514. The ^N^atural Hi/lory 
and of differ en c/omy and materials, and thofe coo broken dovrn, 
and difcontinued by ploughing and other accidents ; yet by their 
pointing, and after a diligent fcrutiny^ I hope I (liall render at leaft 
a probable account of them. 
19. But before I defcend to particulars, it will be necelTary I 
think to acquaint the Reader, that of thefe amongft the Romans 
fome were called publick> ^'^^ ^o^v, and others Vicinal p. And 
that the firft fort of thefe were otherwife called (as reckon'd up 
hy Taboetitt^"^) by thefe other different names, Regies (by the 
Greeks Pcc<nAix,aj^ PrdetoridCj Confulares, Militares, Privilegiat<^, Ilju- 
ftres, frequentat<z, Celebres, Eximi<e, isrc, and after by the Conque- 
ror William, in the Laws he confirmed of St. Edwards, Chemini 
majores, from the French Chemin, as may be feen by the Laws of 
the fame King Edward^ : of which fort we had in all but four in 
England ; Watling-fireet, the Eo[s, Ikenild-Jlreet, and Erming- 
ftreet ; whereof two flretched themfelves from Sea to Sea the 
length of the Land, and the two other the bredth ; all mifdemea- 
nors committed in thefe/alling under the cognizance of the King 
himfelf. Pax autem quatuor Cheminorum (intellige ma jorum) fub 
majorijudicio continetur ' ? 
20. Befide thefe, there were many others of like ereSiion^ 
though of lefs extent, by the ancient Romans called Vicinales, 
quod in vicos ducebant, i. e. from Colony to Colony, from flation to 
Jiation ; which were alfo publickj) if compared with the more pri- 
vate Agrarian ways ^ And thefe were after by King William cal- 
led Chemini minores, and were the ways (as exprefly defcribed 
in the Laws of St. Edward the Confeffor) de Civitate ad Civitatem^ 
de Burgk ad Burgos, ducentes, per quos Mercata vebuntur, its' cetera 
negotia fiunt,icrc, all mifdem^eanors committed in thefe, falling 
under the cognizance of the Earl, or chief military Governor of 
the County, or of his Vice-Comes or S her if. 
21. It will alfo be expedient to inform the Reader, that both 
the Majores and Minores were fomtimes raifed, and fomtimes le- 
vel with the ground and fomtimes trenched ; and the raifed ones 
fomtimes only of earth, and fomtimes paved efpecially in moift 
and boggy grounds ; though it mufl alfo be acknowledged that 
P ff. Nequidmlocopuil velJttKere fiat- L-?rator ait, ^.viarum. 9 JuliusTaboet. in Ephemerid. Hijlor. 
^ A.fXcc40]i6fii.ixGul. La7nbard. inter lu.L.honiRegis E.cioard-1-.l-,. 12^11- ^ Ibidem. ^Q.Ne quidinloco,(jfc. 
L-<df^-quil>usfupra. " Nich.Bergier Hifioire des grands Chmins de VEmpire^Liv.Z- chapitre ij> * Ihid. 
Qhapitre 7. 
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