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 CAPE LA HAGUE CAPE MAY 749 Each degree of monsignore entitles tlio bearer to assume a purple robe. Since 1869, when Mgr. Capel returned to England, he, as private chaplain to the marquis of Bute (an English peer has the right of nominating several hon- orary private chaplains), has devoted himself to preaching, an occupation for which he is singularly fitted. His address and delivery are very engaging, and his powers of persuasion as well as of argument no less strong. APE LA HAGUE, a headland of France, forming the N. W. extremity of the penin- sula of Cotentin, department of La Manche, and extending into the English channel, in lat. 49 45' N., Ion. 1 55' W., about 16 m. N. W. of Cherbourg. On its summit is an ancient castle ; and one of the most conspicuous lighthouses of the channel coast stands upon it, 160 ft. above the sea, its light being visible at a distance of nearly 15 m. The battle of La Hogue, 1692, in which the combined Dutch and English fleet defeated the French, was not fought off this cape, as is often erroneously stated, but off the fort of La Hogue or La Hougue, on the E. coast of Cotentin; the sim- ilarity of the names has caused some confusion as to the orthography of Cape La Hague. CAPELL, Edward, an English Shakespearian commentator and critic, born at Troston, Suf- folk, in 1713, died in London, Feb. 24, 1781. Under the patronage of the duke of Grafton, he became deputy inspector of plays, an office which left him leisure for his Shakespearian studies. He published " Prolusions, or Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry " (1760) ; " Mr. Wil- liam Shakespeare, his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies," &c. (10 vols. 8vo, 1767); and " Notes and Various Readings of Shakespeare " (4to, 1775). " The School of Shakespeare " (3 vols. 4to, 1783) was issued two years after the author's decease. CAPELLA, Martianns Mineus Felts, a writer sup- posed to have flourished in tho latter part of the 5th century, and to have been a native of Carthage. His principal work is an allegorical medley in prose and verse entitled Satyra de Nuptiis Philologiw et Mereurii. It consists of nine books, of which the first two describe the marriage of Philology and Mercury, and the remaining seven treat of the liberal sciences. Copernicus is believed to have derived a hint of his system from an assertion in one of these books that Mercury and Venus revolve about the sun; and Boethius is said to have taken from Capella the model of his Consolationes Philosophical. The best editions of Capella are those of Hugo Grotius (8vo, Leyden, 1599) and Kopp (4to, Frankfort, 1836). CAPELLO, Bianea, grand duchess of Tuscany, born in Venice in. 1542, died at Poggio, Oct. 19, 1587. In 1563 she eloped with a banker's clerk named Pietro Buonaventuri, who put him- self under the protection of Francesco de' Me- dici at Florence. Bianca's beauty and accom- plishments fascinated Francesco, and although but recently married to Joanna, archduchess of Austria, he caused the Venetian woman to reside in his palace, attaching her husband to his household as steward. In 1570 Buonaven- turi was put to death by order of Francesco, who, on the decease of his father Cosmo I., had ascended the throne of Tuscany. Bianea presented him with a son Aug. 29, 1576, who however was not her own ; and in order to pre- clude the detection of the imposture, she caused the assassination of most of those who had as- sisted her in its perpetration. In 1577 Joanna of Austria bore a son to the grand duke, and as she soon afterward died Bianea persuaded Francesco to make her his wife. The mar- riage was approved of by Philip II. of Spain, and ratified by the republic of Venice, the offi- cial marriage ceremony taking place in October, 1579. In 1582 Francesco's son by Joanna of Austria died, and Bianea endeavored to recon- cile herself with Francesco's brother, the car- dinal Fernando de' Medici, who in all probabil- ity would succeed him as grand duke. In Oc- tober, 1587, the two brothers and Bianea met at Poggio, and a few days afterward the grand duke and Bianea were taken suddenly ill, and both died. Bianea had ever been an object of hatred to her brother-in-law, and it was be- lieved that Fernando had poisoned her with her husband ; but there is no evidence to prove it. CAPE LOOKOUT, a headland on the E. coast of North Carolina, 85 m. S. "W. of Cape Hat- teras ; lat. 34 37' N., Ion. 76 33' W. There is a lighthouse on the cape, with a light 100 ft. above the sea. CAPE MATAPAtf (anc. Promontorium Toina,- rium), a promontory of Greece, forming the southern extremity of continental Europe, ex- tending into the Mediterranean in lat. 36 23' N., Ion. 22 29' E. The name Taenarum, or Promontorium Tsenarium, was applied by the ancient Greeks not only to the headland, which is the only part indicated by the modern name Cape Matapan, but also to the small peninsula itself which lies N. of it, and is connected with the great Taygetic peninsula by a narrow isth- mus. Leake believed that the ancients called the headland M^rurrov, from which he derives the present name. Teenarum was sacred to Neptune, and was a sanctuary among the Achcaans. The temple of the god stood near the cape, and its remains are still to be seen a little E. of the junction of the promontory and the mainland. CAPE MAY, a county at the S. extremity of New Jersey; area, 250 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,349. Its E. boundary is formed by the At- lantic ; Delaware bay washes its W. shore, and Tuckahoe creek makes a part of its N. border. The surface is level and the soil entirely allu- vial. On the Atlantic coast is a beach covered for the width of from 1 to 2 m. with grass. Through the numerous inlets which divide this beach the sea penetrates into the marshes, about 4 m. in width, and forms lagoons or salt- water lakes. In the N. part of the county is a similar marsh. Near Dennisville is a deposit