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XXXIX. An Account of a Book^ entitled , [Julij Vi- 
talis Epitaphium ; cum Notis Cridcis Expli- 
cationeq^ V. C. Hen. Dodwelli, ec Commen- 
tario Guil. Mufgrave. ] tfc* T)unmoniorum. 
Sumdbus Philippi Yeo. MDCCXI. 
I T is {aid of Zeno, that when He confulted the Ora- 
cle, as to what courfe of Life He were beft to pur- 
4ue, He received for Anfwer, tit my^uri^om Aif ViK&ls, 
ft ad mortuos fe adplicaret - 0 it being from Them, their 
Writings and other Remains, that the greateft part of 
Knowledge is derived to us 3 and what the Living fur- 
nifti us with, is chiefly taken from the Monuments of 
the Dead. 
Infcriptions are in this kind moft valuable, as being 
for the generality Originals of undoubted Veracity ) not 
fubjedt to the Errors ot Copying. The Infcrip ion here 
publifh’d, is of the greater value, for that it is the on- 
ly one, as yet dffcover’d, any way relating to the Brilijh 
Belg<e- 
You have, Tab. VII. the Infcrip t ion, with the Figure of Tab. VII. 
the Stone, as it was dug up near Bath, 1708- and is now 
to be Teen, fet up in a Wall at the Eaft end of the 
Church, in the Abby Green. 
I read it thus at length, according to our Modem 
way of writing Latin. 
Julius Vitalii, Fahricenfs Legion is Vicejims. Valerian# 
Viclricis , Stipendiorum novem , Annorum viginfi novem , 
Nation e Eklga, ex Collegia Fabricenfhim elatus , hie fit us 
ejl. 
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