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naments of the ftones, and partly on fome particular 
circumllances relating to the infcriptions themfelvcs. 
And 
I. As to the ornaments on Number!^ we meet 
with the pine apple upon fevei al urns, publiflied by 
Montfaucon (i) and others j and it feems to have 
been cut on fome funeral monuments in Horfley, tho 
now it is generally pretty much defaced. The rofe 
likewile is very common on fuch occations. Horf- 
ley has' alfo given us a fepulchral monument, with a 
lion placed on each fide of the jafiigium^ or pedi- 
ment (2). 
W ith regard to the infcription, the name Secundus 
{lands there for the cogiiomen ; which at firft was a 
praenomen^ denoting the fecond fon, as Primus did 
the firft, and Tertius the third. But afterwards it 
was made a cognomen ; and what was before the cog- 
nomen became hereditary, and ferved to diftinguifli 
different branches of the fame family ; as I have 
formerly-fhewn elfewhere (3). The next word, PoU 
lentinus, comes from Pollentia^ the place of his birth. 
But as there were antiently three Roman cities of that 
name, it is uncertain, which might be intended. He 
is called miles legionis vicejimae, which was one of 
thofe legions, as Horfley obferves (4), that came 
(1) To 7 n. V, plate 28, 33, 38, and 62. 
(2) Cumberl. xxxix. Mr. Cartwright in his letter obferves, that 
the tongues of the lions, cut upon this ftone, hang out of their 
mouths below their under jaws ; which has been omited in the 
draught here given of them. 
(3) Pranf, N, ^^^^pag. 357. 
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