_Christ's or Cris Cross Row_ (Vol. viii., p. 18.).--The Alphabet. See _The
Romish Beehive_, 319.:
"In Bacon's _Reliques of_ +---+ _Rome_, p. 257., describing
the hallowing of churches, | A | among other ceremonies
is the following: 'There | B | must be made in the
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pavement of the | D E F G H I K | church a crosse
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of ashes and sand wherein | M | the whole Alphabet,
or Christ's Crosse, shall | O | be written in Greek and
Latin letters.' | P |
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"Sir Thos. More, in | R | his Works, p. 606. H, says,
'Crosse Rowe was printed | S | on cards for learners.'
I first went to school | T | at a dame's, and had a
Horn-Book (as it was | V | called), in which was
the Alphabet in a form | U | something like that here
given, and the dame | W | called me and other beginners
to learn our | X | 'Cris Cross Row;' at
that time the term was | Y | used, that is, about
seventy years since." | Z |
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