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could ; and now beg Leave to offer, what appears to 
me mod probable, on a Subjed fo intirely new. 
Barkway lies not far from Royfton in the fame 
County, by which the Roman W ay called Erming * 
ftreet palfes to Huntington , as deferibed by Camden ( a ). 
But as no Roman Station has been difcpvered near 
either of thofe Towns, it may be difficult to affign 
a Reafon, how thefe Things fhould come to be 
lodged in the Place, where they were found ; tho 
feveral Inftances of the like Nature have happened 
in diverfe other Parts of this Kingdom. They con- 
fift of a final 1 brafs Image, an oblong Peice of Brafs, 
and feven fiver Plates very thin ; which have all dif- 
fered more or lefs by Time, and other Accidents. 
The Figures and Ornaments on the Front of the 
Plates are all in Relief, and feem to have been made 
by a Stamp impreffed on the other Side. Two of 
them have Infcriptions in a Compartment, writen 
with the Point of a Style, and the Letters flatted 
behind. And one of thefe with three others of the 
remaining five have the Figure of Mars , and the other 
two that of Vulcan , impreffed upon them. 
The Image reprefents Mars ( fee Tab. I. Fig. A.-) 
looking to his right Side, with an Helmet on his Head, 
and his Body naked j his right Arm extended, as if he 
had held a Spear, and a Thong round his left, like the 
Remains of a Sheild now broken off with the Hand j 
his right Shoulder fupporting a Belt, which c'rofiing 
his Body defeends on the left Side j his right Leg 
broken off at the Knee, and his left Foot lofl. The 
High! 
Britann. pag. 356, edit. 1607, 
