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XXVIII. Obfervatiom on two Antient Roman. 
Infcriptions difcovered at Netherby in Cum- 
berland: In a Letter to the Right Rev . 
Charles Lord Bijhop of Carlifle, F. R. S. 
from the Reverend John Taylor, LL. D: 
Canon Refidentiary of St. Paul’s, and Chan- 
cellor of the Diocefe of Lincoln. 
Lo the Right Rev. the Lord Bifop of Carlifle. 
Read May 12, f H A H E following obfervations I beg 
1763. i eave iq prefent to your Lordlhip, 
who was pleafed to communicate thofe remains of 
antiquity, that gave birth to them. The Society of 
Antiquaries cannot but be greatly delighted to fee your 
Lordlhip advanced to an Epifcopacy, in a country 
Antiquitatum Romanarum feraciffima j and fucceed- 
ing, at a diftance, a very confummate Antiquary, to 
whom this kingdom {lands greatly indebted, the great 
bifliop Nicholfon. 
Your Lordfhip’s former fituation in another remote 
part of England contributed greatly to the cultivation 
of this kind of letters, and brought us acquainted 
with what might otherwife have lain unknown or 
negledled. We begin already to experience the be- 
nefit of your Lorfhip’s removal to this. 
I am, 
my Lord, 
etc. etc. 
John Taylor. 
Amen-Corner, 
April 28th, 
1763. 
