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 FANO FANTEE 81 those who had incurred his personal resent- ment upon the nearest tree. His name was a terror to the whole country ; he was excepted in every treaty and enactment made in favor of the royalists, and was one of the three persons excluded by name from the benefits of the general " act of pardon and oblivion " of of- fences committed during the revolution. On the other hand, his romantic mode of life and personal daring, displayed many times in battle, drew around him numerous followers, whom he disciplined with great strictness. He is said to have commanded at one time 200 or 300 men. When the whigs began to gain the ascendancy in North Carolina, he went to Florida, and afterward to St. John's, N. B., where he assumed a respectable deportment, and became member of the assembly. About 1800 he Was sentenced to be hanged for rape, but escaped, and was afterward pardoned. FANO, a seaport of central Italy, in the prov- ince of Pesaro, on the Adriatic, near the mouth of the Metauro, 30 m. N. W. of Ancona ; pop. about 20,000. It is surrounded by old walls, built by the emperor Augustus, in whose honor was erected here a triumphal arch of white marble, which is still standing. Few cities of central Italy surpass it in artistic trea- sures or richness of the surrounding soil and scenery. The cathedral is adorned with 16 frescoes by Domenichino, representing events in the life of the Virgin. Many of the 13 other churches, and several public buildings and private mansions, contain paintings by the great Italian masters, marbles, statues, and fine monuments. It is the seat of a bishop, and has a lyceum, a gymnasium, a technical school, a public library, and a theatre considered one of the finest in Italy. The manufactures are chiefly of silk stuffs and twist, and the trade is in corn, oil, &c. The port was once much frequented, but is now choked up with sand, and visited only by small coasting vessels. Fano occupies the site of the ancient Fanum Fortunae, so called from a temple of Fortune built by the Romans, and commemorative of their victory over Hasdrubal on the river Me- taurus, in the second Punic war. It was the scene of a victory by Narses over the Goths under Totila. In 1511 Pope Julius II. establish- ed here the first printing press in Europe with movable Arabic types. FANSHAWE, Sir Richard, an English poet and diplomatist, born at Ware Park, Hertfordshire, in June, 1608, died in Madrid, June 16, 1666. He studied in Jesus college, Cambridge, and in the Inner Temple. He then went abroad to study manners and languages, and on his re- turn home became secretary to the embassy at Madrid, where he remained till 1638. On the outbreak of the civil war he declared for the crown, and was made secretary to the prince of Wales. In 1648 he was appointed treasurer to the navy under Prince Rupert, and two years later he was made a baronet, and sent to Madrid to implore the assistance of Spain; He was taken prisoner at the battle of Worces- ter, but being released passed several years in retirement, translating the "Lusiad" of Ca- moens, and upon the death of Cromwell joined Charles II. at Breda. He was appointed mas- ter of requests and Latin secretary to the ex- iled monarch, and after the restoration was elected to parliament, and was sent upon diplo- matic missions to Madrid and Lisbon, negotia- ting the marriage of Charles with the infanta Catharine of Portugal. Besides his version of the "Lusiad" (1655), he translated the Pastor fido of Guarini and the odes of Horace, and wrote a few short original poems. The "Origi- nal Letters and Negotiations of Sir Richard Fanshawe, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Sunderland, and Sir William Godolphin " (8vo, London, 1724) is a valuable contribution to history. The "Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe," written by herself, with extracts from the cor- respondence of her husband, edited by Sir N. H. Nicolas, was published in London in 1830. FANTEE, a country of the Gold Coast, W. Africa, bounded N. W. and N. by Assin and Dubbin, E. by Aquapim, S. by the gulf of Guinea, and W. by Wassaw, lying near lat. 5 30' N., Ion. 1 W. Capital, Mankasim. It is watered by several rivers, is said to be fertile and popu- lous, and has several important trading stations along its coast. The inhabitants are remark- ably cleanly, are more muscular than the Ash- antees, and may be distinguished from other A Fantee Woman. African tribes by small scarifications on the back of the neck and the upper part of the cheek bones. Their heads are high and round, and their color is a dull brownish black. They have long faces with jaws protruding to an unusual extent, flat noses, thick lips, and very large ears. The dress of both sexes consists