34 Hydriotapbia y 



f Abct fi?c Kingdomes f , The draughts of Coofu- 



alf y ^ atC ? WCrC k ut CrU( * e U0t f ^ C 



* and O$imiw 8 Wine but in the muft unto 



them. 



1 fundry Graves and Sepulchres, we 

 meet with Rings, Coynes, and Chali 

 ces; Ancient frugality was fo fevere, 

 that they allowed no gold to attend the 

 Corps, but only that which fervedto 

 1 2 . T*b*i. faftcn their teeth **. Whether the Op*- 

 //^ftoneinthis Urne were burnt upon 



thefin 8 er of the dead Or caft in . to * c 

 aft fire by fome aflFeftionate friend, it will 



confiftwith either cuftome* But other 

 incinerable fubftances were found fo 

 frefli^that they could feel no findgefrom 

 ^ re * Tbefeupon view were judged to 

 be wood, but finking in water and tried 

 by the fire, we found them to be bone 

 or Ivory, In their hardnefie and yel 

 low colour they moft refembled Box, 

 which in old expreffions found the Epi- 

 thete* of Etcrnall 5 and perhaps in fuch 

 conferva tor ics might have paflcd uncor- 



_ 



ruptcd. 



raj, us. That Bay-leaves were found green in 

 SH\ iw. l he Tomb of S.Hwnbcrt k 3 after an hun 

 dred and fifty years, was looked upon 



as 



