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pofes, with the Cangi ; and whom, from the autho- 
rity of this inscription, he would place in that coun- 
try. But this Supplement will not anfwer, when ap- 
plied to Brigantum , the name of the people men- 
tioned in the infcription upon the draught. For 
‘Victoria , or monumentum viffcriae, Brigantum, would 
rather mean a viSlory gained by the Brigantes , than 
ever them. I would therefore Supply the word 
vedligal in both inlcriptions, and read vebligal de 
Ceangts , and veciigal Brigantum ; for the fenfe will 
be much the fame in either conftrudtion, as the for- 
mer will lignify a tax levied on the Ceangi , and the 
latter a tax paid by the Brigantes. Horfley indeed 
queftions the genuinenefs of thefe inferiptions in Cam- 
den ; partly from his aligning this Situation to the 
Cangi upon their authority, which he can by no 
means agree to ; and partly from their giving the 
title imperator at the fame time, as he apprehends, to 
Vefpafian , Titus , and Domitian($o). But neither 
of thefe reafons appears Sufficient to invalidate their 
authenticity. For as to the Situation of the Cangi , 
concerning which our antiquarians differ very much 
in their Sentiments, the finding of thofe peiees of 
lead at the mouth of the river Merfey in Cheffiire, 
is no proof of their having been made in that coun- 
try. As twenty of them were found together, it 
feems highly probable, they were the remains of the 
cargo of Some veffel laden with them, which had 
been caff away on that Shore ; but the place from 
whence they were brought muff remain uncertain, till 
the Situation of the Cangi has been firft fettled. Be- 
( 30 ) Britann. Rom. fag. 34 , 316 . 
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