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many Imperiall perfons, and in large 

 account no fewer then Ctfir^ ClauAitu^ 

 -BritAnniwyefrafan) 7/ter, AJria^ Seve 

 rn t 9 Commodus^ Get a, and CaracaSa. 



A great obfcurity herein, becaufe no 

 roedall or Emperours Coyne enclofed, 

 which might denote the date of their en- 

 tcrrments. obfervable in manyllrnes, 

 add found in thofe of Spittle Fields by vcy of 

 Lotdo*) which contained the Coynes of don ' 

 ClHtdiw^ Pefpapa*, Commodus, Antoniwu^ 

 attended with Lacrvmatories 3 Lamps, 

 Bottles of Liquor, and other appurte 

 nances of affectionate fuperftition, which 

 in thefe rurall internments were wan 

 ting. 



Some uncertainty there is from the pe 

 riod or term of burning, or the ceflati- 

 on of that pradife. M&crobitis affirmeth 

 it was difufed in his dayes. But mod 

 agree, though without autheutick re 

 cord, that it ceafed with the Antomnr. 

 Mod fafely to be underftood after the 

 Reigne of thofe Emperours, which aC- 

 fumed the name of Antoninus^ extending 

 unto Htl/ogtfalus. Not ftri&ly after 

 ^ For about fifty years later we 

 finde the magnificent burning, and con- 

 C 3 fecration 



