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the Vatican at Rome, shows that Constantine only adopted a 

 symbol well known among Christians from the earliest period of 

 Christianity. 



But the historic chain does not cease here. I received a 

 letter from Mr. Parkek, informing me that a sculptured stone 

 had been found, with letters inscribed on it, requesting me to 

 examine it on my next visit. On having the stone washed, I 

 found the letters PRASYTA, which is the abbreviation of 

 Prasutagus, as ARVIRI is of Arviragus. Here we have the 

 name of another British King, known in history as the Sovereign 

 of the Iceni, who made his will, dividing his property in favour 

 of the Roman Emperor Nero and his own two daughters. 

 Prasitagus, Prasiatagus, or Prasiatogus, as his name is variously 

 written, was the husband of the celebrated Boadicea, also called 

 Bonduca, and Bonidicea, and Voadica, according to the phonetic 

 perceptions of the historians who record it. She was the Queen 

 who revolted against the Romans for taking rather more than 

 the lion's share under her husband's will. I think I have read 

 somewhere that Boadicea was daughter of Arviragus, though I 

 cannot find the passage. It is, however, probable that she had 

 something to do with this county, for the coins bearing her 

 legend "Bodvo," according to Akerman, are not found out of 

 the confines of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. 



The traces of the early British Christianity, which are so 

 decidedly asserted both by heathen and patristic writers, have 

 been hitherto but scantily discovered; yet every year is producing 

 more specimens. I am inclined to think that they have not 

 been sought after, and when found have been overlooked or not 

 understood. In the present instance the probability is that had 

 I not been present, and searching for these evidences, the stones 

 would have been thrown away with the rest of the rubbish and 

 lost. The same monogram is found in Mosaic on one of the 

 pavements at Frampton, in Dorsetshire. 'Not does it argue 

 against the Christianity of the possessors of these residences 

 that the Christian emblems are found mixed up with those of 

 the heathen gods and goddesses, because there is no doubt that 

 intermarriages between heathens and Christians at that period 



