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Queen Elizabeth employed seven different spellings for the word "sovereign" and Leicester rendered his own name in eight different ways. It was by no means a mark of illiteracy to spell not only unlike your neighbor, but unlike yourself on the line previous. QUEEN ELIZABETH EMPLOYED SEVEN DIFFERENT SPELLINGS FOR THE WORD SOVEREIGN AND LEASTER RENDERED HIS OWN NAME IN EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS IT WAS BY NO MEANS A MARK OF ILLITERACY TO SPELL NOT ONLY UNLIKE YOUR NEIGHBOUR BUT UNLIKE YOURSELF ON THE LINE PREVIOUS
ied he was the richest man in the Colony! A boulder marks the place which he, with that unerring eye for a fine view which distinguished the early settlers, chose for his estate. From here one catches a glimpse of water, open fields, trees, the Myles Standish Monument to the left, the sound of the passing automobiles behind. The distant smokestacks would be unfamiliar to Governor Bradford's eye, but the fragrant Kingston air which permeates it all would greet him as sweetly to-day as it did three hundred years ago. Governor Bradford, who was Governor for thirty-seven years, was a man of remarkable erudition. Cotton Mather says of him: "The Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular to him as the English; the French tongue he could also manage; the Latin and the Greek he had mastered; but the Hebrew he most of all studied." Therefore if the curious spelling of his history strikes us as unscholarly, we must remember that at that time there was no fixed standard for English orthography.  NOW KINGSTON THAT WHEN HE DIED HE WAS THE RICHEST MAN IN THE COLONY A BOULDER MARKS THE PLACE WHICH HE WITH THAT UNERRING EYE FOR A FINE VIEW WHICH DISTINGUISHED THE EARLY SETTLERS CHOSE FOR HIS ESTATE FROM THERE ONE CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF WATER OPEN FIELDS TREES THE MILE STANDISH MONUMENT TO THE LEFT THE SOUND OF THE PASSING AUTOMOBILES BEHIND THE DISTANT SMOKESTACKS WOULD BE UNFAMILIAR TO GOVERNOR BRADFORD'S EYE BUT THE FRAGRANT KINGSTON AIR WHICH PERMEATES IT ALL WOULD GREET HIM AS SWEETLY TO DAY AS IT DID THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO GOVERNOR BRADFORD WHO WAS GOVERNOR FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS WAS A MAN OF REMARKABLE ERUDITION COTTON MATHER SAYS OF HIM THE DUTCH TONGUE WAS BECOME ALMOST AS VERNACULAR TO HIM AS THE ENGLISH THE FRENCH TONGUE HE COULD ALSO MANAGE THE LATIN AND GREEK HE HAD MASTERED BUT THE HEBREW HE MOST OF ALL STUDIED THEREFORE IF THE CURIOUS SPELLING OF HIS HISTORY STRIKES US AS UNSCHOLARLY WE MUST REMEMBER THAT AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO FIXED STANDARD FOR ENGLISH ORTHOGRAPHY
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