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Description: A table entitled "The Saxon-Alphabet" on the last page of John Fortescue (1714) The Difference between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy: As it More Particularly Regards the English Constitution. Being a Treatise Written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief Justice, and Lord High Chancellor of England, under King Henry VI. Faithfully Transcribed from the MS. Copy in the Bodleian Library, and Collated with Three Other MSS. Publish'd with some Remarks by John Fortescue-Aland, of the Inner-Temple, Esq; F.R.S. (1st ed.), London: John Fortescue Aland; printed by W[illiam] Bowyer in White-Fryars, for E. Parker at the Bible and Crown in Lombard-Street, and T. Ward in the Inner-Temple-Lane OCLC: 642421515. The first column ("Figure") of the table shows the letters of the Old English Latin alphabet, and the second column ("Power") their modern equivalents.
Title: John Fortescue, The Difference between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy (1st ed, 1714, Saxon alphabet page)
Credit: Own work; scanned from the original.
Author: John Fortescue (c. 1394 – c. 1480).
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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