f 7°5 ) 
in the Succeffcs againfl: the Sed primo 
Cer^alfs modo labores & diicrimina; mox & gloriam 
communicabat: Ssepe parti Exercicus in experimen- 
turn, aliquando majoribus copiis ex evencu prjcfecir. 
Tacitus afterwards in a few Words Turns up the Whole 
of Cerealis his Acqiiifitions, f “ Terrorem ftatim incu- 
“-iit Petilius Cerealis y Erigantum Civitatem, quae nu- 
“ merofiffima Provinciae totius perhibetur, aggrellus ; 
VjPiulra praelia, & aliquando. non. incruenta'; magnam* 
** a^^\Brtgamum partem aut vidloria amplexus;<^ auC 
*[ be)lo. Not withlianding thefe Advantages, I dare'not 
fuppofe Romans to have then penetrated* fo far into 
this Province as our Longovicumy which is i Tifuate fo 
near the Northern Bounds of the^Sr/^4;>/«, that at prdd 
l^nt it’s not diftlanc above'twelve Miles from 
the Roman the chief Town of the adjoining Peo* 
pie th^p/4<!//>i. I now advance* to my principal Mo- 
tive, ( I hope its Length may d eferve Patdon, being un- 
der no Obligation to account for the Government of 
Jul. Frontinus Succeflbr to Cerealis ) to fix upon the fe- 
cond Year of Julius Agricolas Government for this Work, 
which Tacitus thus defcribes, || “ Sed ubi y^ftas adve- 
“ nit contrado Exercitu — loca Caftris ipfe capere, 
** scftuaria ac fylvas ipfe prxtentare ; & nihil interim 
** apud Holies quietum pati| quo minus fubitis Excur- 
fibus popularetur 4 ^que ubi latis terruerat, parcen- 
“ do rurfus irritamenta Pacis ollentarc. Quibus rebus 
“ multse Civitates quas in ilium diem ex sequo egeranc, 
datis Obfidibus iram pofuere, & Praefidiis Callcllil^ 
que circumdatac, tanta ratione cur^ue, ut nulla an- 
“ te Britannise nova pars illaceflita tranfierit. This ex- 
cellent Condud Tacitus further confirms from the Ob- 
* Tacit, Ftt, Agrit, 8* t Cap. I7. Q Gap. 20. 
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