7/23 Hudson,) Beaufort, (Republique Romaine, tom.i. p. 10-55.) The last is the work of an English whig, as well as of a Roman antiquary.] [Footnote 4: These mystic, and perhaps imaginary, symbols have given birth to various fables and conjectures. It seems probable, that the Palladium was a small statue (three cubits and a half high) of Minerva, with a lance and distaff; that it was usually enclosed in a seria, or barrel; and that a similar barrel was placed by its side to disconcert curiosity, or sacrilege. |