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Capitulation

in military language, the act of surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms, in opposition to surrender at discretion. CAPO DI MONTE (kä'pō de mon'ta), a former noted china factory near Naples. It was founded in 1736 by Charles III., King of Naples. His queen, Amelie de Saxe, took a lively interest in the manufacture, and the King himself worked in the factory. When Charles quitted the throne of the Two Sicilies for that of Spain he took with him the greater part of his workmen, and set up new porcelain works at Madrid. The products of both factories are much admired and can with difficulty be distinguished.

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