a filver crefcent about five inches in diameter, having two fmall holes in the inner edge, to receive a ftring for it to hang by. This was probably an amulet; for upon the fame table was another amulet of filver, about an inch high, which reprefents Harpocrates, with the lotus on his head, the wings on his fhoulders, and the finger near his mouth. On the right fhoulder hangs a quiver; the left holds a cornucopia, and is fupported by the trunk of a tree, round which a ferpent is twined; and at the foot of it ftands an owl. There was also a kind of fibula, or ancient clasp, of a circular form, about an inch diameter. It is of gold, and a piece of gold wire is fastened to it at each end. One end of the wire is faftened to the fide of the fibula itself, and the other to a fmall piece of gold that is foldered in to it.

Two other figures were alfo found, one of marble, representing a woman, of fmall value; the other of ivory, with only the name, and part of the face remaining, by which it appears to be the work of an excellent Greek artist.

Befides thefe, there was found on the fame marble table, one of the most beautiful ftatues that was ever feen, though its height was little more than three inches. It is a fatyr, in an erect pofture, with a laughing countenance. Through the whole figure a most per. fect fkill in anatomy is obferved, and it feems not dry or hard, but palpable flesh. The head, which is fomewhat ruftic, with a goat's beard and ears, and is covered with a cap, is gracefully turned, and the finger of the left hand is brought up to the face. The right arm is raised and extended, and terminates in a manus impudica. The peasants about Rome frequently wear a pin in their hair, the head of which is fuch a hand, and they fay it preferves them from the influence of an evil eye.

In another room of the fame building was found a very fine pair of fcales, with fome part of the ftrings remaining, which were made of a kind of fine coral. The workmen also found many veffels of earth, and fragments of metal.

Many hands are ftill employed to dig in the ancient Stabiæ, though it is a confiderable time fince they found any thing of value. The fame may be faid of Herculaneum, where nothing remarks able has been found fince the coloffal buft was discovered in March laft, except a very fingular dial, which was found the 11th of this month. This piece of antiquity is the leg and thigh of a quadruped, about five inches long carved in metal, and covered with filver. The thigh forms a quarter of a circle, and upon this quadrant the dial is formed. The centre of the quadrant is at the outside of the bend of the joint, where the bone of the leg is articulated with that of the thigh. From this point are drawn the hour-lines, which with the lines that mark the months, form the ufual compartments, fome larger, and others fmaller.

Thefe compartments are divided fix by fix, as well in height as in length. Below the inferior compartments, which are the lefs, the names of the months are written in two lines, in the follow ing order:

Line 1. June, May, April, March, Feb. Js Line 2. July, Auguft, Sept. O&ob. Nov. Deca

Almoft on the edge of the right fide there is the tail of the animal, fomewhat bent, which ferves as the gnomon; and at the centre of the quadrant, on the knuckle, or articulation of the thigh with the leg, there is a ring, to fufpend the dial in equipoife; and in this place it was fuppofed the plummet was placed, which in dials of a fimilar conftruction is contrived to fall on the month in which the obfervation is made, to de termine the fliadow of the gnomon up on the horary lines.

In May last, the miners who were em ployed upon fome fepulchres at Cuma, opened a tomb of the family of Pavilia This tomb formed a small chamber, on the floor of which were the bones of three bodies, each of which was inclu ded in four pieces of the Piperine ftone, which formed an oblong cafe, or coffin. One of these skeletons was covered with a cloth of amianthus; and many fmall pieces of pafte, about as big as beans,

were found scattered about, which proved to be part of the confection put on dead bodies, confifting of myrrh and other fpices, which ftill retained a very ftrong fmell. There was alfo found fome linen, which was almoft mouldered into duft; but fome ornaments of gold, that had been embroidered upon it, or perhaps woven into it, remained entire. Upon one of the bodies fome pieces of paper were alfo found, one fide of which was covered with red minium, and the other with black. And it is probable that this kind of paper was used to denote by the colours the happy or unhappy ftate of the writer; for of this Ovid has given an example in the first elegy of the first book at trifiibus,

Nec te purpureo velent vaccinia fucco,

Non eft conveniens luctibus ille color; Nec titulis minio, nec cedro charta notetar, Candida nec nigra cornua fronte geras. Befides the paper, there were found a mirror of metal, and three tefferæ, which we call dice. Under the bones was found a padlock, through which were paffed three iron ftrigils, that were entire, and another that was broken. The mirror, tefferæ, and ftrigils were found in all the other tombs that were opened at Coma, befides fome fmall bone clafps, or fibule.

In a fepulchre which belonged to the freed men of the Pavilia family, were found, among many glaffes, and pieces of earthen ware, two earthen lamps of exquifite workmanship. On one of them there is a Hercules going to flay a ferpent with his club, which he holds in his left hand; on the other there is a prieftefs of Bacchus, holding in one hand a facrifical knife, and in the other the half of a victim. There are also two very fmall wine-glaffes, one of which contained a liquor of the colour of red wine, the other a liquor more Fimpid than white wine, but without any fmell. The bones and ashes were in urns of earth.

In another tomb there was a small urn of glass elegantly formed, containing the afhes of a child Near this urn were feveral little things,

which are

fuppofed to be the playthings of the child: two of them were very small glazed goblets, with handles; two water-ewers of the fame materials, with ornaments extremely fmall; a vase of common earth, in the form of a recumbent ox, on the back of which was a hole to receive the liquor, and it was poured out again through the mouth.

Paderni adds, that a volume of the papyrus is unfolded, which treats of mufic, and has been discovered to be. the work of Philodemus, who, as Dr Watson, the tranflator, obferves, was the Epicurean of whom Cicero fpeaks with a remarkable mixture of praise and cenfure, in his oration against Piso.

The fecond letter of Paderni describes a Cameo in alto relievo. It is about an inch and a half long, and nearly the fame breadth. It reprefents an halflength of Ceres. The head is in profile, turned a little to the left, and has a beautiful air; the left arm is a little raifed, and the hand holds fome ears of corn; the right arm is lower, and close to the body, the hand holds part of a thin garment, with which part of the figure is covered; the head is adorned with a diadem, and the hair, which is of excellent workmanship, is tied with a riband that does not prevent it from flowing upon her fhoulders; the ftone of which the head is formed, is pellucid; the reft of the figure is cut out of a chalcedony by a Greek mafter.

He adds, that within a few days feveral more curiofities had been found at Pompeii, particularly a fmall wire strainer, an ink ftandifh with some ink, an ron axe, and many pictures.

Creffy, where Edward the Black Prince, who was great-uncle to Henry V. obtained a glorious victory over the French fixty-nine years before the battle of Agincourt. Every Englishman was then an Antigallican: and it is surprising to hear what havock they made among the Frenchmen. The army under King Henry V. was reduced to 9000 men, when he fought the French at Agincourt, whose army then amounted to 150,000 men. The ftrength of the French confifted in their cavalry; but the King of England depended upon his infantry. And it is worthy of obfervation, that the English monarch defended his men against the enemies horfe, by fixing takes, in the ground pointed at both ends; which ftratagem was afterwards practifed by the Prince of Orange, who called his ftakes Chevaux de Frize, or the Dutch horfe.

Shakespear, in his King Henry V. has done great honour to the character of that prince; and reprefents him as fpeaking these words immediately before the battle:

This day is call'd the feast of Crifpian. He that outlives this day, and comes fafe home, Will ftand a-tiptoe when this day is nam'd, And roufe him at the name of Crifpian. He that outlives this day, and fees old age, Will yearly on the vigil feaft his neighbours, And fay, To-morrow is Saint Crifpian: Then will he ftrip his fleeve, and fhew his fears. Old men forget; yet fhall not all forget, But they'll remember, with advantages, (names What feats they did that day. Then fhall our Familiar in their mouths as household words, Harry the King, Bedford, and Exeter, Warwick, and Talbot, Salisbury, and Glofter, Be, in their flowing cups, freshly remember'd. This ftory fhall the good man teach his son : And Crifpine Crifpian fhall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers: For he to-day that fheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er fo vile, This day hall gentle his condition. And gentlemen in England, now a-bed, Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here; And hold their manhoods cheap, while any speaks That fought with us upon St Crifpian's day.

When the French herald comes the laft time, to know if the English King will compound for his ranfom, Shake

fpear makes the King answer him in these words:

Let me speak proudly: Tell the Constable
We are but warriors for the working day.
Our gayness, and our guilt, are all befmirch'd
With rainy marching in the painful field.
There's not a piece of feather in our host,
(Good argument, I hope, we will not fly):
And time hath worn us into flovenry.
But, by the mass, our hearts are in the trim.

The English foldiers were animated by their King, who led them on to the battle, and faid to his officers with a chearful countenance, "Since thefe men have blocked up our paffage, let us proceed and break through them in the name of the Holy Trinity." The English archers forely diftreffed the French cavalry, then threw away their bows, and fell upon their enemies fword in hand. The battle began about ten in the morning, and continued till almoft five in the afternoon, when the English were fully victorious. French had upwards of 10,000 men killed in the battle, 8000 of whom were noblemen or gentlemen, and the pri

foners were 14,000.

The lofs of the

English was only 400 men; though Shakespear, who is exact in the loss of the French, was mistaken when he faid the English loft but five and twenty. Upon this victory he makes the King fay,

-O God! thy arm was here.

And not to us, but to thy arm alone
Afcribe we all. When, without ftratagem,
But in plain (hock, and even play of battle,
Was ever known fo great and little lofs
On one part and on th'other? Take it, God,
For it is only thine.

The victorious monarch continued his march to Calais, and returned to England, where he was received with all the honours that a grateful nation could pay to the restorer of English glo

Medical obfervations continued. [464.] Art. VII. A locked jaw cured. By Dr Clephane. TH HE patient, a middle-aged robuft man, trod on a large nail, which penetrated almoft through the foot; and about a fortnight afterwards the fymptom of the locked jaw fupervened. Musk was administered, and a blifter applied, without fuccefs; and the patient was at length flowly recovered by opium, which was given after the rate of one grain an hour for a confiderable time; and if this quantity had not been leffened through over caution, the Doctor thinks the cure would have been more fpeedy; though great caution and circumfpection are neceffary in the ufe of this remedy, as the fame quantity may produce very different effects on different conftitutions.

Art. IX. An account of a worm bred in the liver. By Dr Bond of Philadelphia. The patient was a widow lady, and her first complaint was of a fharp pain like the ftinging of a bee, or pricking of a pin, about five inches from the fpine in her right fide, attended with a flight cough. This pain foon became less acute, and from a point fpread it felf all over great part of the hypochondriac region. After fome months it was felt in the fide and fhoulder alternately; and though he had fome intervals of perfect eafe, they became gradually fhorter and lefs frequent from the firft. She did not however feel much uneafinefs while fhe used exercise, and particularly riding, but her pain was intolerable when he was in bed. Upon the application of a lixivial pultice to her fide, the pain remained fixed to her fhoulder till the pultice was removed, which was about a fortnight; and fhe accidentally discovered, that a quick

fmart blow ftruck with the open hand on the part affected, gave a tranfient and immediate relief, and fhe therefore frequently called upon her fifter to do it. If the pain was in the shoulder when the blow was given, it would next re turn in the fide; and if in the fide, it would be next felt in the shoulder.

At the end of ten months the pain was fo great, that the compared it to a dog gnawing her liver, and said she was fure there was fomething alive in her fide; for that, befides the pain, fhe felt a tickling and quirling in it. The ribs became gradually diftorted, so as to form a confiderable gibbofity, the furrounding teguments grew fore, the right fide oedematous, and matter could at length be plainly felt under the intercostal mufcles. At the end of about seventeen months the pain moved with a flow and regular motion from the right fide to the left. This progrefs continued four days, and the pain at length fixed in her ftomach. Hitherto the had retained and digefted her food tolerably well, but was now afflicted with perpetual heavings, and naufea, which nothing but ftrong opiates, or large draughts of fpirituous liquors, would fufpend. There was now in her ftomach the fame tickling and quirling that there had been in her fide, her cough was become violent, and fhe expectorated much vifcid frothy phlegm. In about one month after the pain had removed to the ftomach, and eighteen from the first complaint in her fide, all these fymptoms ceased at once, and about twenty-four hours afterwards fhe voided by ftool nine inches of an annular worm, including the head, and at the end of fix hours more, the remainder, being about eleven inches; the whole length of this hateful animal was twenty inches, and the diameter one. It was of a red colour, and filled with blood like a leech.

After the worm came away, the patient complained that her ftomach was fallen down, and feemed empty; fhe entirely loft the power of deglutition, and died in about forty-eight hours.

When the body was opened, the liver, which had been forced over to the

left