o{ the Silures jiiid the fame when they were let upon by 
OJiorius and Agricola. The like did Vcmtius King of the 
hrigantes^ Avho filed into the great Woody Moraffes of this 
Country, and perhaps into thofe very fame that formerly 
overfp/ead thefe Levels. And Herodian plainly tells us, 
that it was the cuftom of the Wild Britains to keep in the 
Fenny Bogs and thick Marfhy Woods, /and when opportu- 
nity ofFer'd to iffue out and fall upon the Romans^ who 
were at length fo plagued with them, that they were forced 
to iflue cut Orders for the Deftroying and Gutting down of 
all the Woods and Foreftsin Britain^ efpecially of all thofe 
that grew upon Low Grounds and Morafles. This Order, 
I think, to the beft of my Memory, is mentioned in J^;?//^/^ • 
however, be it where it will, I amfure that there wasfuch 
a one, and that they were accordingly thereupon cut^own, 
is evident in many Writers, who tell us, that when 
nius Vaulims conquered Anglefea^ he cut down all the 
Woods there. GdUn the Phyfician tells us,that the Romans 
kept their Souldiers continually employed in cutting down 
^ oi Woods, Draining of Marfties and Fenns, and in Paving 
of Bogs. It is manifeft alfo, that they did not only 
do this themfelves, but alfo impofed the fame heavy task 
upon the Gaptive Britdns^ for Galgacus in his Speech to 
his Souldiers tells them, that the Romam made Slaves of 
them, and wore out their Bodies in cutting down of Woods 
and in cleanfing of Bogs, amidft a thoufand ftripes and 
indignities : But that which is moft obfervable, is what 
Dion Ca[pus idls us^ to wit, that the Emperor 5et/erz/j- loft 
5©ooo of his men in a few years time, in cutting down of 
the Woods, and cleanfing of the Fenns and Morafles of 
the Nation. 
Now Sir, all that hath been alledged may I think fufEci* 
ently prove, that the Romans were the deftroyers of all ' 
thofe great Woods and Fbrefts, that we now find under- 
ground in the bottoms of Mores and Bogs, and that they 
aftually were in this part of the Country, and dcftroyed 
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