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)

Hi Alejandro Its m[ajes]ti[e] All the best, Martyn On 04/03/2009, AMilb36287@aol.com <AMilb36287@aol.com> wrote: > > 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 >

Queen's Military ? Roy -----Original Message----- From: old-english-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:old-english-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of AMilb36287@aol.com Sent: 04 March 2009 17:16 To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com 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=emlcntuscare0000000 2) ==================================== 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