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d. Ayliffe (a'lif), John. Born at Pember, Hampshire, 1676: died Nov. 5, 1732. An English jurist. He wrote "The Ancient and the Present State of the University of forebyggent to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England (1726), "New Pandect of Roman Civil Law" (1734), etc. Oxford" (1714), "Parergon Juris Ca He was a graduate of Oxford (New College), and was expelled and deprived of his degrees in 1714 for slandering the university. Ayllon, or Aillon (il-yōn'), Lucas Vasquez de. Born about 1475: died in Virginia, Oct. 18, 1526. A Spanish lawyer, judge of the Audience of Santo Domingo from 1509. In 1519 he was sent by the Audience to Cuba to prevent Velasquez, governor of that island, from interfering with the expedition of Cortés in Mexico, but was unsucce ful. In 1520 he received a license to explore the coast of Florida, and sent a caravel there under Gordilla. Satisfied by his reports, Ayllon went to Spain, received a royal cedula to explore and settle 800 leagues of coast, and after sending a preliminary expedition under Pedro de Quexos (1525) he sailed from Hispaniola in June, 1526, with three ships and people for a colony. After running along the coast he fixed his settlement, called San Miguel, at the point where the English afterward founded James town, Virginia. There he died of a fever, and quarrels in the colony led to its abandonment. Aylmer (al'mer), John. Born at Tivetshall St. Mary, Norfolk, England, 1521: died at Fulham, near London, June 3, 1594. An English prelate, made bishop of London March, 1577. He was installed archdeacon of Stow in June, 1553, but on account of his heretical opinions was obliged to take refuge at Strasburg and Zürich until the acce ion of Elizabeth. He was an opponent of Puritanism, and was bitterly attacked in the Martin Marprelate tracts. His administration of his office made him exceedingly unpopular. He is supposed to be the “Morrell” (“the proude and ambitious past our") of Spenser's "Shepherd's Calendar." Aylmer, Lake. A lake in British America, northeast of Great Slave Lake. Aymarás (1-mä-räz'). [Originally applied to a small branch of the Quichuas, but by mistake transferred to this tribe.] A race of Indians, anciently and properly called Collas , who, in the earliest recorded times, occupied the region about Lake Titicaca and the neighboring valleys of the Andes. They had attained a considerable degree of civilization before they were subdued by the Incas in the 13th and 14th centuries. They dwelt in stone huts, had flocks of llamas, and practised agriculture. Their most formidable arms were slings and bolas or weighted la os. Their language is related to the Quichua, and it has been supposed that this was the original stock from which the Quichuas and Incas were derived. The Aymarás are still very numerous, forming three fourths of the population of Bolivia, with a few in southern Peru. They speak their own language and cherish their ancient traditions, but are nominally Catholics. Aymar-Vernay (a-märvar-nā'), Jacques. Born 1662: died after 1692. A French peasant, famous as a succe ful impostor in divination. Aymer (a'mer), or Æthelmær, de Valence, or de Lusignan. Died 1260. A younger son of Isabella, widow of King John of England, and Hugh, count of La Marche, her second husband: elected bishop of Winchester Nov., 1250. Aymer de Valence. Died 1324. The third son of William of Valence, half-brother of Henry III. He succeeded to the earldom of Pembroke in 1296; led, as "Guardian of Scotland," the van in the attack on Robert Bruce in 1306; defeated the Scots at Methven; and was defeated by Bruce at Loudon Hill (1307). Under Edward II. he was one of the chief opponents of the favorite Gaveston; but he joined the king's party when Gaveston, after his capture in Scar borough Castle, was put to death, notwithstanding the fact that Pembroke had promised him his life. Aymer, Prior. In Scott's "Ivanhoe,” the prior of Jorvaulx Abbey, a fat and cautious voluptuary who is captured by Locksley. Aymestrey, or Aymestry (am's tri). A small place in Here ford shire, England, northwest of Leo minster, noted for its limestone. Aymon, or Aimon (a'mon), or Haymon (ha'mon). A partly imaginary character who appears in the old French romances, a prince of Ardennes, of Saxon origin, who took the title of Duke of Dordogne. He was the father of Renaud (Rinaldo), Guiscard (Guicciardo), Alard (Alardo), and Richard (Richardetto), the "four sons of Aymon whose adventures were written in a chanson de geste of the 13th century (first printed in 1493), supposed to be by Huon de Villeneuve, under the title of "Les Quatre Fils d'Aymon" (which see). The brothers appear in Ta o's "Jerusalem Delivered," Pulci's "Morgante Maggiore," Boiardo's "Orlando In nam or a to," Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso," and other French and Italian romances. Ayora (ä-yō'rä). A small town in the province of Valencia, Spain, 50 miles southwest of Valencia. Ayotla (ä-yōt'lä), or Ayutla (ä-yöt'lä), Plan of. The announcement of principles made by Mexican revolutionists at Ayotla in southern Mexico, March 1, 1854; hence, the name given to the revolution which resulted in the down fall of Santa Anna in 1855. Ayr (ar). A seaport in Ayrshire, Scotland, Azazel in command of a squadron: he reduced Barb a does and other islands which had remained faithful to the royalists, visited the coast of Virginia, and returned to England in 1652. On July 3, 1652, he had a fight with a large Dutch fleet in the Downs, and on Aug. 16 he encountered De Ruyter's fleet off Plymouth, both sides claiming the victory. From 1658 until the Restoration he was in Sweden, and on his return was made commi ioner of the navy. He subsequently served against the Dutch, was captured in the engagement off the north Foreland, June, 1666, and released when peace was declared, 1667. Ayton (a ton), or Aytoun, Sir Robert. Born at the castle of Kinaldie, near St. Andrew's, Scotland, 1570: died at London, Feb., 1638. A Scottish lyric poet. Aytoun (a'tön), William Edmonstoune. Born at Edinburgh, June 21, 1813: died near Elgin, Scotland, Aug. 4, 1865. A Scottish lawyer, poet, and man of letters. He was one of the editors of "Blackwood's Magazine," profe or of rhetoric and belles-lettres in the University of Edinburgh, and sheriff of Orkney. He married (April, 1849) Jane Emily Wilson, a daughter of John Wilson (Christopher North). His chief works are "Lays of the Cavaliers" (1848), "Firmilian" (1854), "Both well" (1856), "Ballads of Scotland" (1858). He was a ociated with Theodore Martin in the production of the "Bon Gaultier Ballads" and the "Poems and Ballads of Goethe." Ayub, or Ayoub, Khan (ä-yöb′ khän'). A younger son of Shere Ali, claimant to the Af- ghan throne after the death of his father (1879). He opposed the British and Abdurrahman Khan, was gov- ern or of Herat, and was overthrown by Abdurrahman Khan in 1881. Ayutan. See Comanche. Ayuthia (ä-yö'the-ä). The former capital of Siam, situated on the Menam 45 miles north of Bangkok. It was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. Also Yuthia, Juthia. Aywaille (i-vil'le). A town in the province of Liège, Belgium, situated on the Amblève 14 situated at the mouth of the Ayr in the Firth miles southeast of Liège. Population (1890), of Clyde, in lat. 55° 27′ N., long. 4° 37′ W. 4,128. Ayr and its vicinity are noted from their con- Azamgarh. See Azimgarh . nection with Burns. Population (1891), 25, 213. Azangaro, or Asangaro (äs-än gä-rō). A vil Ayr. A river in Ayrshire, Scotland, which flows into the Firth of Clyde at Ayr. Length, 33 miles. lage of the department of Puno, Peru, in the basin of Lake Titicaca. In the time of the Incas it was an important place, and there are traditions that it was the hiding-place of a vast amount of their treasures.