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Among them are feveral Heads and Buffos, or 
which the Head of Mercury , with a Chain fixed txs 
it, deferves Notice; it is fuppofed to have been 
worn by fome Roman as a Charm, to fecu.e him 
good Fortune, and preferve him from Thieves j- 
and another of CaUjtus , a Freedman of Claudius 
Cafar , who grew fo wealthy, that he was generally 
efteemed the richeftand moft fortunate Man among 
the Romans of the Age he lived in. 
There are here preferved fome Pieces of Bricks 
and Tiles with Figures and Letters ftamped on 
them, by which we may be enabled to judge how 
near the Romans approached to a Difcovery of the 
noble Art of Printing. 
I fhall pafs over diverfe other Heads, fome Fi¬ 
gures of Animate, and Heads of Canes or Sticks $ 
and proceed to fome Specimens of the Roman Fi¬ 
bulas, which were a kind of Buckle or Clafp, ufed ; 
bv them to fatten their upper Garments, and of 
which we could not have formed any perfedt Idea 
were it not for the Specimens preferved in the fe- 
veral Colledtions of the curious. 
There are here alfo a Variety of Keys-of different 
Sorts, particularly the Ring Key,-which for greater 
Security they wore on their Fingers •, and fome 
Bracelets and other Ornaments, Cfc. of Metal. 
We muft next attend to the Stylus, which is’a 
Steel Inftrument ufed by the Romans to write on 
sheir Tablets of Wax. 
Some Roman Weights, and fome Pebbles with 
Figures-and Infcnptions on them. 
Several Kinds of Measures for Oyl, Pulfe, iic. 
Tejj'ellie , and Parts of ancient Pavements and Mo 
faic Work; the Dice here p eferved are found in 
great Quantities in different Parts of the World, 
and by fome fuppofed to have been droped by the 
Soldiers 
