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V. A Letter from Mr. Tho. Hearne, M. A. 
of Oxfordj to Mr. Ralph Thoresby, F. S. 
occafiorid by fame Antiquities lately di/coVeFd 
near BRAMHAM-MOOR in YORK- 
SHIRE. 
J 
WORTHY SIR, 
§• ^*1 I Rom the great Variety of Antunt Mommettff con- 
Jl tinually found in thefe IJlands ’cis plain that vaft 
Improvements might be made to the Accounts that Iiave 
been hitherto given of the Brhiflj Antiquities, and there 
is no reafon to doubt but if Mr. Cambden were now living 
he could with eafe inlarge his Britannia to another Vo- 
lume of equal Value with the former, Coyns were not fb 
generally taken notice of by learned Men at that time as 
they have been fnce-,^ at leaft if they did take notice of 
them, yet they were not fo curious as to put down the 
feveral Defiriptions of them, nor to confider their trueVfe, 
Since his Excellency Baron Spanhein/s Book, and other 
Works of the fame kind were publifli’d, Scholars have 
I been more inquifitive after thefe Rslicks 5 and from the 
\infinite numbers dug up amongft us, divers Blaces that 
'were of note in the times of the Romans, but are norv 
quite dehroy’d, have been found out, which Mr. Cambdek 
Iknew nothing of in his time for want of thefe Difcoveries. 
.Add to this that the Antiquity of fome other Towns may 
Ibe carried by thefe Helps much higher than he has Hone 
iin his refpe^ive Difcourfes of them 3 and particularly 
Witney, within feven Miles of Oxford, appears to be of 
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