3 8 Hydriotaphia, 



(tome in notable Malefaftore 5 whereas 

 2{ero feemcd not fo much to feare his 

 death, as that his head fhould be cut off, 

 and his body not burnt entire. 



nSome finding many fragments of fculs 

 in thefe Urnes> fufpefted a mixture of 

 bones ; In none we fearched was there 

 caufe of fuch conjefture, though fome- 

 times they declined not that praftife; 

 *>Sutton.ln The afoes of b Domitian were mingled 

 vMDomi- w j t h thofe of >&*, of Acbittes with 

 tbofe of Patroclits : All U rnes contain* 

 ed not finglc afhcs 5 Without confufed 

 burnings they affectionately compound 

 ed their bones ; paffionately endeavour 

 ing to continue their living Unions. And 

 when diftancc of death denied fuch con- 

 junftions, undtisfied afteftions, concei 

 ved fome fatis faftion to be neighbours in 

 the grave, to lye Urne by Urne , and 

 touch but in their names. And many 

 were fo curious to continue their living 

 relations, that they contrived large, and 

 v s. the family Urnes, wherein the Ajflbes of their 



Snlnd IB- ncarcft friends and kindred might fuc- 

 worthy ceffively be received c ^ at leaft fome par- 

 eels thereof, while their collateral! me- 

 inorials lay in minor veflels about them.] 



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