Chapter 1

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Errors and Anomalies noted by transcriber:

[Footnote 4: ... Vol. 1, p. 267. In Vol. II ...] Inconsistency between "1" and "II" in original.

Inter quos referendvs erit veteresne poetas. _v for u in original_ Utor permisso; caudaque pilos ut equina _text reads "uquina"_ Paulatim vello, & demo unum, demo etiam unum. _text reads "itiam"_ _The Second Book of Epistles of _Quintus, Horatius, Flaccus_. _commas in original_ That we make something to discourse upon further _text reads "discoure"_ U. True, dew, Hugh, neuter, give, you, gaol, jaylor, goal, John ... _text unchanged: erroneous comma after "give" and missing line break after "you"?_

Gôtham, [G]ôtham, Gótham, [G]ótham, Gô[t]am, [G]ó[t]am, _error for "[G]ô[t]am"?_ Gó[t]am, [G]ó[t]am, / Gô[c]am, [G]ô[c]am, Gó[c]am, [G]ó[c]am, Gothâm, [G]othâm, / Gothâm, [G]othâm, _errors for "Gothám, [G]othám"?_ Go[t]âm, [G]o[t]âm, Go[t]ám, [G]o[t]ám, Go[c]âm, / [G]o[c]âm, Gothâm, Go[c]âm. _errors for "Go[c]ám, [G]o[c]ám"?_

2. Whether or no are our 24 Letters sufficient ... _The printed text uses 26 ordinary English letters, distinguishing between i and j and between u and v. It also uses long s._ took in the Idola[t]ry of all Laws _error for "Idolatry"?_ Hereupon we argue. First, It is granted _text reads "Is is granted"_ Secondly, There was as good reason for amendment _text reads "Thers was"_ 1. Vowels, 2. Diphthongs, 3. Consonants. _text reads "Consonats"_ First, A long in Chamber changed danger commanded _text reads "Along"_ But what an Husteron proteran _text unchanged: usual form is "Husteron proteron"_ or herb Gohn in poredg: Ha! Ha! He! _end of line unclear: possible letter after "poredg"_ Yet in floweth _text reads "it floweth"_ as borage, savage _text reads "us"_ (for we are sure t[h]eir is no natural one) _text reads "te[h]ir is no naural"_ ev is us'd for f _text reads "e v is us'd"_ a low Apostrophe, as high as the bodies of the letters _text reads "Apostorphe ... he letters"_ be not as / good, and cheap as an e, a, o, or gh at the end _text has "and heap" with extra space_ t[h]at I cannot live well _text has "t[h] t" with space_

B [G] D V G J Z [C] [Y] [R] For P C [T] F H [J] S [T] K R _text unchanged: [C] in first line probable error for [D]; first [T] in second line (below D) probable error for T_

Mad C w'[c] s spelz sound [c]e sàm, _Stilo novo_. _text reads "Mad C w''[c] s" or "Mad C w"[c] s"_ C [g]ivz an il exampl, _text reads "[g]i[v]z"_ And iz a tripl tnav: CCC ERAS. Ad. _text reads "tna[v]" (tn for kn: "knave"?)_ Scab'd for aol [h]er aolz brav. _text reads "bra[v]"_ [D]e ded [c]e livi[v] rul. _text reads "De ded"_ And [w]ot a tirsum tasc iz [c]is _text unchanged: error for "wot"?_ Larg Cots and Tlox [h]av wi and [G]aunz, _text unchanged_ Aur fit in letr stox. _text unchanged: error for "le[t]r"?_ [D]un mane paundz ov Led. _text reads "Dun mane"_ Men tno not [c]at [c]a er. _text reads "[c]rt [c]a er"_

dodh D (non without desert) _text reads "deset"; "dodh" may be error for "do[c]"_ and Hif, Ked, Plejr. _text unchanged: error for "Ple[j]r" (Pleasure)?_ enoug[h], (corn enoug[h]) _no open parenthesis in text_ So our Letters rat[h]er marr than mend our Language _text reads "Letaers"_ as nothing, in know, show, and bo. _text unchanged: error for "bow"?_ Put nature in arts Cradle, and its fet in the stox. _text reads "its set in the ftox" with apparent f:long-s exchange_ Bowes, beau, sloe, slow. (If u be pronounc'd in flow, 'tis a diphthong, let u take its place) wrong. _"sloe, slow" and "flow" unchanged: either f or s may be an error_ * Pseudografy ageometrical. * Bz. _asterisks in original text_ suit, an event: _text reads "evet"_ t[h]erefore (suppose t[h]at t[h]ere are fashions for t[h]e soul as well as the body) _no open parenthesis in text_ Fpsti. _Difficilia quæ pulchra._ _text unclear: may be "Epsti."_ So '[G]od"es" for the Goddesses. _text unchanged: intended punctuation unclear_ if custom and fashion tnu it: _text unclear_ _Doctrina non habet inimicum præter ignorantem._ _text reads "_Doctrida"_

[A] [a] A a B b [D] d D [c] ... _text unchanged: error for "D d [D] [c]" or "[D] [c] D d"?_ _letters L l and capital Z missing in original_

ARS Material:

34. Thomas Tyers' A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785). _text reads "Johson"_ 35. ... _... Malloch (1763)._ _date included in italics_