MANS, an ancient, rich, and populous town of France, capital of the county of Maine, with a bishop's see. Its wax and stuffs are famous. It is seated on a high hill near the river Sarr, in E. Long. o. 10. N. Lat. 47. 58. It is an earldom bestowed on William Mur-
ray, chief justice of England, with remainder to the family of Stormont in Scotland.