Agree with the rest. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <AMilb36287@aol.com> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:16 PM Subject: [OEL] "The Queenes mti." >A transcription of a manuscript of 1583 published in the Transactions of >the > Shroshire Arch. & Nat. Hist. Soc. in 1880 reads: > > ...and ye sayd Robart by reasoon of the infect'on dieed there also (in > London), who was of greate estimac'on wth. the queenes mti. and the > nobilytie > because he coulde speacke perfectly soondry forrayne langags by reason of > hys > longe absence in his youthe owt of England in forrayne coontreys... > > What could be "the queenes mti."? It is printed with the last two letters > as > superscripts and no final dot. > > Thank you, > > Alejandro Milberg > Boston, Mass. > **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a > recession. > (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000002) > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.7/1983 - Release Date: 03/04/09 07:41:00