T h e ? R E E *A p t
the Reverfei^J^ Coin
and divers others Things;: that not mly faew
thefe Counties, hut they whole Ifamd Was
chiefly andprimdrily: inhabited by Colofeks
from Afia long before either the
Romans' came hither. k •
kAs far Ike Cutts of th&Cdimmd wMh
Cifnofetks; contained hereinf which •#/# $e
fm td to t he numerous, I havekoMekM$d
the f Char g e e f having them drawnand-ifa
grayenhy the beft Artifts Tcould meet with,
and I do not dotfa,hutJl\mfaufp$&f. iihkb
fa to the Judicious Eye. \
I hope, I fhdU hot be.mputids gjtifoyptif
Tautology ^Impertinence, hecauftq
have recapitulated:fame Thingsl now i
then , far the further Ilkftratiak faim im
Matters; And farthe Language I have only
tim to.-fay^thatfaha'ie. endeavourd w m
dapt my Expreffion, to the Eatureof my
Subjed, find that in writing:of Philofophy;
Phyflck \and Antiquity,. the i Imbelifih
ments of Claflick Eloquence is not much to
be
T t e P R l F ^ C E
be expetiedfIJinn Ihofar tnkfahe Wpreflfa
thmw^mefe afadClom^fafead
^ Junb, thWad
[y Bht dfmfikthfahdLWtifaldW]Md,l
Temper, thdt iwete^B inUh^^iW}fal %
them which is not their own; but how unfhat
Authority I leave to
their own Confederation, and fhall only defare
ihe-Lmparditimdrmbiapd to fathfie
themfelves with the Truth of any Obfarva-
non recited % this Book| and I fhall not
then defpair of theif favourable Opinion
Of Me. 1
m iP ere ts one Thing more that I cannot
but take Notice of, and that
nefi of feme Modern Authors in laying down
Theorems upon Experiments which were
not their own, and not acknowledging from
whom they had-them: And this he
ohferved m the Natural Hiftory of Staffordlhire*