% ^j^,Letter firgfTi Pr George Hickcs , 
-ciAJa)^ 23^5 typo, to Dr Slbane, concerning 
- the S^xon Antiquity^ mentioned K z^j. of 
thefe Tranfa^ions. With an account of hh 
Bmkmw m the Prefs at Qxfbrd 
AMong many otlier happy accidents, that have alv 
tended mean my undertakings to; lay open the. 
ancient ^'e^^e/^^fi/^/z^ lsinguages, and: Wloab hath, ibeen 
written in them, I cannot but reckon this fon one,* that 
by yourtmeans I came to** the khowiedge: of ithat curious, 
piece of antiquity^ which is inMie pofleffion of 
^hat worthy; and honourable Gentleinan Sir Ndiianiel 
Maimer^ pi FaitfeiM imSomyfe^Jkm^ which Country he 
haith. the^honour, tO; ieprdfent iri^ thii?^^ prefent Pariid-^ 
mentv; Q£ tImiimtiyHitjri you^veithje worid Ipmeiacr 
count the laft year from the learned Dr Mufgrave,, 'in 
tiiQ PhihfofMcal TtanfaSionj^ 247. with the Scul-^ 
ptureofcthe upper fide of it, and the ^;^;^^?/? Jnftxiption 
about it., I was writing the xxii Chap, of my Saxen 
Grammar de diale&o i^ormanno'Saxonica^ when thofe 
^hihfophicd TranfaHions came out, and as I happened 
to impart the defign of it to a Gentleman^ who hath 
ftudied the ancient Norti^ern languages, he told me of 
tha't antiquity in them^' andf wlien I came to view the 
Sculpture of it, I prefently obferved how ufeful it 
would be to me in one part ot that Chapter, wherein; 
I give an account of the alteration that K. Alfreds voslAqs. 
in the Saxpn hand. Upon this, Sir, V made bold to. 
