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26(5 KOTES.had nihil sacraiius, i. e. none more respected. The He? ha Bri.tunnicay of which Amhrosius Calepine gives the following ac.count, may be fairly ascribed to them. Piin. lib. 23. cap. 3.Herla est folds bblongis et nigris, radice ifcm nigra,nervis etdentibus salutaris^ et contra anginas, et serpentium mGrsus ej/icaxremedium habens, Hiijas fores vibones vocantnr; quibusante tonitrua degastatis, miliies adversiisjulminum icti-.s pronussecuri reddebaniur. Scriblt Plinius loco jam citato, promoiis aGennanico trans Rhenum castris, in marltimo tractufvniem j'uissehwentum aquce dulcis qua pota, intra bienmum denies deciderent^compagesque in genibus soherentur. Ei autem malo Brifanni"cam herbam aiixiliofaisse, a Frislis Romano MiUti coninionstramturn.—Vide Calepinum in yerbo Britan? ica. i. e. ''This herbhath oblong black leaves, and a black root. It is salutary forthe nerves and teeth, and a sovereign remedy for the squincyand the sting of serpents. Its flowers are called Vibones; andthe soldiers having tasted these before a thunder storm, wererendered completely secure against its effects. Pliny writes, inthe passage before cited, that Germanicus having moved his campacross the Rhine, found in the maritime district, a spring of sweetwater, of which, if any one drank, his teeth fell out, and thejoints of his knees were loosened, within two years; but thatthe Herba Britannic a, pointed out by the inhabitants of Frieslandto the Roman soldiers, was a remedy for these maladies."Note XVII.—Page 74.That out of the tracts of his chariot,