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6. Six Golden SepulcPiral Urns, found in the [(land of 
Fuenen, anno 1685. by a Boor there, as he was plowing 
his Land 5 they v/cre fu-1! of Allies or a greyifli Earrh vvlien 
ipund. The biggeft is two ounces and a half, the other, 
five about two ounces and a draclin). This confirms rh:: 
accounts given us by Saxo Gr^m;^Mt;cm.^ Olnus IVormim and 
others, that it was 3 verv ancient Cuftcri: nmona? the Nor- 
ihtsn Narions to burn their Dead, and men bury their Col- 
kded Afhcs in Golden Urns. They v,;ere very thin, and 
had three Rinss of Gold round iheir Necks, and feveral 
Circles one within another^ wiUi one Conirnon Center 
carv'd on the ouifide round the body, of the lirn» They 
held between four and five ounces cf Liquids. 
7. Another Sepulchral Urn cf Cryftal^ ot a Conical fi- 
gure, found near Bergen in Norrvay about thirty years fince, 
with a Gold Wire about it, that weighs eight ounces. 
8. I faw in another Chamber feveral Z)r77(r. Lachrymales^ 
in which were collected the Tears ot Friends, which after- 
wards the old Romans mix*d with the Afhes of the Dead : 
Thefe were fome of Glafs, an J fome of Earthy and of 
feveral fizes. Brafs Lamps of feveral Magnitudes and 
Shapes 5 fome of other Metals, others of Earth, in tl'^ 
Shape of Animals or Idols, that were worfhippd by the 
Antients. The Stilus Mneus of the Romans^ the one end 
(harp, the other blunt, the firfl: to write with, the other to 
rub o'it what was written. 
9. The large Danip) Horn of pure Gold, weighs an hun- 
dred two ounces and an half, is two foot and nine inches 
' long, and holds abjut two quarts of our meafure : This 
Horn was found anno 1639. accidentally by a Country Girl 
^ in the Diocefeof Rippon in Jutland : Tis, no doubt, fome 
Rnnick piece of great Antiquity by the Figures carv'd on 
the outfide, which feern to be Hicroglyphicks, Monftrous 
Shapes of Devils, Hobgoblins, &c. perhaps feme cf thefe 
might reprefent their Gods, and probably this Horn was 
ufed in their Sacrifices, as of old among the AJfyrlans and 
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