fmall degree in the orthogra- to fhew what other event is in

phy."

For the illuftration of the coin of Severus, (which follows) we muft refer to the pamphlet. . Towards the conclufion, Mr. Bryant refumes the fubject more immediately under confideration, with obferving, "Had it been out of my power to have afcertained what I have undertaken to prove, yet it would have been, I think, of little confequence, even if the name had been totally erafed: for the history would fill fpeak for itself, and in characters too plain to be controverted, How many coins are there, and baffo-relievos, where a gigantic perfon is reprefented with a club and a lion's kin, and engaged with a many-headed ferpent? Had a writer mentioned that he had feen the name Ηρακλης infcribed upon it; and another of better eyes, and more fagacity, had afterwards found out that it was not Hearing, the hero, but 'Heaxλsins, Heraclides the fculptor, who was there mentioned, what would it all amount to? The history ftill would remain in legible characters, independent of the infcription. Thus, take away the letters NSE, or affign them to a different purpose, yet the hiftorical part of the coin can neither be obliterated nor changed. The ark upon the waters, and the perfons in the ark, will fill remain; the dove, too, and the olive will be seen; and the great event to which they allude, will be too manifeft to be mistaken." Though our author's other arguments have their weight, this laft, we think, is conclufive; as certainly those who would erafe the name of Noah, muft alfo deny the allusion to the deluge; and if fo, it behoves them

tended by the emblems. Our author farther proves, that the whole region to which these coins are afcribed, was replete with Arkite memorials. But on thefe we cannot enlarge, fatisfied that he has obviated an unmerited reflection," and vindicated, as well as explained, "fome of the most curious coins that were ever produced to the world."

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Some Account of a Latin Differtation,
entitled, "
D. Paulus Apoftolus in
mari quod nunc Venetus finus di-
citur naufragus, et Melita Dal-
marenfis infulæ poft naufragium
hofpes, &c." i. e." An Efay in
which it is proved that the Ship-
wreck of St. Paul, mentioned in the
27th and 28th Chapters of the
Alts, happened on the Coast of the
Ifland of Méléda, in Dalmatia,
and not on the Coafts of the Ife of
Malta. By Ignatio Giorgi, a
Benedictine of the Congregation of
Méléda; with a fhort Treatise on
the Doge of Malta." Published at
Venice in 1730.

N this work, Father Giorgi

Ithews, 1. That the ifland of
léda, above mentioned, which is in
the Adriatic, not far from Ragufa,
was also called Melita, in the time
of St. Luke; and that the island of
Malta is at a great distance from
what is now called the Adriatic, nor
was ever, by any ancient writer,
fuppofed to extend near fo far. 2.
That the tempestuous wind Eurocly-

don, (which our author demonftrates the fame name; to establish the commonly received opinion, the Adriatic gulph must be made to extend to Malta; St. Paul's fhip must be driven to the South by a South-Eaft wind; he must find barbarians in an island peopled by Greeks and Romans; the prow of his fhip must have ftruck in a rock; and lastly, he must be bitten by a viper in a country where there are none.

to have been not the N. E. (Euro aquilo) but the S. E.) muft have driven the ship not to Malta, but into the Adriatic; and that in the fame manner Acrotatus, a Lacedæmonian, going from Peloponnefus to Sicily, and the Jewish historian, Jofephus, failing,like St. Paul, from Judea to Rome, were both driven into the Adriatic. 3. That the name of Barbarians, twice given to the natives by St. Luke, is extremely applicable to the inhabitants of Illyria, but by no means fo to the Greeks, who inhabited Malta; a circumftance which has embarraffed Lightfoot, Bochart, Cellarius, and all other commentators. 4. That there is no fuch quick-fand as that on which St. Paul's fhip was loft, at Malta, but there are many towards the fouth point of Méleda. At the former, near la casa di S. Paolo, there is, indeed, a rock, on which it is pretended the veffel ftruck, but this, the hiftory fhews, was not the cafe. A ftill more convincing proof that the apoftle was not at Malta is fuggefted by his having been bit there by a venomous ferpent, as there are none fuch in all that island, and even the earth of it is a fpecific against the bites of ferpents. And as to St. Paul's having wrought a miracle to deliver that ifland for ever from venomous animals, a miracle of fuch importance would, furely, have been recorded by St. Luke, as well as the cure of Publius, and others, or as the fign which the hip carried. But, on the contrary, the bite of vipers is remarkably malignant in illyria, and particularly in the island of Méléda. To fum up all, Méleda is lefs known than Malta; it bears

This differtation, curious as it is, I fhould not now have recapitalated, were it not for the following remarkable circumftance, viz. that the very learned Mr. Bryant, in his Obfervations and Enquiries relating to various Parts of Ancient History (published in 1767), has two Differtations, 1. On the wind Euroclydon; 2. On St. Paul's fhipwreck; in both of which, particularly the laft, he has fupported the fame opinions by the fame arguments as M. Giorgi, as your readers may fee, by referring to Mr. Bryant's works. But this only proves, that two men of genius and learning may adopt the fame mode of reafoning without either borrowing from the other, and thus be both original, as it is well known that Mr. Bryant never faw or heard of M. Giorgi's performance before the publication of his own, and, if he had, would probably have fuppressed it.

Yours, &c.

CRITO.

Account of the Origin of Wakes and
Fairs. From the Reverend Mr.
Whitaker's Hiftory of Man-
chefter.

BEFORE

fmall degree in the orthogra- to fhew what

phy."

For the illuftration of the coin of Severus, (which follows) we must refer to the pamphlet.. Towards the conclufion, Mr. Bryant refumes the fubject more immediately under confideration, with obferving, "Had it been out of my power to have afcertained what I have undertaken to prove, yet it would have been, I think, of little confequence, even if the name had been totally erafed: for the history would Atill speak for itself, and in characters too plain to be controverted, How many coins are there, and baffo-relievos, where a gigantic perfon is reprefented with a club and a lion's fkin, and engaged with a many-headed ferpent? Had a writer mentioned that he had feen the name 'Hearns infcribed upon it; and another of better eyes, and more fagacity, had afterwards found out that it was not Hearing, the hero, but 'Heanλsions, Heraclides the fculptor, who was there mentioned, what would it all amount to? The history ftill would remain in legible characters, independent of the infcription. Thus, take away the letters NNE, or affign them to a different purpose, yet the hiftorical part of the coin can neither be obliterated nor The ark upon the wa perfons in the ark, main; the dove, too, will be seen; and the to which they allude manifeft to be mistak our author's other a: their weight, this la is conclufive

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> evening before it at of the church. And s were naturally derom their late hours akes and vigils or eves. anniversary at Rippon, the commencement of century, is exprefsly dethe Vigil. But that of s holiday was named the an or church-wake, the il or church-eve. And

› commencement of both ke, which has now caufed to be generally preceded , and the church-holiday ly to be denominated the ake. So religiously was and feftival of the patron erved for many ages by the even as late as the reign r, the former being spent church and employed in And the wake, and all r holidays in the year, were n the fame footing with the of Christmas, of Eafter, and tecoft; and any perfons re

to the celebration of the re, as all ordinarily reforting church were, under the imte protection of the king, onfequently free from arrefts, eir way to and return from it.

en Gregory recommended the al of the patron faint, he alcommended fomething more ted to gain a general reception religious acts and exercifes. advifed, that the people fhould encouraged on the day of the ival to erect booths of branches out the church, and to feast and emerry in them with innocence. ad, as the authority of Gregory ould certainly caufe the encougement to be given, fo the fmalleft would be effectual. Nor would L fuch