Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox.
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Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox.
Author
Fox, George, 1624-1691.
Publication
London :: Printed for Benjamin Clark ...,
1683.
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English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800.
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"Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A40205.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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descriptionPage 114
Seven Numeral Letters.
One — I
Five — V
Ten — X
Fifty — L
One hundred — C
Five hundred — D
One thousand — M
Numbers expressed by Letters.
M
C
X
I
MM
CC
XX
II
MMM
CCC
XXX
III
CD
XL
IV
D
L
V
DC
LX
VI
DCC
LXX
VII
DCCC
LXXX
VIII
CM
XC
IX
Eleven XI. Twelve XII. Thirteen XIII. Fourteen XIV. Fifteen XV. Sixteen XVI. Seventeen XVII. Eighteen XVIII. Nine∣teen XIX.
descriptionPage 115
The Table of Numeration, whereby any Number may be expressed.
I One 1
X Ten 10
C an Hundred 100
I Thousand 1000
X Thousand 10000
C Thousand 100000
I Million 1000000
X of Millions 10000000
C of Millions 100000000
CXI Millions CXI Thousand CXI.
III.
III.
III.
Mil.
Thou.
Unites.
222.
222.
222.
333.
333.
333.
444.
444.
444.
555.
555.
555.
666.
666.
666.
777.
777.
777.
888.
888.
888.
999.
999.
999.
999 Millions
999 Thousand
999 Nine.
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