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treasure of the last Moorish king, yet in fact fabricated by himself, ib.

MEMOIRS, remarks on their interest as compared with history, i. 462.

MENDELSSOHN, anecdote of, i. 392.

MENDICITY, punished among the Jews and nations of antiquity, i. 199, 200; first made a trade of by liberated Christian slaves, 201; punishment of in China, 202.

MENOT, Michael, a celebrated preacher, specimen of his sermons, i. 256.

MENTAL DISORDERS, singular mode of cure of, ii. 466; remarkable anecdotes of, 468-470.

METEMPSYCHOSIS, doctrines of, advocated in the present age, i. 192; notion long extant in Greece before the time of Pythagoras, ib.; taught by the Egyptians, ib.; entertained by many Eastern nations and by the Druids, ib.; Welsh system of, explained by Sharon Turner, 193; believed in Mexico, 194; Plutarch's description of, ib.

MICHAEL ANGELO, anecdote of, i. 258.

MIGNARD, a celebrated painter, curious anecdote concerning, i. 258, 259.

MILTON, his controversy with Salmasius and Morus conducted with mutual revilings, i. 152, 153; absurdly criticised by Bentley, 370-373; indebted to Andreini for the first idea of Paradise Lost,