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bear its familiar modern sense. It means the military oath by which 

 soldiers vowed obedience to their general. The Christian was 

 Christ's soldier and in all his worship he solemnly acknowledged 

 Christ as the Captain of his salvation. 



The Rev. James Thomas stated that when talking with the late 

 Chancellor Edmonds (of Exeter) on the introduction of Christianity 

 into Britain, the Chancellor said that the tomb of the wife of a Roman 

 soldier had been found at the great Roman Wall on which it was 

 recorded that the deceased was a Christian. Mr. Thomas understood 

 that Chancellor Edmonds obtained his information from Dr. Bruce, 

 and he inquired if Prebendary Fox was able to corroborate this. If 

 such an inscription were found it would be clear evidence of the 

 existence of Christianity in the Roman Army of Occupation. 



Dr. A. Withers Green said : Some of us, who have not traced the 

 Northern Roman Wall, are familiar with the London Wall and 

 wonder whether the two are comparable in any details. The London 

 Stone, in Cannon Street, from which distances used to be measured, is 

 squarish and not round and pillar shaped like the sample the 

 Prebendary has shown to us. 



I suppose the " Old Watling Way," seen on the screen, is the 

 northern end of our London Watling Street, which practically 

 starts from the London Stone, " Watling " meaning a descendant 

 of a man called " Wsetla." 



One of the turrets the lecturer has spoken about can be seen at 

 the back of the General Post Office, carefully preserved underground, 

 at the north-west corner of the London Wall. 



The other prominent instance of Roman remains, besides the London 

 Wall and London Stone, is the Roman Well in the Strand. The 

 Roman soldiers coming from the Tower in full attire used to pass 

 along Knightrider Street, jingling their shining spurs in Giltspur 

 Street, till they reached Smoothfield (now Smithfield) to find open 

 ground for the tilting encounters. At the end of the conflicts they 

 would retire to the Roman well or bath to wash away their dust 

 and dirt. I wonder whether the well of Coventina had any such 

 use besides being strangely a depository for coins and jewels. 



Dr. ScHOFiELD said : That he desired heartily to thank Prebendary 

 Fox for his most interesting paper, which was far too short. 



