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IIL Chartham Nevps : Or a Brief Relation tf (ome 
Strange Bones there lately digged uf^ in fome 
Grounds of A^r John Somner 5 in Canterbury. 
To the Reader^ 
Kind Reader, 
^"'i"' He Author of this jhort Dlfcourfe^ even whiljl he rvas 
^^^^ fi^^^^ ^^^^ ^'^^^ himfelf was feized 
upon ^ firji hj fickrtefs^ then deaths the common Fate 
of all men. If therefore there he any thing amifs^ or imperfeB 
in it^ it vpould he great nnkjndnefs to impute it to him^ who 
hy fuch unavoidable necejfity was prevented the benefit of a re- 
view 5 and no lefs unkjndnefs perchance^ though more tolera- 
hle^ to blame him^ who^ as out of a due refpedt to the Author ^ 
foy out of a defire to gratifie them^ (not a few probably^ who 
mjty defire to fatkfie their Curiofities^ or improve their know- 
ledge^ in fuch things 5 hath publijloed it. Fare we I » 
ALtho it may, and perhaps muft be granted, that Mi^ 
w/ej(ftriftlyunderftood) are long finceceafed; yet 
in the latitude of the notion, comprehending all things 
uncouth and ftrange, (miranda^ as WQllas miracu la won- 
ders, as well as miracles } they are not fo : but do, more 
or lefs, fomewhere or other, daily exert, and (hew them- 
felves. Dies Diem docet. New days make new difcoveries 5 
efpecially to fuch as are in any mealure curious.^ (hall I fay) 
or ingenious and inquifitive 5 as few enough amongft us 
here in England are, unlefs afted and animated by foroe 
profit or advantage to themfelves by the difcovery 5 how 
confiderable and remarkable foever it may be otherwife, 
Tis true, New Lights are now aday^ much cried up ; but 
as in matters f moftly J of Religion 5 fo fit you mark it) 
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