Writing on Velom, feen by Evicts Schroderus^ An, 1637. 
and inferted by him in his Preface to his Lexicon Latino- 
Scandicnm, aS follows. It happen'd An. ChriJTt looi. that 
Olaus, Monarch of the Northern World, well feeing the 
Runick Lemrs were the chief caufe that the Chriftian 
Religion had made no progfcfs for about 185 years ^ 
when Bero the Third, Kingot Sweden, began to tranfplant 
it into the Kingdoms of Scandia^ he call'd his Nobles toge- 
ther, and confulted with them concerning a total abolifli- 
ing of the Runicl{ Letters, and fubftituting the Latin Let^ 
ttrs in their ftead 5 and it was carried in the Affirmative, 
thofe Letters having maintained Idolatry, and the enor- 
mous Doftrine of the Gentiles, concerning the Gods of 
the Barbarims. Thus the Runick Letters being thrown by, 
together with a world of Monuments and Manufcripts, no 
Tomb was fet up after the ancient manner, nor no Monu- 
ment ereded, but all long neglefted for feveral Centuries, 
till John Burdm, a Swede, and fortunate enquirer into the 
Smdijh Antiquities, began An. Chrijii 1598. laborioufly to 
gather them from Aftronomical Staffs , and the moft 
ancient Rocks of Smden, and fome way to reftorc them to 
their ancient glory; The Author having given us this 
fragment concerning the fuppreflion, and reftitution of the 
Runick Letters and Monuments, he proceeds to give an 
account of the Antiquity of them, and tells us that the 
faid Schroder in his forefaid Preface faid the RuHei were 
Invented by Mag^g the Scjthtan, and communicated to 
Tuifco, chief Governourof the Germans, An. M. 1799. 
And he thinks it remarkable, that Magog is there mentioned 
Inventer of the Runes, at that particular time that himfelf 
has (hewn, in his precedent Volume, from ?liny, Wormiui, 
and their own Writings, that Atlas was one ot the firft 
Inventers of tho Runick Calendars, from whom tliey are 
caird Atlas's Calendars, or Runfiafs 5 whom he makes 
alfo Inventer of the true Golden Number, betwixt the year 
of the World 1800 and 1900, which Number ftands an 
