> -----Original Message----- > From: La Greenall [mailto:animaus@ntlworld.com] A quick afterthought... > So what could "bescomd" be?... > ...could we then have something like 'best compenced' - > as in the modern 'recompensed'? 'Best compensated' would seem a more likely transliteration into modern language than 'best recompensed' - the '...ated' ending could well be later than the 16th century, leaving us with 'compensed'. Looking up 'compense' and its relatives in a good dictionary makes me even more assured of this. Lawrence. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Ha Haa! Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 05/05/2006