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are D, G, N, and O, the Shape of which may be 
feen in the Draught of this Sculpture. The firft of 
them occurs in feveral Coins of King Henry the 
Eighth, King Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary. 
And the three laft are found together, cut in Relief 
over the Eaftern Gate of Lincolns Inn , in the fol- 
lowing Date, anno dni 1518, the Form both of 
the Letters and Figures agreeing likewife withthofe of 
the Sculpture. {See Tab. I. Fig. 3.) I fhall only add, 
what our celebrated Antiquary, Mr. Camden , has ob- 
icrvedjthat the Saxon Characters were ufed in Ireland 
in his Time {a). Nothing therefore appears in the 
Letters, which can neceflarily carry the Antiquity of 
them higher than the fixteenth Century. 
Nor is there any thing in the Spelling of the 
Words, but what agrees with the Manner of Wri- 
ting in that Century, more efpecially while the Ortho- 
graphy of the Englifh Language continued fo various 
and uncertain, as it did for the greateft Part of it. 
The only Words, that call for any Remarks are fere 
for fear, or feare with e final, dow for do or doe , 
and fhall and well with a double //. As to the firft of 
thefe, we then often find the a omited in Words of 
that Form 5 as clene, clere clerely, nere, yereyerely , 
and the like. And as to dow for do or doe, 1 meet with 
dowthe for doeth or doth , and gowlde for golde 
or gold {b). And fuch Monofyllables, as fhall and 
well. 
(a) Brit atm. pag. 7^0, edit. 1607. 
(b) See Sir Bichard Gre fleam's Petition to King Henry VIII. Cot- 
ton Libr. Cleop. E. 4. Sir Tho. Grejbam's Memorial to Queen Mary. 
Ibid. Othoy E. X. 3. His Memorial to Queen Elizabeth in 1558, 
found among Lord Burgle/s Papers, and now in the Hands of James 
Weft Efquire. 
