^lo The S^mral Hijlory 
mth the Horfc and vpheel under him, moft times found on the 
Coins of the fame Boodicia^ where her name is ftamp'd on them, 
as may be feen both in Mr. CamJen znd Mr. Speed's Hiftories ; by 
the bor/e and w/^ee/ intimating perhaps their great ftrength to lie in 
their Effec/a, a fort of Chariot much ufed by the Britansm War, 
as is teftified by Cdifar ^, and particularly by Tacitm of this very 
Boudicea^ viz* that Ibe was drawn in a Chariot^ with her daugh- 
ters phccd before herP, when (lie came to fight Suetonius then 
Proprdetor of Britan. Or elfe perhaps by this time having learn- 
ed of the Romans the neceflity and convenience of making mili- 
tary ways, and other paflages for Carriages through the Woods 2nd 
marij/j grounds • in memory of the fad:, after the manner of the 
Romans^ as may be feen on the mony of Trajan^ Hadrian \ isrc, 
they might put thefe horfes and wheels on their Coin. 
8. Which is all I know remarkable in thefe Britifi pieces, but 
that they are all hollowed to a concave on one fide, and convex on 
the other (a concomitant of moft, if not all Britifi coin^ and 
that they are all ^o/J, or at le2i\: Ele6irum, as moft of the Britiffj 
mony we now find is, which is a fort of metal compounded of 
gold znd filver^ and this done either by nature, or proportioned 
by the Artifi. That there is fuch a metal as natural Ele6irum, we 
have not only the teftimony of Fliny\ who fays, 'tis found com- 
monly in trenches and pits. But of Servius and St. Ifidore 
Bifhop of Sevil, the latter whereof alTerts, that the natural E- 
le^rum is of great value. Quod naturaliter invenitur in pretio habe- 
tur, are his very words, for that it is more pure then any other 
metal, and that if poifon be put into a velTel made of it, it makes 
a hiflfing fparkling noife (as Pliny alfo witnelTes) and cafts it felf 
into femicircles, refembling Rain-bows, as well in colours as fi- 
gure 
9. To which add the teftimony of Pe/er Af/jr/jr, a perfon of 
unqueftionable credit and veracity, who himfelf faw a great piece 
of ^me natural El e^rum, fo heavy, that he was unable to move 
it one way or other, much lefs to lift it with both hands from the 
ground : they affirmed (faies he) that it weighed above 300 
pounds, at eight ounces to the pound, and that it was found in 
«> Jul Cteptris Comment- de Bella GallicOf hl>. ^. P Tacit. Anna}, lib.iiy. Vid- VucU Croyiaci(^ 
Arfchotani Numifmata, Tab. 36 2^ Lev'mi Hulfii Imp. Rom. 'tlumifmatum feriem. in Hadriano. * Nat. Uiji. 
JLik^-^.c.^. = Maur. Servn Honor at. Comment, in ?ni>Virgilii,J£.neid. Hi. %. ad v. 20^. " IfiJoriEp. 
Hi^alenfiSy Origi?ittmlii>- \6.cap. 
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