81504 OR, THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OF NERO. BY MALACHI MOULDY, F.S.A. Nathless a British record (long conceal'd IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. BOOK THE THIRD. The city, which thou seest, no other deem PARADISE REGAINED. VOL. II. B STONEHENGE; OR, THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. CHAPTER I. Rome's azure sky, Flowers, ruins, statues, music-words are weak, SHELLEY'S ADONAIS. ALTHOUGH the recall of Suetonius from Britain, as detailed in the close of the last book,, was peremptory, his departure was not immediate; for the consulship of his successor Petronius Turpilianus did not expire until the last day of the year. The British Channel, at all times formidable to the Romans, was considered innavigable during the winter months; and the equinoctial gales were no favourites with the Romans, as Cæsar's Commentaries testify so that, in consequence of the delay : |