Concerning _Boadicia’s_ magnificent obsequies; a mighty Prince may be buried with great solemnity, yet no materiall Monument dedicated to his memory. Examples of this kinde are so frequent, there needs no mention of them. _Humaverunt magnificè_, (they are _Dions_ words) the _Britans_ laid her into the earth magnificently, with as much pomp, happily, and honour, attending her to the grave, as their barbarous customs for their glorious Chieftain would admit; but, that they raised any Monument, or erected whatsoever kinde of Sepulchre for her, much lesse so notable a structure as _Stoneheng_, he no where tels us. Which had the _Britans_ done, the Historian could not avoid, taking more knowledge thereof, then of her bare enterment, and would undoubtedly have recorded it. Again, grant _Salisbury_ Plain the place of Battell, yet, _Dion_ saith not, they buried her magnificently where the battell fought, only, _Humaverunt magnificè_: adding withall, those, that escaped the field, prepared to re-enforce themselves for a new triall, in the mean while a disease seizing on _Bunduica_, she died. Now then, after so terrible an overthrow, wherein ’tis reported she lost fourscore thousand _Britans_; _Boadicia_, in all likelihood, endevoured to recover the _Icenian_ Countreys, her principall strength; having in her speech before the Battell insinuated the fenny parts thereof, as a refuge if the worst should happen. In what Countreys else could they recruit? where falling sick she died, (whether by violent or naturall death is not materiall) and as ever observed among all Nations, was, no doubt, buried in her own territories, among the graves of her renowned Ancestors.
That the _Britans_, untill _Julius Agricolas_ time, had learned nothing (as _Anonymus_ takes speciall notice) but _to fight, and were no handicraftsmen_, whereby they might be capable of erecting such works as _Stoneheng_, being already fully proved from _Tacitus_, I will adde, the ringleaders or heads of commotions against Empires and Commonwealths were anciently, (in many Countreys at this day) not only themselves punishable by the Laws with death, but their whole families and kindred though guiltlesse, suffered in like manner; their very houses also, being razed to the ground, lest any knowledge of such pernicious undertakings should remain visible to posterity: and a capitall crime it was, in whomsoever that restor’d them. How comes it then, _Boadicia_ the principall promoter, and Head of an insurrection so fatall, as accounted by _Suetonius Tranquillus_, among the infortunate losses of the _Roman_ Empire, and the more ignominious by a womans conduct, should be permitted by the conquering _Romans_, a monument to eternize her fame to succeeding Ages? _Boadicia_, that ript up the bellies of the _Roman_ Legionaries, and cutting out their bowels impal’d their bodies upon burning stakes; that hanged up the most noble and honourable _Roman Dames_ naked, and slicing off their paps, sowed them to their mouths, as in act of eating them; that in scalding water boiled the _Roman_ infants, and young children to death; their Parents, Husbands, and Commanders unable to relieve them, but enforced to give way, and happy in so saving themselves from the cruell inhumanities of the _Conqueresse_. _We fought for to live_, saith _Tacitus_. Yet, when ere long afterwards, victoriously recovering _Britain_ to _Cæsar_, by so memorable a battell as compared to their victories of old, should the _Romans_ suffer the enthralled _Britans_ to erect a Trophy to her memory, whose purpose was absolutely to root out all that was _Roman_ here? what greater infamy to the _Roman_ name, except the permission of it? They, who rased and broke in peeces whatever titles and inscriptions, bearing the names of their _Cæsars_; pulled down and demolished the royall _Ensigns_, _Trophies_, _Statues_, _Temples_, or whatever else sacred, to their own Emperors, when actively administring to the prejudice of the _Romane_ State; would they permit any publick monuments be erected to the memory of a conquered Prince, of an Enemy so barbarously cruell as _Boadicia_? That she lives in History, they could not prevent; so live their worst of Emperors. Moreover, publick Monuments were in all ages set up in honour of the Vanquishers, not vanquished; respecting which, _Anonymus_ should also, either have made _Boadicia_ Victresse, or never supposed _Stoneheng_ her Sepulchre.