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it is fuppofed to have been worn by fome 

 Roman^ as a Charm, to fecure him good 

 Fortune, and preferve him from Thieves ; 

 and another of Califtus^ 2l Freedman of 

 Claudius Cafar^ who grew fo wealthy, that 

 he was generally efteemed the richeft and 

 moft fortunate Man among the Romans of 

 the Age he lived in. 



Some Pieces of Bricks and Tiles witli 

 Figures and Letters {lamped on them, 

 (by which we may be epabled to judge 

 how near the Romans approached to a 

 Difcovery of the noble Art of Printing) 

 are here preferved. 



I fhall pafs over diverfe other Heads, 

 fome Figures of Animals, and Heads of 

 Canes or Sticks ^ and proceed to the Spe> 

 cimens of the Roman Fibulas, a Kind of 

 Buckle or Clafp, ufed by them to faften 

 their upper Garments, and of which we 

 could not have formed any perfed Idea^ 

 were it not for the Specimens preferved 

 in the feveral Colledions of the Curious. 



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