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tiling but Holes and Hills, where Chalk or Lime- 
Pits had been made. 
There being not fufficient Proof offer'd to fix Del- 
govitia here, I fhall now proceed to examine what 
Mr. Drake brings, to prove that Londesburgh may 
claim this Honour, he being the firft Perfon who has 
attempted to fliew it 5 and I m ufl: own, has brought 
much more fubftantial Reafons to fupport his Opi- 
nion, than have been mention'd in Behalf of either 
Weighton or Godmanham. Thefe are five in Num- 
ber 5 viz. 
Firft, From the Name of the Place, i. e. Burgh 
or Brough. 
Secondly , The Diftaiice from Eboracum and Der* 
ventio will anfwer the calculated Miles in the 
Itinerary , as well as Weighton. 
Thirdly , Becaufe the Roman Road lay that Way. 
Fourthly , Becaufe Roman Coins are found there. 
And 
Fifthly , Becaufe there are Repofitories for the Dead 
often found. 
As to the firft 5 That it might derive Part of its 
Name, viz. Burgh , from a Fortrefs on Land, I 
agree to ; and very likely there might have been 
fome Guards kept there,' becaufe it ftands fo high, 
that it commands the Profped of the whole Country 
from thence to Brough , where the Romans ufed to 
ferry over to and from Lincoln ; as appears by the 
military Road on both Sides the River, Here might, 
I fay, have been a Guard kept, to fee that no Enemy 
came on that Side to furprife them in their Station; 
and which indeed feems to be the more confirmed 
by the Coins found here, as well as the Number 
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