befidesthefe, a Roman Eagle, and a very elegant Chapter 
obferved in the ruins of Jcijjus in Afia minor. 
1. Thefirft diiTertatiou of Y^i. Spon, illuftrates an An- 
cient round Buckler oi maffive Silver, fiflVd out of the 
^one near Avignon 21 pound weight, and 20 
inches French in Diameter, conlecrated in memory of 
the moft vertiious Sdpio Jfricanus his reiloring a fair 
captive to Allucius Prince of Celtiheria, who had ef- 
poiifed her. 
He upon this occafion reminds us of the Silver Buck- 
> ler of Afdruhal^ weighing 138 pounds, taken by Lucius 
Martins, The ten Silver Bucklers and one Golden of P/;/- 
lip fon oi Demetrius y which adorned the triumph of Titus 
^uintius. The 12 Silver-guilt Bucklers dedicated in 
theConfulate of 'Junius and Brutus, He alfo repre- 
fents the forms of fuch votive difques from feveral Coyns 
of Augufius y Tiberius and Vefpafian, thereby to 
confirm his own opinion againft the ingenious Author 
of Journal de Scavans , who fuppofes it a Balin. This 
Buckler is near a 1900 years old, no¥/ in the hands of 
Mr. Mey Lyons, \x.\^ charged with Scipio half mantled 
grafping his Pike Roman oiScers 'xit^vi^m^, with the 
Bearded iS^^///.^r^^, fupplicating for the fair Virgin, ^ for 
the Romans did wear no beards from t-he 4^4 year of the 
city, till the Emperor Hadrian : ) and alfo witli the Spa- 
nifh and Roman Arms. 
2. The Emblernatick^figures, Herma^ Genius, Satyrus^i 
Sylvanus, expreft in old Mofaic work, 20 foot long 
and 10 broad, found in the Vineyard of Mr. Cajfair 
1 of Lyons, cauie a large difcourfe, as concerning the 
' Afarota, or the Ancient Greek^ pavements of Stone, 
reprefenting the furniture orreliquesof a feaft, foofthe 
Lithojlrata, opera tejfellata, & pavimenta feBilia, making 
up feverai figures of beafts and plants, by thecompadrure 
ot fmall divers coloured ftones or glafs. Which 
artifices were called Mofaic, or Mufiva in Spc^rtiani Fe- 
[cennio, not from Mofes, but the Greek /^«^««andF-^i^/Wf 
or elie becaufe elegant pieces are attributed to 
the 
