The year of our salutation 1578

[Deniz Olunmalı]

"The fourth day of August, which was Monday, in the year of our salutation 1578, the battle was begun between the two kings about twelve of the clocke." [John Polemon, The Second Part of the Booke of Battailes, Fought in Our Age Taken out of the Best Authors and Writers in Sundrie Languages (London, 1587)]

The Battle of Alcácer Quibir (also known as "Battle of Three Kings") in Morocco in 1578 is mentioned here. What does the emphasized phrase mean?

 

[Deniz Olunmalı]

Are you sure it's not 'the year of our salvation'?

Yes, Piscean, I'm sure. The source: Jerry Brotton, This Orient Isle-Elizabethan England and the Islamic World, p. 82.

 

[Deniz Olunmalı]

Thank you, Piscean, it means that the writer had misquoted the quote.

 

[Tdol]

Yes, Piscean, I'm sure. The source: Jerry Brotton, This Orient Isle-Elizabethan England and the Islamic World, p. 82.

It could be a scanning error if it's an old ebook.

 

[Deniz Olunmalı]

No, it isn't a scanning error.

 

[Rover_KE]

Whatever.

It's a mistake.

 

[jutfrank]

No, it isn't a scanning error.

How do you know?

It's hard to imagine it could have been a misquotation.

 

[Tarheel]

Who won the battle? (I read several paragraphs of that stuff, and the writer hadn't gotten around to it before I gave up.)