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ly sor Ornament upon the Heads of the said Iron Pins the 6 th part of anInch long, that none of the Iron appears. The ntxt Cover to the plaitingos the said Naih (which pass through the Circular and Cross Iron Plates,and both the Leather Covers) is a pure Linnen Cloth, but Discoloured,though perhaps not with Age only, but Sower VVine and Salr, or forneother Liquid, wherein it feems to have been Stesped. And lastly upon thesäid Linnen is the outmost Cover, which is of softer Leather. Ali whichCoats that Compofe the Sheild, are bound tögether by two Circular Platesof Iron, a Thin and Narrow one towards the Center, and a Thickcr andLarge one, an Inch Broad, at the Circumference; which is curiousiy Nail’dwith two Rows of very small Tackets.above 400 in Number.the vacant Holeswhence forne of the Naih aredropt out, arelittle bigger than to admit thePoint of a pair of small Compatfes; both which Rims do likewisc fasten theHandle (sehe Only Part of Wood) which has also 6 other Iron Plates, about3 or 4 Itiches Long, to Secure it.

1 lately procured another Sheild which Differs from This not so much inSize (though it is compleatly a Foot Larger in the Circumference) as in theForm : For whereas This already Deserib’d is almost Fiat, except the Swel-fing Umbo, This is absolutely Concave, and from the Skirts of the Protu-berant Boss in the Middle it Rises gradually to the Circumference, which isnigh 3 Inches Perpendtciilar from the Center; This has 14 Rows of thelike Brass Stadt, but the Circular Plates of Iren they are fix’d in, donot lieupon other Cross Plates, as the former does, but each from the Center, up-on the Outer Edge of the other, which occasions its Rilmg in that Concavewarmer.

That These were part of the Acccutrement of the Roman Equites, ra-thet than eirher the Velites or Hastati, l conclude, because that, though allin General had Shields , yet those of the Velites, who were as the ForlornHofes, seemmore Slight, and areexpressly said to be, e Ligno Corio juper-mdu'io-, thole of rhe Haßati are not only said, e pluribus Lignis & Astercu-hsconfiit. Lee. but were also 4 Foot Long, to Cover the whole Body, whenffooping; of which kind were likewisc those of the Principes and Triarii.Wh.rcas the Dtseription, that the Anonymous Author of Roma Illustratawith Fabricius' s Notes, gives in his Armatura Equitum, comes the nighesethis, Scutum five Parmam habebant ex Bovillo Corio , arte leviter Furata,but then he adds, eoque mero nulla materia subjeci a, omitting not only theOrnamental Studs, but the Iron Work , which Camillus first contriv’d as aDefence againit the immense Swords of the Gauls.

rtrRomanWay XXV.The Roman Way in Lincolnjlure, which iscall’d all along by theCoun-sw^LincoMhire^ c *7 fEople the Higb-jlreet,n\ns(\{ l mistakenorj almost di recti y in aStraightby m. Abr. de ia Line Irom London to Humberfide. It is but Slightly mention’d by Mr.p r ^™‘ l6 3 - Cambden as Running (sajshe) from Lincoln Northwards into the little Vil-

lage calPd Spittle in the Street and somewhat further: I (hall therefore Cor.tinue its Course unto Humber. ThisSrmf is Case up on both sides with In-credible Labourto a errat HeJn-ht- ..y ; n jj-.any places, and

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