of the greatest monarchies on the coast of Guinea in Africa, stretching 25 miles in breadth, and ten times that space in length from east to west. According to Bosman, the coast is divided into a great number of petty royalties, but all of them subject to the king of Aquamboe, who indiscriminately uses an unlimited authority over them and the meanest of his subjects. His despotism gave rise to a proverbial saying, that "there are only two ranks of men at Aquamboe; the royal family, and slaves." The natives of this country are haughty, turbulent, and warlike; and their power is formidable to all the neighbouring nations. They grievously infest such nations as are tributaries to the king of Aquamboe, entering their territories by troops, and carrying off the inhabitants whatever they think proper; nor do they ever meet with any opposition from the inhabitants, as they are sensible the king would not fail to resent this as an indignity offered to him.

Aquapendente. See Fabricius.

Aquarians, Christians in the primitive church who consecrated water in the eucharist instead of wine. This they did under pretence of abstinence and temperance; or, because they thought it universally unlawful to eat flesh or drink wine. Epiphanius calls them Encratites, from their abstinence; St Austin, Aquarians, from their use of water; and Theodore, who says they sprang from Tatian, Hydroporastatae, because they offered water instead of wine.

Besides these, there was another sort of Aquarians, who did not reject the use of wine as unlawful; for they administered the eucharist in wine at evening service; but, in their morning assemblies, they commonly used water, for fear the smell of wine should discover them to the heathens.