34-fc *Tbe Natural Hijlory 



by the fiveflones meeting in a point at the top ; which perhaps* 

 may be the difpofition intended by Saxo Grammaticus, and out of 

 him by Wormius, Cuneatoordine, which he fays exprefly fignified, 

 Equeslrium acies ibidem, vel prope,fortunatim triumphafe k i.e. that 

 Knights or Horfe-men there, or near the place, obtained a glori- 

 ous Viftory. 



98. Yet againft this conjefture I fore-fee there lye two objections 

 worth removal. 1 . That in thefe Cirques of flones defigned for 

 the elettion of Kings, there was always a &Oflgftolen moft times 

 bigger than the reft placed in the middle of it, as intimated above, 

 .90. Andfecondly, that had this place been at firft defigned 

 for the Inauguration of a Danifb or Norwegian King, and fuch 

 places been fo effential to a good title, as pretended above, .93. 

 certainly all the Kings of the Vanijb race that reigned after here 

 in England, would have been either crowned here, or at fome 

 other fuch Forum ; whereas we have no fuch Bottgftolett in the 

 middle of the Cirque and befide, find Canutus with great fole- 

 mnity Crowned at London, Harold Barefoot here at Oxford (not 

 far from this Cirque) and Hardi-Canute likewife at London. 



99. To which it may be replyed, that though not placed in 

 tht Cirque, yet here is a ftongftolett not far off, which 'tis like, 

 was not necefTary fliould be fet within it ; for I find the place 

 where the new eleftedfcmg ftood and (hewed himfelf to the peo- 

 ple, at the Forum for this purpofe at %tixt in Seland, to have been 

 without the Area, as our &ottgttolen is. -Area faxh undique cincla 

 Coronationi Regum deputata vicinum habet Collem, cut Coronate jam 

 infi/iebat jurapopulo daturus, iy omnibus confpiciendum fepr debit urut\ 

 i. e. that the Area encompaiTed with flones defigned for the Coro- 

 nation of their Kings, had a Hill near it, whence the new Crown- 

 ed King gave Laws, and Chewed himfelf to thepeople ; it feeming 

 indifferent from hence , and another fuch like hillock called 

 CfOUebarolilOV, whereon the King alfo ftood, at the place of 

 fuch ele&ion near Lundie in Scania m , whether he afcended a ftone 

 or mount of earth; within, or without the Area, fo he thence 

 might be feen and heard by thepeople. 



100. And to the fecond Objection it may be reafonably an- 

 fvvered, that the Danes by this time having gotten the whole 

 Kingdom, and fuch capital Cities as London and Oxford were, 



* Idem lil>. i.cap.y. ldtmlii 1 cap 5. *> Idem lii.U cup a. 



fe might 



