to ’the- '5 A t U R A |^ H 1 S T O RvY. of
c In July laft, 1693. upon Occafion of digging a Plan© for I
4 Cellar, in the Houfe of Mr. HedtHy M trie labout
4 Two Foot deep, it was found with the Infcription downward,
4 upon a Stbrie T 4 r<H?oöt fcpfe»é,Vand Cfeiédin'illifciriefs, which
‘ is fuppofed to have been the Pfetieftal, bein^ Mdhldred off on
1 three fides ; the Foundation lay deep and broad, cpnfifting of
4 many great Stones y'the Barth about was folid, bift'bf-fsferal
4 Colours, and Alh^iWere freq^^tly found/ wttÉwPM i|pÉj,
4 dation were found the Heads, Hoinsy.and Bones of f^pEal
4 Creatures, viz. The Ox, Wolf^ R o e -B u e k p §r |
4 On the Left Side of it was a_Flower-Pot, omthfe- -Top1 i#a
4 Cotyla or Cavity, .in.thè Botbóm'bf 'that CavityT y bring
4 luppofedto be that of Ihe Genius on thé» Back, Orfiimêhts,
4m Drapery of uödëftain Figöïe8?Uï'
. ‘ On théRight iÈÉPÉf a Gémusr fïaictiïitr^ 5’WitH; lSb%z«HS'pï&0 m
4 his Left-Hand,the Right-Harid Béirigét±t o^byrhëWofltihih
4 unawares, together with federal Letters of the Infcription fig£
‘mify’dbythé Blot.1 ®
It is plain then in Ta£t, that the Altar \yas eh&t&^yflaviaa
Longinus^ Tribune oFthe Twentieth Legióït,' nafried Tz^rfeand
Vdlem', and bmgimtis ttis Son defèëtided tathM)
oVSamojate, in Performance df thetf j öiy'^trfchïë l3 r thé
Profperity of the then Emperors, to the Trèmm bf theriPIaee:
Yet in order to difcover the Manner of that performance:, who
thé Tribune,- or Augufii^ or Emperors were, the Mrd öf thêir
Reign, and the Year of our Lord (all which are very doubtful)
I offer thefe Obfervations. (Genio Loci) In the Roman Heathen
Theology, the very Genii are almoft innumerable, one being
deputed to every Perfon, Place, and almoft evèry Thing ufeful
in their Families, and for their Occafions: They are more frequently
ünderftood to prefide over Generations, Nativities, and
after that, to be Tutelary to the Perfon all his Life long: Hence
it is, that the Effigies of the Gemm is commonly Juvenile,
crown’d with Plantane-Leaves j and Flowers, Wine, Nardand
Honey are offer’d to him in Sacrifice, on Nativities; and the
Reafon •
Reafon.is,,:becaufe the
] hat dT t Ul Glft’: the Li§ht °f the Day, ffiou’d not be
| M M M t h e Depriving another Crea-
ture.qf f%t LighfejTmleedgi th^PlaCeiin^te, Lib. 17\
k&jfw,, Genm'm. Ateto i
l~ Jt* Hj
■ H H H H H H i sad contrary to
not advifing to -any
Pnrpqfet And this
Jeni^sh|^rm|Tby the'ftmqpset, |
. , : T}m mi# t be Tubpr^ihate G ^T an d particularly
hich as prfcfidecl oieP^titmties ^ thin it, arid to this
P s r , S ^ e
r0mthe to that Genius M B r o H p m
ev. a. ] cv 11. 5• :clxxv 11. 5.) ^xvii. 7JMXV111. 9, tMlXv u 1.
ft ^butie 31N Hypfti *hP*| c#a < ^ 3 9 defcended a Plebeian Family, fbrnam’d ' Longini; it is. very probable
f N^a - ^,cr P emf t erum w Rofinum, ad G. 14. Lib. 2 Art p»:a t , r ■« „ (0 M ir. Shorn, Comer&Umk Romm,? W [ L‘ 2 W 1 ,V' »♦*