DAVILA (Henrico Catherino), a celebrated historian, was born of an illustrious family in the Isle of Cyprus; but was obliged to leave his country, on its being taken by the Turks, in 1571. He first retired to Avila in Spain, whence his family supposed they had derived their name and origin; from thence he went to France, and made himself known at court under the reigns of Henry III. and Henry the Great. He there distinguished himself on several occasions by his valour; and at length went to Venice, where he had a very handsome pension settled upon him by that republic, in whose service his brother Lewis Davila had been