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mean well : I lhall, therefore, without 

 farther Apology, proceed. 



COLLECTIO SlOANIANA. 



There are many Pieces of Antiquity in 

 this Room, confifting of a great Number 

 of Urns, Veflels, ^c, ufed of old by dif- 

 ferent Nations, which after having been 

 long buried in the Ruins of the Temples, 

 and other public and private Buildings, 

 and for many Ages, when by Accident 

 found, efteemed of no Worth, are now 

 preferved with the utmoft Care in the 

 feveral Mufeums, as Objefls of Value, 

 and worthy the greateft Attention of the 

 Learned. Many dark Paffages in the 

 ancient Hiftorians ar^ explained by them ; 

 and we are by their Means made ac- I 

 quainted with fome important Matters 

 relative to the Hiftories of the refpedive 

 Nations where they were ufed, which their 

 Writers have omitted to mention. Many ! 

 Things deemed of fmall Value by a vulgar I 

 Obferver, when viewed by the Learned, ! 



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