2O Hydriotaphia, 



negar . That the B rtttatos left any ,foo>e 

 wonder 5 fince their money was iron, 

 and Iron rings before Ctfar $ and thofe 

 of after ftamp by permiffion d and but 

 fmall in bulk and bignefie; thatfo few 

 of the Stxons remain, becaufe overcome 

 by fuccecding Conquerours upon the 

 place, their Coynes by degrees patted 

 into other (lamps, and the marks of af 

 ter ages, 



Then the time of thefe Urnes depofi- 

 ted, or precifc Antiquity of tbefe Re- 

 liques, nothing of more uncertainty. 

 For fince the Lieutenant ofcltuJitu fcems 

 to have made the fir ft progreffc into thefe 

 farts> fince BoaJtcea was overthrown by 

 the Forces of 2^ero, and Jgrico/tpat* 

 full end to thefe Conqucfts; it is not pro 

 bable the Countrey was fully garrifon'd 

 or planted before ; and therefore howe 

 ver thefe Urnes might be of later date, 

 not likely of higher Antiquity* 



And tbefucceeding Emperoursdefift- 

 ed not from their Conquefts in thefe and 

 other parts ; as teftified by hiftoty 

 and medall infcript ion yet extant* The 

 Province of Brittvn in fo divided a di- 

 ftance from Rome^ beholding the faces 



of 



