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Journal of the British Archaeological Association (Volume 20) by British Archaeological Association (Paperback, 2012)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864. Excerpt: ... ISUEIUM. BY ANDUEW SnEBLOCK LAWSON, ESQ. As self-constituted aedile of the ancient city of Isurium, in which office I hope to be confirmed by your suffrages this evening, I offer on behalf of myself and my brother citizens a welcome warm and hearty to the members of the British Archaeological Association. To each one of you we present, and hope that you will take full advantage of it, the freedom of our city. 1 Sure I am that a day passed within our walls will convince the most sceptical amongst you that the brigands of modern times cant possibly have derived their name from the descendants of the Brigantes, --that warlike tribe which in an age when, as Camden says, all right was in the longest sword, had, perchance, t quite so clear a perception of the difference between meum and tuum as has fallen to the lot of those living in this enlightened nineteenth century. I cant profess to bring before you anything in the shape of velty in my description of our old ruins. Much, indeed, that is vel has been conjectured as to the history of Isurium, and many authors have indulged in bold flights of fancy constructed upon a very slender foundation of facts. On the other hand we have much solid information as to the discoveries of past ages in Leland,2 in Camden, in Stukeley, in Drake, and, coming down to more recent times, in Air. Wright's Wanderings of an Antiquary, in Mr. Ecroyd Smith's Reliquice Isuriance, and in the History of Aldborough and Boroughbridge, a useful handbook for the archaeological traveller, published by our local bookseller.3 When sources so copious in lore connected with Isurium, are open 1 The citizens threw open their pavements, etc., free of charge, to the members of the Association. Leland wrote his Itinerary in 1539; his poem...

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