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here given of this infcriptlon. In the name Cdiwi 
indeed, as it is writen on the ftone, the t-wo firft let- 
ters c and E are feparated from each other by a point. 
But that doubtlefs muft have been occafioned either 
thro the ignorance or inadvertency of the workman, 
in mifplacing the point, which fhould have flood 
after the imperfedt word lov. that immediately pre- 
cedes. Miflakes of this kind are not uncommon, 
two or three of which were obferved in one of the 
Wroxeter infcriptions, fome account whereof I had 
not long fince the honour to lay before this Society ( i ). 
But it may be further obferved concerning this Jupi- 
ter Cetius^ with relation to the place of his worfhip, 
that he mu ft have been a German deity ; whereas 
the Treveri were inhabitants of Gaul, on the other 
fide of the Rhine, which divided thofe two coun- 
tries. However, no impropriety will arife from 
thence, in fuppofing him to have been worfhiped by 
them ; for moft of the Belgic nations, as Caefar in- 
forms us, fprang originally from the Germans; but 
having formerly pafled the Rhine they fettled them- 
felves in Gaul, on account of the fertility of the 
country, and drove out the antient inhabitants (2). 
And particularly with regard to the T^reveri Tacitus 
fais : Circa affe&ationem Germanicae originis ultra 
ambitioji tanquam per hanc gloriam a fimilitu- 
dine et inertia Gallorum feparentur (3). It cannot 
feem ftrange therefore, if being thus tenacious of 
preferving the memory of the country, from whence 
(1) See above, pag, 196. 
(2) B. G. Lib. ii. cap. 4. 
(3) De moribus Gsman, cap, 28. 
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