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of England. He commanded the queen's forces in the descent on England in 1326, and after the deposition and death of the king in 1327 became with his para mour, the queen, virtual ruler of the kingdom during the minority of Edward III. He was overthrown by the young king, who caused him to be condemned as a traitor by Parliament. Mortimer his Fall. A tragedy by Ben Jonson (1640). "The argument and part of i. 1 were alone finished. It was 'completed' by W. Mount fort 1731, with satirical intentions, it was supposed, towards Walpole and Queen Caroline. A new dedication was subsequently written by Wilkes in derision of Bute." Dict. Nat . Biog. Mor timer i ados. See Barons ' Wars , The . Mortimer's Cro . A place in Here ford shire, England, 15 miles north by west of Here ford. Here, Feb. 2, 1461, Edward, earl of March (Edward IV.). defeated the Lancastrians. ■Mortlake (môrt'lāk). A parish in Surrey, England, on the Thames above London. The university boat-race is rowed from Putney to Mortlake. Morton, Fourth Earl of (James Douglas). Born at Dalkeith, 1530: beheaded at Edinburgh, June 2, 1581. Regent of Scotland, second son of Sir George Douglas of Pittendriech. In 1553 he succeeded to the earldom of Morton through marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of the third earl. On the return of Queen Mary in 1561 he was made privy councilor, and in 1563 lord high chancellor. He was a prime mover in the a a ination of Rizzio, and in securing the abdication of Mary at Lochleven. In Oct., 1572, he became regent on the death of the Earl of Mar. He resigned when James VI. a umed the government, and was condemned on the accusation of James Stuart (afterward earl of Arran) for complicity in the death of Darnley, the king's father. Morvan (mor-von'), Le. A region in the departments of Yonne and Nièvre, France. It is traversed by a chain of mountains from Avallon to Luzy (about 55 miles). Highest point, 2,976 feet. Morven (môr'ven). A mythical Scottish kingdom referred to in the poems of O ian. Morvern (môr' vérn). A peninsula in the north western part of Argylls hire, Scotland. Mosa (mo'sä). The Latin name of the Meuse. Mosbach (mōs'bäch). A town in Baden, 21 miles east by south of Heidelberg. Population (1890), 3,459. Mosca (mos'kä). [L., 'afly.'] In Ben Jonson's play "Volpone, or the Fox," a parasite, in the sense of the cla ic drama. His pliancy and presence of mind render him invaluable to his master, Volpone, upon whom he finally turns. His inimitable parasite, or (as the Greek and Roman authors expre ed it) his Fly , his Mosca; and in this finished portrait, Jonson may throw the gauntlet to the greatest masters of antiquity: the character is of cla ic origin; it is found with the contemporaries of Aris toph anes, though not in any comedy of his now existing; the Middle Dramatists seem to have handled it very frequently, and in the New Comedy it rarely failed to find a place; Plautus has it again and again, but the aggregate merit of all his parasites will not weigh in the scale against this single Fly of our poet. Gifford, Notes to Jonson's "Fox," p. 399. Moscheles (mōsh'e-les), Ignaz. Born at Prague, May 30, 1794: died at Leipsic, March 10, 1870. Anoted German pianist, composer for the piano, and teacher. Among his pupils was Mendel ohn. His works include 24 études, "Hommage à Händel," "Concerto in G Minor," "Concerto pathétique," "Sonate mé lancolique," "Character ist is che Studien," etc. Moscherosch (mosh'e-rosh), Johann Michael (properly Mosenrosh). Born at Wilstadt, Baden, March 5, 1601: died at Worms, April 4, 1669. A German author. He wrote an all ego rico-satirical work, "Philander von Sittewald" Morton, John. Born at Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset, about 1420: died Oct. 12, 1500. An Eng- English cardinal. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and practised in the Court of Arches. He was master of the rolls and bishop of Ely in the reign of Edward IV.; (1643), etc. was imprisoned by Richard III.; and was made archbishop Moschi (mos'kī). [Gr. Μόσχοι.] In ancient ge of Canterbury and chancellor by Henry VII. Sir Thomas More began his career as a page in Morton's house. ography, a people in Asia, living southeast of as Meshech in the Old Testament. They are