Adde et bascaudas et mille escaria.
Juvenal, Sat. 12, v. 46.
Barbara de pictis veni bascauda Britannis
Sed me jam mavult dicere Roma suam.
Martial, lib. 14, epig. 99.
[14] In the Saxon poem Beowulf, translated by the late Mr. Kemble, there occurs this passage:—“He went to the hall, stood on the steps, and beheld the steep roof with gold adorned.” Line 1844.
[15] See on Plate No. 6, examples of British urns, copied from Plate iii. of the Archæological Index, by J. Y. A. Kerman Esq., F.S.A.
[16] History of Ancient Pottery, vol. ii. pp. 381-384.