>It seems more likely to me that > he meant 'forescore', but deliberately spelled it 'fourscore'; or that the > text got so altered. > John Barton One major problem with this argument is that there was no fixed way of spelling anything in this period. David Pott KFHS 8776 The Beaver Inn, Ashford, Kent. The Elmsted site http://members.lycos.co.uk/elmsted/index.html