rö -of k N A T U R AL HI S T CfR Y'
; ThafftHii Al taf1 ^Us ëre&^êWt&é^’J y ï ^ ^ ^ jM |g fs further
probable, from the'gtëat ieqUently
fötitïdhëfeïT1 W * , * » . t •?<..T,. ;T '" " J.
This is a tmè RoM of Antiquity, j$g| j f p S M B i
l ’moft in the Kingdom : It girèsjus a oiqar \d^jgf^he^gaM
Supérftitio&s,. arid théif Unméfdlül^utéhëid^
Chriftiah5y%^ likewife óf thëif^ofeftftA AdhèfÖicëTë tfcéhf
Heathen* Rites, notwithftanding the cöAvitfcifig Tokëtiscof d I
Superior Power': Nëithef th è -B im èu f1;fh&f;0 3 '4 ^ Öf^lé}
ftiiitk dumb at'ouf-Sayiöuf’s ^ d ti¥ ^ ,i ffiëTrgêS^féMs
öf Mofivès tó thèk
pn, but they rathet added Fuel to tfiéif Ragè, ahd fpurr d^hertl I
to föóte ifttèhffe PerfechtiöhS;L
At Ldfieaftet) - lately irt d f ^ i ^ # óf aCelferefMF.'TWj^
tóh\ Wêtë! föünd ■féyëtfcl • Roman &fei^ ^ v
ufed in Saéfificë, atfd Coimy&sTome óf ^ i^ K MMnu^ aijd
Auguftuï Cdfkr; the Cups have upon their fidés thé FigfitesOfvarious
Creatnrës, and Juiius Ftivius inLéttéïiq (Ü I
one of thefe appear’d very k g ib ly t& é fè i^ t^
may eafily interpret, a Eifius ufed in Sacrifice to fmw0 as fte
was ftiied R egina Cali, Thefe and the foregoing 'Obtervations,
together with the Roman Wall there, commonly Ml^^thè Wr« ^ ‘1
WaUy abundantly demonftrate that’ant iehf !Tfewk‘iofMvê3feeëfi
a mOfi eminent Roman Station at the leaft.
The next Place remarkable for Antiquities is Gbln^ in thd 1
fame Hundred with Ribcbefierr the Antiquities of which Placé
were tranfmitted to me by the Learned ‘M^.Hargra’vi'^, Rë.dor
of, Brandsburton^ near BevMym Tork/hm, in-1 tt&ri fiöllóiving
Words :
‘ I have often from the Name Coin conjeëtür d, that the Place
| was of more ancient Original, than the Tradition- current
4 among the Inhabitants made it} and I was the further con-
‘ firm’d in this by the great Number of Roman Coins, which
‘have
'.... t À N â A S .H Ï R Ê l c È É È ÿ jR -Ê f £ è . • ~7j
‘havéTëen frequently dug up- high it, é ^ m ^ - È à n e ^ which
§are’ generally. Copper j ” and th b(e M v e ^ ijO i iW caft up b y a
Plough, Three or Four Years agoe,; nigh jj" ^ ■. ■
c a; great Silver Gup, forag 6f which I have léën ; One of Gor-
b d ia â toe cw J s-v e r ÿ îe g i-b k g andanOthér 03t fo : I h a rd e n Faits
'‘of others, whOfe Remains- fhow théÿ wërë one of thèÂM o n in e s,
‘.But that which moft confirm’d my Conje&ure: of this Town’s
‘ being a Roman Station, was a Converfation fft was. honour’d
‘ with the laft Summer, by our Reverend Dean ofTbrL, Dr. Gali^
\ Whojwas pleaded to ■flanrisê a. Book -Wtittm’vaboUe tjfiévSêr
Çenttiry, -by a nstfielefs Author! at i^àé^ni^ vWhtehviÊ
it iîothinglbut aq'îiÿiaBrafy, 'Méfeha -many
Yfl/nsknt^mes^f Towns fhroüghthë A^i»E^keiEeyem^h>-
fchr^Tf îkdîichtrfber^ Mye 5fecdtt^drfp^flydfevi5»ft«fe 1 That
AutMorijcoipqsjfedm Out; Çamolàddniutni to .(^fesiafflÿcandcthénèc
? .which by t ^ ufdaliTranfmutafiorr éf ; the i?0r
|w^¥f^3[jnto- oiirj#^ thaÔLtsrhed Terfcifi conclu trio» |© belTa/ly,
lonely il think, Ltnay |afHy^ikhmithe;;I^ftanëe of -Cafe
'A h n m â im jç é r ià ' its lyiqgî in the'Road- betwixt that and
ft^^^%^r’CQoclud| that ^will only
-tSàdÿo^;. tbaf the Bp^ti I have' mentioned wasrptinted at Ra^
rifi: iAfo, or-thereabouts, and if our Dean’s' Goppy was proT
‘ cured from the French. King’s Library}! and. (which is ftra-nge)
‘ that inquifitive Perfon toï'd me^heTo^léino >v[hei(e meet$wti t h
‘aiivntheiT-Gopy, this- l.aftpHFRin||fjwff
^Jbhatf fpmeWhat I have, troubled you wit^i in Relation to thé
^Antiquitynf th^Pkee^ may; b^ new^ybu, ^iTl^Refpe^ I
| bear to the Placé of my. Birth, has perchance tempted me to
I determine too peremptorily in favour H it, which I wholly
‘ fubm^ tqy onr veryif udi(||pus Cenfpre iiand if what I haye writ-
‘ ten.fo feaftily may be any ways fèrviéëable to your: Chapter of
' A n tiq u itie s ^ I ifhall be ektreftmly prohd to havè heen in the
‘ lëaft rtieafûre,-:n
Tour Humble Servant.
With