I. Part of a letter from Mr. Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians and R. S. concerning a Roman Sheild

Since my former, having procured an oldRoman Shield , of a different form from that I had before, and observing them both to be of different Materials from the usual Descriptions of them (which I also apprehend to be in other paris defective) I resolved to make a more particular Inspection into their Texture, and whereas they are generally said to beè lig. no, corio superinducto , upon a strict Survey, there is nothing of Wood, but the Handle, in either of them.