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even now retain a very ftrong fmell. There was 
found fome cloth reduced aim oft to nothing, which 
had fome ornament of gold embroidered upon it, or 
rather wove into it, as is more probable from the 
gold thread. Upon the above-mentioned body were 
found fome pieces of paper, for I have great reafon 
to think it fuch from the trials, which I have made 
upon the old papyrus, of which we have about eight 
hundred volumes. Now I think thefe pieces to be 
paper, becaufe they are compofed of a matter, which 
is like that, of which our paper is made ; but how- 
ever I will not pretend to be quite fure; I only 
plainly give my opinion. This paper on one fide is 
coloured with red minium, on the other it is black. 
Perhaps they ufed this fort of paper to write upon, to 
denote by the colours the happy or unhappy ftate of 
the writer. Ovid gives us an example of this in the 
ftr ft elegy of the firft book De 'Triftibus. 
Nec te pur pur eo relent •vaccinia fucco , 
Non eft conveniens lubiibus ille color : 
Nec titulus minio , nec cedro charta notetur , 
Candida nec nigra cornua f route geras. 
I think I may with reafon judge thefe fragments 
to be paper ; but I always am ready to fubmit to the 
opinion of the more learned. But as every one may 
fpeak his thoughts, fo I have fpoken mine. Befides 
this paper there were found a mirror of metal, and 
three tefterae, which we call dice. Under the corps 
or bones was found a padlock, through which were 
pafted three iron ftrigils, and another that was bro- 
ken. It is remarkable, that in all the other fepul- 
chres, that weie opened at Cuma in the month of 
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