FIRST PROPOSITION.The transition from slavery to freedom is represented as a greet revolution, by which a prodigious change was effected in the condition of the negroes.

And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was bareyn; and bothe weren of greet age in her dayes. 8.

Dr. Masham was right; but then, to guide him in forming his judgment, he had the advantage of some psychological knowledge of the case, which, in a greet degree, was a sealed book to the poor puzzled physician.

Discreet he was, and of greet reverence: He seemed swich, his wordes weren so wyse.