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on each Arm of the Balance , are moveable 
from one Notch to another. 
E, A Weight, to be hung upon the Arm C at F, 
to add to the Weight of the too-much ex- 
tended Side, as Occafion requires. 
VIII. A Letter from Sir Tho. Moftyn, Bart . 
to Roger Jones, M. Z). F. R. S. concerning 
a golden Torques found in England. 
SIR , Gloddeth , Bee. 27. 1741. 
Read Jan. i2. TT Have received the Favour of your 
1741-2. L etter? wherein you defire to be in- 
formed of the Particulars of my Torques. I wifh I 
were able to give you a better Account, but have 
never feen nor heard of any Remarks made upon it, 
or any Account where it was found, but I think it 
was in this County. It is a Wreath of Gold, weigh- 
ing, as near as I can judge, nine Ounces. I believe 
it is without Alloy, being very pliable 5 it anfwers 
exa&ly Virgil's Description, o<£s».V. 558 ^and 559. 
Tars leves burner 0 pharetras : it pe Flore fummo 
Flexilis obtorti per collum cir cuius auri. 
It being joined here with the Tharetra , and being 
very proper for carrying a Quiver, inclines me to 
think, that the Gauls , from whom the Ramans took 
it, ufed it for that Purpofe 5 but among the latter it 
feems to have been worn as an Ornament, rather than 
a thing of Ufe. There are feveral Paflagcs in the 
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