ji/j. The Natural Hijlory 



and of different/orm* and materials, andthofetoo broken down, 

 and difcontinued by ploughing and other accidents ; yet by their 

 pointing, and after a diligent/cru/itfj', I hope I (hall render at leaft 

 a probable account of them. 



19. But before I defcend to particulars, it will beneceifary I 

 think to acquaint the Reader, that of thefe amongft the Romans 

 fome were called publicly w* ^ ^ v > and others Vicinal?. And 

 that the firft fort of thefe were otherwife called (as reckon'd up 

 by Taboetiws^ by thefe other different names, Regime (by the 

 Greeks 0*Ahh$) Pr<tori< 7 Confulares, Militares, Privilegiatdt, Illu- 



ftres, frequentat<e, Celehres, Eximidi, (pc. and after by the Conque- 

 ror William* in the Laws he confirmed of St. Edwards, Qhemini 

 majores, from the French Chemin, as may be fcen by the Laws of 

 the fame King Edward* : of which fort we had in all but four in 

 England ; Watling-ftreet, the Fofs, Ihnild-ftreet, and Erming- 

 ftreet ; whereof two ftretched themfelves from Sea to Sea the 

 length of the Land, and the two other the bredtb ; all mifdemea- 

 nors committed in thefe,falling under the cognizance of the King 

 himfelf. Pax autem quatuor Cbeminorum Qntellige majorum) fub 

 majorijudicio continetur s ? 



20. Befide thefe, there were many others of like ereUion, 

 though of lefs extent, by the ancient Romans called Vicinales, 

 quod in vicos ducebant, i. e. from Colony to Colony, from slation to 

 Ration ; which were alfo publick., if compared with the more pri- 

 vate Agrarian ways \ And thefe were after by King William cal- 

 led Qhemini minores, and were the ways (as exprefly defcribed 

 in the Laws of St. Edward the Confejfor^) de Civitate ad Civitatem, 

 de Burgh ad Burgos, ducentes, per quos Mercata vehuntur, & cetera 

 negotia fiunt,is-c. all mifdemeanors committed in thefe, falling 

 under the cognizance of the Earl, or chief military Governor of 

 theCounty, or of his Vice-Comes or Sheriff. 



21. It will alfo be expedient to inform the Reader, that both 

 the Majores and Minores were fomtimes raifed, and fomtimes le- 

 vel with the ground u , and fomtimes trenched; and the raifedcnes 

 fomtimes only of earth, and fomtimes/xn/e*/*, efpecially in moift 

 and boggy grounds ; though it muft alfo be acknowledged that 



* ff Nequidinlotopubl ' vel Mnerefiat-LPrator ait^.viarum. 1 Ju/iusTabtet. in Epbemerid. Hijfor. 

 * AtZMotopixGul. Lambard. inter L.L.boni Regis Edoard- LL. 12, 13. 'Ibidem. * fi. Ne quid in loco,&c. 

 L&.quibutfuf>ra. Web. Bergier Hiftoiredet grands Cbtminsde L' Empire. Liv.%- chopitrt 17. "Ibid. 

 Cbapitre 7. 



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