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 3? 4 THE HI.'ST.ORY B6ok I. VII. WHEN Claudius fubdued the more fouthcrly Britons, he prudently deprived them of their arms 1. But wl^en. Qftorius took pofiefiion of his government ovpr the conquered regions pf Britain, he found the natives, not difarmed at all by the preceding governors, and he difarmed fuch only. as he particularly fufpected .of turbulent dengns And on the peaceable Settlement of the country and its chearful fubmiffion to the Romans all the Britons appear to have recovered their arms again. Hence, even ca the doubtful confines of the north and in the dangerous neighbour- hood of the Caledonians, we fee the Britons indulged with the::* arms and constantly prepared for war And hence fome Britifh Celts have been actually difcovcred in Cornwall wrapt up in a covering of linen % a fpecies of cloth (as I (hail afterwards fhew) introduced into Britain by the Romans,, and others have been found both hi Cornwall and in Yqrkfhire accompanied with Roman coins s . Many.of the JJritons were levied for the fo- reign fervice of the Romans, and were fent in different bodies to different parts of the continent 6 . Many of the Britons were equally levied for the fervice of the Romans at home, and were fent in bodies to the armies in adtion or to the garrifbns on the ^borders. For thefe purpofes only could the Romans have al- ' lowed any arms at all to the Britons. And feveral bodies of them are mentioned in Tacitus and in inferi prions to have been • actually engaged in battle again ft the northern Britons or adhially .1 ftationed upon duty along the northern wall ?. Thefe muft have been demanded' of *the ftates in rotation by the Romans. Thefe . muft have been raited among the fubjefts in rotation by the mo- - narchs. • -Each body muft have marched to the place, of defii- " nation commanded by the monarch or his deputy, and marftialled under the ftandard of. the kingdom; and each Subordinate chief in it muft have commanded his own amba&on under the general, 5 and