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what Nennius seems to mean) is strengthened where Edwin is 

 concerned, by his calling the place where he was defeated and 

 killed, Meicen ; not Hatfield ; the eighty thousand acres of marsh 

 that formerly existed there, over woods felled by the Eomans, 

 show that Migen, marsh, was really the Welsh name of Hatfield. 

 I imagine the strong country of Scottish Cumbria was event- 

 ually conquered by an agreement, tacit or expressed, between the 

 Kings of England and Scotland ; the latter must at least have 

 remained neutral. The independent Cumbrians were probably 

 troublesome neighbours to both. 



The Yarrow Inscription. By Miss Russell. [Plate I.] 



The copy of the Yarrow inscription from which the lithograph 

 is taken, was made from the photograph of the cast taken by Mr 

 Andrew Currie, which is in the Museum of the Society of Anti- 

 quaries in Edinburgh. In the photograph it is considerably 

 more distinct than in either the cast or the original ; this is 

 partly from the large straggling letters being brought more to- 

 gether before the eye (the stone is six feet long) and partly from 

 a weU-known tendency of all photographs. The photograph can 

 be obtained from Mr Bashford, of Portobello, for about five 

 shillings. My reading of the letters does not differ from that 

 given by Dr. J. A. Smith, except that I make out a few more ; 

 but by dividing the letters differently, I think sense, though not 

 grammar, may be made of the whole. He cannot find a meaning 

 for " Hic MEMOR JACETi ;" but I read 



HIC MEMORIA CETI- that is— This [is] the Sepulchre of 

 LOI FINN Q Fii PRINCI- Oatellus and Finn, sons of 



PE I- NVDI the iUustrious Nudd, Chief 



DVMNOGENI- HIC JACENT of the Dumnonians. Here 



IN TVMVLO DYO FILII He in the tomb the two 



LIBERALI sons of Hael. 



Cadell is a well- known Welsh name, which has become a sur- 

 name ; I do not know whether the name of Cadell son of Nudd 

 is recorded elsewhere. Having once made out " Cetiloi," it 

 appeared probable the next word was a name also ; and I 

 thought at first it was another Welsh name, Runn ; till a close 

 inspection, made with a view to the lithograph, showed me that 

 the first letters were certainly F and I. Two irregular marks 



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