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and fine houfes ; the noblemens fons were inftru&ed 
in the liberal arts, drawn into an efteem of the Ro- 
man language and habit, and by degrees the induce- 
ments to luxury, as porticos, baths, and coftly ban- 
quets ; which, as the hiftorian adds, apud imperitos 
humanitas vocabatur , cum pars fervitutis ejfet { 14). 
The third campaign difcovered new people, when 
marching Rill northward he fubdued all, who op- 
pofed him, to the borders of Scotland, where he 
built caftles. And the next fummer was imployed 
in fecuring and fettling the conquefts, which he had 
hitherto made ; fo that the Romans were then abfo- 
lute lords of all on this fide. The two fucceeding 
years were imployed in frefli conquefts northwards, 
and the year following, or near it, Agricola was re- 
called by the emperor Domitian. Such was the 
date of affairs in Britain during the government of 
Agricola , when the Romans injoyed the fruits of 
their conquefts, and the Britons grew more eafy un- 
der the yoke. 
In the Roman provinces the next officer under the 
governor was the procurator , who had the care and 
charge of the revenues, and by illegal exactions often 
opprefled the inhabitants. This was one of the 
greivances complained of by the Britons, at the time 
of their revolt under queen Boadicea , when they faid : 
Singulos Jibi olim reges juiffe , ?iunc binos impotii ; e qui- 
bus legatus in fanguinem , procurator in bona faevi* 
ret (if). Now the taxes levied by the Romans on 
the provincials were of two kinds, called tributa 
(14) Tacitus, ibid. cap. 21. (15J Ibid. cap. 15. 
and 
