The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3Browne, Thomas, Sir
Religion
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3
Browne, Thomas, Sir
Christianity; Ethics; Religion and medicine
That _Britain_ was notably populous is undeniable, from that expression
of _Cæsar_[17]. That the _Romanes_ themselves were early in no small
numbers, Seventy Thousand with their associats slain by _Boadicea_,
affords a sure account. And though many _Roman_ habitations are now
unknown, yet some by old works, Rampiers, Coynes, and Urnes do testifie
their Possessions. Some Urnes have been found at Castor, some also about
_Southcreake_ and not many years past, no lesse then ten in a field at
_Buxton_,[18] not near any recorded Garrison. Nor is it strange to finde
_Romane_ Coynes of Copper and Silver among us; of _Vespasian_, _Trajan_,
_Adrian_, _Commodus_, _Antoninus_, _Severus_, etc. But the greater
number of _Dioclesian_, _Constantine_, _Constans_, _Valens_, with many
of _Victorinus Posthumius_, _Tetricus_, and the thirty Tyrants in the
Reigne of _Gallienus_; and some as high as _Adrianus_ have been found
about _Thetford_, or _Sitomagus_, mentioned in the itinerary of
_Antoninus_, as the way from _Venta_ or _Castor_ unto _London_[19].t the
most frequent discovery is made at the two _Casters_ by _Norwich_ and
_Yarmouth_[20] _Burghcastle_ and _Brancaster_.[21]
[17] Hominum infinita multitudo est, creberrimaque ædificia ferè
Gallicis consimilia. _Cæs._ de bello Gal. _l._ 5.
[18] _In the ground of my worthy Friend_ Rob. Jegon, _Esq., wherein
some things contained were preserved by the most worthy Sir_
William Paston, _Bt._
[19] _From Castor to Thetford the Romans accounted thirty-two miles,
and from thence observed not our common road to_ London, _but
passed by_ Combretonium ad Ansam, Canonium, Cæsaromagus, _etc.,
by_ Bretenham, Coggeshall, Chelmeford, Burntwood, _etc._
[20] _Most at_ Caster _by_ Yarmouth, _found in a place called_
East-bloudyburgh furlong, _belonging to Mr._ Thomas Wood, _a
person of civility, industry and knowledge in this way, who hath
made observation of remarkable things about him, and from whom we
have received divers Silver and Copper Coynes._
[21] _Belonging to that Noble Gentleman, and true example of worth
Sir_ Ralph Hare, _Baronet, my honoured Friend_.
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