Transcriber's Notes
Reading edition
Where a word differs from modern spelling, but is consistent within the text, e.g. atchievement, the original spelling is retained. Other typographical errors have been corrected, particularly where there is inconsistency within the text. The following list details these changes (including those described in the Errata):
Preface:
p vii: Duch --> Dutch p viii: ths --> this p x: renegado --> renegade p xvi: A footnote anchor follows Oedipus, but there is no corresponding footnote
Introduction:
p xxxi: opportuuity --> opportunity
Lives and Characters:
p 45: duplicated word "and" removed p 46: defore --> before p 47: duplicated word "gives" removed p 49: oftner --> oftener p 54: Thar --> That p 55: judgement --> judgment p 58: forgivenness --> forgiveness p 66: ehey --> they p 82: Thet --> That p 85: exhprted --> exhorted p 88: band --> hand p 95: commited --> committed p 97: weerein --> wherein p 112: Aarran --> Arran p 112: handwritten text added: "doctrine, and therefore remitted him to ward in the castle of" p 115: weakned --> weakened p 117: year --> ear p 117: Hampton-cout --> Hampton-court p 125: duplicated word "shall" removed p 133: theif --> thief p 147: Scotish --> Scottish p 154: patnet --> patent p 166: duplicated prefix "re-" removed p 167: duplicated letter "e" in "even" across line break removed p 180: exepcted --> expected p 181: Cuningham --> Cunningham for consistency p 187: canot --> cannot p 190: proclamaon --> proclamation p 195: judicarories --> judicatories p 196: remonstrancs --> remonstrance p 196: changed univerty --> university p 201: endevoured --> endeavoured p 208: changed petitition --> petition p 208: changed ot --> at p 214: succeded --> succeeded p 218: duplicated word "a" removed p 218: changed cootinue --> continue p 226: yon --> you p 232: unparalelled --> unparalleled p 245: "is is well known" --> "it is well known" p 249: duplicated word "the" removed p 253: clossest --> closest p 253: tolboth --> tolbooth p 258: tu --> to p 262: Extra text added (from Errata) p 264: baronses --> baroness p 264: promotter --> promoter p 270: Loudoun --> Loudon p 271: Loudoun --> Loudon p 271: lef --> left p 292: 1657 --> 1651 (from Errata) p 293: duplicated letter "E" in "Edinburgh" across line break removed p 316: conant --> covenant p 319: ocurred --> occurred p 321: conditition --> condition p 324: contsary --> contrary p 348: he --> the p 350: wich --> with p 354: redeem --> redeemed p 358: must --> most p 365: at --> as p 375: duplicated word "on" removed p 381: chuch --> church p 402: sollicitations --> solicitations p 405: in --> from (from Errata) p 426: stoped --> stopped p 432: droping --> dropping p 435: it --> its p 435: Edingburgh --> Edinburgh p 448: Fanguirs --> Tanguirs (from Errata and for consistency) p 448: priseners --> prisoners p 449: chearfulness --> cheerfulness p 452: Learmoril --> Learmond (from Errata) p 452: duplicated word "in" removed p 462: Lermonnt --> Lermont p 464: Penland --> Pentland p 464: unparalelled --> unparalleled p 468: interrred --> interred p 475: rery --> very p 479: destribute --> distribute p 479: (6.) --> (9.) p 494: thir --> their p 499: Fulliallan --> Tullialen (from Errata) p 499: druken --> drunken p 501: disswading --> dissuading for consistency p 502: first --> farther (from Errata) p 504: duplicated word "time" removed p 510: duplicated word "and" removed p 514: ect --> etc p 536: disswaded --> dissuaded p 556: entring --> entering p 560: word "He" inserted before answered p 602: duplicated letter "a" in "about" across line break removed p 606: wheu --> when p 607: inventored --> inventoried p 607: duplicated word "who" removed p 616: Warristoun --> Warriston
Errata:
P. 291 --> P. 292 P. 505 --> P. 405
Judgment and Justice:
p 9: Aaran --> Arran p 15: Added word "of" after "footsteps" p 16: errected --> erected p 28: disolve --> dissolve p 29: Duplicated word "from" removed p 29: Duplicated word "a" removed p 30: recissory --> rescissory p 31: Fanquirs --> Tanguirs (for consistency) p 31: Miln --> Milne p 33: assasinate --> assassinate p 33: Added word "body" after "heart from his" p 33: Added word "assembly" after "1638" p 34: outragious --> outrageous p 35: laueration --> laureation p 38: drunkeness --> drunkenness p 43: Dumfermline --> Dunfermline p 45: Duplicated word "the" removed p 45: Duplicated word "of" removed p 46: roted --> rotted p 56: frome --> from p 56: patridges --> partridges p 65: steped --> stepped
Proposals:
p 84: RUTHERFOORD --> RUTHERFORD
Footnotes:
fn 15: duplicated word "that" removed fn 68: 2634 --> 1634 fn 103: melignants --> malignants fn 150: location of footnote anchor unclear fn 156: location of footnote anchor unclear fn 200: footnote truncated in original fn 227: Stirleg --> Stirling (from Errata) fn 229: meerly --> merely fn 246: counsellours --> counsellors fn 246: iucurable --> incurable fn 246: hetrodox --> heterodox fn 246: accessary --> accessory fn 246: strengthned --> strengthened fn 251: scribler --> scribbler fn 253: most --> must fn 263: they --> the king (from Errata) fn 277: Cambusnethan --> Cambusnethen (for consistency)
Changes to the following words (or variations on them) were made on several pages, primarily for consistency within the text:
threatning(s)--> threatening(s), threatned--> threatened untill-->until couragious --> courageous accomodate-->accommodate sherriff-->sheriff diocess-->diocese acknowledgement --> acknowledgment Naphthali --> Naphtali