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leaft in his firft epiftle he alludes (1.12 
and 25.) to a Gofpel already written, and 
in his fecond epiftle (I.15.) to a Church- 
hiftory, about to be written, both which 
probably remain to usin Mark, and in 
the twelve firft chapters of Ads. In Mr. 
Marfh's valuable Table of Phenomena, 
eh 44. to p. 147. of the Origin of the 
Three firft Goipels,) there are none which 
preclude the bypothefis, that the Greek 
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Mark exifted before the Greek Luke,. or 
the Greek Matthew, and itis proper that 
the author of the earlieft and originalGof- 
pel fhould be called the fone, on which 
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obvionflya great. refemblance in the point 
of view eiclan by the author of Mark, 
and of the Ads of Peter: and thofe works 
apparently form the primary documents © 
of hiftorical Chriftianity. 
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y AN memory of our celebrated Geo- 
eraphers:. their refearches have had much: 
tages on the progress of the human 
mind; but their name alone ( 
times lead us inte ‘an error, 
unless we 
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ipect that it impofes on us. anville 
himfelf is not always an ae hae guide. 
if Danville has erred, who would dues to 
flatter himfelf, that he could be more 
happy or fagacious ? | 
That illoftrious /avant places the an- 
cient capital of the Lexovii, 9 bh under 
the name of Novicmagus, at Lifieux, 
His opinion differs from that of Valois; 
~and is not, on that account, the less pro- 
blematical, inafmuch as Lifieux does not 
offer any vestige of antiquities. 
Citizen MONGEz has racently removed 
all uncertainty ag to this point of Geo- 
graphy, fo interefting toall French writers. 
We cannot help admitting’. in concert 
with our colleague, that In what remains 
of Noviomagus Lexoviorum, we may 
trace the ruins of a city, at least qua- 
druple in point of extent to Lisieux: 
ruins, which are not diftant from the lat 
city above a kilometre ; z.e, a very {mall 
quarter of a leacue. Iniz70, M. Hu- 
BERT diicovered them in a field, called Les 
Tourettes. hat gent leman, who was at 
that time infpector of the bridges and 
caufeways, cauled deep fubterranean ex- 
eavations.to be made, in order to procure 
the flones neceflary for the conftruGtion of | 
aroad from Lifeux to Caen. He drew 
up a very abies oe plan cf thé ruins here 
treated of; and accompanied his labour 
ae an ie notice, on the city of 
Ux: hut he made defiens of the ruins 
vi Eero without inviting us ta 
hem, tizen Mongez has fulfilled 
tafk ina p set memoir, - 
ie author proves, that the city,. ta 
tne ruins belonged, was formerly 
fabeeet ted to the Romans ; or, at leaft, that 
its inhabitants had a particular connection 
with that princely people. In fa&, anum- 
ber of Roman medals have been difwiterred 
in th: it country... We may find there con- 
frutions in pebbles,’ with: mortar and: 
cement; and, what is tore, thefe con- 
firefions ave fometimes covered with: 
bricks. It is well known, that the 
Romans afeCted this fort of mafonry. 
Conftantine is the lait Emperor of 
whom medals have been found. This cir- 
cumftance authorizes our col/éague-to fix 
the deftruction, or general abandonment, 
€ Noviomagus to the fourth century. 
And, laftly, as hiftory makes no mention: 
of eS before the fixth- century, it 
appears that the Lexovii, expeiled trem: 
their city in the fourth century; built a 
new City near the ancient capital, to which: 
they gave the name of their affociaticn, 
Civitas Lexcvienfis. Tts name was after- 
wards transformed to that of Lifieux. 
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‘The principal cities lost their 
proper names, and received the names of 
the people, whofe chief places they were.. 
Thus, on the maritime coaffef the second 
Lyonnaife, Noviomagus, Mediolanum, 
Ingena—were called, at. firft,. Civitates, 
Lexovierum, Ebstesreen Abrincatum : 
they were afterwards named Lifieux,. 
Evreux, Avranches. In the fame manner 
Lutetia became Civitas Parifiorum, and, 
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