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<2g ]—[ wrote two pages on the Itineraries and high {

Roads of the Romans; and (top Ihort at prefent witha rich fund of ninety-two folio-pages clofely written.

My travels in Itily, with my future ftudies, willfwell this collection to fuch a magnitude , that it willbe neccfiary for me only to arrange my materials tohave a complete defcription of Italy .

30.]—I refumed the perufalof Spanheim, de Ufu < 1 ? 1

Prejlantla Numifmatum ; of which 1 read DijJert, V. 1

p.373 —436. He treats of the medals of kings, parti. ?

cularly the fucceffors of Alexander, and the epithets ?

bellowed on them—friends to the Romans or Greeks; d

victorious; thunderers ; greatkings; kingofkings; at

autocrator, or poffeffor of independent power; the ^

name of God in general; and the particular names of 1,0

Bacchus, of God the Saviour, or Soter; and of cei

God manifefted on earth , ( Epiphanes , which is not net

fully tranflated by illujlrious.) —All thefe medals are he

Greek. We have not any other medals of Barbarian ind

kings , but thofe ftruck by the Greek cities in their pidominions. hot

I read Plrons Comedy , Métromanie , which there play

was an intention of aCting at Mon Repos. The kto

verification is beautiful, and many of the fentiments H

correCt and well exprefied. This applies to the 45;

whole fcene between Mr. Ballivau and Damis. But the >

I riever read any thing worfe contrived than the plot. Kor

There is much confufxon in that part which regards med

the lovers Dorante and Lucile. Thepart of Damis this

is diverting, but unnatural. Where is it poffibie to 1

find a poet that will refign a rich and handfome Jot

priflrefs for another that has no exiltence but in the Aa

Mercury? What an extravagant attempt is it, to pit