PIIOXor.RAPHY. 89 



5ln& on 1)13 brfst a lUoaM: cxosec l)c lun-c, 



€l)c Iifiuc rcnrcmbruncc pf \)xe Injing J!^pr^, 



/or nil)03c suuctc cake tijat glovunts boliflc Ijc loorc, 



5liili tica&, lie lining cxur, Ijim a'bor"b : 



llpon \)\5 sljiclb tl)c like luaa also scor'&, 



ifor fiot'crainc Ijojic, uil)ic|) in |)i0 Ijclpc l)c Ijaft. 



Uiflljt faitljfuU, true Ijc icas in bccbc onlr wotti ; 



But uf I)i0 cljccrc bill fccm: toe solcmnc fab; 



^ct notl;infl t)ib f)C troitb, but ct'cr tms pbrat).* 



Hazlitt in his "Select British poets" gives this in the following form : 



And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, 



The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, 



For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, 



And dead (as living) ever him ador'd : 



Upon his shield the like was also scor'd. 



For sovereign hope, which in his help he had : 



Right faithful true he was in deed and word ; 



But of his cheer did seem too solemn sad : 



Yet nothing did he dread ; but ever was ydrad. 



We would give it thus : 



Vnd An hiz brcst e blodi krAS hi bor 

 Thi dir rimembrvns av hiz du8 LArd, 

 FAr huz swit sek thvt glorjos bvdg hi wor, 

 Vnd dcd, vs hvi8 cvur, him vdord : 

 Opan hiz shild thi hk was aIso skord, 

 FAr sovrsn hop, whio in hiz help hi hvd ; 

 Rit, fexfAl, tru hi was in did vnd word ; 

 But av hiz oir did sim tu salsm svd ; 

 Jet noxiS did hi drcd, but cvor was idrvd. 



Here we observe, in the first place, that the changes which we pro- 

 pose making in ihe forms of the letters are not as great as those which 

 have already been made in them. x'\nd surely our reasons are more co- 

 gent than those in ffivor of changing the Gothic into the Roman forms. 

 That was a mere matter of taste and convenience, this is one of neces- 

 sity. The former merely required new forms, the latter calls for new 

 facts, that is, for signs to designate sounds which have else no proper 

 representatives. We do not alter a letter if we can avoid it, and only 

 introduce a new one where it is indispensable if we would not have 

 such a written language as the llelirew is said to have been before its 

 vowel system of points was invented. The fact is, the pronunciation 



*1 am not sure that I have seen the first edition of the Faerie Queene, which 

 was published in 1390. Books were then ])rintod in Roman letters, but the black 

 letter was in use in the beginning of the century. 

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