TO"CND IN BRITAIN. 179 



MATEIBVS CAMPEST 



ET GENIO ALAE PE HISPANO 



RVM ASTVRVM. & 



As to the grammatical construction of the inscription, which forms 

 the subject of this article, I supply jussit after COS, and curavit after 

 PEAEF* i. e. Senecio jussit, Felix curavit. 



11. In the year 1812, a tabula lionestcB missionis was dug up at 

 Malpas, in Cheshire. It is given by Lysons {SeUq. Brit. Rom., i., 

 p. iv.) ; and also by "Wright (The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, 

 ~p. 362), who supplies an English translation. The inscription ends 

 with the words : — 



***** DVMTAXAT • SIN&VLI ■ SIK 

 GVLAS • A D XIII K • FEBE 

 M-LABEEIO MAXIMO II 

 Q aLITIO ATILIO AGEICOLA II CO 

 ALAE ' I • PANNONIOEVM • TAMPIANAE • CVI • PEAEEST 

 C • VALEEIVS CELSVS • DECVEIONI 

 EEBVEEO SEVEEI • E • HISPAN 

 DESCEIPTVM • ET • EECO &NIT VM • &c. &c. 



Of these, Mr. Wright gives the following translation : " That is 

 '" to say, each with each. On the 13th kalends of Eebruary, To M. 

 *'' Laberius Maximus twice and Q. G-litius Atilius Agricola twice' 

 *' consuls, to the first ala of the Pannonians, termed the Tampian, 

 "'which is commanded by C, Valerius Celsus,to the decurion Eebur- 

 **rus, son of Severus, the Spaniard. Copied and revised," &c. 



In this translation there are some serious errors, which it seems 

 important to point out, as the work, in which they are found, is 

 justly regarded as a very useful and able compendium of British 

 Archseoiogy. The meaning of the words diimtaxat singuli singtilas, 

 is not expressed by " each with each." The sense is, " provided 

 they have but one each." Martini {Diss, super Claud.) explains 

 this as prohibiting their having more than one wife at the same 

 time ; but Spangenberg i^Tab. Neg., p. 520) regards it as a limitation of 

 the privilege to one marriage ; and, in confirmation of this view, 

 refjsrs to two tabultB, in which primce is expressed. Again, the 

 words M. Laberio Maximo ii. Q. Glitio Agricola ir. Co, should not have 



