;z8 The Statural Hiftory 



ing found near no Roman Jiation, and far enough removed from 

 any Roman high-way ; ("except the branches of Akgmanflreet from 

 from Ram/Jen and WoodftocK, might happily pafs thefe places:) but 

 I guefs not fet here till they wholly pofleft themfelves of this 

 Southern part of Britan, and might fecurely enough pafs their 

 Armies any where ; and therefore cannot afford them any high- 

 er antiquity than the time of Agricola the Lieutenant of Vefpafian y 

 who compleated the Roman Conquefts ; or at moft of Pauling 

 that defeated Boadicea. 



5 7. Under the Sepulchral monuments, or tumuli afore- mention- 

 ed, railed by the Romans over their dead in memory of them, 

 they placed the more immediate receptacles of their ajbes, or at 

 leaft fome part of them, as much as could be faved in the Vat uftri- 

 num ; for they were not fo curious as fome have imagined, to 

 fcrape together all the bones and aJkesoU the Corpses may be eafily 

 collected from thefmalnefs of ?\\VrnsJoxLt Family ones. Yet over 

 all their Vrns they raifed not fuch a tumulus-, for we find them ma- 

 ny times in level ground, though containing the remains of noble 

 Perfons, as may be gueffed by the Lamps, Lachrymatories, and Vef- 

 fels ofOyls, or Aromatical Liquors fomtimes found with them. 



58. Of which fort of Veffels, \ prefume that odd fafhioned 

 glajl, depicted Tab. 15. Fig. 23. muft needs be one, found in 

 a place called bufiy Leas, betwixt Brigbtwel and Chalgrave, be- 

 ing part of the poffeffions of that right worthy Gentleman, John 

 Stone of Brightwel Efq; furrounded with no lefs than twelve of 

 thofeVrns, Tab. 15. Fig. 24. both which, amongft many other 

 fignal favors, were kindly beftowed on me by the fame worthy 

 perfon. That the Earthen pot, Fig. 24. is a Roman Urn, I take to 

 be fo plain, that it would not need proof, though one of the 

 four Regal high-ways were much farther removed than Ikenild way 

 is, which comes upalmoftto Ewelm, not far from this place.* 

 But whether this glafs contained a lamp, were a Lacbrymatorie, or 

 a veffel containing water, or fome Aromatical liquor, is the great 

 queftion next to be determined. 



59. That the Bodies of great Perfons were ufually accompa- 

 nied with Lamps after death, is plain from the Civil Lave u , and 

 to interr Lamps with them, was heretofore fo frequent, that For- 

 tunim Licetu* has written a whole Book, De reconditk Antiquorum 



8 T>e ManumiJJis Tejfamento, L. Mavix. 



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