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pies, it was foon imitated, and given to fome fol- 
lowing Emperors. 
The third Line contains the Names of this Votary, 
TITVS CLAVD 1 VS PRIMVS, each of which is 
feparately found in Horjlefs Britannia Romana 5 and 
in one of Gruter' s Inscriptions they all three meet 
in the fame Perfon, in the Order they (land here ( a ). 
The next Line tells us his Character, that he was the 
Freedman of ATTIVS, that is, as I fuppofe, of TI- 
TVS CLAVD1VS ATTIVSj it being cuftomary 
for Freedmen to afiume the two firft Names of their 
Patrons, as TIRO the Freedman of Cicero was called 
MARC VS TVLLIVS TIRO. Indeed ATTIVS 
generally ftands as a Family Name, but we find it in 
the Place of a Cognomen in Gruter , MARCVS 
TVLLIVS M. L. ATTIVS (b). The laft Line con- 
tains the ufual Form of fuch Addrefles. 
The Infcription on the fecond Plate is thus ex- 
prefied : 
D . MARTI . ALATOR/ 
DVM . CENSORINVS 
GEMELLI . FIL 
V . S . L . M 
That is, as I apprehend it may be read : 
*Deo Marti Alatcritm 'Dum. Cenforinus , Gemelli films, 
‘votum fiolvit libens merito 
The Word ALATORV in the firft Line muft, I 
think, ftand for ALATORVM, the Letter V beino- 
joined to the R in one Charader 5 as we find them 
in 
{a) Pag. MCXXXI, 7, 
(b) Pag. MXLII, 3. 
