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XII. A br*efaccnuNt
of a RomarTeSeragby
Mr. JohnWardF. R. S. t)9 Prof;Rhegorv
Grep.

747 1 thispaper7
and hasbecnthe occa-
fion of it) nvasdug up fonletimc lince at Aflarlct-
Freetin lSedfordShire; which lies in thc Roman
roadcalledAYatlirWftreet)aboutfive mileson this
fide DunSablc;and was brourhttO the Societyby
theirwoxthy Member, Sam?4el(yAark Erq5J

The
 T E S. D E !. M A n Setthe
SEDI ARVM TAb.
N07hlchW^itorus tmay,as I apprehcnd,be read at
length in the followingmanner:
SeJfieroz
rDegSlartis Sediarsm.
The firRabbres?iated
syordtis. I take to ftand
forEeggera
a dye or srbe(a^)>
fo calied fiom the
Greek mord arpm cyrtT;§t£pX, Xfogr;refped be-
ilzcJhad to its nutuber of iides) dillind from the
tsto horizontal planes, abosteand below. And un-
der this conSdeiatiotlit xvasdiRin^,ui{hedfrom the
EalSs7 xvhiwhbeinO round at cach end contai-ne
only four plancsor faces uttlereonit could Itand
ard thcrefcresaZhen tlnrotn hadno more thantwo
lide faces in sicxv. Hence lgiere talis et reqeerx
are fpokcn of by Roman xvritersas tro diff*ren
games(6S.
But if this xvasthe firLland originalnotionof the
xnrordUerv it -wasappliedafferwardsto many
otherthinas; andthatnor Co much from a fimili
tude in the figureX as from the relation thcy b4r
to fome ot3zerthinDJof svhiWh they were the S:a
or token> as the points}on the upperplaneof the
ave dcnotedthe go.odor ill SucccSs of the caLl.To
rccite the SeseraluSesof this xverdwouldbcth be
tcdlousand unntceICary; and thercSore I lEallmen-
tiorlfome fexvonlv, from nvhschthe defit,rlof this
piate maythe tnore eafi!yappear.
Andl
* * w
w

r) Macrob. In «anznt Scip. Itb.1;. (ap.2. {kS Gi;X

f¢Ng.;;S.I6,
 xrllicllsrcscirhcrpublicor rri;-<c. -tLs tO tht for
mcr) z-e flnd GS.CI15 the inrcriftiotlspub'<nedby
Grtter inftancescf t.o municipaL tosxrns,wllo put
ttlemSelsesur.dtrtIicpat,otlac cS a llonr,anaoscr-
or. Alld tlle tcciprocal betweenthcm,
illfyaDclwncr;t

\^thicl Nl!ac inord\2d tuo coptcr plates, ill ttRc

on

fbrm of an oblong fquare,NVitll a pedimentat t'ne

top} is called in both TESSERA HOSPITALIS (a).
The defionof thc lattcr Nvas to cultiNatc and main-
tain a Jaftitl:freindntlipbetsveen private pcrbns}
and their families;anclt,avca mutualclainl tO tlle
contracRin:parties,and tilcir (ieCcendants, of a re-
ceptionand kind treatment at each othershoufes,
as occationofferecl. For which end it nvaslequi-
fite, that thofe reDerae Ihouldbe fo contrised,as
might bcApreSersethe memoryof tllat tranfadtion
tO polierity? (6). And one tncthod of doin: this
xYasby dinidingone of them ]cn^,thsiScinto tnvo
cqual parts, upon eachof which one of the parties
wrote his name,and intcrchanged it nviththeothel *
zt draughtof one made of bonc, and fo disidcd,
may be fcen in ThotnaJ5ngs saiththe nameof the
perfonon eachpart. Up;onone of them is,
P OL Y N I C E S
A S C A N XO. F.

And uponthe other,

CL A P HYR
A 5' D R A E. M. I. F.
lGhe
- __

(a) Pag. CCCLXII, CCCLXIXI. (b) Plaut.Pznrl. v.x,

2s, v. a. 8 *
twOparts were puttobether,theymadea ctlinder(aJ.
From this cuRomcame the proverb;aL expreffion,
te/peram hoJ2italem sonfringere> whichwasapplicd
to thoSeperSons, who violatedtheirent,agements (b.
Theteperaefrgmentarive arcoften mentionedb.>
P<omanwrlters,svhichwere ftrlailtalliesgiven b,
the emperorsto the populacedt Roruze7intitlin>
them tQ the receptionof a certalnqua11tity of corn
from the publicat ftated.<eaGorls. And thoSe,who
werepofEcSed of them, nZhenthey didnot wanttlld
corn} iometimcs fold them tO othcrst as Bre lcar£u
^grom the fatyriA,svhenhe fais:
Jtammula nepereatX qgasilisteferv-venit
(c).
Frxment
of thefrW
The perfon,who hadthe infpcEtion tG<
ferae, and diLtributed the corn to tiloCe, who proZ
duced them, feems tO have been called ttgerarls;
as (Ptgnorzas ol)fernes from a funelal nzonuluent,
inScribedSYsO£PHORO TESSERARIOSER. CAESARIS(d;*
ThefieteJJerae werefirRmade of woodXas appcars
from the words of lPliny,wyherc treatingupon the
nature and prcBperties of trces he fais, Lige4J?ra
teyo
utilWma(e). ButFa6retrihas ptiblifhed the
Aerzs
draut,htsof tsroofthelPnmade of (lonc, in theform
andof the famefize sviththe originals.
of csylindersX
The lenothof thcnais fon,Nvlwat{holt of threeirches,
the diameterttlreequartersof an Inch, anil tbe tol-
low illd

cap.IS.
(a) De telrer.hoWfSital. (b) Plaut.CHell,T. r. 29.
(C) avetal. SR. 5 IX.J74, pag.3I8. {aM
(d) Defiervis,
X674)°D (e) II. 1AJ. XVl.{aP,8. 5 3X.
LTb.
() x,
of the perSotls,to whom they belonged:
TORQVAT\'S tVPVS
CREOP. D. r. PELORI
lAZlzereD. I. the two lalRlettersin each infcription
fland,as he fuppofes,for dieprizna wenfs,the time
appointedfor receivingthe corn (a).
Thereszras alfo anotherfort of tegera,notmuch
unlikethcCe,whicllintitledperSonsto a fiC,ht of the
publicgamesandotherdiverElons;bllt they are ge-
nerallyrnadein the formof all oblongfquare. fig-
norius hasgivenusthe draughtof one in hisownpof
IeElon, whicllconElRed of istory. Upon one of the
fidesis the namePHILOMVSVS PERELI, on the next
sPEctAvItJon the third a triderst, andupon the
fourth a palmbravnah (b);the t\MO laR of wluich
plainly{hesar, thatit xvasgiven for admifl:^1on to the
combatsof tlle gladiators. Othersnofthem had on
diSerentfdes the nameof the perfon, withthe day,
on which the oxv was exhibited,and the names
of the conEulsat that time. In(tancesof thefe may
be feen in Tbomarnnsn onc c)f whicll, as he Lais}
was madeof yelloxvglaEs({).
But the teferamilitarismoA frequentlyoccurs
in the RomanhiRorians,which was the fignalgisen
by the general,or cheif commanderof an army,as
a direEtion-totile foldiersfor pllting in execution
any duty or fervicerequiredof them. This upon
urgentoccafionswas onSy vocal; as for a fudden
marchs

fa) Infript.antiq.pag.530. (b) Ubtfiupra)

pag.3t
' ) De taf; kofipital.eap. X5.
 nar) cafes, as for Setiilgtllc watchXtaking t'tleir
diner}or ttle like, it sas nvritenon a tablct. Tho
in cither xxayit nZasfirR given by the general
to the officersnext in rank, and from them to
tlle fubalterns,till it came to the perfon, nvboSe
prOVillCC it xxas to colllnlalnicate
i; to the foldiersin
cachcompalr . . Thistabl^tvJascommonlymadcof
V ood) asappears from(Poly6ixs, whos alls it tJtn'zGU)

a fimall pieceof =ood(a). The t.gnal inicribed

upon it was sery 5.ort, and uEualiycomprifeditz
olae or tWO \N'ot.0; as >iciori.e, palma,tXirfas,
CDevsno6ifsw,traxmpttws imperatoris, mentiond
bv lzegetis (bj; svithmanyotllersof the like na-
ture, n7hichmaytbe Sccnin antient xxriFers.T11c
perfon, sYhofeofficeit nvasro illlpartthe ft;:nalim
rzzediatlyto the foldiers,is by lzegetigs . alled twPget

rarius(c). Hencein Grxter'sinScriptions nverncet

xvith
AVRE. IANVARIVS. TESSERARIVS. LEG. XtIIX ant
C. GALERIO. C. LIB. AGATHON. TESSEP ARIO. COH. S11s
PRAET. MILIT\'M, as alfo L.PO.MPEIO. L. F. POthfPv
REBVRRO. TESSERARIO. IN. cENrvR f A*.. fd).BY*Xthich
liCerentformsof exprelElon comparedtogetilerone
xrouldbe lcadto concllldeX that everycenturyhad
itS te«eraritWs, from whom the foldicrsimmediatly
receised the Egnal;and that svhcn the legion c)r
cohortonly is melltioned,thc mcanint^, is not, that
the perfonnamedin the inScription performedthat
oicc

(a) Lib. \'I. pAg. 479. ed. Pari%. (bJ Lib. III. cap..
(cJ Lib. Ix. vap.7. (dJ Pag. DCSI. IO. DCVIII. 7. DCIX. t5,
Gg z
fome particular centuryin eachof them.
But befidestheCecisil and rr.i'itatyteperae there
nvereorllacrs,
x?hichmorceEpeciatly relatedto religious
affairs,andmaythere.orebe calledfacred;to nthich
the inIcriptionon tllisbra¢p'atefeemsto agree. For
the tWVOnext xyordsinOrasten uponit, namely DEr.
MAR. mull) I think) [tandfot i)ei Martis. And if
the 1al word SEDIARVM be takcnfor the nameof a
toxvn}ca led Sediae,this tegoera may reEpeEtthe
GodX§ars, asthe tutelardeityof that place. The
re'igiot3s
worAipamongthe RomansconSitted cheifly
in Iiacrifices
and otherpublicceremonies,theexpenfe
of nvhichin particular placesxvasfupportedeitherby
the contribtutions of the inhabitants,Qrby private
gifts. \NJehave an inAanceof the latterin an in-
fcriptionfirRpublithedby Reinefgs,wl;<ere it is faid,
that L. Verati?sFelivigitntgs, (a)patron of Eole-
tium,(orlFollentim
amunicipal toNVn in Italy)gave
to the inhabitantstheirannualfacrifices}nvhich*rere
oflBeredon the elesenth of Mayfbr a plentifulhar
veLl. That infcriptionis cut on a braEs plate in the
form of an oblonD Equaresvitha femalebuRin a
pedimentat the top, deGl7ned very probablyto re
prefent the deitiX to sahom they addreIEed.As
the inficrtptiori
i) peculiarin its kind, I nnallhwre
,ivc the awholeof itXas it Randsln Reinef;4s.
TESSERA?tIx

!a) Grut Pag. CX c 1v, at

 L. VERATIYS. FEL ICISSI
MVS PATRON V-S.PAGANIS
PAGI tTOLENTINES
" o s r I A S. L v S r R. E r. T E S S s R
AER. EX.YOTO.L.DD
V. II).MAIAS. FELICI r. (a)-

Thls is called tefera pvganiray as I imagine,from

its tntitlingthe pvgant or inhabitantsof thattosvn)
to the annualclainaof the facrificesthereinmeno
tioned. And fo fir it agreedwiih the naturcof a
public tMeras which beinglodged in the handsof
the properoicer7 authorizedhim to colleCtthe fe^
veralcontributaons alElgncdfor ftlch religiouspur-
pofet And -of this latter fort I take the plate tO
have been3,whichmakes the fubjeEtof oureprefent
inquiry; both tlle form and Sze of it fuitingvery
wnll with -fiucha deflgnt as it was portable, and
readyto be prodused,if occafionrequired. And
agreablyto this notionof the word tefera the a-n-
nent Glfvries iriterpretteferarixs byepay<trDia
asribvforalerk
As to the following word SE D IARVMa tho it
no where elfe occursXthat-I know of; yet-this}1
refume,can be no Jv0C objedtionagainfiits being
taken here for the nanzeof a town, calledSedive:
nvXlerl
ie is contideredllow many inRancesof the
tike natureareto lJefound in the inScriptic:>ns
col-
1cded by Grxter and others, which give us thc
names

ta) /yptnd.
nam,
&.
srincesllOt tnentionedby any other writers. And
befidcs,the foral of this word appearsanalogousto
the xlamcsof fesreralother Rotnan tOWtlS here in
Britair;as}i)robrovae RocheRcr,RataeLeiceRer,
Rs4tgpiaF RichboroughX SpinaeSpene, and fome
a)thcrs. It is not improbable,that this plate was
fioundnot farfrom the place, whofe nameit bears;
and whichsmightbe fituatedamongthe Caterhlani,
as elueirterritoriesare (ieficribcdby Camden (a).
But as I have never beforcfcen, nor heardof any
thing fimilarto it, I*would fubmit what is here
offeredto the judt,cmcnt
of the curiousin thefe
inquirIcs.
G. C. Feb.z5.
I747 John Ward.
2

XIII. v4nAccount
of a XverylearnedDivine,
whowasbornwithtmJo Tongues; cozna-
7icatedtohe Royal Societyby Cromwell
MortimerM. D. &9Secr.R. S.
x°tN
ReWMarch a MS. Accountof the Life c>f the
747 1 Rev. Mr. HenryAYharton, Chaplain
to ArchbilhopSanaroftX writtenby himfelfsI have
mct with the following PaSage:
cs Mihi quidemex uteromatcrnoexcuntiduplex
" eratLinbua,utraqueejufdemfigurzacmagrlitudinis;
cc inSerioremexfcirldendamcReclaanaruntmulieres
JcobIletrices.

{aJ Brixnn.pag.s75, td. X607.