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of the folio prayer book of 1604 would serve as a guide for restoring 

 tliat lialf of the central device which has perished with the lapse 

 of time. [The words enclosed in brackets are missing in the Alton 

 table.] 



(I.) " [Let euerie] sole be s[ubiect vnto the highjer [powers : 

 F]or [there is no power but of God,] The pow[ers that be, are 

 ordained of God.] 



[Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the] power[, resisteth the 

 ordinance of God : and they tliat resist, shall receiue to them sel]ves 

 dam[nation.] 



[For rulers are not fearefull] to good [workes, but to the evill. 

 Wilt thou no]t fear[e the power ? Doe well, and thou s]halt haue 

 [praise of the same.]" 



(II.) [" Submit your]selves [therefore vnto all nianer ordina]nce 

 of ma[n for the] Lords sake : whether it be vnto the K[ing, as 

 hauing the preeminence.] 



[Either vnto rulers, as vnto them that] are s[en]t [Ity him for 

 the punishment of evill do]ers[. lait for tlie laud of them that doe 

 well.] 



[H]on[our all men: loue brotherly fel]lowship. [Feare God, 

 Honour the King.]." 



We may then pretty confidently assign the table of the the 

 commandments and royal arms, at Alton Barnes, to a period be- 

 tween 1603 and 1620, or perhaps we might say 1603 — 15. 



