It is probable that Julius Frontinus, Prefect of the Legio 2da Augusta under Vespasian, who was detached to reduce the Silures, and from whom Julia Strata is said to have been denominated, passed the Severn three little miles below Oldbury, at Awst passage, perhaps termed from that legion, Trajectus Augustæ; as the Monk of Ravenna stiles Caerleon Isca Augusta, and the Britons at this day call the month of August Mîs Awst.

It is probable that Julius Frontinus, Prefect of the Legion 2da Augusta under Vespasian, who was detached to reduce the Silures, and from whom Julia Strata is said to have been denominated, passed the Severn three little miles below Oldbury, at Awst passage, perhaps termed from that legion, Trajectus, Augustæ; as the Monk of Ravenna stiles Caerleon Isca Augusta, and the Britons at this day call the month of August Mîs Awst.

The late earl of Colerane presented to the Society a collection of inscriptions given to him by Ferdinand Passarini, who transcribed them from stones found at Spello, the antient Hispellum, and illustrated them with short notes. The first and most considerable of them on a pedestal six palms high and four square, with a hole in the top, formerly standing near the amphitheatre, but at this time on the right hand of the door of the town-house, had been before incorrectly published by Fabretti. A fuller and more critical commentary upon the same inscription was afterwards drawn up by the said Roger Gale, esq; which, being read to the Society, was entered in their minute book, whence it is now published, together with the notes by the antiquary of Spello:

The late earl of Colerane presented to the Society a collection of inscriptions given to him by Ferdinand Passarini, who transcribed them from stones found at Spello, the antient Hispellum, and illustrated them with short notes. The first and most considerable of them on a pedestal six palms high and four square, with a hole in the top, formerly standing near the amphitheatre, but at this time on the right hand of the door of the town-house, had been before incorrectly published by Fabretti. A fuller and more critical commentary upon the same inscription was afterwards drawn up by the late Roger Gale, esq; which, being read to the Society, was entered in their minute book, whence it is now published, together with the notes by the antiquary of Spello:

In March, 1748, while some ploughmen were tilling lands upon Carne, the estate of Keedah Geoghagen, esq; about seven miles west of Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath, the plough, cutting through a sandy hillock which lay in the middle of the field, turned up a flag stone, about four feet long and three broad. Underneath they discovered a grave, or rather ossuary, to which this stone had served as a cover. The bottom, sides, and ends of the grave were composed each of a single slab. Within were deposited the bones of a human body, but of a size greatly above the common proportion of men.

In March, 1748, while some ploughmen were tilling lands upon Carne, the estate of Keedah Geoghagen, esq; about seven miles west of Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath, the plough, cutting through a sandy hillock which lay in the middle of the field, turned up a flag stone, about four feet long and three broad. Underneath they discovered a grave, or rather ossuary, to which this stone had served as a cover. The bottom, sides, and ends of the grave were composed each of a single slab. Within were deposited the bones of a human body, but of a size greatly above the common proportion of men.

This figure is engraved from an ancient seal in the possession of John Lawson, esq. purchased abroad by his brother the late Dr. Issac Lawson, who received from a French Antiquary an attempt to explain it, which I beg leave to produce in the following translation.

This figure is engraved from an ancient seal in the possession of John Lawson, esq. purchased abroad by his brother the late Dr. Isaac Lawson, who shewed it to the Society 1739, and had received from a French Antiquary an attempt to explain it, which I beg leave to produce in the following translation.

In a tour I made the last summer, over part of the north of England, I met with a remarkable Monument in Penrith Church-yard, in Cumberland, an elevation of which I now do myself the pleasure of laying before you, it having never been yet engraved, or, indeed, accurately described by any author. It is called the Giants Grave; and we have the following account of it in Bishop Gibson's edition of the Britannia (Vol. II. p. 1020) communicated to him (as I was informed) by Dr. Todd, of Carlisle.

In a tour I made the last summer, over part of the north of England, I met with a remarkable Monument in Penrith Church-yard, in Cumberland, an elevation of which I now do myself the pleasure of laying before you, it having never been yet engraved, or, indeed accurately described by any author. It is called the Giants Grave; and we have the following account of it in Bishop Gibson's edition of the Britannia (Vol. II. p. 1020) communicated to him (as I was informed) by Dr. Todd, of Carlisle.

That judicious Antiquary Mr. Horsley says, there is no one Roman station in Britain, where, he believes, so great a number of inscriptions have been discovered, as at Ellenborough, in Cumberland, and most of the original inscribed stones were yet preserved at Ellenborough hall (now called Nether-hall,) the seat of Humphry Senhouse, esq; proprietor of the ground where the station was and lineal descendant from John Senhouse, esq; praised by Mr. Camden, for his great civility to Sir Robert Cotton and himself when they visited these parts; also for his excellent skill in antiquities, and for the care he took in preserving such valuable literary curiosities.

That judicious Antiquary Mr. Horsely says, there is no one Roman station in Britain, where, he believes, so great a number of inscriptions have been discovered, as at Ellenborough, in Cumberland, and most of the original inscribed stones were yet preserved at Ellenborough hall (now called Nether-hall) the seat of Humphry Senhouse, esq; proprietor of the ground where the station was, and lineal descendant from John Senhouse, esq; praised by Mr. Camden, for his great civility to Sir Robert Cotton and himself when they visited these parts; also for his excellent skill in antiquities, and for the care he took in preserving such valuable literary curiosities.

Mr. Senhouse, digging in the Roman station, on his estate here, 1766, made some very curious discoveries, which he communicated to the late bishop of Carlisle, the same year.

Mr. Senhouse, digging in the Roman station, on his estate here, 1766, made some very curious discoveries, which he communicated to the late bishop of Carlisle, the same year.

It is an observation of Plato in Cratilo, Ος αν τα ονοματα ειδη, εισεται και τα ῶρατματα, “That the knowledge of the etymology “of words, leads to the knowledge of things.” In this view I propose to enquire into the origin of the expression of the Gule of August, which is to be met with in our statutes and elsewhere.

It is an observation of Plato in Cratilo, Ος αν τα ονοματα ειδη, εισεται και τα ῶρατματα, “That the knowledge of the etymology “of words, leads to the knowledge of things.” In this view I propose to enquire into the origin of the expression of the Gule of August, which is to be met with in our statutes and elsewhere.

The remark which I had the honour to make to your Lordship, that the late Mr. Hearne, when he liked his author, would follow him implicitly, without giving himself any trouble to examine into the truth of his assertion, I am now going to verify, by producing, what I think, a very palpable instance.

The remark which I had the honour to make to your Lordship, that the late Mr. Hearne, when he liked his author, would follow him implicitly, without giving himself any trouble to examine into the truth of his assertion, I am now going to verify, by producing, what I think, a very palpable instance.

In a paper lately communicated by your Lordship to the Society, from Mr. Pegge, that learned gentleman has animadverted very properly on the mistakes which Mr. Lisle, and after him Mr. Hearne, have been guilty of in translating a passage of king Alfred's preface to Gregory's pastoral; for they represent him as sending a copy of this book to each of his cathedral churches, together with certain mancusses or marks of gold the fairest of his coin. But the passage is thus rendered in Spelman's life of that king, “Ad unamquamque episcopi sedem in regno unum (sc. librum) “misi, superque singulos libros stylum qui est quinquaginta man-“cussae.”

In a paper lately communicated by your Lordship to the Society, from Mr. Pegge, that learned gentleman has animadverted very properly on the mistakes which Mr. Lisle, and after him Mr. Hearne, have been guilty of in translating a passage of king Alfred's preface to Gregory's pastoral; for they represent him as sending a copy of his book to each of his cathedral churches, together with certain mancusses or marks of gold the fairest of his coin. But the passage is thus rendered in Spelman's life of that king, “Ad unamquamque episcopi sedem in regno unum (sc. librum) “misi, superque singulos libros stylum qui est quinquaginta man-“cussae.”