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 4Q 4 T HE HISTORY- - Book h nenfes as London obtain the title of Legio Augufta. And the Roman troops in general pretty frequently received appellations from the names of their quarters*, fix or fe veil. legjoip ,of Ro- man citizens (as 1 have previoufly fhewn IJ ) being denominated from the places of their refidence> and a body of Nervii ftationed at Didlis being called Di&enfcs, another body lodged at Longo- vicus being named Longovicarii,. and the garrifons of Petriana and Derventio afliuning the titles of Ala Petriana andDerventio- nenfes **. Thus denominated, the principal cohorts were after^ wards removed from London to Rhutup?? '% And flie new colony might properly obtain and would naturally receive the title of Colonia Loijdinenfium. Rhutupae was. certainly th^ only colony in the kingdom that could poflibly have received this appellation at all. Rhutupae ^yas certainly a colony of thp fecond legion and the metropolis; o£ the. province, ^nd Rhutupae apt pears certainly in the earMeft period of the Saxons; to have ac* tually been diftinguiflied among them by the very fama denomi- nation of London. London Port, and Lundenwic 16. Thus were three bifljops apgomted as early.^s they^r^i^ over the three provinces of BritajBnia Prima, Flavia, and our own Maxima, Thusr did three, bifhops fix their: refideijce, as* eariy L as the year 314. at the three, capitals of the provinces, Rhutupae* Londinium, and our own Ehoracuncu The bifliop of Britannia Secunda, whofe fee was at Cgerleon the Roman mejtropo^is' of Wales, was eithpr abfent from- the, council of Aries or iub- fcribed not: to the decjrpes o^ ! the.btthops * Ap^ the cpunty of Lancaster in general and the parifh of Ma^icherier in particular were; now fubjeft equally to the civil authority $nd to the eccle-- fiaftical fupremacy of York*. Thu s was. Epifcopacy eftabliflied " at firfl: coeval with Chrifti- anity in Britain. Thjasdid^ Epifcopacy flbuifiih .afterwards > co-- equal with Chrlftianity in the ifland. Anct 'fepifcojpacy and Chriftianity have continued infej>drably united .among us td the prefent moment; .. ■■;■■•■'■.'. ""..■. -^