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city of York. Its hight with the pedeffal, on which 
it hands, and which is made hollow to receive it, is 
fourteen inches and a quarter. But the breadth va- 
ries in fcveral parts of it, according to their different 
form. On the top is an apex, with a volute on each 
fide, and on the front a pediment over the infcription. 
It is elegant for the workmanship, and well pre- 
served. And that a better judgement may be formed 
of it at this diffance, Mr. Drake has fent up a draught 
of it in its juft proportion, with the infcription upon 
it ; as alfo another copy of the infcription, taken 
off from the hone, by p re fling wet paper into the 
letters, and then delineating both them and the hops 
with a pencil. A copy of the draught, but reduced 
to one half of the fize, accompanies this difcourfe, to 
which I take leave to refer (1) ; and Shall only Sub- 
join here the infcription itfelf in words at length, as 
1 think it may be read* 
Matribus Africis, Ilalicis , Germania's, (2) 
Marcus Minucuis Ancle . 
miles legionis J'extae A A r ids, 
gubernatcr legionis fextae , 
voium folvit libentijjime merito . 
1. By 
(1) See Tab. I. Fig. 2. 
(2) The abbreviation of this word being c n. as Mr. Drake af- 
fi r s me in a letter, which I received from him, fince I wrote this 
di 4 \ irfc; it may, I prefume, be read, as I have now given it. 
Tho, in the copy of the infcription delineated upon the ftone, the 
vtftrges of the letters Seemed to be gal. for which reafon I then 
read it Gallic ix. 
