suicide of Philo. Bk. xiv. Jesus shows Himself to
His disciples. Bk. xv. Many of those who had risen from their graves
show themselves to others. Conclusion.

_Messiah_, an oratorio by Handel (1749). The liberetto was by Charles
Jennens, nicknamed "Soliman the Magnificent."

=Metanoi'a=, Repentance personified, by William Browne, in _Britannia's
Pastorals_, v. (Greek, _m[)e]tanoia_, "repentance".)

Faire Metanoia is attending
To croune thee with those joys that know no ending.

_Pastorals_, v. 1 (1613).

=Metasta'sio.= The real name of this Italian poet was Trapassi (_death_).
He was brought up by Gravina, who Grecized the name (1698-1782).

[Asterism] So "Melancthon" is the Greek form of _Schwarzerd[^e]_ ("black
earth"); "Oecolampadius" is the Greek form of the German name
_Hausschein_; "Desiderius Erasmus" is _Gheraerd Gheraerd_ (the first
"Gheraerd" is Latinized into _Desiderius_, and the latter is Grecized
into _Erasmus_).

=Meth'os=, drunkenness personified. He is twin-brother of Gluttony,
their mother being Caro (_fleshly lust_). In the battle of Mansoul,
Methos is slain by Agnei'a (_wifely chastity_) spouse of Eucra't[^e]s
(_temperance_), and sister of Parthen'ia (_maiden chastity_). (Greek,
_meth[^e]_ or _meth[)u]s_ is "drunkenness.")--Phineas Fletcher, _The
Purple Island_, vii., xi. (1633).

=Met'ophis=, the corrupt chief minister of Sesostris.

Il avait l'ame aussi corrumpue et aussi artificieuse que
Sesostris ['e]tait sinc[`e]re et g['e]n['e]reux.--F['e]nelon,
_T['e]l['e]maque_ (1700).

=Mexit'li=, chief god and idol of the Az'tecas. He leaped full-grown into
life, and with a spear slew those who mocked his mother, Coatlan'tona (4
_syl._).

Already at [_his mother's breast_] the blow was aimed,
When forth Mexitli leapt, and in his hand
The angry spear.

Southey, _Madoc_, ii. 21 (1805).

[Asterism] Of course, it will be remembered that Minerva, like Mexitli,
was born full-grown and fully armed.

=Mezen'tius=, king of the Tyrrhenians, who put criminals to death by tying
them face to face with dead bodies.--Virgil, _AEneid_, viii. 485.

=Mezzora'mia=, an earthly paradise in Africa, accessible by only one road.
Gaudentio di Lucca discovered the road, and lived at Mezzoramia for
twenty-five years.--Simon Berington, _Gaudentio di Lucca_.

=M. F. H.=, Master [_of the_] Fox-hounds.

=Micaw'ber= (_Mr. Wilkins_), a most unpra