Vrne-BuriaU. 



cient ZrittainS) the large Difcourfes of 

 fafrr* Tacitut, and Strafa arc Glent : For 

 ihedifcovery whereof, with other parti 

 culars, we much deplore the lode of that 

 Letter which C/cero expefted or received 

 from his Brother Qttintus^ as a refoluti- 

 on of Erittifh cuftomes; or the account 

 which might have been made by Scribo- 

 wusLargus the Phyfician, accompany 

 ing the Emperour &***&&, who might 

 have alfodifcovered that frugal! Bit of 

 the Old Bntums^ which in the bigncfle 

 of a Bean could fatisfie their thirft and 

 hunger, 



But that the Drtid* and ruling Priefts 

 u fed to burn and bury, is exprefled by 

 fomponitts 5 That Ecllinus the Brother of 



5 and King of Brittains was burnt, 

 is acknowledged by Polydorus % as al(b 

 by idmAnAui Zierexenjis in H/fteria> and 

 Pwedtin his Vritver/a, hifaftA. Spanift* 

 That they held that praflife in giEi^ 

 delivereth* Whether the 

 ( probably defcended from 



of like Religion, Language and 

 Manners) did not fometimes make ufe 

 of burning ^ or whether at leaft fuch as 

 were after civilized unto the RomatuYik 



and 



