}o8 The Statural Hijlory 



C H A P. X. 

 Of Jntiquities. 



AN D thus having finifh'd the Natural Hijlory of Qxford- 

 finre, I had accordingly here put a period to my Efay, 

 but meeting in my Travels with many considerable Anti- 

 quities, alfo relating to Arts, either wholly pall by both by Lt~ 

 land and Camden, or but imperfeftly mention 'd ; and finding 

 that I may as well alfo note them in other Counties hereafter, as let 

 them alone : I have been perfwaded to add (becaufe perhaps a 

 digreffion that may be acceptable to fome) what I have met with 

 in this kind, whether found under ground, or whereof there yet 

 remain any foot-fteps above it ; fuch as ancient Mony, Ways, Bar- 

 rows, Pavements,Vrns, ancient Monuments of ftone, Fortificati- 

 ons, isrc. whether of the ancient Britans, Romans, Saxons, Vanes, 

 Normans. Of which in their order, 



2. Leaving the Antiquities and Foundations of Churches and 

 Religious Houfes, their Dedications, Patronages, and foundation 

 Charters ; with theped/grees and descents of families and Lands, 

 isrc. as fufficient matter for another Hiftorian, and as too great a 

 task., and too much befide my defign, for me to attempt. How- 

 ever, \ have taken care in the M^prefix'd to this Efay, to put a 

 mark, for the fite of all Religious houfes, as well as ancient ways 

 and Fortifications, exceipt Brocfeley and Saucomb, both mention'd 

 in the Catalogues of Harpsfield g and Speed h , which I could not 

 find out, though I fought them diligently. 



3. Of Britifb Antiquities that are certainly fuch, I have met 

 with none here but fome pieces of their Mony ; whereof, as much 

 as I find not defcribed before, I have caufed to be delineated, 

 Tab. 15. Fig. 19,20,21. Of which the firft no doubt is a Coin of 

 King Cunobelin, a King here in Britan at the time of the birth of 

 our Saviour CHRIST; it (hewing a #br/e, and his Infcription on 

 one fide, and an Ear of Corn and CAMV on the reverfe ; inti- 

 mating the place of its coinage to be Camulodunum, the Royal City 

 and feat of Cunobelin. 



CatalogusAZdiumReligiofar. in fine Hi ft- Angl. EccUfiaft. b Hiftory of Great Britan. /H>.y cap. 21. 

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