Steed Insatiate Countess," also attributed to Barksteed (1613)

He also wrote parts of "Histrio mastix" (1610) and "Jack Drum's Entertainment" (1616). Marston, John West land. Born at Boston, Lincoln shire, Jan. 30, 1819: died at London, Jan. 5, 1890. An English dramatist. In 1834 he entered the office of his uncle, a London solicitor. He was closely a ociated with a group of mystics corresponding somewhat to the Transcendentalists of New England. He wrote "The Patrician's Daughter" (performed Dec., 1842), "Strath more" (1849), "Marie de Méranie" (1850), "A Life's Ransom" (1857), "A Hard Struggle" (1858), "Donna Diana," his best play (1863), "The Favourite of Fortune" (1866). He contributed much poetical criticism to the "Athenæum," including a review of "A talant a in Calydon." In 1888 appeared "Our Recent Actors" and "Recollections of Late Distinguished Performers of both Sexes." Some of his smaller poems were very succe ful, especially that on the charge of Balaklava. Marston, Philip Bourke. Born at London, Aug. 13, 1850: died Feb. 13, 1887. An English poet, son of John West land Marston. From his youth he was almost totally blind. He published "Song tide, and Other Poems" (1871), "All in All" (1875), and "Wind Voices" (1883). After his death appeared "For a Song's Sake, and Other Stories" (1887), "Garden Secrets" (1887), and "A Last Harvest" (1891). His "Collected Poems" were edited by Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton in Marston Moor. A plain in Yorkshire, Eng 1892. land, 8 miles west-northwest of York. Here, July 2, 1644, the Parliamentary forces and Scots (about 24,000) under the Fair faxes, Leven, Cromwell, and Manchester defeated the Royalists (about 22,000) under Prince Rupert. Mar strand (mär's tränd), Vilhelm. Born at Copenhagen, Dec. 24, 1810: died at Copenhagen, March 25, 1873. A Danish painter of historical and genre subjects. He was profe or at the Academy of Copenhagen from 1848, and its director 1853-59. Marsus (mär's us), Domitius. Born 54 (9) в. с.: died 4 (1) B. C. A Roman poet of the August an age, author of a collection of epigrams ("Cicuta") and comic tales, a work on oratory, an epic ("Amazon is"), and erotic elegies. He was noted for the severity of his satire. Marsyas (mär'si-as). [Gr. Μαρσύας .] In Greek mythology, a Phrygian (in some accounts a peasant, and in others a satyr) defeated by Apollo in a musical contest. According to the myth, Marsyas picked up the flute of Athene, which the godde had thrown away in disgust on seeing, from the reflection of her face in water, how playing distorted her features, and found that when he blew it beautiful strains came forth from it of their own accord. He challenged Apollo to a combat, flute against lyre, and only when he added his voice to his instrument was the god declared victor by the umpires, the Muses (or, in some accounts, the Nyseans). For his presumption Apollo flayed him alive. Chaucer, in his House of Fame makes Marsyasa waarin Martaban (mär-ta-bän'). A small town and former fortre in British Burma, opposite Maul main: the medieval capital of Pegu. It was stormed and taken by the British Oct. 29, 1825, and April 15, 1852. Martaban, Gulf of. An arm of the Bay of Ben marfiq or marfaq , the elbow.] The fifth-maggal, west of Burma, in about lat. 16° N. Martano Martano (mär-täʼno). A character in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso," evidently the original of Spenser's Braggadocchio. Martel, Charles. See Charles Martel . Martel (mär-tel'), Louis Joseph. Born at St.Omer, Sept. 15, 1813: died at Évreux, March 4, 1892. A French politician. He was a member of the Legislative A embly in 1849; was elected member of the legislative bodies in 1863 and 1869; and was a member and vice-president of the National A embly (1871), in which he belonged to the left center. He became a life senator in 1875; was minister of justice Dec., 1876,-May, 1877; and was president of the Senate in 1879. Martel de Janville (mär-tel' dė zhon-vēl'), Sibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette de Riquetti de Mirabeau, Comte e de. Born at the Château de Koëtsal, Morbihan, about 1850. Martin II., or Mar in us I. Pope 882-884. Martin III., or Mar in us II. Pope 942-946. Martin IV. (Simon de Brion). Born in France about 1210: died at Perugia, Italy, March, 1285. Pope 1281-85. Martin V. (family name Colonna). Died Feb. 20, 1431. Pope 1417-31. He was elected by the Council of Con stance after the deposition of John XXIII., Gregory XII., and Benedict XIII. Martin, Alexander. Born in New Jersey about 1740: died at Danbury, N. C., Nov., 1807. An American politician and Revolutionary officer. He was elected governor of North Carolina in 1782; was reelected in 1789; was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787; and served in the United States Senate Martin, Benjamin. Born at Worplesdon, Sur 1793-99. "Gyp." She has written for "La Vie Parisienne," and more recently for "La Revue des Deux Mondes.' English mathematician and instrument-maker. She "Bibliotheca Technologic a" (1737), an "English Dictionary" (1749), "Martin's Magazine" (1755), "Mathe- matical Institutions" (1759-64), etc. Martin (mär-tan'), Bon Louis Henri. Born at St.-Quentin, Aisne, Feb. 20, 1810: died at Paris, Dec. 14, 1883. An eminent French historian. He has created several well-known types (notably Paulette, Loulou, and le petit Bob), which appear in her sketches and have given titles to several of her books. Among the latter are "Autour du mariage" (1883: dramatized in the same year with M. Crémieux), "Ce que femme veut!" (1883), "Sans voiles" (1885), "Autour du divorce" (1886), "Bob au salon," with illustrations by "Bob" (1888-90), "C'est nous qui sont l'his to ire" (1890), "Pa ionette" (1891), etc. Martens (mär'tens), Georg Fried rich von. Born at Hamburg, Feb. 22, 1756: died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Feb. 21, 1821. A German publicist and diplomatist. He became profe or of law at Göttingen in 1784. His chief work is “Recueil des traités" (2d ed. 1817-35). Martens (mär'tens), Baron Karl von. Born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1790: died at Dresden, March 28, 1863. A German diplomatist, nephew of G. F. von Martens. He wrote "Guide diplomat i que" (5th ed. 1866), etc. Marten sen (mär'ten-sen), Hans La en. Born Aug. 19, 1808: died at Copenhagen, Feb. 4, 1884. A Danish theologian. He became profe or of theology at Copenhagen in 1840, court preacher in 1845, and bishop of Zealand in 1854. Martext (mär'tekst), Sir Oliver. In Shakspere's comedy "As you Like it," a country curate. The title Sir was a pontifical style sold by the legates of the Pope to those clergymen who could pay for it, and was frequently bestowed on parsons by the old dramatists. Martext was perhaps a satirical name for one whose style was rustic and unlearned. Furne . Martha (mär'thä). [Aramean, 'lady'; It. Sp. Marta, Pg. Martha , F. Mar the .] One of the adherents of Jesus, sister of Mary and Lazarus, whose house in Bethany Jesus often visited. A later tradition makes her come with her brother Laza rus to the south of France. She is the patron saint of good housewives. Martha. An opera by Flotow, first produced at Vienna in 1847. Martha's Vineyard (märthäz vin'yard). An island southeast of Ma achusetts, to which it belongs, forming the chief part of Dukes Coun ty. It is separated from the mainland by Vineyard Sound (about 5 miles wide), and is a summer resort. It was discovered by Gosnold in 1602, and was named by him. Length, 21 miles. Martial (mär's hial) (Marcus Valerius Martial is). Born at Bilbilis, Spain, 43 A. D.: died in Spain about 104. A Latin poet, author of 14 books of epigrams. He resided chiefly at Rome. Little is known of his life. Martial Maid, The. See Love's Cure . Martigny (mär-ten-yē'), G. Martin ach (mär'te-näch), Roman Octodurum. A town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, situated near the Rhone in lat. 46° 7' N., long. 7° 4' E. It contains the communes Martigny-Ville, Martigny-Bourg, and Martigny-Combe, and is a tourist center. Martigues (mär-tēg'), Les. A town in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, France, situated on the Étang de Berre 18 miles northwest of Marseilles. It was once the capital of a small principality. Population (1891), commune, 5,918. Martin (mär'tin), Saint. [LL. Martin us, of Mars, or little Mars.] Born at Sabaria, Pannonia, about 316: died about 397 (400). A saint of the Roman Catholic Church. He became bishop of Tours about 371. He founded the famous monastery of Marm on tier. His festival in the Roman and Anglican churches is Nov. 11. Martin mas is the name given to the day in England: it is the time when cattle are killed for winter use, and new wine is drawn from the lees and tasted. The celebration was common over most of Christen dom, and, being a somewhat jovial occasion, St. Martin became a very popular saint, the patron saint of publicans and tavern-keepers, the beggars being taken Martin. In Dryden's "Hind and Panther," the and given to St. Giles. Chambers. Luther an party. Martin I. Died in the Crimea, Sept. 16, 655. Pope 649-653. He condemned the Monothelites at the Later an Synod of 649, in consequence of which he was deposed by the emperor Constans II. studied for the bar and served as clerk in a law office in Paris. Through a happy concourse of circumstances, he was led to concentrate his energies on a "His to ire de France par les principaux hist or i ens" (1834-36), which is merely a sequence of excerpts from the works of leading chroniclers and historians. Next he undertook a "His to ire de France" on his own account, and the results of his arduous and patient investigations were published in 19 volumes (1837-54). Immediately on completion of this task, Martin revised and enlarged his work, and replaced the original publication by a new edition in 16 volumes (1855-60). Besides his early writings and his numerous contributions to period i So is sons" (1837), "De la France, de son génie et de ses destinées" (1847), "Daniel Manin" (1859), "L'Unité italienne et la France" (1861), "Jean Reynaud" (1863), "Pologne et Moscovie" (1863), a heroic drama "Vercingétorix" (1865), "La Ru ie d'Europe" (1866), "His to ire de France populaire" (1867-75), "Etudes d'archéologie celtique" (1871), and "Napoléon et les front ières de la France" (1874). He served his country in various political capacities, and was elected a member of the French Academy in 1878. he published "Minuit et Midi" (1832), "His to ire de Martin, François Xavier. Born at Marseilles, March 17, 1764: died at New Orleans, Dec., 1846. An American jurist. He was judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana 1815-45. He published a history of North Carolina (1829) and of Louisiana (1827). Martin (mär'tin), Homer D. Born at Albany, N. Y., Oct., 1836: died at St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 12, 1897. An American landscape-painter. He was elected national academician in 1875. Martin (mär'tin), John. Born at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham, North umber land, July 19, 1789: died in the Isle of Man, Feb. 17, 1854. An English historical painter and engraver. His chief works are "Belshazzar's Feast" (1821), “The Fall of Nineveh" (1833), "The Deluge" (1837), "The Last Man" (1839), and "The Eve of the Deluge" (1840). Martin, Luther. Born at New Brunswick, N.J., 1744: died at New York, July 10, 1826. An American lawyer. He was attorney-general of Mary land 1778-1805, and in 1787 was a member of the convention which framed the United States Constitution. He left the convention to avoid signing the Constitution. He was reappointed attorney-general in 1818, but two years later was disabled by a stroke of paralysis. In 1822 the legislature of Maryland pa ed an act requiring every lawyer in the State to pay annually a license fee of $5.00 for the benefit of Luther Martin. Martin, Mary Letitia (Mrs. Bell). Born at Ball in ah inch Castle, County Galway, Ireland, Aug. 28, 1815: died at New York, Nov. 7, 1850. A British novelist, known as Mrs. Bell Martin and the “Prince of Conne mar a." Her chief work is "Julia Howard: a Romance" (1850). Martin, Sir Theodore. Born at Edinburgh, 1816. A British author. He settled in London as a parliamentary agent in 1846. He has translated "Poems and Ballads of Goethe" (1858), Horace's odes (1860), Catullus (1861), Dante's "Vita nuova" (1862), Goethe's "Faust" (1862), and written "Life of the Prince Consort" (1874-), "Life of Lord Lyndhurst" (1883), etc. Martin, Sir Thomas Byam. Born July 25, 1773: died at Portsmouth, Oct. 21, 1854. An English admiral. As commander of the Fisgard he captured the Immortal ité off Brest, Oct. 20, 1798; in 1808 and 1809 he served in the Baltic. He was made rear-admiral in 1811, vice-admiral in 1819, and admiral in 1849. Martin, Sir William. Born at Birmingham, 1807: died at Torquay, Nov. 8, 1880. An English scholar and jurist. He graduated at Cambridge (St. John's College) in 1826, and was made fellow in 1831. He was called to the bar in 1836, and was made chief justice of New Zealand in 1841, resigning in 1857. In New Zealand he defended the rights of the natives. He published "Inquiries concerning the Structure of the Semitic Languages" (1876-78). Martin a (mär-te'nä). A town in southeastern