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EOMAN COINS 13 



been found, when the three bridges at London were first 

 planned viz. Westminster, London and Blackfriars Bridges, 

 would then have been of very great value. Vespasian, a 

 General under Claudius Drusus, about a.d. 47, marched 

 down with a Eoman Army this way, from the parts where 

 London now is, towards Porchester, S. Hampton, and the 

 Isle of Wight. It is beautiful, on Headly Heath and 

 Common, to observe the Entrenchments of the Eomans, 

 and Britains over against each other: the first advancing, 

 the other retreating. The Eomans crossed Headly Eiver at 

 Stanford, and advanced to the place, where now is Wulmere 

 pond; and there fixed an abiding Station or City, which 

 remained for near on 150 years ; when they seem to have 

 been expelled thence by the Britains, or perhaps by an 

 earthquake or some other cause. Great treasures even now 

 lye buried in that pond, of Eoman Antiquities, of Coins and 

 medals, of instruments of war, and husbandry, and various 

 utensils for various uses. 



Of the vast quantity of Medals found there, as you 

 mention about 40 years since, no kind of historical use was 

 ever made that I ever heard of : when this plain and obvious 

 historical Truth might easily from thence have been deduced, 

 the commencement, continuance, or duration of the Eoman 

 Station, or City of Wulmere in Hants. I believe may be 

 traced from thence vestiges of Eoman Eoads to Porchester, 

 Winton, &c. — The Et. Hon. Mr. Legg got a great quantity 

 of these coins ; and with him they lye dormant ; as also do 

 a great quantity with Whitehead Esq. of Liphook, and with 

 Mr. Hugonin. And this is the misfortune of most An- 

 tiquities and Curiosities, that they frequently fall into 

 hands that can collect nothing from them ; in whose cofiers 

 they are more buried than if they were to lye in the depth 

 of a mine, or of Wulmere pond. The greatest curiosity 

 hereabouts is, as I said, the advancement of the Eoman 

 Army to the S.W., over Hindhead, and over Headly upper 



