsistan in Persia, be∣tween Schiras and Lar: richly planted with Orange, Lemon, and Pomgranate Trees; and traversed by a Ri∣ver that affords plenty of Fish. The English and Dutch, residing at Ormus, are wont to pass the end of the Summer here for pleasure.

Dafar, the Seat of the ancient Homeritae in Ara∣bia Foelix, upon the Arabian Sea.

Daghestan or Dachestan, a Province between the Kingdom of Astracan to the North, and the Pro∣vince of Schirwan in Persia to the South: Inhabited by Tartars, under a Prince of their own, in security against Invasions by the means of inaccessible Moun∣tains. The principal City here is Tarku.

Dagho, Daghoa, a small Island upon the Coast of Livonia, to the North of the Island of Oesel, in the Baltick Sea, at the mouth of the Bay of Riga, which has two Castles; and is under the King of Sweden.

Dagno, Thermidava, a City of Dalmatia or Al∣bania, upon the River Drino.

Dai or Daae, an ancient People of Scythia Asi∣atica upon the Caspian Sea, adjoining to the Mas∣sagetae.

Dalanguer, Imaus.

Dalecarle, Dalecarlia or Dalarne, a great Pro∣vince in the Kingdom of Sweden, towards the Moun∣tains of Savona and Norway, which bounds it on the West; on the North it hath Helsinga; Gestricia on the East, and Vermelandia on the South: a vast Coun∣try, but it has never a City or good Town in it. Ta∣king this Name from the River Dalecarle, which is one of the most considerable of all the Rivers of the Kingdom of Sweden. It is a Mountainous Country.

Dalem, Dalemum, a small Town of the Dutchy of Limburg in the Low Countreys, under the Hol∣landers. It stands upon a Stream two Leagues from Liege, and three from Aix la Chapelle: fortified with a strong Castle, and adorned with the Title of an Earldom, and likewise enjoying a Jurisdiction over a Territory of many Villages beyond the Meuse.

Dalia, a Province contained within Westrogothia in the Kingdom of Sweden, between the Lake of of Vener and the Prefecture of Bahuys. Dalebourg is the most considerable Town in it.

Dallendorf, a Village and Castle in Eyfel, in the Dutchy of Juliers, which was the Seat of the ancient Taliates: sometimes called Tallenford.

Dalmatia, the Eastern part of the ancient Illyri∣cum, called by the Ancients Delmio or Dalmatia, from a City of that Name, its Capital. The Inhabi∣tants of which revolting with about twenty Towns from the Kingdom of Epirus, called this small Di∣strict by the Name of Dalmatia. Afterwards it was conquered by the Romans, and after this by the Scla∣vonians: called by the Turks Bosnaeli, by the Poles Slowienska, by the Italians Schiavonia, by the French Dalmatie. That Country which now goes by the Name, is but a small part of the ancient Dalmatia; lying upon the Adriatick Sea, and bounded on the North by Croatia and Bosnia, on the East by Servia, on the South by Albania, and on the West by the Adriatick; in which Bounds Morlachia is included. In the year 1076. Pope Gregory VII. in a Council held at Salona, actually erected this Country into a Kingdom, by the Investiture of Demetrius, then Duke of Dalmatia, with all the Ensigns of Royalty. Now the greatest part is under the Turks, but the Sea-Coasts and Islands are in the hands of the Venetians, who have taken several Forts from the Turks in this present War. The Common-wealth of Ragusa lies in Dalmatia also; which is not subject either to the Turks or Venetians, though it payeth a voluntary Tribute to the former; but in 1686. they were very earnest with the Emperor of Germany by their Em∣bassador,

to undertake their Protection against the Turks. The Sclavonian Language is spoken by the Natives of Dalmatia.

Dalton, a Market Town in Lancashire in the Hundred of Loynsdale; seated in a Champaign Coun∣try, not far from the Sea.

Dam, a strong Town in Flanders, built of late years to secure Bruges against the Hollanders, from which it stands but one League towards the North. This is still in the hands of the Spaniard. § Dam, a strong Town in the Dukedom of Pomerania, upon the River Oder, right over against Stetin, which is in the Possession of the King of Sweden. § Dam, a Town in Gronningen, three Miles from the chief City of that Province to the East, and one from Delfziil to the West, seated upon Damsterdiep.

Damala, Troezeu, once a City, now a small Town or Village on the Eastern Shoar of the Morea; twen∣ty seven Miles from Napoli to the North-East, and fourteen from Corinth to the South-East.

Daman or Damaon, a celebrated Port on the West of Malabar in the Kingdom of Guzurate, upon the Coast of the Gulph of Cambaia, twenty Leagues from Surate, in 20. deg. of Northern Latitude: in the hands of the Portuguese; who built it, and have so strongly fortified it, that the Great Mogul in vain of late besieged it with forty thousand men.

Damascus, is the principal and the most ancient Town in Syria: seated in a Plain upon the Chry∣sorrhoas, or a River called the Golden Stream by the Ancients; surrounded with Mountains, one hundred and forty Miles from Jerusalem to the South, and Antioch to the North. This City is so ancient, that it is not known when or by whom it was built; but it is mentioned by Abraham. In the succeeding Ages of the World, it followed the Fate of Syria, succes∣sively subject to all the four great Empires, and fa∣mous under all. But then the Conversion of S. Paul, which happened in part near and in part within this City, is one of the greatest things that has in the Course of so many Ages befallen it. This was also one of the first great Cities the Saracens took from the Romans, after a Siege of six Months, in 636. by O∣mar the Successor of Abubecher. In 813. it was made the Seat of one of their Califs. Babylon being the second, and Grand Cairo the third. Conra∣dus III. Emperor of Germany attempted in 1147. to reduce it, without any good Success, by reason of the Divisions amongst the Christians in the Holy Land. In 1298. it was taken by Cassan the Turk, and 30000 Saracens slain; but the Saracens soon after recove∣red it. About 1395. it became a Prey to that Flagel∣lum Dei, (Tamerlane) the great Scythian Conque∣ror: After this it was subject to the Sultans of Aegypt, till Selim I. about 1514. subjected it to the Ottoman Empire, under which it still is. This City is an Archbishop's See under the Patriarch of Antioch; the Seat of one of the Turkish Visiers; in a fruitful Val∣ley, so extreamly pleasant withal, as amongst many Writers to gain the Title of the Paradise of the World. Yet not mightily inhabited of later times; being more visited by Pilgrims of the Turkish and Christian Reli∣gions, than by Merchants. The Current of the Trade running by Aleppo, fifty Miles more North. It is now called by the Turks Scham. Long. 69. 00. Lat. 33. 00.

Dambea, a City and Kingdom in Aethiopia in A∣frica, near the Fountains of the Nile; which has a Lake in it of the same Name, (twenty five French Leagues in Length, and fifteen in Breadth) incom∣passed on all sides by Mountains, out of which arise a vast Number of Rivers to form this Lake, called Bar-Dambea, the Sea of Dambea, in the Aethiopick Lan∣guage: And out of these Waters, thus united; the Nile springeth, at some Distance from the Moun∣ains. See Nile. There are twenty one Islands stand∣ing in this Lake; the chiefest of which is Dek.

Damiata, a City of Egypt, upon one of the more Eastern Mouths of the Nile: Anciently called Tamia∣tis or Damiata, and now by the Arabians Damiat. This City stands on the opposite Shoar to Pelusium, and grew out of the Ruins of it. Taken by the Christians in 1218. But in 1221. they were forced to restore it, being involved in such Miseries by the Waters that were let loose upon them, that they must otherwise have perished. After this it was reta∣ken by Lewis IX. in 1249. who being afterwards taken Prisoner by the Sultan, was forced to restore it as his Ransom; after which the Saracens burnt it. This is an Archbishops See under the Patriarch of Alexandria; and now a great, well peopled City, and one of the Keys of that Country. Long. 63. 20. Lat. 31. 10.

Dammartin, or Dampmartin, Domnum Marti∣num, a Town in the Province of the Isle of France near Paris. Adorned with a Collegiate Church; and fa∣mous in French History for the Earls of the House that derive their Name from it.

Damor, Leon, a River in Phoenicia, which ariseth from Mount Lebanon, and falls into the Mediterra∣nean Sea, between Sydon and Bayrut.

Damut, Damot, or Damout, a Kingdom of the higher Aethiopia, heretofore under the Abissins; but now torn from them by the Gala's. Its Situation is towards the Lake of Zaire. There are many Golden Mines in it; and a City, the Capital, of the same Name.

Dampierre, a Barony in the Territory of Aunis in France, upon the River Boutonne or Voltunna.

Damvillers, Damvillerum, or Danvilliers, Dan∣villerium, a strong Town in Luxemburgh, upon the River Maes, seated upon a Hill, five Leagues from Verdun to the North, and about eight German Miles from Thionville to the West. Taken by the French in 1637. and annexed to the Dutchy of Lorrain; but in 1673. dismantled.

Danambre. See the Nieper.

Danby, an ancient Castle in the Tract of Cleveland in the North-Riding of Yorkshire; seated near a large Park and Chase of the same Name. First advanced to the Dignity of an Earldom by King Charles I. in the Person of Henry Danvers of the Line of the Lord Latimer, to whom this Castle did anciently belong: and afterwards upon the Default of Issue from the said Henry, in the Person of Thomas Osborn, crea∣ted by King Charles II. Baron of Kineton and Vis∣count Latimer in 1673. and Earl of Danby the year after: The now Marquess of Caermarthen, from King William.

Dandalii, an ancient People of Germany, of great Power in the twelfth Century; and so addicted to their Paganism, that VValdemar King of Denmark with the Princes of Pomerania and Saxony were ob∣liged to force them by Sea and Land to hear Christia∣nity preached amongst them.

Dangala, or Dancala, a City of the Ʋpper Ae∣thiopia, upon the Nile, in the Tract of Nubia, (whereof it is the Capital) and in the Kingdom of Gorhani, towards the North. Long. 52. Lat. 10.

Danneberg, or Daneberg, a Town and County in the Dukedom of Lunenburgh, upon the River Tetza, four Miles from the Elb, and seven from Lu∣nenburgh to the South-East. The Town has a Ca∣stle belonging to it. The County belongs to the Duke of Zell, and is extended from East to West upon the Elb, between the Dukedom of Mecklenburgh to the North, the Marquisate of Brandenburg to the South and East, and the Dukedom of Lunenburgh to the West. It had heretofore Earls of its own; but Ni∣colas,

the last of them, in 1303. sold it to Otto Duke of Brunswick: Of latter Times it was under the Duke of VVolfembuttel, and by him was granted in 1671. to the Duke of Zell.

Dantsick, Dantzik, Dantiscum, Gedanum, cal∣led by the Inhabitants and Poles Danske, and Dan∣zig by the Germans; is a vast well fortified City of Poland; the Capital of Prussia, in the little Pome∣rania, with a noble Haven and Castle upon the Vistu∣la which a League below dischargeth it self into the Bay of Dantzick, a Part of the Baltick Sea. So watered by two other Rivers, the Rodaun and the Motlau; towards the South and West it has some Hills, which in 1656. were first fortified against the Swedes. This City is Imperial and Free, belonging originally to the Empire. Primislaus King of Poland, in 1295. first walled it against the Knights of the Teutonick Order, as Cromerus saith, lib. 11. After this it was betrayed to the Marquess of Brandenburgh by one Peter Chancellor of Pomerania, who being in wrath with Ʋladislaus Lochicus his Master, King of Poland, and the Castle thereupon surprised by the Teutonick Order, (who pretended to assist Ʋladislaus) they demanded a vast Sum of Money, which the Citi∣zens refusing to pay, they proceeded to take the Ci∣ty, to plunder and slay great Numbers of the Inha∣bitants. In 1310. Sigismundus Augustus took away half the Customs upon their Disrespect to his Ambas∣sador, who was sent to quiet them, then in Tumult and Disorder: He reserved also the greater Causes to the Determination of the Diet of Poland, contrary to the Privilege granted by Casimirus his Predecessor. In 1569. Stephanus King of Poland, proscrib'd them, for taking part with the House of Austria against him; which Quarrel was ended by the Mediation of the Neighbouring Princes. In 1597. Ʋladislaus IV. had also some Controversies with this City about their Im∣posts. The Protestant Religion is imbraced here, the Roman Catholick tolerated. No Man is admitted into the Senate, except he be a Luthoran. In 1596. the Senate granted the Jesuits the Monastery of S. Bridget, and S. Maries Church; but the City op∣posed it so vigorously, that three Days after they were forced to recall their Edict. In 1657. this City was forced to burn her own Suburbs to prevent their being taken by the Swedes. It lies in Long 41. 30. Lat. 54. 20.

Danube, Danubius, Ister, is one of the greatest Rivers in Europe, and no less celebrated both in An∣cient and Modern Story: Called Danubius and Ister, whence Ovid. lib. 1. de Pont.

Stat vetus Ʋrbs ripae vicina Binominis Istri.

The upper part next the Fountains, was for the most part called the Danube; and the lower from Illyri∣cus or Sclavonia, the Ister, as Pliny saith; by the Germans Donaw, by the French Danube, by the Italians Danubio, by the Poles Dunay, by the Turks Tunay. It ariseth in the County of Bar in Suabia, sour German Miles from Freiburgh to the East, and nine from Basil to the North-East; running North-East, it passes by Ʋlm, having received a great many smaller Rivers on both Sides, which for Brevity I must omit. At Leucy it entereth Bavaria, and a little fur∣ther from the South receiveth the Leck, which passeth by Ausprugh; and still continuing its Course as far as Regensburgh, it then turns and runs more Easterly to the Confines of Austria, where at Passaw it enter∣tains the vast River Inn, which comes from Inspruck, and brings many other with it; from hence it goeth to Vienna, where it makes an Island; then washeth the Walls of Presburgh the Capital of the Ʋpper Hungary, where it divides and makes the Island of Schut: at Comora it unites again, and goes on to Gran, bending its Course more Southerly; from whence it passeth to Buda the Capital of all Hunga∣ry, where it makes two other Islands, one above Bu∣da, and another a little below Colocza. The Sara∣witz, which comes from Alba-Regalis, falls into it from the West; then the Drave at Esseck; then the Tibiscus a vast River of Ʋpper Hungary from the East; and the Save again on the West by Belgrade, which is the first Town of Servia: from hence its Course is more East, having Moldavia, VValachia, and Bialogrod on the North, Servia and Bulgaria on the South; where it makes many Isles, and then entereth the Euxine or Black Sea by three great Outlets; the two more Northerly, being as it were reunited in the very Entry of them into the Sea. Dr. Edward Browne, in his Travels, saith; That at Crainburgh, not far distant from the Head, it appea∣red a considerable Stream; a little after from the City Ʋlm in Suevia, where it beginneth to be Navigable, it continues a long Course; passing by Ingolstad, Ra∣tisbone, Straubing, Passaw, Lintz and Vienna, un∣to Presburgh; from whence through Hungary it makes a Course of above three hundred Miles, before it passes by Belgrade. It drinks in above sixty con∣siderable Rivers; and in a sober Account performs a Course of above 1500 Miles, from its Rise to its Fall. This River has had many Naval Fights upon it between the Turks and Christians. At one time there were twenty Galliots, eighty small Pinnaces, and little less than a hundred Ships of Burthen employed upon it, in a Siege of Buda. At the Siege of Belgrade, Mahomet the Great brought two hundred Ships and Galleys up the Stream; the Hungarians sent so many from Buda down the Stream, that after a sharp En∣counter, the Hungarians took twenty, and forced the rest on shoar near the Camp; so that Mahomet was forced to burn them to prevent their being taken by the Christians. This perhaps is more than can be said of any other River in the World. It abounds in good Fish, as Trouts, Perches, large and delicious Carps, exceeding (saith Dr. Browne) any I have seen, &c. some of which is every Year salted, and sent into other Parts. This River, to conclude, was for many Ages the Boundary on this Side of the Ro∣man Empire, and against the barbarous Nations; ac∣cordingly the Roman Legions had their Stations upon its Banks: they were the Founders of many of the Cities; and many memorable Actions in those early Days happened near it, sometimes between the Ro∣mans themselves, and sometimes between them and the Barbarians.

Danvilliers. See Damvilliers.

Daphne, a delightful Village of old in Syria, upon the Banks of the River Orontes, five Miles from Antioch the Great. Where was a large famous Cypress▪Wood consecrated to Apollo, with a Temple to his Honour also, and another to Diana; and a Spring called the Fountain of Daphne. The Romans for some time kept a Legion here, till they found their Men effemi∣nated by the Pleasures of the Place. Pompey the Great, charmed with its Beauty, became a Benefactor to it. Constantine M. built a House of Pleasure in it in the Year 326. Gallus caused the Body of the Martyr Babylas, the Patriarch of Antioch, to be transported hither; whereupon it is said Apollo surceased his Oracle. Julian the Apostate comman∣ded the said Body to be removed in 362. After which the Temple of Apollo was so consumed in a Storm of Thunder and Lightning, that in S. Chrysostom's time only one Pillar, now nothing is remaining thereof. And the Christian Emperors succeeding Julian ere∣cted Churches in its Room.

Darbon, Alpheus, a River in the middle of the Morea, which falls into the Ladon (which falls into the Orfea,) and divides at Pilus: one Branch called

Illiaco, runs West, and entereth the Ocean over a∣gainst Zant; the other (Alpheo) runs South, and en∣tereth the Gulph of Arcadia, over against the Town of Stroffhad, 20 Miles North-West of Arcadia.

Darby, Derby, Derbia, is both a City and a County in England. The County has Nottingham∣shire on the East, Leicestershire on the South, Staf∣fordshire on the West, and Yorkshire on the North. The River Derwent divides it into two Parts, run∣ning North and South, and at last falls into Trent, which is its Southern Boundary. That Part which lies East of Derwent is plain and fruitful; the We∣stern Parts are more mountainous and barren, but a∣bound in Mines of Lead, Iron, Coals, and afford good Pasture for Sheep. In the South-East Part of this County upon the River Derwent, lieth the City of Derby, which first takes its Name from the River, and then lends it to the County: A fine, rich, well∣traded City. On the East Side it has Derwent, cove∣red by a Stone-Bridge; on the South it hath a clear Rivolet called Mertenbrook: and within it five Pa∣rish-Churches. Thomas Lord Stanley was created Earl of Darby in 1486. by Henry VII. in the first Year of his Reign. The present VVilliam Stanley, who is the ninth Earl of this Family (and the fourth of England) succeeded Charles his Father in 1672. A Title heretofore enjoyed, first by the Earls of Fer∣rers and Darby, and afterwards by several Princes of the Royal Family.

Darda, a strong Fort at the North end of the Bridge of Esseck, built by the Turks in 1686. and taken by the Germans when they burnt the Bridge: Retaken by the Duke of Lorrain in 1687. and de∣signed to be fortified, but soon after deserted rather, that the Turks might have a free Passage to their ruin, as came to pass Aug. 12. 1687. when they received the greatest Overthrow near this Place, which has be∣fallen them in this last Century. See Mohatz.

The Dardanelles, Dardanium, Dardania, are two Castles built by Mahomet II. The one in Europe, where anciently stood Cestos; the other in Asia, in the place of Abidos, upon the streightest part of the Helespont. They stand two hundred Miles South of Constantinople, as being the Keys of that City. The famous Monsieur Thevenot, who saw them in 1655. thus describes them (as he is translated). That which is in Romania, on the Side of Europe, is built in a triangular Form, at the Foot of an Hill, which com∣mands and covers it; where there is a little Town. This Castle hath three Towers covered with Lead, whereof two are towards the Land, and the third which is the biggest, upon the Harbor. It hath (said he) as I could discern with a Perspective-Glass, about twenty Port-holes▪ level with the Water; in which, besides what I could observe by my Glasses, I was as∣sured that a Man might easily creep into some of the Guns, they were of such a prodigious Bore. The o∣ther on the Asia Side is in a Plain, and seemed to me to be almost square. It hath three Towers on each Side, and a Dungeon or Platform in the Middle, but not so many Port-holes as the other. These Castles are of no Strength to Landward, being only designed against Ships, as Mr. Sandys and all observe; but they were kept by strong Garrisons. This Place is famous for the Loves of Hero and Leander, the Pas∣sage of Xerxes by a Bridge of Boats, the Passage of the Turks a little above these Castles; and of later times for three Naval Victories obtained here by the Venetians, in 1655, 1656, and 1657. Since that the Turks have built two other Castles, which bear just upon the entrance of the Hellespont, about three Miles more South than the old Dardanelles. That on Asia Side lieth not above two Miles from Troas upon a flat Ground. That on Europe, on the side of a Hill, with round Towers, and several Ascents after the old Fashion, as Mr. VVheeler observes; which, he saith, were built since Mr. Sandys's time, and in all probabi∣lity since 1655. upon the Occasion of those Venetian Victories. The Turks call Lepanto and Patras, at the entrance of the Bay or Gulph of Lepanto, the Dar∣danelles, by way of Allusion. There are two other such Castles call'd the Dardanelles of the Gulph of Larta in Epirus, eighty English Miles North-West from Lepanto.

Dardania, the ancient Name of a Country in the upper Maesia, which became afterwards a part of Dacia, and now makes properly the South Quarter of the Province of Servia, wherein Nizza and Ʋscopia stand. § Also an ancient Town and Province of Troas in Asia the Less, mentioned by Mela, Pliny, &c.

Darha, a Country, City, and River in the Divi∣sion of Biledulgeridia in Africa. The River is subject to an annual Inundation, which begin∣ning in April (if a great one) makes a fruit∣ful Year. Towards this River stands the City Darha in Darha properly so called, which is one of the three Parts this Country is divided into: the others being Itata and the Kingdom of Teslete. This Country lies between the Kingdom of Morocco, Tesset, and Segellomessa; under the Obedience of the King of Teslete, who is a Tributary to the Emperor of Morocco. It abounds particularly with excellent Palm-Trees.

Daria, an ancient Episcopal City of Mesopotamia, fifteen Miles from Nisibin. It has also been called Anastasiopolis, and Anastasia, from its Founder, the Emperor Anastasius.

Darien, a City upon the Gulph of Ʋrraba with a great River in the Province of Terra Firma in the South America. The See of this City has been trans∣ferred thence to Panama, being not so considerable a Place as formerly. The River is otherwise called the River of S. John, and El Rio Darien.

Darking, a Market-Town in Surrey, the Capital of its Hundred, upon a Branch of the River Mole; which at a Place, called the Swallow, by the Foot of a Hill here falls under Ground and rises again the Distance of a Mile thence, near Norbury.

Darlington, a Market-Town in the Bishoprick of Durham; the Capital of its Wapentake; with a fair Bridge over the River Skerne, where there runs another small Rivulet into it.

Darmstad, Darmstadium, a Town and Landgra∣vate in the County of Gerawer in Franconia, upon the River Darmstad, which has a fine Castle; where the Landgrave of Gerawer or Darmstad resides. It stands two Miles from the Rhine, and three from Francfort on the Mayn towards the South. And belongs to a Branch of the House of the Landgraves of Hesse, thence entituled, the Princes of Hesse-Darmstad.

Daroca, a Town in the Kingdom of Arragon in Spain, upon the River Xiloca, four or five Leagues from Calatajud, and about ten from Saragossa.

Dartford, a large Market-Town in Kent in Sut∣ton Lath upon the River Darent, not far from the Influx thereof into the Thames. The Rebellion of John Tyler (alias Jack Straw,) in the Reign of Richard II. in 1381. began here.

Darwent, a River in Darbyshire; another in Cumberland; and a third in Yorkshire. Sir Francis Ratcliff of Dilston in the County of Cumberland, was made Earl of Darwent-VVater, by K. James II. August 24. 1687. Baron of Tindale, and Viscount Ratcliff and Langley. See Derwent.

Daventry, a Market and great Road-Town in Nor∣thamptonshire, in the Hundred of Fauseley, upon a Ri∣vulet that falls into the Nen.

Daulia, Daulis, an ancient City of Phocis in Achaia, not far from Delphi to the South. It has sometime been a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Athens; now ruined. § A second in Macedonia, whose modern Name is Eladasagni.

Dauphine, Allobroges, Delphinatus, a great Pro∣vince in the South-East part of France; bounded on the East by Piedmont, on the North by Savoy and La Bresse, from which it is separated by the River Rhosne; on the West by Lion and Vivarais, from which the same River divides it; and on the South by Provence. It had heretofore Princes of its own, cal∣led the Daulphines; but Humbartus II. their last Prince, in 1343. gave this Principality to Philip de Valois King of France, upon Condition that the eldest Son of the King of France should bear this Title, which has been ever since observed. The principal City is Grenoble.

Dax▪ See Acqs.

The Dead-Sea. See Asphaltites.

Deal, a Member of the Town and Port of Sand∣wich in Kent; of Note for the Harbouring of Fleets from time to time here, in Order to sail East or West.

Dean. See the Forest of Dean.

Dean-Magna, a Market-Town in Glocestershire, in the Hundred of S. Briavells

Deben, a River in Suffolk, upon which VVood∣bridge and Debenham stand. It discharges it self into the Sea twelve Miles below the latter.

Debenhan, a Market-Town in Suffolk, in the Hundred of Thedwastree, upon the River Deben.

Debir. See Dabir.

Decan, or Decam, is a very great Kingdom in the Promontory of Malabar in the East-Indies; bound∣ed on the West by the Indian or Arabian Ocean, on the North by the Kingdom of Guzarat, on the East by that of Golconda, and on the South by the Kingdom of Bisnagar. The Capital of it is Visapar; and the greatest part has been subdued by the Moguls, or divided into petty Kingdoms; of which see Mr. Thevenot's Travels. The Portuguese overcame Goa, (a Member of this Kindom) in 1510. and have ever since retained it.

Decize, Dececia, a Town in the Province of Ni∣vernois in France, seven or eight Leagues from Ne∣vers; standing in an Islet of the Loyre, where the River Airon beds with the Loyre. It is a Pass of some Consequence, belonging to the▪ Dukes of Nevers who have a Castle here. And the Roman Medals that have been found at it, demonstrate the Antiquity of it.

Deddington, a Market-Town in Oxfordshire, in the Hundred of VVotton.

Dedham, a Market-Town in Essex, in the Hun∣dred of Lexden.

Dee, Deva, a River called by the VVelsh, Fridwy, ariseth in Merionethshire, from the Lake of Llyntegid; and running North-West, takes in the River of Alwen in the same County; then passeth into Denbighshire, and becomes a Boundary between that and Shropshire, admitting (another of its boundaries) the River Ke∣riog; and passing by Bangor the famous old VVelsh Monastery, it entereth Cheshire at Shocklidge. At Alford it takes in another small River, and in Flint∣shire the River Allen; so having divided Cheshire from Flintshire at VVest-Chester, it falls into the Irish Sea, making a great Haven, called by the VVelsh Eee, Etu, by the English Dee-Mouth. § Dee, Dea, a River in Galloway in Scotland, which riseth in the Borders of Coila; and running South takes in many other small Rivers, and at last buries it self in Solway Fyrth; which parts Scotland from the North-West of England at Kirkubrig, a famous Town of Galloway.

Deeping, a Market-Town in Lincolnshire in the Hundred of Nesse.

Deistan, Oxus. See Geichon.

Deizer, Dordomana, a City of Persia.

Delbrugk, Delbrugia, a small Town in the Circle of VVestphalia in Germany, between the Rivers Ems and Lippe. Its ancient Inhabitants were the Brucle∣ri whom Germa••••cus overthrew.

Dele, or Dyle, Dila, a River rising near the Vil∣lage Thile in Brabant in the Low-Countries; running by Louvain, and after the Reception of the Demer, falling into the Scheld at Rupel-Monde.

Delft, Delphi, a City of the Province of Holland, which gives name to a District; one of the princi∣pal Cities of that State; very populous and well built. Here is the Monument of VVilliam of Nassaw, the Founder of the Low-Country Liberty, who was here assassinated by the Spaniards, in 1584 And like∣wise another of Admiral Trump. It is not above one League from the Hague, three from Roterdam, and as many from Leiden, in a Plain. In the year 1536. a Fire almost entirely destroyed it. The Town Delfs-Haven, within a quarter of a League of Rotterdam, is under the Jurisdiction of this City

Delli, Crateres, two little deep Lakes, mention'd by the Ancients, in the Island of Sicily near Catania. They were consecrated by the Natives to the D••i Palisci.

Delly or Delhi, a great City and Kingdom under the Mogul in the East-Indies, upon the River Gemna, a hundred Miles from Agria to the N. towards Labor: length of time had much wasted it: whereupon Chah Jehan, the Father of Auran Zeb Emperor of that Country, in 1625. built up another vast one by it, called Chah Jehan-Abad, or shorter Jehan-Abad, that it might be the Capital of his Empire: since which it has flourished, and encreased above any City in the Indies, as Bernerius (cited by Baubrand) saith, who had often seen it. This City was the Seat of Porus the Indian King, who made himself famous by his Wars with Alexander the Great. Near it stands a Pyramid or Obelisk of Stone, which by its unknown Characters seems to be of great Antiquity; thought in the Indies to have been erected by Alex∣ander the Great after the Defeat of Porus. The River Gemna on which this City stands, runs East, and falls into the Ganges. The Fortress of it is half a League in compass, with round Towers at the distance of every ten Battlements: the Ditches are full of Water, Wharfed with Stone; and it has lovely Gardens round about it. In this Citadel is the Royal Palace. The Town has no Ditches, but Walls filled up with Earth behind, and Towers.

Delmenhorst, Delmenhorstium, a small Town in the Principality of Oldembourg in Germany upon the Ri∣ver Delmen, which denominates it and soon after falls into the Weser. It hath the honor of the Title of an Earldom; three Leagues from Bremen, and a little more from Oldembourg. Under the King of Denmark ever since 1667.

Delos, Ortygia, Lagia, Asteria, Midia, Cynthon, a famous Island of the Archipelago, the chief of the Cyclades, towards Europe: called by the Modern Grecks plurally 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, as comprehending the other Island Rhene or Rhenis with it, because these two at a distance seem to make but one Island. And by Mariners Sdille, by a corruption of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. A∣pollo and Diana were supposed to be born here. The former had here his Temple and his Oracle; some Ruines whereof, with others of a Theatre, a School, &c. are yet visible at Sdilles, that is, the an∣cient City Delos, called afterwards Athenae Adrianae, which is little inhabited now. In the middle of the Island stands the Mountain Cynthus, which gave the E∣pithet of Cynthia to Diana; not above one hundred and twenty five foot high, and therefore short of shadow∣ing

the Island, as it was represented to do in the an∣cient account. It is a Rock of Marble. The whole Island is covered with heaps of the same. Besides which, it yields Mastick, and Hares in the like abun∣dance as formerly when it received the Name of La∣gia from them. Called Delos, says Aristotle, because it shew'd it self of a sudden in a place where no Island was before: which might be the reason of the Ancients sancying that it sometime floated.

Delphi, Delphos, a City of Phocis in Achaia, at the foot of Mount Parnassus, which in ancient times was very great, though not walled otherwise than by the steep Rocks that encompassed it: it had a Castle which stood on the top of a Rock, now called La Castri. This Place once so famous for the most ad∣mired and rich Temple of Apollo Pythius and the Oracle which the Gauls under Brennus attempted in vain to spoil, in Christian times became a Bishops See, under the Archbishop of Athens: but since it fell into the hands of the devouring Turks, it is become a poor small Village twenty Miles West from Leucadia, forty from Lepanto to the East, and about seven, saith Baudrand, from the Bay of Corinth. It is observed by Suidas, Cedrenus, Nicephorus, and divers others, that about the time of the Nativity of our Saviour, this Py∣thian Oracle became dumb. And Augustus, being asto∣nished at its silence, received for answer,

Me Puer Hebraeus, divos Deus ipse gubernans, Cedere sede jubet tristemque redire sub orcum; Aris ergo dehinc tacitis abscedito nostris.

Nero afterwards plundered it of five hundred Statues of Brass, with all its Wealth, broke down its Buildings, and distributed the Lands belonging to it amongst his Souldiers.

Delta, an Island made by the Nile in Egypt, of the fashion of the Letter Δ in the Greek, in the way as that River flows from Cairo. Ptolomy mentions two, a greater and a less of this sort. The ancient City Busiris did stand in the midst of this Island.

Demer, Tabuda, a River in Brabant.

Demetriade, Dimnitrado, Demetrias, an ancient City of Magnesia in the Province of Thessalia in Ma∣cedonia, upon the Gulph dell' Armiro, or the Pelas∣gicus sinus of the Classicks. It has been heretofore a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Larissa, from which it stands twenty Miles to the East.

Denbigh, Denbiga, one of the twelve Shires in wales, has the Irish Sea on the North; Flintshire on the East: Merinoth on the South, and Caernarvan on the West. The principal Rivers are Cluyd, Elway, and Conwey; which last separates this Shire from Carnarvan. The West part is barren; the middle, where the Cluyd runneth, is plain and very fruitful; the last part (except what lies upon the D〈…〉〈…〉 is less fertil. Denbigh, the principal Town, stands up∣on a declining Rock. H. Lacy Earl of Lincoln obtai∣ning a Grant of this Place from Edward I. walled it, and set up a Castle on the South side; but wanting Water and being of difficult Access, the Inhabitants have by degrees removed their Dwellings nearer the River; and in Mr. Cambden's time were building a se∣cond Church, the former not being able to contain the Inhabitants. This Town has the River Aled or Elwy on the West, and the Cluyd on the East, which meet beneath it to the North: it has a Bridge over both of them; the later Maps place the Elwy on the South of the Town. It stands fifteen Miles from Chester to the West, and four from S. Asaph to the South. The Right Honorable William Fielding is Earl of Denbigh, and the fourth Earl of his Fa∣mily.

Dendermonde, Teneramunda, is a strong Town in Flanders upon the River Schelde, where the Te∣nera from Alost falls into it; lying in the middle be∣tween Gant and Antwerp, about five Leagues from either.

Denmark, Denemarck, Dania, Cimbrius Cherso∣nesus, called by the Italians and Spaniards Dani∣marca, by the Poles Dunska. Is one of the most ancient Kingdoms of Europe, yet of no great Extent. Part of a vast Peninsula, (called of old Cimbricus Chersonesus, in middle time Jutland) and some Islands in the Eastern and Baltick Sea, make the body of this Kingdom; except that the Kingdom of Nor∣way, together with Greenland, Island, and Feroe is now annexed to it. It was once a part of the King∣dom of the Goths, but now a separate Kingdom, consisting of two parts, Jutland and the Isles. The North of Jutland only is under the King of Den∣mark. viz. Nort Jutland, and the Northern parts of Suder Jutland. Of the Islands, Zeeland, Fuynen and Bornholm in the Baltick Sea, and Island in the Virgivian Ocean are the chief. Coppenhague in the Isle of Zeeland is the Capital of the whole. There were also three Counties on the Norway side; Bleck∣len, Schania and Haland, which belonged originally to Denmark: but in 1645. by the Treaty of Brooms-Boa, these and some other Islands were surrendered by Christian IV. to the Swedes for ever; and again in 1658. and 1660. confirmed to the Swedes. This Kingdom had heretofore the Isles of Shetland on the North of Scotland, which were granted to James VI. as a part of his Queens Dowry. The King of Den∣mark possesseth also in Germany, 1. Half the Duke∣dom of Holsatia. 2. The Counties of Oldenburgh, and that of Delmenhorst; which two fell to him by Inheritance from the last Count of Oldenburgh. Till 1660 the Crown was Elective, but then made Here∣ditary by Frederick III. The Danes have also enlarged their Princes Bounds by planting a New Denmark in the North of America. This Kingdom once was one of the most Powerful in Europe; (as may be remem∣bred more particularly to us, by their Incursions into England, Scotland and Ireland; where they maintained War with our Ancestors above three hundred years together): But by the Fate of Time, War, and other humane Calamities, reduced to the state in which it now is. The Danish Writers derive its Name, and pre∣tend to give a Catalogue of their Kings, from Dan the Son of Jacob. It is a cold Climate, but fruitful enough in Corn, Cattle and Fish; and the greatest Revenue of the Crown comes from the Toll that is payed for pas∣sing the Sound.

Denia, a Sea-Port in the Kingdom of Valentia in Spain, over against the Isle of Yvica, on the Medi∣terranean Sea, eleven Miles from Valentia to the South.

Denin, a celebrated Nunnery in the Low Coun∣treys, upon the Road from Valenciennes to Doway: where the Chapter is composed of 18 Chanonesses, who are all Ladies of Quality, taking the Title of Coun∣tesses of Ostrevan, from their Founder S. Aldebert, an Earl of Ostrevan, who left both his Estate and Dig∣nity to them. They enter into no Vows Marry at their pleasure, leaving only their thanks to the Chapter for the honour they have enjoyed by it.

St Dennis en Uaux, ad Sanctum Dionysium in Vallibus, a Town in the Dukedom of Orleans in France.

St. Dennis Carriere, a Town and a famous Monastery in the Isle of France, two Leagues from Paris to the South; one of the richest Monasteries in that Kingdom, upon the River Crou, which a lit∣tle lower falls into the Scin. The Abbey was foun∣ded in 636. by Dagobert King of France in honor of S. Dennis, whose Bones sleep here. But the Church

was rebuilt since by Suggerus one of their Abbots, in three Years and three Months, ending in 1144. Here are the Tombs of the Kings of France. Some of which have died here too.

St. Dennis, a Town in Normandy in the Forest of Lyons, on the Borders of Beauvois, in which Henry I. King of England died.

Deptford, a large Town in Kent in Sutton Lath; situated at the fall of the River Ravensburn into the Thames amongst rich and low Meadows, and provi∣ded with a Dock and Store-house for the Navy Royal. It is divided into the Upper and Lower Town.

Derbent, Caucasie Portae, Porta ferrea, Alexan∣dria, a City of Persia upon the Caspian Sea, between the Foot of Mount Caucasus and that Sea; on the Borders of Georgia, near the River Korr: called by Turks Demir, or Temir Capi; that is, the Iron Gate: not that there is any Iron Gate, but by reason of the Strength and Fortifications of this City; which are such as may resist the fury of almost any Enemy, the Passage being but three hundred Paces. It has a sine Haven and a strong Castle, in the hands of the King of Persia; but it is declining, the lower part next the Sea, being little or nothing inhabited. It is said Alexander the Great built this City, to shut up that Passage against the Scythians, who were al∣ways the Terror of the civilized World, and have been often the Scourges of it. Long. 80. 00. Lat. 49. 00.

Derbices, an ancient People about the Mountain Caucasus in Persia, towards the Caspian Sea, and the Confines of Scythia; said to be very Cruel and Bar∣barous in many Customs.

Derby, See Darby.

Dereham East, a Market Town in Norfolk in the Hundred of Milford.

Dernis, a Town and Fortress in Dalmatia upon an Hill near the River Cicola. Taken and burnt by the Forces of the Republick of Venice in 1684.

Derote, Latone, a famous City in the Egyptian Delta, which is still extant, and of some considera∣tion; but without any Walls, as Zeiglerus saith.

Derpt, Torpatum, a City of Livonia, called Juri∣ogrod by the Russ. A small City belonging to the Poles, in the Province of Odenpoa, upon the River Embeck, near the Lake of Peibas on the West side, twenty one Miles from Ruel to the South-East, and fourteen from Pleskow to the West. Anciently a Bi∣shops See under the Archbishop of Riga, from 1230. but the Bishoprick is now extinct. Taken by the Swedes in 1625. under the Command of James de la Gardie. And in 1632. there was an University ope∣ned in it by Gustavns Adolphus King of Sweden.

Derry, Roboretum, Derra, Deria, commonly cal∣led London-Derry, is both a City and a County in the Province of Ʋlster in the Kingdom of Ireland. The County is bounded on the North by the Ocean, on the East by Antrim, on the South by Tyrone, and on the West by Dunglass; and was heretofore called Colrane. The City is a Colony from London, sent about an hundred years since into these parts; and in 1664. the Bishops See was removed from Rapoe hi∣ther. In the great Massacre it preserved it self, and afforded shelter to as many as fled to it; the Irish be∣ing neither able to surprize, nor Master it: seated on the Western Shoar of the Lake of L. Foyle, twelve Miles from the Sea. Several thousands of this place perished through Sickness and Famine in the time they held it out for King William. At last they were relieved by Major General Kirke, July, 19. 1689. whereupon King James II. his Men decamped, lea∣ving little appearance of a Siege behind them by the damage done to the Houses or Walls. For after King James's own presence and all the inviting means that could be used by him, proved ineffectual to alter the resolutions of the People by Persuasion, they thought to have reduced it by Famine.

Dertinouth, a fine Town and Haven in the South-West part of Devonshire, upon the River Dert, from whence it is so called; twenty four Miles South of Exeter. The Haven is much frequented by Merchants, and for that cause secured by two Castles or Forts. The Town has also a Mayor by the Grant of Edward III. And has often defended it self stoutly against the French; but especially in 1404. when de Castell a French Man, (who by his Men of War and Pyracies had stopped all Commerce in these parts, and burnt Plymouth), upon his at∣tempting this Place, was by the Women and Coun∣try people intercepted, and slain with all his Compa∣ny. The Loyal Colonel George Legge, was by Charles II. created Baron of Dertmouth, Novemb. 2. 1682. and by James II. Earl of Dertmouth. The River Dert riseth in the same County West of Cheg∣forde; and running South, takes in a small Rivolet which comes from Ashburton, giving its Name on the West to a place called Dertmore; at Dean Prior on the West, it takes in another; and a little further, one called Harborne on the same side; from whence it passeth to its Outlet or Mouth, having performed a course of about twenty Miles.

Derwent, a River of Derbishire, which riseth in the Confines of the County of York; and running South, divides that whole County into two parts; at Bromford it takes in the New River; about five Miles further to the South, the Wye; then on the East side, the Amber at Danfield, another from the West; and at Derby, one called Merton-Brook; then having reached the other extremity of this County, the Trent, there and in that noble River it ends.

Derwent-Water, a Tract in the East-Riding of Yorkshire, betwixt the Rivers Ouse and Derwent: Honoured with the Title of an Earldom. See Dar∣went.

Dess, Disa, Dios, a River arising in the Bishoprick of Liege in the Low-Countreys, thence passing to Bosleduc, and a little further to the North losing it self in the Maes.

La Desiderada, a little and fruitful Island in the South America amongst the Antilles, under the French; ten or twelve Leagues from Guadaloupe: First discovered by Columbus, and so named by him, in signification, that he had attained his desires.

Desize, See Decize.

Desmond, Desmonia, by the Irish Deswown, is a County of the Province of Munster, in the South-West part of Ireland, upon the Rivers Mare and Bantry; having Kerry on the North, the Ocean on the West, and Cork on the South and East. It has two small Towns, Doneyne on the North, and Ardey on the South of Mare. William Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, is Earl of Desmond also.

Il Despotato, Despotatus, a Province of Greece, the same with the Aetolia, or according to others, with the Acarnania of the Ancients, or rather both; in∣cluding also the Isles adjacent: being in the time of the Grecian Empire, the Government of the second Despote in quality (after the Despote of Peloponne∣sus) of all Greece.

Dessaw, Desavia, a strong Town in the Ʋp∣per Saxony upon the River Elb, six Miles from Me∣cydburg to the East, and five from wittenberg to the West; the usual Residence of the Prince of Anhault: at this Town the River Multa enters the Elb from the South. Also famous for a Victory obtained by Albert Wallenstein over Count Mansfield, in 1625.

Dethgle, Tigris.

Deva, a Town of Guipuscoa in Spain, upon the Bay of Biscay, upon a River of the same Name; ten Miles from Valenzia to the East, and the same Di∣stance from S. Sebastian to the West; having a very convenient Haven. The River riseth in the Mountains of Segura, and running North, falls here into the Bay of Biscay, after a Course of about twenty Miles; in the middle of which it salutes the City of Placentia.

Develtus, Develto, called by the Bulgarians Za∣goria, or Zagora, is a City of Bulgaria, at the Foot of the Mountains, upon the River Panize; ten Ger∣man Miles from the Euxine Sea, eighteen from Adrianople to the North-East; in the very Confines of Romania and Bulgaria: Heretofore a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Adrianople; but now rai∣sed to an Archbishoprick it self.

Deventer, Deventria, a City in the Province of Over-Yssel, which is the Capital of that Province. It stands upon the Yssel, four Miles from Zwol to the West, and seven from Nimeguen to the North-West. Made a Bishop's See by Pope Paul IV. in 1559. under the Archbishop of Ʋtrecht. Betray'd to the Spani∣ards in 1587. Subdued and brought under the Ʋni∣ted Provinces again in 1591. Taken by the French in 1672. and deserted in 1674. It is surrounded on all Sides with Water, and very strongly fortified.

Deveril, a little Stream in VViltshire, which runs under ground a Mile.

Devizes, a Market and Borough-Town in VVilt∣shire in the Hundred of Swanborn, near the Head of a Stream of the same Name with it self, which joyns the Avon. It returns two Burgesses to the Par∣liament.

Devonshire, Devonia, is one of the Southern Counties of England, which takes its Name from the Danmonii, the ancient British Inhabitants. On the North it is bounded by the Irish Sea, on the West by Cornwall, (from which it is divided by the River Ta∣mar;) on the South by the British Sea, and on the East by Somersetshire and Dorsetshire. It hath on both these Seas many good Harbours; and is rich in Mines, especially the Western Parts. It abounds in pleasant Meadows, fine Woods, rich Towns: In o∣ther Places where the Soil is more barren, it is yet improveable, and rewards the Tillers Industry. Its chiefest Rivers are the Tam••r, the Turridge, the Taw, Ex, and Dert. The chief City is Exeter, next to which is Plymouth. The Honourable William Ca∣vendish is Earl of this County, whose Grandfather William obtained this Honour from James I. Aug. 20. 1618. and has enjoyed it ever since 1628.

Deux-Ponts. See Zweybrucken.

Dewsberg. See Hensterberg.

Diablintres, Diablindi, or Diablitae, an ancient People of Gallia Celtiqua; supposed to dwell in the (now) Province of la Perche; with Noviodunum, or Nogent le Rotrou, for their Capital. Others say, in the Lesser Brittany, near Neodunum or Doll, where there are some Lands still bearing the Name of les Diableres, and Families of les Diables.

Le Diamond, a great Rock upon the Coast of the Island Martinique in the South America, at the Distance of a League. Observed to swarm with Fowl.

Diarbech, Mesopotamia, a Country in Asia, be∣tween the Euphrates and the Tygris; which is now in the hands of the Turks.

Diarbekir, a great and populous City of Meso∣potamia upon the Banks of the Tygris; the Seat of a Potent Bassa, who is generally one of the Viziers of the Ottoman Empire, and has nineteen Sangiacs un∣der him in the Compass of his Province. It is sur∣rounded with a double Wall of sixty two Towers, and adorned with a stately Mosque which heretofore be∣longed to the Christians; whereof they reckon no less then 20000 still living in it, of the Armenian, Nesto∣rian or Jacobite Churches, together with some Capu∣chines. It stands upon an Eminence, affords plenty of Provisions, and is able to bring into the Field 20000 Horse.

Diargument, Hyrcania, a Province in the North-East Part of the Kingdom of Persia.

Dibres, a Town of the Kingdom of Epirus in Greece, taken by the Turks in 1442.

Dichling, a Market-Town in the County of Sussex, in Lewis Rape.

Dictamo, Dictamne, a Town in the Territory of Canea in the Island of Crete, whence comes the medi∣cinal Herb Dittany.

Die, Dia Vocontiorum, Dea, a City in the Dau∣phinate in France; heretofore a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Vienne; but in 1275. by Pope Gregory IX. united to that of Valence. This City stands on the North Side of the River Drome, which falls into the Rhosne, eight Miles from Valence to the East, and eleven from Grenoble to the South-West. It is a Roman Town, called by Antoninus Dea Augu∣sta, and in the Councils Dia. The Huguenots, in the Years 1577. and 1585. took and used it severely, and rased its Cittadel. An Inscription not long since was found in it, Matri Deûm Magnae Idaeae. For the Vocontii (its antient Inhabitants) were great Worshippers of that Goddess; whence the Name Dia came to be derived to this place.

Diemens, Diemini Regio, a Part of the Terra Au∣stralis, discovered in 1642. by a Dutchman of this Name. Yet we know not, whether it be an Island or a Continent.

Diepholt, a small Town in the Circle of VVest∣phalia in Germany, belonging to the Duke of Bruns∣wick. It stands upon a Stream betwixt Bremen and Osnaburgh; with the Honour to bear the Title of an Earldom.

Dieppe, Deppa, a strong Sea-Port-Town, which has a noble Haven, in Normandy in France, upon the River Arques, fourteen Miles from Roan to the North, right over against Lewis in Sussex. This Town is remarkable for its Loyalty to Henry the Great, of France; who retiring hither, and not long after receiving a supply from Queen Elizabeth of 22000 l. in Gold and 4000 Men under the Lord VVilloughby, beat the Duke of Main, the General of the Leaguers, after all his Confidence, that he should either take this Prince Prisoner or drive him out of France. Which great Victory was unexpected∣ly gained in 1589.

Diest, a Town and Barony in the Dukedom of Brabant in the Low-Countries, upon the River De∣mere, two Leagues from Dalen and three from Til∣lemon. There are two Collegiate Churches in it.

Dietmarsh, or Dithmarsh, a part of Jutland in the Dukedom of Holsatia, at the Mouth of the Elbe; having the Ocean on the West, Holsatia on the East, the Elbe on the South, and the Dukedom of Sleswick on the North. It is so full of Marshes as to take its Name from them. The Inhabitants Rebelling against the Kings of Holsatia in 1500. obtained a great Victory; but in 1559. Adolph, Duke of Holsatia, being imployed by Frederick II. King of Denmark, conquered them, and deprived them of a barbarous Liberty which they had maintained four Hundred Years. The South part of this Territory is under the King of Denmark, whose Eldest Son is to reside here; and the North part under the Duke of Holsatia, which is separated from the Dukedom of Sleswick by the River Eyder.

Dietz, or VVietz, a small Town in the Prin∣cipality of Nassaw in Germany upon the River

Lhone: Fortified with a Castle on each of the two Hills within the Walls.

Digne, Dinia, Dina, Civitas Diniensium, a Ci∣ty in Provence, which is a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Embrun; it stands upon the River Bleonne, ten Miles from Embrun to the South, and thirty two from Avignon to the North-East. It is a very fine City and particularly esteemed for its hot Baths.

Dijon, Divionum, Divio, the Capital City of the Dukedom of Burgundy, and the Seat of the Parlia∣ment, upon the River Ousche; sixteen Leagues from Langres to the South, thirty six from Lion to the North. It is a great and well built City, and has an old Castle and a small Territory belonging to it. Long. 26. 02. Lat. 46. 50. Aurelian the Emperor walled it. The Children of Hugh Capet, who made this the Capital of the Kingdom of Burgundy, much enlarged and beautified it. Under the Dukes of Burgundy it had Counts: And Lewis XI. who got the possession of it, after the Death of the Duke of Burgundy, by the means of the then Prince of Orange, built the Castle to keep the Inhabitants in Subjection. The Reformed Religion, in 1562. beginning to spread here, was ex∣tinguished by an Edict; those that imbraced it being disarmed, and some of them banished. Near this City S. Bernard was born. There was a French Council held here in 1075. And another in 1199. under Pope Innocent III. at the Instance of Canutus King of Denmark, in the behalf of his Sister Isemburge, Wife of Philip the August King of France who had divorced her and remarried. Whereupon the whole Kingdom was interdicted by the Pope's Legate in this Council, and continued so seven Months, till King Phi∣lip vacated the said Divorce and received the Lady for his Wife again. By a Stone with an old Roman In∣scription here found, it appears that this City was in those times called Dibione. The Mayor of it is ho∣noured with the Title of a Viscount.

Dilinghen, Dilinga, a City in the Circle of Schwaben in Germany, upon the Danube, in the Diocese of Auspurgh, seven Miles East of Ʋlm, and the same Distance North-West from Auspurgh. An University here was founded by Cardinal Otto Trucio, Bishop of Auspurgh under Pope Julius III. in 1549. This City and the County belonging to it, were united for ever to the Bishoprick of Auspurg, by Hermanus, the last Count, Bishop of this Diocese, who died about the Year 1260. The Jesuits of Di∣linghen gave great Provocations to the Swedish War in Germany, by perswading Ferdinand II. that the Protestants of his times were not the same with those of 1530. tolerated by Charles V. and therefore the Emperor who was then victorious, was not obliged to keep the Peace with them. By which Insinuation, in 1629. they put that Prince on those Actions, which brought on a War that had like to have ended in the Ruin of the House of Austria, the German Liberty, the Empire, and the Roman Catholick Religion there.

Dillemburgh, a Town and County in the Circle of the Rhine in VVesterwalt. The Town stands on the River Dilla, five German Miles from Marpurgh to the West, and eleven from Francfort, upon a Hill; and has a strong Castle, in which the Counts reside. The County is called by the Germans, Das Graff∣schaft von Dillemburgh; bounded on the East by Hassia, on the North by Westphalia, on the West by the Rhine, and on the South by Solmis. This is un∣der the Dominion of its own Prince, who is of the Family of Nassau. There is in it, besides Dillem∣burgh, a Town called Herborn, which is an Uni∣versity.

Dimel, Dimola, Dilla, a River of Germany, which divides Hassia from VVestphalia, and falls into the Weser at Helmerstrusen, seven Miles East of Paderborn.

Dimitrado See Demetriade.

Dimotuc, Didymotyches, a City of Thrace, upon the River Hebrus, (which almost surrounds it) about seven Miles from Adrianople to the South: Formerly a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Adrianople, but now an Archbishop's. Bajazet, one of the Tur∣kish Emperors, was born here; who resign'd the Em∣pire and retired hither again.

Dinant, Dinantium, a Town in the Bishoprick of Leige, upon the River Maes, over which it hath a Stone-Bridge that has been ruined often, but now repaired; ten German Miles from Brussels to the North-East. Taken by the French in the Reign of Henry II. in 1554. and almost ruined and its Cittadel demolished. But all very well rebuilt again, and its Cittadel is now standing upon a steep Rock. There is another Town of the same Name in the Dutchy of Britain in France upon the River Rance, five Miles South of S. Malo, which was heretofore a strong Place; and gave the Title of Earl to the younger Sons of the Dukes of Brittany.

Dingle, Dinglae, a small Town, and a convenient Port, in the County of Kerry, in the Province of Mounster in the South-West Part of Ireland; which stands upon a large Bay of the same Name, seventy English Miles West of Cork. § There is a Marsh in the County of Suffolk of the same Name, which sig∣nifies, salt Water washes, as Mr. Camden seems to intimate.

Dingolving, or Dingelfing, Dingolvinga, a small Town in the Dukedom of Bavaria; where there was a Council held in 772.

Dinkesipiel, Dinchespila, a small Imperial City, in the Borders of Franconia, upon the River Warnaw; twelve Miles from Ʋlm to the North-East, and ten from Nuremberg to the South-West. It belongs to the Circle of Schwaben; and has been often taken by the Swedes and French in the Wars of Germany.

Dionysia, a figurative Name of the Island Naxia in the Archipelago; given it by the Ancients in Allusion to Dionysius (or Bacchus) upon the Account of its abounding with excellent Wines.

Dionysiopolis; divers antient Cities occur under this Name. One in Bulgaria; see Varna. One upon the River Indus in Asia, in the Country where stood the Pillars called Dionysii Columnae: This the Ancients re∣port to have been built by Dionysius (or Bacchus;) be∣ing the same with the Nagara, Nysse, or Nerus of the modern Geographers. One in Phrygia, mentioned by Pliny. And another in Africa, by Stephanus.

Dioscoros, Dioscori, or Dioscoride, an Island of Magna Graecia, in the Calabrian Ocean, over against Capo delle Colonne, at a few Leagues distance. § A∣nother of Africa. See Zocotera.

Diospolis, an ancient City in the Thebais in the Kingdom of Aegypt; surnamed Hecatompylos from its having an hundred Gates, or rather so many Prince∣ly Palaces in it, when the Kings of Aegypt, called Diospolites after its Name, made this place their Resi∣dence and Capital of their Kingdom. § Also an an∣cient City of the Holy Land, which was made a Bi∣shop's See under the Patriarch of Jerusalem: Called otherwise Lydda, Rama, and S. George; and remar∣ked in Ecclesiastical History for a Council assembled at it in 415. against Pelagius, wherein he was ac∣quitted of the Accusations of his Adversaries.

Dirgh, a Lake in the County of Dungal in the Province of Ʋlster in Ireland; out of which the River Leffye springs. In an Island thereof you see the Cave the People call S. Patrick's Purgatory, near the Ruines of a Monastery that was dedicated to

S. Patrick. The Noise of some subterraneous Winds or Waters heard by the People hath occasioned this conceited Name amongst them.

Disne. See Aisne.

Disse, a Market-Town in the County of Norfolk up∣on the River Wavenay. The Capital of its Hundred.

Ditmarsen. See Dietmarsh.

Diu, Diou, or Dive, a small Island, with a Fort upon it, in the Mouth of the River Indus, belonging to the Portuguese. It has also a small but very strong City belonging to it, which the Turks, in the Years 1538. and 1548. besieged in vain. This Island is a part of the Kingdom of Guzarate, and lies fifty Leagues from Surata to the West, at the Entrance of the Bay of Cambaya. It hath been in the Hands of the Portuguese ever since 1535.

Divan Du Rou, Insulae Divandurae, a Knot of five or six small Islands in the Archipelago de Maldi∣vas in the East-Indies, under the King of Cananor. About twenty seven Leagues distant from the Island of Malicut. They are reputed extreamly healthful.

Dive, in Latin Diva, and Deva, a River in Nor∣mandy, which riseth near the Town of Dive; and running North-West, takes in the Ante at Morteaux, the Leison and Vie at Hervetot; the Mauch, the Be∣verrone, and some others; and falls into the British Sea below Cabour, five Miles and a half West of Hon∣fleure. § There is a River in the Province of Poictou of this Name which takes its Rise at the Town Grimau∣diere, receives the Gron at Moncontour, and continuing its Course to Londun takes in the Matrevil and the Briaude; till below S. Just it self is received by the Thouay, which soon after falls into the Loyre.

Divertigi, Selucia ad Belum, a City of Asia, which was a Bishops See under the Archbishop of A∣pamea; lying in Syria, thirty Miles from Antioch to the East. It may be supposed to be now ruined; be∣ing hardly to be found in the later Maps.

Divice, a famous Fountain at Bourdeaux.

Diul, Indus.

Dixmuyde, or Dixmude, Dixmuda, a very strong Town in Flanders, in the Possession of the Spaniards; though it has been often taken by the French. This Town stands upon the River Ipre, three Miles from New-Port to the South; and is now a Frontier Town against the French.

Doblin, Dublinum, a City in Curland, upon the River Terwa, in the Confines of Samogitia, six Ger∣man Miles from Mittaw to the West, and fourteen from VVomic, or Mednici, to the East. Under the Duke of Curland.

Dobroncha, Epidaurus, a Maritime City of Dal∣matia.

Dobrzin, Dobrinum, Debricinium, Dobriznum, a Town in Poland, which is the Capital of a Palati∣nate upon the Vistula, between Ploczko to the South, and Wladislaw to the North, a few Leagues above Culm. The Palatinate is usually taken for a part of that of Ploczko, on which it borders to the North, as it does on the Vistula to the West, and Prussia to the North.

Docastelli, Lycastum, a Town of Cappadocia in the Borders of Paphligonia upon the Shoars of the Euxine Sea, near the Bay of Amisenum, between Halis and Iris, (Irio): distant from Amiso to the East thirty six Miles.

Docum, Dockum or Dorkum, Doccumum, Doco∣mium, one of the principal Towns in West-Friesland, four Leagues from Leeuwarden towards the North-West, and five from Groningen; upon a Canal near the Sea.

Dodbrook, a Market Town in Devonshire in the Hundred of Colrudge.

Dodona, an ancient City of the Kingdom of Epi∣rus in Greece, in the Country then called Molossia: famous for the neighbouring Grove of Dodona, in which Jupiter had his Temple and his Oracle, with the Title of Dodonaeus thence. It stood near a River of the same Name that joined it self with the A∣chelous.

Doesbourg or Doesborck, Doesburgus, Drusibur∣gus, Arx Drusiana, a strong, rich and populous Town in the Province of Guelderland in the Low-Coun∣treys, upon the Issel, at the Mouth of the old Canal of Drusus, one German Mile from Zutphen. Taken by the French in 1672. It is no very great Town.

Doffrini, the Mountains of Scandinavia.

Doggers bank, the Name of some Sands in the German Ocean.

Doira and Doria, a double River of Piedmont. The Greater, which is called Doria Balta, springeth from the Grecian Alpes in the Borders of Le Vallais; and leaving Aosta, Pont de S. Martino, and Inurea to the East, at the latter it divides; sends one Branch to Vercelli, called the Naulio; then continuing its course, it receiveth from the West the Cuisella, and ends in the Po at Verolengo or S. Giovan, thirty two Miles from Alexandria to the North-West. The Lesser Doria riseth in the Cottian Alpes, from the Moun∣tains called the Genebre in the Dauphinate; and running East, it washeth Susa, Bozolengo and Avi∣glana; and falls into the Po not above half a Mile be∣neath Turino.

Dol, Dolum, Neodunum, Tollium, a City in the Lesser Britainy in France, which is a Bishops See, un∣der the Archbishop of Tours; called by the Ancients NEODƲNƲM: stands in a Marshy Ground, and of no great Circumference; not above two Leagues from the British Sea, and four from S. Maloe's, with a Castle. There was a Council here assembled by Pope Ʋrban II. in 1094. The Bishops of this See have formerly made strong Pretensions to the Metropolitanship of Bretagne.

Dolcigno. See Dulcigno.

Dole, Dola ad Dubim, a City in the Dukedom of Burgundy, strongly fortified, being the Capital of that Dukedom, the Seat of the Parliament, and an Uni∣versity founded in the year 1426. by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. It stands upon the River Dou (Dubis), nine Miles from Dyon to the East, and from Verdun to the North. This Town was sack'd by Lewis XI. in 1479. Fortified by the Empe∣ror Charles V. in 1530. Besieged by the French without their taking of it in 1636. Taken by the French from the Spaniards in 1668. Retaken in 1674. and by the Treaty of Nimeguen annexed to the Crown of France for ever. The Country about is called the Bailage de Dole, which together with the Town, was then resigned to the French King.

Dollert, a vast Lake or Bay at the Mouth of the River Amasus, between Groningen and Emden; which in 1277. was made by an Inundation of the Sea; in which thirty three Villages were swallowed up, and irrecoverably lost: It is otherwise called the Gulph of Emden. The South part of Groningen suf∣fered not much less by such another raging Overflow from Groningen diep in the year 1686.

Dolomieu, A Village in Dauphine, betwixt Mo∣resel and La Tour du Pin. Much spoken of in France in the year 1680. for a feigned Story of the killing of a Flying Dragon there, and of a Carbuncle in his head of extraordinary value.

Dombes, Tractus Dombensis, a small Territory of France, incompassed on all sides by le Bresse, except on the West, where it is bounded by the River Saone, which parts it from Baujolois. It lies be∣tween Mascon to the North, and Lyon to the South;

and though small, is yet very fruitful; honoured with the Title of a Principality under its own Princes of the House of Bourbon. The Capital of it is Tre∣voux, four Miles above Lyon to the North. This Principality was given to Lewis II. Duke of Bourbon, by Edward the last Duke of the Race de Baujolois in 1400.

Domburg, a Town of good Antiquity and plea∣santly situated in the Isle of Walcheren in Zealand, a∣bout two Dutch Miles from Middleburg in the same Island to the West.

Domezopoli, Domitiopolis, once a famous City of Isauria, in the Lesser Asia, and a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Seleucia; now a poor Vil∣lage.

Dominico, one of the Caribby Islands in North America, twenty Leagues in compass; discovered by the Spaniards on a Sunday, and thence so called: Long. 322. 00. Lat. 14. 35. North-West of Barba∣does.

S. Domingo, the principal City in the Island of Hispaniola, built by Bartholomew Columbus in 1494. on the East Bank of the River Ozama; and after in 1502. removed by Nicholas de Obando, then Gover∣nor of the Island, to the opposite Shoar. It is situate in a pleasant Country amongst rich Pastures, and has near it a safe and a large Haven; enriched with the Residence of the Governour, the Courts of Justice, an Archbishops See, many Religious Houses, and an Ho∣spital to which belongs a Revenue of twenty thou∣sand Ducats by the year. The Houses are neatly built, most of Stone; the Town is walled, and has a Castle at the West-end of the Peer to defend the Haven. It was much greater before Mexico was taken; but has now not above six hundred Families of Spaniards; the rest, Negroes. Sir Francis Drake in 1586. took it by force, and kept it a Month, burning a great part of the Houses, and forcing the Spaniards to redeem the rest with mony. Long. 305. 40. Lat. 14. 00.

Domitz, Domitium, a strong Town not very large, but well fortified in the Dukedom of Mecklen∣burgh, on the North side of the Elbe, where it re∣ceives the Elde, in the Jurisdiction of the Duke of Swerine: eight Miles above Lavenburgh to the West, and ten from Lunenburgh to the East:

Dommele, a River of Brabant, which riseth near Peer; and running North, passeth by Eyndhoven or Eindoven; then turning to the West, it falls into the River Runne, about half a Mile above Sher∣togenbosch, through which they both pass into the Maes. I find it by the Maps called De Dormale, but corruptly, as appeareth by L. Guicciardin; and a Town a Mile above Eindoven on this River, called Dommelen.

Domochi, Domonichus, a small Village in Thessa∣lia, once a Bishops See under the Archbishop of La∣rissa. It lies South-West of Larissa and Volo, and is mentioned in Mr. Morden's Map.

Don, Tanais.

Donato, Isaurus, a River of Calabria Ʋlterior; it falls by Cerenza and Neto into the Mediterranean Sea, between Cotrone and Strongoli, one Mile beneath S. Severina.

Donaw. See Danube.

Donawert, Donaverda, Donavertia, Vertia, a City in Schwaben in Germany upon the Danube, over which it has a Bridge; it lies in the Confines of the Duke∣doms of Newburgh and Bavaria, seven German Miles from Auspurgh to the North, and from Ingolstad to the West. This City was in 1420. made a Free Impe∣rial City by Sigismund the Emperour; but in 1607. it lost this Privilege, and is now subject to the Duke of Bavaria.

Doncaster or Dimcaster, a Town in the West-Riding of Yorkshire on the River Done or Dune, cal∣led by Antoninus DANƲM: in 759. burnt with Lightning; but being by degrees rebuilt with a fair Church and Castle, and becoming a Town of good Accommodations and Trade, it has had the Ho∣nor of giving the Title of an Earl to James, late Duke of Monmouth, and some others. The River Done riseth near Denbye; and running South-East, watereth Sheafield; then turning North-East, goeth by Rotheram, where it takes in from the North ano∣ther considerable River, called (as I suppose) Dar or Dare: then passing by Doncaster a little more East, it takes in the River Went; and soon after ends in the River Are at Tunbridge; and both the Are and Done enter the Ouse about three Miles further, thirteen Miles beneath York, from which great City, Doncaster stands two and twenty Miles to the South.

Doncheri, a Town in the Territory of Retelois in Champagne, towards the Frontiers of Luxembourg, upon the Meuse; betwixt Charleville and Sedan. It is a fortified Town.

Done, a River. See Doncaster.

Donetz, a vast River which riseth in Dikoia, near Borissagorda; and running Eastward, turns and falls into the Tanais, now called Donon Donitz too, of which I shall give a further account in Tanais. There is another River Donitz, which riseth more East, and falls into the Tanais more to the North, at Gilocha.

Dongo, a Town in Japan.

Donostein, Menlascus, a River of Guipiscoa in Spain, commonly called Rio Orio.

Donoy, Dinia. See Digne.

Donussa, Donysa, a small Island in the Archipelago, remarkable for nothing but the green Marble brought from thence.

Donzy, a Town of the Duchy of Nevers in France, upon a small River near the Cosne. The Capital of the Territory of Donziois.

La Dorat, oratorium, a City of France in La-Marche, fourteen Miles from Poictiers to the South-East, and Limoges to the North, upon the little Ri∣ver Seve.

Dorvie, a River which falls into the Taen, a River of Languedoc in France; which last falls into the Ga∣ronne, five Leagues above Agen.

Dorchester, Duronovaria, a City of England, in the County of Dorset, upon the River Frome or Fraw, about five Miles from the Sea, and upon the Via Fossa, a Causey of the Romans; many Pieces of whose Coins have been found here. It is the Capital of that Shire, yet saith Mr. Camben, neither great nor beautiful; but certainly a Roman Town, of great Antiquity, which was ruined both by the Danes and Normans: and once of a large compass, as the Tract of the Walls and Trenches yet shew. Fortified also in former times with a Castle, which upon its decaying was converted into a Monastery, and the Monastery afterwards demolished. In the year 1645. King Charles I. created Henry Lord Pierrepont Mar∣quiss of this Place. At present it gives the Title of Countess to the Lady Catharine Sidley, advanced to that Dignity by King James II. It still sends two Burgesses to Parliament, and is adorned with three Parish Churches. § There is another old Roman Town called Dorchester (Dorcestria) in Oxford∣shire, at the meeting of Thame and Isis, nine Miles South of Oxford; where the Bishoprick of Lincoln was at first settled for four hundred and sixty years before it was removed to Lincoln. This last is called by Bede, Civitas Dorcina; by Leland, Hydropolis, i. e. (as the word Dorchester it self also signifieth) the Water-Town; Dor in the Brittish Language, being

Water. It was yielded to the Earl of Carnarvan, Aug. 2. 1643.

Dordogne, Duranius, Dordonia, one of the prin∣cipal Rivers of France. It ariseth in the Province of Auvergne from two Fountains (saith Baudrand); one of which is called Dor, the other Done: running Westward, between Limosin to the North and Au∣vergne to the South, it takes in Chavanoy, Rue, Auze and Serre; then entering Limosin, Quercy and Perigort successively, it meets Vezere and Cozere; watereth Scarlat, Limiel and Bergerac; and so pas∣seth to Libourne, where it receiveth from the North the Lille, which comes from Montignac; and not far from Bourdeaux, it unites with the Garronne; and they send their united Streams to the Bay of Biscay, or Sea of Gascogne, called by the Romans Mare Aquita∣nicum, at the Tour de Cordovan.

Dordrecht. See Dort.

Dergwyn. See Derwent.

Doria. See Doira.

Doris, an ancient Country of Achaia in Greece, now known by the Name of the Valley of Livadia, as all Achaia is now called Livadia. The Cities Lilaea, Erineus, &c. in those times stood in it. It was particularly famous for one of the four Dialects of the Greek Tongue, called the Dorick after its own Name; in which Archimedes, Theocritus and Pindar write; and which was in use in the several Countrys and Kingdoms of Lacedaemonia, Argos, Epirus, Ly∣dia, Sicily, Rhodes and Crete. § There was another Doris in Caria in the Lesser Asia, which received its Name from this.

Dorisques, Drosica, Doriscum, a Tract in the Pro∣vince of Romania (or Thrace) in Greece, menti∣oned in ancient History to be the place in which Xerxes numbered his vast Army in the Gross, by the quantity of the Ground they stood upon.

Dormans, a Town in Champagne in France up∣on the River Marne, betwixt Epernay and Chateau-Tierry; giving Name to an ancient Family of that Province.

Dorn. See Tornaw.

Dornick. See Tournay.

Dornock, Dorno, Durnodunum, a Town in Suther∣land, on the East of Scotland, North of the Fyrth of Murray, and Terbat-Ness. The head City of this County, and the common Residence of the Bishop of Cathnesse, who is under the Archbishop of S. Andrews: it has also a large and a safe Haven, upon a Gulph cal∣led the Fyrth of Dornock. Long. 15. 10. Lat. 58. 10.

Doro, Oboca, a River in Ireland. It takes its Origine in the County of Dublin, and passing thence through that of Catherlogh, receives into its Bed some small Rivers, with which it falls into the Irish Sea near the Port of Arcklow.

Dorsetshire, Durotriges, is bounded on the North with Somersetshire and Wiltshire; on the West with Devonshire, and some part of Somersetshire; on the East, with Hamp••shire; and on the South, which is the longest side, by the British Sea: generally fruit∣ful; the North parts full of Woods; from whence it descends by fruitful Hills and pleasant Meadows, in∣termixed one with another, to the very Shoars of the Ocean. The principal City in it is Dorchester. The principal Rivers, the Stower and the Frome. The Ho∣nourable Charles Sackvill is the Sixth of this Family, that has born the Title of Earl of Dorset: he suc∣ceeded his Father in 1667. The Beauforts and the Greys had enjoyed the Title of Marquesses of Dorset before. The last of which was Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, beheaded in 1553.

Dorsten, Dorsta, a City of Westphalia in Germany, upon the River Lype, which falls into the Wesel at Ducat: this City is under the Elector of Cologne, well fortified; but yet it has of late been often taken and retaken. It stands ten Miles from Cologne to the North, and a little less from Munster to the South-West.

Dort, Dordracum, sometime called Dordrecht, is the principal Town in the County or Earldom of Holland; seated at the Mouth of the Maes in South-Holland, seven Leagues from Leyden to the South, five from Breda to the North, and three from Rot∣terdam to the South-East. This was the Seat of the Counts of Holland in ancient times, and then of great consideration. In 1421. by a violent Inundation of the Sea, the Vahal, and the Maes, (in which sixty two good Towns were irrecoverably lost) this City, which was before a Continent, was turned into an Island. There perished then one hundred thousand persons, Con tuti li loro beni, with all their Wealth and Goods: and only some little part of the Land, has been since recovered. The City is great, beautiful, rich, potent, and has many gentile Buildings, both pub∣lick and private; but the great Church which is de∣dicated to the Virgin Mary, and was founded in 1363. is exceedingly magnificent. In ancient times it was the Staple of the Rhinish Wines; and of the Corn that came from Guelderland, Cleves and Ju∣liers, which contributed much to the Wealth and Populousness of it; thus far Guicciardin. Also fa∣mous for the Synod here holden against the Remon∣strants or Arminians in 1618. and 1619. When Philip II. King of Spain made his Royal Entry in 1549. they thus expressed the site and glory of this Place;

Me Mosa & Ʋvalis cum Linga Merua{que} cingunt, Aeternam Batavae Virginis ecce Fidem.

by which is shewn, that she stands upon four Rivers (the Meuse, the Merwe, the Rhine and the Linghe) and was never taken by any Enemy.

Dortmund, Termonia, Dormania, a City in the Circle of Westphalia in the County of Mark, or Mar∣kischlandt, upon the River Emser; five German Miles from Dorsten to the South-East, and seven from Munster to the South-West. This City is small, but rich and populous, a Free and Imperial City, one of the Hanse-Towns, notwithstanding the Pretences of the Duke of Brandenburgh, who is Ma∣ster of the Mark, in which it stands. There was a Council celebrated here in the year 1005. by the order of the Emperour St. Henry.

Dotecom, a small Town in the Dutchy of Guel∣derland in the Low-Countrys, two Miles from Does∣borck, upon the Issel. It surrendred to the French in 1672. being a place of no Strength.

Dou, Doux, Dubis, and Alduadubis, a River of France: it ariseth in Switzerland, from the Moun∣tain of Jura, near Mortay in the Franche County; and running North-East, it watereth Franchimon and Montbeliart; where it turns and runs South-West by Lisle, Clerval, Besanzon and Dole; beneath which it receiveth the Louve, a considerable River from the South; and at Verdun it ends in the Saone, Araris. It is called in the Maps Le Doule.

Douay, Duacum, a City of Flanders, upon the River Scarpe, which falls into the Schelde, about one Mile lower; in the Borders of Artois and Flanders, five Leagues from Cambray to the South-West, four from Arras to the North. At first only a Castle; which being almost ruined, Amatus a Bishop repai∣red it in 665. But now a great and a fortified City, and has a fine Magazin well furnished. In 1572. Phi∣lip II. King of Spain made it an University; and opened those Colleges for the English Roman Catho∣licks, which have rendered it more known to this Na∣tion, than any other thing. Taken by the King of

France in 1667. and by the Treaty of Aquisgrane confirmed to him, so that it is still in his Pos∣session.

Doue, Dovaeum, Duaeum, a Town in the Duke∣dom of Anjou in France, beyond the Loyre, upon the River Layon, four Leagues from Saumur to the South-West, and seven from Angers to the South-East. Though this is now a small Village, yet it deserves to be taken notice of for an Amphitheatre built here in the times of the Roman Empire, which is still standing, and almost perfect: it contains only sixteen hundred Foot in Compass, and yet is so con∣trived, that above fifteen thousand persons might see their Exercises without incommoding each other: there are here also Vaults and Sewers built under the Earth, and Arched with wonderful Art and Ex∣pence. § Dove, a River in Staffordshire, upon which Tudbury stands.

Dover, Dorovernum, Darvernum, DƲBRIS, is a very ancient strong Town, seated in the middle of the Eastern part or Shoar of Kent, upon high Cliffs; twelve Miles from Canterbury to the South-East, and fifty five from London, and seven Leagues distant by Sea from Calais in France. That part of the Town next the Sea had anciently a Wall, some of which is still standing. On the top of a rugged high Cliff or Rock, is a stately and very strong Castle, which may be supposed to have been built by the Romans: how∣ever this place was certainly a Station of theirs, and has ever since been reputed one of the Keys of England, at all times carefully guarded: besides it is one of the Cinque-Ports, and in times past was to set out to the Wars one and twenty Ships. Therefore Phi∣lip King of France said, that Lewis his Son (when called in hither against King John by the Barons) had not one foot of Land in England, if he were not Master of Dover-Castle. It had formerly seven Parish Churches, now two; and it is now (as here∣tofore) most frequented upon the account of its being the shortest passage into France. The Hono∣rable Henry Lord Jarmin was created Baron of Do∣ver in the first year of King James II. But before in Anno 1627. Henry Carey, Viscount Rochford and Baron Hunsden, enjoyed the Title from King Charles I. of Earl of Dover.

Dour or Adour, Aturus, a River of Aquitaine, the Southern part of France, or rather three Rivers called by the same Name: the principal of these ri∣seth in Bigorre, out of the Pyrenean Hills, near Ba∣retge; and running North, watereth Tarbe; then turning Westward, it passeth on the North of Aire, St. Sever, and Dax or Acqs; so falleth into the Bay of Biscay at Bayonne, having entertained Gaue de Oleron, Gaue de Pau, and several other Rivers. The Outlet was anciently at le Bocau, six Leagues beneath Bayonne; but by the Industry of Lewis de Foix, an excellent Ingineer and Architect of France, in 1579. its course was altered, as Thuanus saith. The same Gentleman was the Contriver of the Palace in Spain, and the Light-House at the Mouth of the Garronne, called Tour de Cordovan.

Dourdan a small Town in the District of Hure∣pois in the Isle of France, upon the River Orge, towards the Frontiers of la Beauce, thirteen Leagues from Pa∣ris, and two or three from Estampes. The Huguenots took and almost ruined it in the years 1562, 1567. It had been often mortgaged, sold, and remitted from one to another, before Lewis XIII. redeemed and reu∣nited it to the Crown in 1610.

Dourlens, Doulendium, a Town in Picardy in France, very strongly fortified; on the Borders of Artois, upon the River Asselane, which falls into the British Sea between Crotoy and Estaple; six Leagues from Amiens to the North, and seven from Arras to the South. This Town did heretofore belong to the Earls of Pontieu, and became united to the Crown of France in 1559.

Doustre, Dostra, a River of France in the Vi∣comte de Turene, in Limosin.

Le Doux. See Dou.

Douzi, Duziacum, Duodeciacum, a Castle in the Diocese of Rheims in France, upon the River Cher, betwixt Ivoy and Sedan. Remarkable for two Coun∣cils celebrated at it in the years 871. 874. The first of which deposed and imprisoned Hin••mar Bishop of Laon (for adhering to the Papal Interest contrary to the Usage and Liberties of the Gallican Church), who some time after had his Eys put out.

Dowglass, a Castle in Cuysdale, in the middle of the Southern part of Scotland, which takes its Name from the River Dowglass, as doth also the Dale or Valley in which it stands. This Castle is seated about six Scotch Miles West of Lanrick, where Dowglass River unites with the Cluyd; fifteen from Glasguo to the South, and thirty five from Edinburgh to the South-West. It is only memorable for its Earls some∣times so very powerful, they were a terror to the Kings of Scotland themselves; there being at one time six Earls of this Family; that is, Dowglas, Angus, Ormond, Wigton, Murray and Morton, as Mr. Cambden reckons them. § There is a Castle of this Name in the Isle of Man.

Down, Dunum, a City and Bishoprick in the Pro∣vince of Ʋlster in Ireland, the Bishop of which is un∣der the Archbishop of Armagh. The Bishoprick of Connor has been united to it ever since 1442. The City stands upon the Irish Sea, upon a Peninsula made by the Sea and the Lake of Cone, which affords it an excellent Haven, twenty Miles from Dormore to the East, thirty two from Carrick fergus to the South. The County of Down is bounded on the East by the Irish Sea; on the North by the County of Antrim, and the Lake of Neaugh; on the West by Armagh; and on the South by the County of Louth, from which it is severed by the River Newry. This County, saith Mr. Cambden, is generally very fruitful, where it is not overspread with Woods, and has several safe Har∣bors upon the Seas Down is one of the most an∣cient Towns in Ireland; made more famous by kee∣ping the Bones of S. Patrick, S. Bridget and S. Co∣lumbus, than by the mention which Ptolomy has made of it, by the Name of Dunum; though not in its right place.

Downham, a Market Town in the County of Norfolk, in the Hundred of Clackcloss, upon the River Ouse, over which it hath a Bridge.

Downton or Duncton, a Market Town in Wilt∣shire; the Capital of its Hundred, situated upon the Salisbury Avon. It returns two Burgesses to the Par∣liament.

Drac, Dracus, a River in the Dauphinate in France, which riseth about four Leagues North of Embrun; and running Northward falls into the Isere at Grenoble; bringing with it another small River which comes from La Grace, and falls into the Drac at Viville, four Miles South of Grenoble.

Draco or Drago, Acragas or Agragas, a River of Sicily; called Biagio, di Gergenti, di Naro also; and falls into the African Sea, three Miles beneath Ger∣gentum to the East, thirty five West of Terra Nova.

Dragone, Draco, a small River in Campagnia in Italy, which riseth in Mount Vesuvius; and washing the City of Nocera, falleth into Sarno, a River which divideth the Principatus Citerior, from the Terra di Lavoro; and endeth in the Bay of Naples, eleven Miles South of Naples.

Dragonara, once a Bishops See, now a small Village, 7 Miles from S. Severina in Naples, to the West.

Dracone. See Orontes.

Dragonera, Colubraria, or Moncolibre, a small desert Rock or Island between Majorca and Valentia, which has its Names from the Snakes and Serpents that only inhabit it.

Draguignan, Draguinianum, Dracenae, one of the best situated Towns in Provence in France, in the Di∣ocese of Frejus; adorned with a Collegiate Church, and divers Religious Houses. Its Arms are observable; being a Dragon with this Motto, Alios nutrio, meos devoro.

Drangiana regio, an ancient Province of the Kingdom of Persia, in the most Eastern part thereof, now called Sigistan or Sitsistan. Its principal Cities were Ariaspe and Propthasia.

Dravaniza. See the Vistula.

The Drave or Dravus, called by the Germans Draw and Trave, by the Hungarians Trab, has its Rise from the Alps in Tyrol: and running Eastward through Carinthia and Stiria, entereth Hungaria at Serinwar, where it receiveth the Muer out of Sti∣ria, and another from the Lake of Balatan in Hun∣gary; so dividing the Lower Hungary from Sclavo∣nia, it passeth to the Bridge of Esseck; where a little lower it falleth into the Danube by two Mouths. Dr. Brown saith, it ariseth in Saltzburglant, and falls into the Danube near Erdoed, the old Tentobrigum, after it hath passed from its Head, about three hundred Miles. About its entrance into Hungary, it receiveth the Mur, and far above this I found it a considerable River, having passed it between Cla∣genfort and Mount Leubell in Carinthia by two long Wooden Bridges, and an Island in the middle between them

Dravenna. See Trave.

Draun, Drachonis, Duras, a River and Town of Austria; the River falls into the Danube from the South a little beneath Lintz, twenty six Miles West of Vienna; and brings with it several other smaller Rivers.

Draunsee, a Lake out of which this River riseth.

Drausen, a Lake in Prussia in Poland, near El∣bing and Dantzick, made by the Vistula.

Draw. See the Drave.

Drayton, a Market Town in the County of Salop in the Hundred of North Bradford upon the River Terne, where it divides this County from Stafford∣shire. The Houses of York and Lancaster fought a Battel here.

Drazzi. See Durazzo.

Drente, Drentia, one of the three parts of Over-Yssel, a Province of the Ʋnited States of Holland, ly∣ing Northward, and almost all covered with Mar∣shes: the chief Town of which is Coevorden or Coe∣worden. The French possessed themselves of this Territory in 1672. and two years after abandoned it to the Hollanders.

Dresden or Dresen, Dresda, the principal Town of Misnia in the Ʋpper Saxony, seated on both sides of the Elbe, five Miles from the Borders of Bohemia, and three above Meissen. This City being in a plea∣sant and delightful place, was in 800. fortified with Walls and Dikes against the Bohemians by Charles the Great. The succeeding Princes have not been less careful of it. So that it is for the strength and magnificence of the Buildings, the best Town in Misnia. The Elbe is here covered with a wonderful Bridge of Stone. The Electors of Saxony have also made this City the place of their Residence, and built here a strong Castle, and a noble Magazine.

Dreux, Drocum, Durocasses, Druidensis Pagus, a Town in the Territory of Blasois in Normandy upon the River Blaise, sixteen Miles from Paris to the West. It is seated at the foot of an Hill; a very an∣cient City and Earldom, having an old decaying Castle. Here in 1562. was a sharp Fight between the Hugo∣nots and the Roman Catholicks, in which the Prince of Conde was taken, and nine thousand men of both sides slain. In 1593. Henry le Grand besieged and took this Town in eighteen days. The ancient Druides are supposed to have dwelt in it.

Drillae, an ancient people of Cappadocia in the Lesser Asia, towards the Euxine Sea, betwixt Trebi∣sonda and Cerasus in Xenophon's relation, or Colchos in Arian's. They had the reputation of good Sol∣diers.

Drillo, Achates, a River of Sicily; it falls into the African Sea, six Miles East of Terra Nova; and has a Town upon it, called by the same Name.

Drinawar. See Drino.

Drino, a River of Servia, which riseth from the Mountains, that part Servia from Albania; and run∣ning Northward from Novomont by Prisen, a little above Drinawahr, (Drinopolis a Town seated in an Island made by this River) it receiveth the Lim, and passeth into the Save, five German Miles above Al••, the old Sirmium. § Drino Bianco, the White Drin, is a River of Albania, which ariseth from the same Mountains with the former, but more East, near Sco∣pia or Ʋschup in Servia; and running Westward, takes in Drino Niero, the Black Drin, which ariseth from two Lakes in Albania; being thus united with the former, and two others from the North, they pass Alessio, and fall into the Bay of Drin (Sinus Drinolius) over against Manfredona in Italy.

Drista, Silistria, the principal City in Bulgaria.

Drivasto, Triastum, Drivastum, an Episcopal Ci∣ty of Albania, upon the Lake of Scutari, under the Turk. This See was a Suffragan to the Archbishop of Antivari.

Droan or Dron, Drahonas, a River in the Bishop∣rick of Treves.

Drobafaf, Chromium, the Scythian or Frozen Sea, North-East of Russia, and Nova Zemla.

Drogheda, a City in the County of Louth, in the Province of Leinster in Ireland, called by the Irish Drogadagh and Treda; upon the River Boyne, twenty two Miles North of Dublin. It has an excellent and safe Haven: in Mr. Cambden's time well peopled, and much frequented. This Town falling into the hands of the Duke of Ormond in 1649. and stormed soon after by Oliver Cromwell September 11. of the same year; he put all the Garrison (which was about four thousand) to the Sword; and as to the Inhabitants, spared neither Sex, Age, Poor or Rich, but intirely ru∣ined all before him; not regarding the good Service this City had done in the beginning of the War, by preserving the Reliques of the English Nation from the cruelty and rage of the Rebellious Irish. Sir Ar∣thur Aston, the Governour, perished with the Garrison. It being the first place the Tyrant took in Ireland, this cruelty was intended to strike a terror into the others, that he might with the greater facility reduce the Kingdom under his Dominion; and accordingly he had incredible success in all his future attempts. It surrendred to King William in two days after the Fight at the Boyne.

Droinholm, a Royal House of Pleasure of the Kings of Sweden, one League from Stockholm.

Droitwich, a Borough Town in Worcestershire in the Hundred of Halfshire, upon the Banks of the Salwarp. It returns two Members to the House of Commons, and is a noted place for its Salt-pits.

La Drome, Druna, Druma, a River which ariseth in the Confines of Gapencois in Dauphine in France, and having watered Die and Crest, falls into the Rhosne, three Leagues below Valence.

Dronfield, a Market Town in Derbyshire in the hundred of Scarsdale.

Drontheim, or Druntheim, Nidrosia, called also Trondhem, was heretofore the Capital of the King∣dom of Norway; made an Archbishops See, and a Metropolis by Pope Eugenius III. It stands on the Western Shoars of Norway, seventy five German Miles from Bergen to the North, and one hundred and ten from Stock-Holm to the North-West, in Long. 28. 02. Lat. 64. 10. Its Latin name comes from the River Nider, upon which it stands. This City is now a very great Mart, and has a large and a safe Harbour, yet lies open without any Fortifications, being in this, more like a great Village than a City: Heretofore much greater; the many fires which have happened in it have lessened it; and besides the Church of S. Olao, which was once the most beautiful Church in all the North, is now buried in its Ashes: it has also a Castle, taken by the Swedes and granted them by a Treaty in 1658. but in 1660. the Danes again recovered it. The Country about, is called the Go∣vernment or Prefecture of Drontheim; granted to the Swedes with the City, but since recovered with it too. This is the largest Prefecture in Norway, reaching from North to South five hundred Miles, and from West to East one hundred.

Droses, Jernus, a River of Conaught, in the County of Clare, which falls into the Bay of Shan∣non at Dinghanbeg, Dinga, East of Clare two Miles.

Le Drot, Drotius, a River in Aquitaine in France, which ariseth at Montpasier, ten Miles North-West of Cahors; and running West falls into the Garrone, over against Bazas, nine Miles East of Bourdeaux.

Druidae, Druides, the Priests of the antient Gauls, compared by Laertius with the Magi, Gymno∣sophistae, and Philosophers, of Persia, India and Greece, for their pretensions to Learning and Piety and Authority over the people: of whose Supersti∣tions they were the Authors, as of their affairs, publick or private, the Arbitrators. The Eugabes of Ammi∣anus Marcellinus, the Saronides of Di••d. Siculus, and the Semnotheoi of others, were several Orders of these Priests, according as they applyed themselves either to the services of the Altar, or to the Contemplation of the Works of Nature. In the former, they made Sacrifices of Men, till the Emperors Angustus, Tibe∣rius and Claudius, by repeated Interdicts at last broke them of that barbarity. Their other they delivered to the publick in thousands of Verses unwritten, only committed to Memory, and passing the course of Ages by Tradition. Their name of Druides some derive from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, because of a particular esteem they had for an Oak. Some from Deru in the Celtick Language, of the same signification. They had a Chief Priest over them, in the nature of a Soveraign Pontiff. And we read, the Gauls were so possessed by them with the belief of the immortality of the soul, that they would lend mony in this world upon con∣dition to be paid in the next. Valer. Max. The Town Dreux in Normandy is supposed to be so called from these Druides.

Drummore, Drummoria, a City in the County of Lowth in the Province of Ʋlster in Ireland, up∣on the River Lagang; with a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Armagh.

Druses, Druzes, Drusi, a people living in Grots and Caverns about the Mountain Libanus in Asia, and onwards, as far as to the Dead Sea: following in Religion the Institutions of one Isman or Ismael, a Prophet pretended, which allow them to marry with their own Children, or Sisters, or Brothers, and to live in perfect liberty from all such like precepts and ties, as are in use amongst the Jews, Christians; and Ma∣hometans. They Traffick with the French Merchants for Silks: and say, they are descended from the French that went to the Conquest of the Holy Land with Godfrey of Bouillon; being after the loss of Jerusalem in 1187. forced for safety to retire hither, under the command of one of the House of Dreux.

Drut, Dara, a River of Carmania in Persia. It falls into the Persian Gulph over against the City of Ormus, having passed between Fafa and Cha∣bon.

Duare, a strong Fortress of Dalmatia, upon a Hill, not far from Almissa. Taken from the Turks by the Venetians in 1646. and soon after lost again. In 1652. retaken and demolished. Whereupon the Turks, to hinder the Incursions of the Morlaques out of Croatia, rebuilt it: yet in 1684. the Morlaques forced it and there is now a Venetian Garrison in it.

Dublin, Dublinum; in Irish, Balacleigh, the Ca∣pital City of the Kingdom of Ireland in the Province of Leinster, in a County of the same Name, upon the River Leffy, which is the noblest River in all this Kingdom, and maketh a Capacious Haven here, at about twenty Leagues distance from Holyhead in Wales. This City is called EBLANA by Ptole∣my. When or by whom it was first built, is not known; but old it must needs be, by its being men∣tioned by him. Saxo Grammaticus acquaints us, how much it suffered by the Danes; it was afterwards un∣der Edgar King of England, and Harald Harfager King of Norway. In the year 1151. P. Eugenius III. made it an Archbishops See, with the Title and Ju∣risdiction of a Primacy. Henry II. having Conquered Ireland, sent hither from Bristol a Colony: where∣by it began to Flourish more and more, and became the Capital of the Kingdom, the Seat of the Lieu∣tenant, the Courts of Justice, and their Parliaments: strengthened with a Castle on the East side, built by Henry Loundres a Bishop in 1220. and near it there was a Royal Palace built by Henry II. King of England. It has a College for Students, which is an University of it self, founded by Q. Elizabeth in in 1591. This was attempted before by Alexander Bicknor Archbishop of Dublin, who in 1320. ob∣tained from the Pope a Bull for it; but the trouble∣some times that followed, defeated that good design then; at the North Gate is a Bridge of hewen Stone, built by King John. It has a Cathedral of great anti∣quity, Dedicated to S. Patrick, the Apostle of the Irish Nation, and built at several times; in which are a Dean, two Archdeacons, and twenty two Pre∣bendaries: there is another fair Collegiate Church in the City, called Christs Church, built in 1012. and about thirteen Parochial ones. In more ancient times this City was Governed by a Provost; but in 1409. Henry IV. granted them License to choose every year a Mayor, and two Bailiffs, changed into Sheriffs by Edward IV. thus far Cambden. King Charles II. honored them with a Lord Mayor. This City escaping the fury of the Massacre, was besieged by the Parlia∣ment Forces; and by the Duke of Ormond, by the Kings Order, delivered to the English, rather than the Irish Rebels; for they were now united against their King: and when afterwards June 21. 1649. he in∣deavoured to recover it, his Army was broken by a Sally, and totally defeated; and this City continued in their Hands till 1660. It has been extraordina∣rily enlarged in its Buildings in the twenty years last past.

The County of Dublin is bounded on the East by the Irish Sea; on the West with the County of Kil∣dare; on the South by the little Territories of O▪ Tooles, and O. Brians; on the North by the County

of Meath, and a small River called Nanny. The Soil is fruitful, as to every thing but Wood; so that they use Sea-Coal, and Turf for their Fewel. It is well Inhabited, Rich, full of excellent Sea-Port Towns.

Ducey, a Town of Normandy upon the River Ardee, in the Diocese of Auranches.

Ducy, a Town of Normandy betwixt Caen and S. Lo, in the Diocese of Bayeux.

Duderstad, Duderstadium, a Town in the Duke∣dom of Brunswick, upon the River Wipper, eight Miles from Cassel to the North-East. This Town, though in the Duchy of Thuringia, has belonged to the Elector of Mentz ever since 1365; and is the Capital of the Territory of Eichfeld.

Dudley, a Market Town in Worcestershire, in the hundred of Halfshire.

Duero, or Douro, Durius, Doria, a River of Spain, called Douro by the Portuguese: one of the greatest Rivers in that Kingdom, most frequently mentioned by ancient Greek and Latin Writers. The Head of it is in Old Castile, from Mount Idubeda, about five Miles South of Tarragona; running South, it watereth Soria, and Almasun; there bending West, it passeth by Osina, Aranda de Duero, and Rosa; beneath which last it takes in Duratonio, or Stranda de Duero, and Piznerga from the North; which with several others fall into the Duero, two Miles beneath Valladolid; then passing by Toro and Camora, and taking in, from the North, Esla, (which brings the Orbego), so to Miranda de Duero, it en∣tertains Tormes from Salamanca; soon after which it entereth Portugal, a little above Olivenca to the South, and Eluas to the North; where the Ri∣vers that fall into it on both sides, are so small, and many, that it is not worth the mentioning them: turning Westward, this great River passeth by Lemego on the South, to Porta on the North, where he pays his last Tribute to the Atlantick Ocean; and after a Course of ninety Leagues from his rise, as his last be∣nefit, he forms a large, deep, and safe Harbour at Porta. Silius Italicus mentions it in the number of the Golden sanded Rivers.

Duerstede, Batavodurum, Durostadium, a Town in Guelderland, upon the Rhine commonly called VVyck; three German Miles from Ʋtrecht to the South East. It belongs now to the Province of Ʋtrecht, and is a part of the Dominions of the United Provinces.

Duesme, a Town in the Dukedom of Burgundy in France, upon the River Seine. It gives Name to the Territory of Duesmois, lying towards the Source of the same River.

Duisbourgh, Duisburgum, Duysburgh, is a small City in the Dukedom of Cleves; upon the River Roer, which a little lower falls into the Rhine; eight Miles from Cologne North, and three from VVesel South. There was a Council held here in 927. Here∣tofore an Imperial Free City; but now under the Do∣minion of the Elector of Brandenburgh, who Octob. 14. 1655. opened here an University. Gerardus Mer∣cator the great Geographer of his time died here in 1594.

Dulcigno, Dolcigno, Olchinum, Olcinum, Ʋlci∣num, a City of Albania, which is a Bishop's See, un∣der the Archbishop of Antivari; with a safe Port on the Venetian Gulph, between Budoa to the North, and Lodrin to the South; twenty four French Miles from Scutari to the West. This City is under the Dominion of the Turks, and reduced to a mean Con∣dition.

Dulcinde, a Part of Carmania Deserta, upon the Entrance of the Persian Gulph; one hundred twenty five German Miles South of Ormus. There is a City, River, and Province of this Name.

Dulverton, a Market-Town in Somersetshire in the Hundred of VVilliton, upon the River Ex.

Dummer-Zee, Dummeria, a great Lake in Ger∣many, between Mounster to the West, Osnaburgh to the South, and Diepholt to the North. The River Hunt runs through it, which falls into the VVesel a little below Bremen.

Dun, or Done, a River of Yorkshire. See Don∣caster. § A Town also in the Dukedom of Barrois in Lorrain in France, near the Meuse, betwixt Ste∣nay and Damvilliers. § Another in the Province of la Marche.

Duna. See Dwina.

Dunawert. See Donawert.

Dunbar, Dumbarum, or the Castle of Bar, is a Town in the County of Lothain in Scotland, upon the Eastern Shoars; twenty Scotch Miles North of Berwick, and the same distance East of Edinburgh. Heretofore it had a Castle on a Hill; as it has still a Ha∣ven to the Sea. But this Town is chiefly memorable for a Defeat given to the Covenanters of Scotland, by Oli∣ver Cromwel, Septemb. 23. 1650. when an End was put to that Perjurious, Rebellious, Bloody Faction, who here began the Payment of that Debt they owed to the Divine Justice, for having sold the best and most Holy of all Princes, (Charles the Martyr,) to the English Rebels. For from that Day, Presbytery has been in Bondage, and truckled under the Weight of that horrid Crime; and may she never more lift up her Head to embroil Kingdoms, and persecute the Church.

Dunblane, Dumblanum, a City of Scotland, in the County of Menteith, which is a Bishop's See un∣der the Archbishop of S. Andrews. It stands on the River Teith, which a little beneath this and Sterling, falls into the Fyrth of Edinburgh; six Miles North of Sterling, and thirty six West of Edinburgh.

Dunbritoun, Britannodunum, Castrum Britonum, a Town in the County of Lenox in Scotland, upon a Fyrth or Bay of the same Name, with a strong Castle; where the River Levin falls into the Fyrth; eight Miles from Glasco to the North-West: Also called Dunbarton; because the Britans held it the longest of any Town in Scotland, against the Picts and Scots. The stron∣gest of all the Castles in Scotland, by Nature; being built on a high, craggy, double-headed Rock, both fortified; and between these two it hath only one Passage on the North, hardly passable without Labour and difficulty by a single Person: on the West of it lies the Levin, on the South the Cluyd, on the East a boggy Marsh, which at every Tide is covered with Water. The Britans made this good against the Scots, till in the Year 756. Eadbert King of Nor∣thumberland, and Oeng King of the Picts, forced it to surrender on a Composition. But it was taken on easier Terms, Jan. 5. 1651. by the English Rebels; Sir Charles Erskin surrendering it to them.

Dunbritoun Fyrth, a great Bay in the South-West part of Scotland, upon the Irish Seas, so called from this Castle: it begins at Dunskay, and on the South has Galloway, Carrick, Kile, and Cunning∣ham; on the North Menteith, Lenox, Argile, Kil∣more, and Cantry: (besides several smaller,) it has in it the Island of Arran: many of the biggest Rivers of Scotland fall into it; just against it to the West, it has the North-East parts of Ireland, at a small di∣stance; which are extream fruitful, and peopled by Scots for the most part: there are many safe Havens, and populous Towns upon it; and lastly it lies con∣venient for Trade with the Western Plantations, and all the Southern World.

Dundalk, Dunkeranum, a small City in the Pro∣vince of Ʋlster, in Ireland, which is a Bishops See, under the Archbishop of Armagh, twenty six Miles

from Armagh to the East, in the County of Louth, and sixteen North from Drogheda; surprised by the Rebels in 1641. Retaken the same year by Sir Henry Tichburn by Storm, (after their Forces had been beaten off from the Siege of Drogheda, upon Sir Si∣mon Harcourts arrival with supplies of Men and Mony) but in 1649. they got it again. The Duke of Schomberg continued with his Army here from Sept. 12. 1689, to Novemb. 8. that he retired into Winter Quarters. There was a Battel in the mean time pre∣sented by King James II; but that General thought not fit to accept it. For he strengthned himself in his Trenches, the more his Army was weakned by the Mortality; which in many Circumstances appeared so strange, as not to find in History its parallel; since an Angel destroyed so many thousand in the Camp of Sennacherib.

Dundee, or Dundy, Alectum, Deidonium Alle∣ctum, a City in the North of Scotland, in the County of Angus, upon the North side of the Fyrth of Tay, which is a frequented Harbour, and of great safety, ten Miles North of S. Andrews. This is a very strong Town; and in 1651. when almost all Scotland had yielded after the defeat of Dunbar, presumed still to hold out: General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle, coming up and summoning it, upon their refusal to yield, took it by Storm September 1. of that year, though there were in it eight hundred Soldiers, besides Inhabitants: He put all in Arms to the Sword; and Plundred the Town of its Wealth; which amounted in Silver, Gold, and rich Goods, to a vast summ of mony; being then the richest Town in Scotland, and made yet richer by the Neighbour∣hood, who sent what ever they had that was valuable thither, as to a place of security. Sixty Sail of Ships, which lay then in the Harbour, yielded too: after which Aberdeen, and S. Andrews, which only re∣mained to the Covenanters, yielded upon the first Summons.

Dunfermeling, Dunfirmeling, is a Town on the North Shoar of the Fyrth of Edinb••row, seventeen Miles from it to the North-West. Once a famous Monastery, the building and the burial place of Mal∣colm, King of the Scots; afterwards advanced to an Earldom in the behalf of Sir Alexander Seton, who being a wise and a great Statesman, was raised by K. James I. from Baron of Tiv••, to be Earl of Dun∣fermeling, and Lord Chancellor of Scotland. But much more famous for the birth of Charles I. (the blessed Martyr for the English Church and Nation) who was born here November 19. 1600.

Dunfreis, Dunfreia, a Town in the County of Nithesdale in the South of Scotland, upon the River Nith or Nid, near Solway Fyrth.

Dungall, dungalia, a Sea-Port-Town and Ca∣stle, and a County in the North-West part of Ireland, in the Province of Ʋlster, on the South side of the River Esk. The County of Dungall has the Ocean on the West; Lagh Gormely, on the South; and Tome Lagh on the North; a Barbarous and Wild place, as Mr. Cambden describes it: See Tirconnel.

Dungannon, Dunganum, the chief Town of the Ʋpper Tyrone, in the Province of Ʋlster in Ireland, near Armagh.

Dungarvan, a strong well fortified Town, with a Castle, and Haven, situate on the Southern Shoar of Ireland, in the County of Waterford, in the Pro∣vince of Mounster, thirteen Miles from Waterford to the West. First granted by Henry VI. to Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury; and afterwards, for conve∣nience, annexed to the Crown of England by Act of Parliament.

Dungesby Head, Veruvium Promontorium, the most Northern Cape of all Scotland, which lies in 59. deg. of Latitude; whereas Novantum, the Mule of Galloway, the most Southern, lies in 55. 10.

Dunkeld, or Dunkelden, Castrum Caledonium, Dulcheldinum, a City on the Tau, in the County of Perth, ten Miles North of Perth; which was adorned by King David of Scotland, with a Bishops See, un∣der the Archbishop of S. Andrews; supposed to have been the City of the ancient Caledonians.

Dunkeran, Donequine, or Doneyne, Juernis, a small Town and Port upon the Gulph of the River Maine, in the County of Desmond in Mounster, in Ireland.

Dunkirk, Dunquerque, Dunquerca, called by the Flemmings, Duynskerke; and by the Italians and Spaniards, Doncherca; is a large, strong, well fortified Town, and Sea-Port in Flanders, which has a very noble and strong Castle, lately built: 3 Leagues from Graveline, 5 from Newport, and 6 from Calais. This Town was first fortified by Charles V. It stands on the River Colme, upon the Shoars of the German Ocean. Taken by the French in 1646. but during their Civil Wars, the Spaniards recovered it again. In 1658. it was retaken by the English and French united; chiefly by the valor of the English. Don John of Au∣stria, and all the Spanish Forces, who came to relieve it, being totally routed and defeated, the Town was surrendred to the French; but by them according to Articles put into the Hands of the English: and so it continued till 1662. when it was sold to the French. The present King of France, Lewis XIV. has be∣stowed incredible cost in fortifying it, in inlarging and securing the Haven by Mounds and Forts.

Dun-le-Roy, Regiodunum, a Town in Berry, in France, upon the River Auronne: five Miles from Bourges to the South, and nine from la Charite to the South-West. § Another in the Dukedom of Bur∣gundy near Beaujolois.

Dunmour, or Dunmore, a Market Town in the County of Essex. The Capital of its Hundred.

Dunois, a Territory within the Province of Beauce in France; the Capital whereof is Chateau Dun. It was advanced to the dignity of a Peerdom and Dukedom in 1525.

Dunnington, a Market Town in Lincolnshire in the Hundred of Kirton, and the Division of Holland: situated in a waterish Flat.

Dunnington-Castle, a Market Town in Leicester∣shire, in the Hundred of Goscote: honoured with a noble Seat belonging to the Earl of Huntingdon.

Dunstable, a Market Town in Bedfordshire, in the Hundred of Manshead, upon a Chalky dry Hill. Built by K. Henry I. out of the ruins of the ancient Magsovinium. K. Edward I. caused a noble Column or Cross to be here erected in memory of Eleanor his Queen, whose Corps rested in this place in their journey from Lincolnshire to Westminster Abbey.

Dunstaburge, Bebba, a Castle in Northumber∣land, on the Sea Shoar, eighteen Miles South of Ber∣wick, and twenty five North of Newcastle; which belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster: Bede reports that this Castle was taken, and burnt by Penda, King of the Mercians. Roger Hoveden thus de∣scribes it; Bebba is a strong City, not very great, but containing two or three fields; having one hollow entrance into it, and that raised on high by Stairs after a wonderful manner; on the pitch of an Hill is a very fair Church; and Westward on the top, a pleasant clear Fountain, adorned with excellent Workmanship. In our times (saith Mr. Cambden) it is rather a Castle, than a Town, yet so big as that it might contain a small City; nor was it esteemed otherwise, when King William Rufus besieged the Rebellious Moubray, who lurked in it. In the Wars between the House of Lan∣caster and York, it was ruined again. And last of all, the Winds and Seas have exercised their rage

upon it, endeavouring to level it, by driving up the Sea Sand into the hollow parts, and fetching down its once haughty Battlements.

Dunstafag, Evonium, a small ruined City in the West of Scotland, in the County of Lorne; which has an Haven over against the Island of Maly, fifty five Miles from Dunblane to the West. This was the Seat of the ancient Kings of the Picts, but now a Village, and yet perhaps in a better state, than when it was a Royal City.

Dunster, a Market Town in Somersetshire in the Hundred of Scarhampton, by the Sea side.

Dunwich, an ancient Corporation, once a potent City, on the Coast of Suffolk. Foelix the Burgundi∣an, who established the East Angles (then wavering) in the Christian Faith, in 630. placed here a Bishops See; which continued till Bisus the fourth Bishop af∣ter him removed to North Elmham; leaving a suf∣fragan Bishop only at Dunwich; in which times it was very populous, and so strong, that it curbed Robert Earl of Leicester, in his Rebellion against his Prince. In the Reign of Henry II. it had a Mint: William of Newbery calls it Vicus insignis, variis opibus refer∣tus, a Town of good note, well stored with all sorts of Riches. But it is now a poor small Corporation, which bating the honor of sending two Burgesses to the Parliament, has nothing to Consolate it self withal. Time, the Sea, and Men as bad as either, have by de∣grees ruined not only the Town, but the greatest part of the ground it stood upon; and instead of its ancient variety of Riches, there is now an uniform Poverty, and desolation.

Durance, Druentius, Durantius, a very rapid Ri∣ver in Provence in France, which infesteth the Coun∣try with frequent Inundations. It ariseth from Mount Genebra, one of the Cottian Alpes, not far from Pignerol in Piedmont; or as others, in the Dauphi∣nate near Brianzon; and passing on, watereth Em∣brun, and Gap; and entring Provence, takes in the Hubaye, the Buech, the Suse; then passing Sisteron, and Manosque, it entertains the Verdon; and a little beneath Cavaillon and Avignon, unites with the Rhosne. It will neither indure Boats nor Bridges, by reason of its great rapidity and swiftness, especially beneath Si∣steron.

Durango, Durangum, a City of North America, in the Province of New Biscay; but near the Confines of New Spain, towards the Zacatecas; built at the foot of an Hill; which was made a Bishoprick by the Archbishop of Mexico, in 1620. §. There is a small Town of this name also in the Principality of Biscay in the Kingdom of Old Spain.

Durazzo, Durracium, Dyrrachium, Epidamnus, called by the Turks, Drazzi, by the French, Duras; is a very ancient and much celebrated City of Mace∣donia, in the Kingdom of Albania. It has now a strong Castle, and a large Haven; seated on the Eastern Shoar of the Adriatick Sea, upon the River Argentaro or Arzento, North-East of Brindisi or Brundusium in the Kingdom of Naples, from which it is distant one hundred and twenty Miles. Built by the Corcyreans (now called Corfu) in the Year of the World 3327. One hundred and thirty years after Rome, and six hundred twenty one before the Birth of our Saviour. In the Year of the World 3512. being much streightned by its Fugitives, it had re∣course to the Assistance of the Corinthians: but the Corcyreans taking part with those Exiles, the Corin∣thians were beaten; which drew on an Athenian War, and that the Peloponnesian. This City fell first with the rest of Greece under the Power of the Kings of Macedonia; and together with Macedonia was subject to the Romans, who made it a Roman Colony. In the times of the Civil War between Cae∣sar and Pompey, it was the Seat of great Actions: for Pompey chose it, and it was the only prosperous Scene of that Party; and had proved the ruin of Caesar, if Pompey had pursued his first successes with vigor. Not long before, it had given entertainment to Cicero in his Exile; and appears every where favourable to the Republicans. It was also a Roman Colony, but when setled I cannot now find. In the times of Christia∣nity it became an Archbishops See under the Patriarch of Constantinople, as it is still; in the later times of the Greek Empire it had Princes of the Caroline Line of France, from whom it passed to the Venetians; and from them it was taken by Mahomet III. But the Venetians Sacked it in 1554. by their Fleet. Long. 44. 20. Lat. 41. 42.

Duren, Dura, Duria, Marcodurum, a City in the Dukedom of Juliers in Germany, upon the River Roer, not two Miles from Gulick to the South, and five from Cologne to the West. This was the ancient Marcodurum, in the opinion of Cluverius, and all the other Geographers; made a Free Imperial City by Charles IV. Emperor of Germany. Charles V. being incensed against John Duke of Cleves, (who had married Mary, the Daughter of William▪ the last Duke of Juliers; and Leagued▪ with the French King Francis I. against him) in 1545. entred the Dukedom of Juliers, and after a sharp Siege took this City and burnt it: it has been reduced into sub∣jection again, and is now under the Duke of New∣bourg, by the Treaty of Faisans in 1659. Three Councils were Celebrated here in the years 761. 775. 779.

Durgat, Phrygia, a part of Anatolia or Asia the Less.

Durham, Dunehelmum, a City and County Pala∣tine in the North of England. The City is seated up∣on the River Ware, in a Peninsula made by this Ri∣ver, which washeth three sides of it, and gives pas∣sage into it by three Bridges. The ground of it is a natural Hill, which contributes no less than the River to the strength and pleasantness of its situation: also secured by a Wall, and a Castle in the midst of it; the Cathedral (being a Bishops See, under the Arch∣bishop of York) is towards the South side of the City, and of great beauty. This City is yet of no great Antiquity, being built or rather begun by the Monks of Dindisfarn, in 995. before which it was a Wood, and then not cleared without difficulty. In the times of William the Conqueror it was imployed by the Saxons, as a place of Refuge against him; but they were soon forced to betake themselves to Scotland for their greater security. VVilliam the Conqueror being possessed of it, built the Castle for a Curb to these Northern parts, and a security against the Scots. The present Cathedral was began about the same time by VVilliam de Careleph then Bishop of Durham, and finished by his Successor. This City gave great Pro∣tection to the English in 1346, when David Bruce, King of Scotland, harrassed the Nothern parts, whilst Edward III. besieged Calais: but the said Bruce was soon after overthrown in Battel, and taken Priso∣ner at Nevills Cross. In the times of Edward VI. the Bishoprick was dissolved by Act of Parliament, and given to that Prince; but Q. Mary dissolved that Statute, and restored the Bishoprick with all its Fran∣chises. In 1640. in the beginning of the Rebellion, it fell after Newbury Fight into the hands of the Scots; and being left by them the year following, it followed the fate of the War, as the Parties prevailed upon each other. Long. 22. 00. Lat. 54. 57.

The County or Bishoprick of Durham, is bounded on the North and West by the River Derwent, which separates it from Northumberland; on the South by the River Tees, which parts it from Westmorland West,

and York to the South; and on the East it has the Sea. The West is full of Mines of Iron; the Valleys are fruitful here also, and on the Eastern side the Coun∣try is very fruitful of Grass, Corn and Sea-Coal. Though all the English Kings were liberal to this Church upon the account of S. Cuthbert; yet Gu∣thrun the Dane was the first that granted this Bi∣shoprick o•• County to the Church of Durham; which was afterward confirmed by Canutus, another Danish Prince, and by William the Conqueror; ever since which time, it has been accounted a County Pala∣tine. Dr. Nathaniel Crew, the present Bishop of this Diocese, (being the LXX. in number from S. Aida∣nus) was translated from Oxford hither in the year 1674.

Duringen. See Thuringia.

Durlach, or Dourlach, Durlachum, Budoris, a Ci∣ty in the Marquisate of Baden in Schwaben in Ger∣many, scarce two Miles from the Rhine, to the East, and four from Baden. This is the Capital of the Marquisate of Durlach, and the lower part of the Marquisate of Baden, which bounds it on the South; the Rhine lies on the West; the Dukedom of Wir∣temberg on the East; and the Palatinate of the Rhine on the North. It is subject to its Marquess of the House of Baden, who has some other Territories and Honors in these Parts.

Durseley, a Market Town in Gloucestershire in the Hundred of Wotton.

Dusseldorp, Dusseldorpium, the chief Town of the Dutchy of Bergh upon the Rhine, five Miles beneath Cologne. This Town was fortified against the Duke of Brandenburg by the Duke of Newburg in 1613. who has since had his Residence here.

Duvelandt, the same with Beveland.

Duysburg. See Duisburg.

Dwina, Duna, Dzwina, a vast River in Muscovy or Russia, which riseth in the Province of Megrina, from two several Heads that unite at VVologda, one of the principal Cities of Russia; and running North-East, passeth by the Lake of Soeclina, beneath which, it receiveth from the East the River Juga; and a little lower the River VVuyma; then turning North-East, it falls into the VVhite Sea by three Mouths; upon the most Eastern of which, stands Arch-Angel, the only frequented Port of Russia. The heads of this Ri∣ver were called before their union, Jagel and Sachana; and after it Dwina. § There is another River of the same Name, which riseth out of a Lake of the same Name, ten Leagues from the Lake of Fronowo, and the Sources of the Nieper; and falls into the Baltick Sea below Riga, saith Olearius. I suppose this is it which the latter▪ Maps call Duna. This River riseth in a Province of Russia called Novogard, near the Lake VVolga, and the Fountains of the River of that Name; and turning Westward, being augmented by some smaller Rivers, it entereth Lithuania at VVi∣tepks; then passing Poloczko, Drima, Duneberg, Kakenheusen, and separating Livonia from Semigal∣lia, it falls into the Gulph or Bay of Livonia (a part of the Baltick Sea) on the South of Riga, by Du∣nemund, a Castle seated on the Mouth of it. The Muscovites call it Dzwina, saith Baudrand. § The Province of Dwina is the greatest and most Nor∣thern of all Russia; heretofore subject to the Duke of Novogard; one hundred Russian Miles in length. It had formerly but one City, called by the same Name, which stands in the middle of it; but since the Passage to Arch-Angel has been discovered, it is become one of the most considerable Provinces in Russia; Arch-Angel being seated in this Province, and the greatest Trade driven on the Dwina.

Dyfy. See Dee, a River in VVales.

Dynas-Mouthwye, a Market Town in the Coun∣ty of Merioneth in VVales. The Capital of its Hundred.

Dyrne. See Tyrnaw.