Note 22 — Front matter

Scripsit haec A. R. Munro Friderico Hillero de Gaertringen, qui precibus meis ut lapidem visitaret illum rogaverat: We both (A. Smith et A. Munro) agree that the space indicated by Newton was never inscribed. The letters on each side of it are quite clear and distinct, but the interval is blank. The last two letters of ΝΙΚΕΥΣ are widely spread. There would hardly be room for ΑΡΧ before ΙΑΤΡΟΣ. The surface does not appear to have suffered, although it is a little rubbed. The letters would still be perfectly legible if they had ever existed. Gratias ago hoc quoque loco viris doctissimis Britannicis et Friderico Hillero de Gaertringen, qui multis quoque in aliis rebus animo libentissimo me adiuvit et consilio et re.