181. Two cities of Britain were 'municipia', nine
'colonies', ten 'Latii jure donatae', twelve 'stipendiariae'
of eminent note. This detail is taken from Richard of
Cirencester, de Sitt Britanniae, p. 36; and though it may
not seem probable that he wrote from the MSS. of a Roman
general, he shows a genuine knowledge of antiquity, very
extraordinary for a monk of the fourteenth century.