[Voltaire's _Henriade_ was translated by John Lockman, a gentleman of
great literary industry, who died Feb. 2, 1771. See Nichols's _Bowyer_,
and Chalmers's _Biographical Dictionary_. A list of his published works
will be found in Watt's _Bibliotheca Britan_.]
_Christ-Crosse A._--In Tatham's _Fancie's Theater_, 12mo., 1640, is a poem
in praise of sack, wherein the following lines occur:
"The very children, ere they scarce can say
Their Pater Noster, or their _Christ-crosse A_,
Will to their Parents prattle, and desire
To taste that Drinke which Gods doe so admire."
Can any of your readers inform me the meaning of "_Christ-Crosse A_" here
mentioned? Does it allude to some alphabet then in use?