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gropont^ Cypros, Tenos^ and other places. Yet the Ro- 
mans were aot very careful to feparate the humane afhes 
from the reft 5 but put {ometimes coals and all into the 
Urfli The Urns of King Demetrius^ and the Emperour 
Trajan were of Gold, and that found of late under 
the ftately Column that yet bears the name o^Marcellus^ 
was of Silver. The Emperor &t^^r2^/s was of Gold, or ac- 
cording to Dio of Porphyriei or of Alabafier as HerO" 
dian reports, which that Emperour provided before- 
hand. ,Urns of glafs are frequent in the Cabinets of 
the curious. The moft common are potters earth: and 
I have feen great numbers of them at T\ome of Stone 
and Metal, and of Marble. The Urns are of all figures, 
but ufually round and bellyed : thofe of Metal are gene- 
rally are embellifht with Sculpture and Bafereleifs. Mr. 
Dafour hath received two from E^ypt of Pot-earth be- 
fet with Hiei'oglyphicks, and fiU'd with Mummie: which is 
rare enough from that place where embalming was of 
general ufe. Thefe Urns for perfons of quallity were 
either fet under Marble Monuments, or elfe in the niches 
of Sepulchral Vaults. Such as that at Neims, fuppofed 
to be the Ch^rnal of the Antonine family. Not far 
from Drolly at thie opening of an Hillock or Burrough, (of 
which there are two or three thereabouts ) under aaheap , 
of loofe ftones were found feveral Earthen and Glais 
Urns full of aflies; and alfo many fmall Ijnks of Gold, 
fuppofed to be the reliques of the antient Gauls, 
The 20. is the Monument of the noble Pmcius fon of 
Ildefonfus at JNeimes^ Amo Dom, 1203. 
The one and twentieth is a Female head of brafs big- 
ger then the life, bearing a towjer: which was dug out of 
Mr. Berriers houfe near St. Eujiache at Paris; fuppofed 
to be IJis, the Titular Goddefs of the City, whofe an- 
cient Arms was accordingly a Ship. For IJis was Preli- 
dent of the Sea. And when Childebert built the Abby 
of 
