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not cafily determined at this Diftance of 

 Time. 



The next to be noticed are fome Pbrni- 

 eian Seals, worth Attention on Account 

 of their Antiquity. 



A N T I QJJ ITATES HeTRUSC^. 



The four Repolitories under this Title, 

 contain Hetrufcan Antiquities. They were 

 a Nation that formerly flourifhed in that 

 Part of Italy^ now called Tufcany, It is 

 to be noted, they were the firft People 

 that cultivated the politer Arts in Europe^ 

 from whence they fpread even to Rome^ 

 which acknowledged itfelf much indebted 

 to the Inhabitants of that Part of Italy^ on 

 many Accounts. 



Firft to be remarked are fome Bronzes ; 

 as a Figure of Mars^ the God of War; 

 a Beus Averruncus^ the God who prefided 

 over the common Sewers ; a Head of 

 Proferpinej &c. 



A great Number of VefTels of different 

 Forms, made of a Kind of fine pale red 



. Earth 5 



