Chap.“ ll.

Т/ае

Íteratz'om of Languagef.

by inßance, if it were not inconfiftent with my prefent defign of brevity.

What the Saxon: Language was at their ñrfì arrival into England about the year 440, doth not appear5 but ’tis той probable that the change: and difference: .of it, have been fomewhat proportionable in feveral A gAbout es. — year of Chrift 70o the Lord’s Prayer in EnglIl/ÍJ ’ the was thus rendred: ' ° Uren fader thic arth in heofnas ‚ [ic gehalgud thin noma : to cymeth thin ric: fic thin Willa fue is in heofnas and in eortho. Uren‘hlafofer Wirtlic fel us to дав; 5 and forgef us fcylda urna, fue we forgefen fcyld

Cambdm’s Rcmai ns, pag. z3.

gum urum 5 and no inlead ulith in cuflnung. Ah gefrig urich from ifle. l Amen. About 200 years-after,1t was changed thus : Thu ure fader the eart on heofenurln. Si thin наша gehalgod. Cum thin ric. Sì thin willa on eorthen fwa, (wa on hcofenum. Syle us to daag

Lijle’s Saxon Monuments.

urn dzegthanlican hlaf. And forgif us ure gyltas fwa, fwa We forgifath tham the with us agyltath.

And ne led the us on cofthun'g.

us from yñe. Si it (wa.

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Ac alys

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About the .fame time it was rendred in the Saxon Gofpels , ßid to bc

Tranflated by King Alfred, after this manner. Fœder ure thu the earth on heofenum, Б thin mma Gehalgod to be lcume thin Rice, Gewurthe thin Willa on eorthan fwa fwa on heofnum,

urne ge dat hwanlìcan hlaf fyle us to dœg. fwa fwa we orgivath щит gyltendum. nung. Ac Alyfe us of yñe.

And forgyf us ure душе, '

And ne gelœdde thu tls on coû

About 260 years after, in the time of King Нет] the 24, it was ren dred thus, and fent over by Pope Adrian, an Engbßrman, turned into' meter, that the people might more eaÍily learn and' remember it. ­

dite {авт m heahtn titl?,Y @hp name he hallpeu that lith,

@hun mlm; ua thy mlthzll шт z Q15 hlt lu типе" p-lme, Y @hat in hearth lizenz it alla.

@hat hulp basan that шт!) ap, @han [tun it aua this Икс Dap,

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,famme alla all that luz halle null, ña me fnzglhzt ив!) athzr man: im let aus fall tuta an fnunm'nß, ät lhleln aua fra tht fatale thing. amm.

And about ahundred years after, in the time of Henry the third , it was rendred thus t

.faust that art tu {каши mate, ilthathelßt uam it mirth/the hlille, Qïïamtn anu mat thy Magnum,

Gïhlu hulp will it he all hun,

ha heaven anu шт‘; alla,

Qa ища" ln'n щиты Slt tra.' @if ua all mean _unthia hay, Qian шт: us urz lianes, S15 me Da lltz minet minuta:

ìLtt ua uut in tunning fall, @at ftu‘ehll thu [plu ua all. 3mm.

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