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MAUSOLEUM

Volume 13 · 166 words · 1815 Edition

a magnificent tomb or sepulchral monument. The word is derived from Mausolus king of Caria, to whom Artemisia his widow erected a most stately monument, esteemed one of the wonders of the world, and called it, from his own name, Mausoleum.

ST MAWES, a town of Cornwall, in England, feated on the east side of Falmouth haven, in W. Long. 4. 56. N. Lat. 50. 6. Though but a hamlet of the parish of St Just, two miles off, without a minister, or either church, chapel, or meeting-house, it has sent members to parliament ever since 1562, who are returned by its mayor or portreeve. It consists but of one street, under a hill, and fronting the sea, and its inhabitants subsist purely by fishing. K. Henry VIII. built a castle here, opposite to Pendennis, for the better security of Falmouth haven. It has a governor, a deputy, and two gunners, with a platform of guns. Here is a fair the Friday after St Luke's day.