science, and to the learned world in general * the subject of which was, whether the Physicians shewn it to be only ingenious, and has more happily accounted for these medals, by referring them to Homer, whom he thinks a Smyrnæan, must be left to the decision of the learned. See his Nummorum antiquorum Scriniis Bodleianis recenditorum Catalogus, p. 145, &c." Maty, Life of Mead, p. 37. * The acknowledgements of Dr. Mead to Mr. Chishull are thus elegantly expressed in a preface introducing the Dissertation: "Cum inter multos ac varios honores, quos Medicis olim tributos fuisse in oratione meâ ostendi, singularis cujusdam, quem à Smyrnæis acceperunt, ut nomina illorum in nummis ponerentur, mentionem fecerim; quò res ista magis foret perspicua, nummos aliquot ejusmodi, è multis aliis quos apud me conservo, ære incisos, cum singulorum explicatione hic adjicere volui. Ex medicorum enim nominibus, tantis laudibus apud veteres celebratis, deorumque salutarium imaginibus, symbolis artis suæ instructis, quæ in his nummais conspiciuntur; Smyrnæos, quò medicæ artis professorum famæ ac dignitati consulerent, eos percussisse, omnes, opinor, æqui rerum æstimatores mecum agnoscent. Fatendum est sanè magistratuum nomina tam in Smyrnæorum, quàm in aliarum Græciæ civitatum nummis haud paucis comparere; unde viri eruditi, & rei nummaria scientissimi, si qui forte id genus nummi, de quibus hic agimus, in manus eorum devenerint, magistratibus statim adscribentes, inter alios ejusdem (ut ipsi censuerunt) classic in scriniis hactenus collocârunt. Attamen si rem paulò accuratius intueamur, nummos, in quibus magistratuum nomina leguntur, alia numina, aut aliis saltem insignibus, cum re medicà nihil commune. habentibus, ornata, exhibere percipiemus. Primus autem, quod sciam, Seguinus nummi alicujus Smyrnæi ectypum protulit, cui ulla omnino cum nostris similitudo esse videatur. Is quidem inter alios Smyrnæorum numinos unum edidit, in cujus alterâ parte caput Hygiæ nostræ persimile adspicitur, quod ipse tamen Apollinis esse statuit; in alterâ imago sedens, sed velata, et brachiis transversis, nec reliqua adsunt symbola; nî forsan in lineamentorum ductu, quæ temporis injuriâ evanida fuissent et confusa, sculptor hallucinatus fuisse existimetur. Imaginem autem prytanis, hoc est summi apud Smyrnæos magistratus, sedentis esse autumat. Neque ab illustrissimo Spanhemio, neque à Vaillant, in iis quæ ad opera illius scripserunt, hic diversum aliquid affertur; unde eos nihil certius habuisse, quod de nummo isto proponerent, manifestò constat. Alter quoque nummus ab eodem Seguino adducitur, qui hinc Matris Deorum Sipylenæ, quæ Smyrnæ colebatur, caput; illinc stantis Isidis simulacrum repræsentat de quo in notis ad Dissertationem plura dicend locus dabitur. Vir igitur reverendus, Edmundus Chishull, S.T.B. cujus eximia antiquitatis, omnisque adeò elegantioris doctrina cognitio ex egregiis illius, tum in nummum CK21 inscriptum, tum etiam in Sigæain inscriptionem Cominentariis, orbi erudito diu of antient Rome were not in general vile and despicable slaves, or whether there were not some among them at least who enjoyed the privileges of a free condition, and the honour due to their services. Edmund Chishull, son of Paul Chishull*, was born at Eyworth in Bedfordshire; admitted scholar of Corpus Christi college, Oxford; took the degree of M. A. Feb. 27, 1693; became fellow of the college; and, having a grant of the traveller's place from that society, sailed from England Sept. 12, 1698, and arrived on the 19th of November following at Smyrna, where he was chaplain to the English factory till Feb. 10, 1701-2. He took the degree of B. D. June 16, 1705; was presented Sept. 1, 1708, on the death of Mr. James Barker, diu jam innotuit, hos nummos primus feliciter explicavit, & quasi postliminiò recuperatos medicis restituit. Smyrnæ enim largior eorum provenit messis, postquam terra circa Æsculapii templum cœpta est dimoveri. Quâ occasione etiam erutum fuit, & luci redditum, caput marmoreum, in quo inscribitur, MAPKOC MOAIOC IATPOC ME@OAIKOC; item nummus Aristotelis nomen exhibens, ut etiam Hermogenis medici, qui septuaginta septem volumina ediderat, inscriptio. Dum Smyrnæ itaque commoratus est, plures hujusmodi nummos comparavit; quos attentiori curâ expendens, ex nominibus & figuris inter se collatis ad rem medicam pertinere citò deprehendit. Cum in patriam autem reversus fuit, sermone de medicinæ antiquitatibus fortè inter nos incepto, pro eâ necessitudine, quæ diu mihi cum eo fuerat, mentem suam de his nummis mihi statim aperuit; nec id tantum, sed et nummos ipsos, unà cum quibusdam in eos observationibus, se dono mihi promisit missurum; quod & haud ita pridem amicissimè præstitit. Illius igitur beneficio nova hæc ad rei nummariæ scientiam accessio prorsus debetur. Cujus etiam de republicâ literariâ optimè merendi studio & industriâ, si vivat modo & valeat, magnum Græcarum antiquitatum, aliorumque veteris ævi monumentorum corpus, nondum publici juris factum; doctissimis etiam Commentariis, tantoque thesauro dignis, locupletatum, antiquitatis studiosis expectare licebit. Vale.""The hand fortified with a tremendous cæstus, and accompanied with a palm-branch, looks more as if designed for prize-fighting boxers than physicians; like the Roman contorniates for charioteers." T. F-This volume appeared in 1728, under the title of " Antiquitates Asiaticæ," &c. * Bible clerk of Queen's college, Cambridge, where Wood supposes him to have taken the degree of B. A. He was admitted M. A. at Pembroke college, Oxford, June 18, 1634. to to the vicarage of Walthamstow in Essex; in 1711 was appointed chaplain to the Queen; in 1713 he occurs (in a list of Lent Preachers) as Lecturer of St. Olave's Hart-street; and in 1731 was presented to the rectory of South Church in Essex. He published, "Gulielmo Tertio terræ marique Principi invictissimo in Gallos pugnâ navali nuperrimè devictos, Carmen heroicum. Oxon. 1692," folio; "In Obitum augustissimæ & desideratissimæ Reginæ Mariæ Carmen Pastorale." Mus. Angl. vol. III. p. 234- "Inscriptio Sigea antiquissima βουστροφηδον exarata. Commentario eam His torico-Grammatico-Critico illustravit Edmundus Chishull, S.T. B. Regiæ Majestati à sacris, 1721," folio; which was followed by "Notarum ad Inscriptionem Sigæam Appendicula; additâ à Sigeo alterâ Antiochi Soteris Inscriptione," folio, 15 pages, no date. Both were incorporated in his Antiquitates Asiaticæ Christianam Eram antecedentes; ex primariis Monumentis Græcis descriptæ, Latinè versæ, notisque et commentariis illustratæ. Accedit Monumentum Latinum Ancyranum. Per Edmundum Chishull, S.T.B. Lon * Proposals for this book were published in 1724. Mr. Bowyer's copy of it (which was rendered more valuable by his MS notes) was presented after his death (agreeably to his directions when living) to the Right Hon. Edwin Lord Sandys.—A letter to Mr. Wasse (concerning a passage in the Sigæan Inscription, &c.) by Mr. Barker is printed in the "Bibliotheca Literaria," No X. ↑ "Sequitur erudita & singularis Commentatio ad Marmor Bosporanum Jovi Urio sacrum. Eam utique debes ingenio & humanitati Aristarchi Cantabrigiensis, quo nemo alius hac ætate sanctior, nemo literis divinis humanisque exercitatior, aut ab omni laude felicior." Pref. to Comment. in Leg. Decemvir. Of Mr. Chishull, whom he styles "vir celeberrimus ingenii acumine & literarum peritâ, quibus excellebat maximè,” Dr. Taylor speaks in the highest terms.-"Is this Aristarchus summe eruditus Cantab. in Mr. Chishull's supplemental half-sheet, Dr. Gooch? If it be, every reader will transfer the compliment to Dr. Bentley." Mr. Clarke to Mr. B. Aug. 14, 1729.-"The restoring and settling to a tittle the inscription to Jupiter Ourios, as printed in Chishull's cancelled page, and by Dr. Taylor, was by Dr. Charles Ashton, master of Jesus college. Chishull never submitted completely. Dr. Taylor by no means speaks highly of Chishull dini, Typis Guil. Bowyer 1728*, folio;" being a collection of inscriptions made by Consul Sherard, Dr. Picenini, and Dr. Lisle (afterwards archdeacon of Canterbury, warden of Wadham college, and bishop of St. Asaph†) in their travels 1705 and 1709, and deposited in Lord Oxford's library ‡, Chishull on this occasion. The wonder is, how Wheler and Spon could vary so much in copying so few, so large, and so plain letters; especially as it is not probable that it was placed out of distinct sight." T. F. * The first part contains (besides the title and five introductory leaves) 208 pages;-and a supplement, 12 pages, including a correct edition of his Conjectanea de nummo CKIII inscripto, first published under the title of "De nummo Cк inscripto Dissertatio," and the " Iter Asia Poeticum," addressed to the Rev. John Horn. Another leaf was added in 1731, with a plate of Dr. Mead's head of Homer (of which only 50 copies were printed); and a second leaf, on the inscription of Jupiter Ourios, dated" Sept. 29, 1731." The stone was then come into Dr. Mead's possession; and there is an exact engraving of it, a little larger than Dr. Taylor's. He submits, but without paying the least compliment, or even mentioning Dr. Ashton. Towards the printing of this book, Dr. Mead paid fifty-one guineas; Dr. William Sherard twenty guineas; and Dr. Lisle five guineas."I have no doubt that Mr. Chishull is wrong in every word he says about the coin which has CKOTII on it: though I am not as yet equally sure what the right meaning is." T. FSee his letter on it to Haym at the end of his " Antiquitates Asiaticæ." † Of whom, see Hutchins's Dorsetshire, 2d edit. vol. I. p. 140. Prefixed to this curious MS. is the following letter, dated Magdalen college, Oxford, Dec. 16, 1776: "The inclosed paper contains some information which will be of use to any person who may have occasion to consult the Earl of Oxford's copy of Chishull's Inscriptions, now in the British Museum, Catalogue No 7509; to which I have often referred in my collection published not long since. Inscriptiones Antiquæ, pleræque nondum editæ, in Asia Minori & Græcia, præsertim Athenis, collectæ. Oxon. 1774. My request is, that you will insert it in the beginning or at the end of that MS. R. Chandler." "Extract from an account of Mr. Chishull's papers, drawn up by Professor Ward, and communicated by the late John Loveday, Esq. of Caversham near Reading. The Earl of Oxford's copy.-This book contains 84 pages of inscriptions.-All the inscriptions from p. 1, to the end of p. 71, are found in book I. II. III. of Mr. Chishull.-Most of the inscriptions from p. 72, to the end, are found in book IV. of Mr. Chishull; some in book I. II. III.; and some in none of Mr. Chishull's books; viz. not found: Smyrna, p. 72, No 2; p. 74, where it still remains. It was published by subscription for one guinea (royal paper at two guineas); and a larger volume, under the title of "Antiquitates Asiaticæ: Pars altera, diversa diversarum Urbium inscripta Marmora complectens," was intended to have been published by him for another guinea; and 12 pages were printed: but the author's death put a stop to the progress of the volume. His MS. was in Dr. Askew's hands, fairly written for the press by the late Professor Ward; and was purchased at the sale of Dr. Askew's MSS. March 11, 1785, for the British Museum, for 591. 178. : ..... hisar, No 5; p. 75, No 10; p. 76, No 2; p. 77, No 7; p. 78, 79, 80, No 12.-Some inscriptions in B. I. II. III. IV. of Mr. Chishull are not found in this.-In B. I. II. III. IV. of Mr. Chishull, I have referred to the page in this book, where each inscription is found, for the greater ease in collecting them.Some few inscriptions in this book are twice written in different places the reading of several varies from that in Mr. Chishull's books; some of the inscriptions are longer than they are in those books; and the division of the inscriptions sometimes differs.The disposition of the inscriptions under the several places where they were found seems not always so regular as in Mr. Chishull's books. I have put a small cross in the margin of the pages, against the beginning of each inscription which I found in Mr. Chishull's books; so that when there is no cross, such inscription was not found. "The places of the inscriptions are not mentioned in the Earl of Oxford's copy; but by Mr. Chishull's books are found to be in the following order: Aphrodisias, now Geyra, 1, 29, Teos, now Bodrun, 30, 45. Milasa, now Melasso, 59. Metropolis, now Cizil-hisar, 64. Thyatira, now Ack-hisar, 66, |