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Malta. But this inference, as I apprehend, is nei- 
ther valid nor juft. For as the inhabitants of Gozo 
were of the fame religion with thofe ©f Malta, as has 
been already remarked ; ’tis natural to fuppofe, that 
the former, as well as the latter, might have im- 
preffed the effigies of the God Mithra, and any other 
religious, or rather fuperftitious, fymbol, common 
to them both, on their coins. 
I ffiall only beg leave at this time to add, that the 
MSS. from which fome of the earlier editions 
(38) of Silius Italicus were printed, exhibited 
cavlvm, as the true antient name of the iffe of 
Gozo. Phil. (39) Cluverius, Chriftoph. (40) Cel- 
larius, and Nic. (41) Heinffus, I know, look upon 
this le&ion as a corruption, and fcruple not to 
pronounce it a depravation of the text. But their 
bare afiertion, intircly unfupported, as it is, and 
ftrongly oppofed by a Punic medal of undoubted 
antiquity, by no means convinces me of the truth 
of what they aflert ; efpecially, as there are other 
kdtions of the antient name of Gozo, two of 
which have for their initial letter K, or C. This 
(38) Sil. leal. Lib. XIV. ver. 274. Edit. Colin. Parifiis, i'53rv 
Sil. leal, ubi (up. cum Arguments Hermanni Bufchii. Lugduni, 
1598. Id. ibid. Ed. Plantin. 1600. Id. ibid. Lugduni, 1603, 
Id. ibid. Ed. Crifpin. in Corp. Vet. Poet. Latin. 1601. Id. ibid, 
cum Comment. Daufqucii Sandtomarii. Parifiis, it) 18. 
(39) Phil. Cluver. Sici/. rfntiq. Lib. II. p. 444. Lugd. Ba- 
tavor. 1619. 
(40) Chriftoph. Cellar, in Sil. Ital.. Lib. XIV. ver. 274; 
Lipfise, 1695. 
(41) Nic. Heinf. in Si!. Ital.. ubi fup. EJ. Diakenb. Tril- 
jedli ad Rhenum, 1717. 
