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See Francis cans. censor. Capuchin (kap'u-chin), The. A play by Foote, produced in 1776. It was an alteration of the notorious "Trip to Calais," which was stopped by the public Capucius (ka-pū'shius). In Shakspere's "Henry VIII.,"," an amba ador from Charles V. Capulet (kap'u-let). In Shakspere's "Romeo and Juliet," a coarse, jovial old man with a pa ionate temper, the father of Juliet. The expre ion "the tomb of the Capulets" is not in Shakspere; it occurs in Burke's letter to Matthew Smith and as "the family vault" "of all the Capulets" in his "Reflections on the Revolution in France," III. 349. Capuletti ed i Montecchi (kä-pö-let'tē edē mon-tek'kē), I. [It., The Capulets and Montagues.'] An operá by Bellini, first produced in Venice in 1830: a musical version of "Romeo and Juliet." Caquetios (kä-kā-tē'ōs), or Caquesios. An Indian tribe which, at the beginning of the 16th century, occupied the coast of Venezuela from La Guayra to Lake Maracaybo, together with the neighboring islands. They received the first Spanish explorers as friends, but were soon enslaved and carried away, and by 1545 none was left on the coasts. of the same race in the highlands south of Coro, and on There were other Indians of the same name and probably the llanos to the rivers Sararé and Apuré. Carabas (kar'a-bas), Marquis of. The master for whom "Pu in Boots" performs such prodigies in Perrault's tale "Le Chat Botté" ("Pu in Boots"). The name is used proverbially age. The Marquis of Carabas in Disraeli's "Vivian Grey" for a pretentious aristocrat who refuses to march with his is intended for the Marquis of Clanricarde. Car a bay a. See Caravaya . Carabobo (kä-rä-bō'bō). A state in Venezuela, bordering on the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is Valencia. Area, 2,984 square miles. Popula- tion (1891), 198,021. Carabobo. A plain south of Valencia, Venezuela, in the same valley. Here, on May 28, 1814, Bolivar with 5,000 men defeated the Spanish captain-general Cajigal with 6,000 men. On June 24, 1821, Bolivar won a second victory on the same plain over the Spanish army of La Torre. This was the last Spanish force of con sequence in Venezuela, and the victory secured the inde pendence of northwestern South America. Caravaggio about lat. 32° S. Later they retreated northward into the Chaco region, and became extinct, or were amalgamated with other tribes. Caracas (kä-räkäs). An Indian tribe of Venezuela, which formerly occupied the valleys about the present city of Caracas. They had large villages, and appear to have been agriculturists, with some skill in weaving hammocks, making gold ornaments, etc. They kept up a long and brave resistance to the whites. As a tribe they were probably destroyed before the end of the 16th century. Caracas (kä-rä käs). The capital of Venezuela and of the federal district, situated in lat. 10° 32′ N., long. 67° 4′ W., near the coast. It is an important commercial center, and contains a cathedral and university. It was founded in 1567, and destroyed by 전 an earthquake in 1812. Its seaport is La Guayra. Population (1891), 72,429. Caracas, Province of. A colonial province which embraced approximately the present states of Miranda, Zamora, Venezuela, and Carabobo. The captain-generalcy of Venezuela, formed in 1751, was commonly called Caracas, from the capital, just as New Mexico. Carace Spainees callede Caraccioli (kä-rä'chō-lē), Francesco. Born at Naples about 1748: hanged near Naples, 1799. A Neapolitan admiral, commander of the navy a of the Par the nope an Republic, 1799, condemned to death by order of the junta. Caractacus (ka-rak'ta-kus), or Caradoc (kar'a-dok). Flourished about 50 A. D. A British king, son of Cunobelin, king of the Trinobantes. His capital was Camulodunum (Col chester). He was chief of the Catuvellauni (which see), and resisted the Romans (under Aulus Plautius, Ostorius Scapula, and, for a short time, the emperor Claudius) for about nine years. Finally defeated, he took refuge among the Brigantes, but was delivered by Cartismandua, their queen, to the Romans, and was sent to Rome. Claudius granted him his life and his family. Caractacus. 1. A tragedy by J. R. Planché, an alteration of Fletcher's "Bonduc a." It was t produced in 1837.-2. A tragedy by William Mason, published in 1759. Caractères de Théophraste, Les. See La Bruyère . Caracul i ambo (kä-rä-kö-le-äm'bō). A mythical giant whom Don Quixote proposes to conquer. Caradoc (kar'a-dok). See Caractacus . Caradoc, or Cradock. A knight of the Round Table, in the Arthur i an cycle of romance. He had the only chaste wife in the court. The story of the magic mantle which she alone could wear is told in "The Bag and the Mantle" (which see). Carafa (kä-rä'fä), Michele. Born at Naples, Nov. 28, 1785: died at Paris, July 26, 1872. An Italian composer of operas, author of "Le Soli taire" (1822), "Masa niello" (1827), etc. Carajás (kä-rä-zhäs'). A tribe of Indians dwelling in the vicinity of the river Araguaya, in the states of Goyaz and Matto Gro o, Brazil. They number at least several you sand, are uncivilized, but friendly to the whites. They speak a language very different from the dialects of the surrounding tribes. The Carajás live in villages, and are agriculturists and fishermen. The Carajais, Javahais, and Chimbioas are branch tribes in the same region. Caraman. See Karaman . Car a mania. See Karamania . Car a call a (kar-a-kal'ä), or Car a call us (kar-a- Caramurú. See Alvares , Diogo . kal'us) (Marcus Aurelius Ant on in us, originally Ba i an us). [ Car a call a , a nickname given him on account of the long Gaulish hooded coat or tunic which he introduced.] Born at Lyons, April 4 or 6, 188 A. D.: died near Ede a, Me so pot am i a, April 8, 217 A. D. Emperor of Rome, son of Septimius Severus. Having become joint emperor of Rome with his brother Geta in 211, he murdered the latter with many of his friends, including the jurist Papinian, and made himself sole emperor in 212. He extended by the Constitutio An toniana the full citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire in order to increase the produce of the succe ion duty of five per cent. which August us had imposed on the property of citizens. He was murdered on a plundering expedition against the Parthians. It had hitherto been the peculiar felicity of the Romans, and in the worst of times the consolation, that the virtue of the emperors was active, and their vice indolent. August us, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus visited their extensive dominions in person, and their progre was marked by acts of wisdom and beneficence. The tyranny of Tiberius, Nero, and Domitian, who resided almost constantly at Rome, or in the adjacent villas, was confined to the senatorial and equestrian orders. But Car a call a was the common enemy of mankind. He left the capital (and he never returned to it) about a year after the murder of Geta. The rest of his reign was spent in the several provinces of the empire, particularly those of the east, and every province was by turns the scene of his rapine and cruelty. Gibbon , Decline and Fall, I. 160. Car a call a, Baths of. See Baths of Car a call a. Caracarás (kä-rä-kä-räs'). [Guarany, 'hawks.'] A horde of South American Indians, of the Tupi-Guarany race, who, in the 16th century, lived on the western side of the river Paraná, Caramurú (kä-rä-mö-rö'). The nickname given to a political party in Brazil which, after the abdication of the emperor Pedro I. in 1831, sought to secure his restoration. The name, if not virtually adopted by the party, became their common designation, and is used by historians. After the death party joined the conservatives. Car a this (kar'a-this). The mother of Vathek, in Beckford's "Vathek," an adept in judicial astrology. ex-emperor most of the members of the Caramurú Car a us i us (ka-râ'si-us), Marcus Aurelius Valerius. Died 293 A. D. A Roman insurgent. He was a Menapian or Belgo-German by birth, and in his youth is said to have been a pilot. In 286 he distinguished himself in the campaign of the August us Maximian against the revolted Bagaudæ in Gaul, and was about this period intrusted with the enterprise of suppre ing the Frankish and Saxon pirates who ravaged the coasts of Britain and Gaul. Suspected of acting in collusion with the pirates, orders were i ued for his execution, whereupon he made himself master of Britain and part of Gaul in 287, and as sumed the title of August us. He was recognized as a colleague in the government of the empire by the August i Maximian and Diocletian in 290. On the appointment of Galerius and Constant i us Chlorus as Cæsars in 292, the latter undertook a campaign against Car a us i us, who was a a inated in the following year by his chief minister, Allectus. Caravaca (kä-rä-väʼkä). A town in the province of Murcia, Spain, situated on the river Caravaca in lat. 38° 4′ N., long. 1° 53′ W. Population (1887), 15,053. Caravaggio (kä-rä-väd'jō). A town in the province of Bergamo, Italy, situated 22 miles east of Milan. Population, 6,000. Caravaggio, da Caravaggio, da. See Caldara , Polidoro . Caravaggio, da (Michelangelo Amerighi or Merighi). Born at Caravaggio, near Milan, 1569: died near Porto Ercole, Italy, 1609. An Italian painter belonging to the naturalistic school. His most noted work is the "Entombment of Christ" (in the Vatican). After painting many important pictures in Rome, he fled to Naples to escape justice for the homicide of a companion. Caravaya (kä-rä-väʼyä), or Car a bay a (kä-räbä'yä). [A corruption of Collahuaya , the Quichua name.] A province of eastern Peru, in the department of Puno. Gold was discovered there about 1543, and for a century the mines of this region were famous. Its towns, especially Sandia, San Gaban, and San Juan del Oro, were important. In 1767 they were all destroyed by the Chuncho Indians, not a Spaniard being left east of the Andes. The region is now almost unknown, being frequented only by cinchona-collectors. Area, 12,000 square miles.