Transcriber’s Notes:

The following corrections have been made in the text:

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‘incrusted’ replaced with ‘encrusted’

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‘Octavio’ replaced with ‘Octavia’

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‘Apocolokyntosis’ replaced with ‘Apokolokyntosis’

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‘similiar’ replaced with ‘similar’

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‘matyrdom’ replaced with ‘martyrdom’

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‘or’ replaced with ‘of’

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‘Gallia’ replaced with ‘Gallio’

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‘superstitution’ replaced with ‘superstition’

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‘Is’ replaced with ‘It’

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‘mendicity’ replaced with ‘mendacity’

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‘wonnd’ replaced with ‘wound’

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‘familar’ replaced with ‘familiar’

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‘neighboring’ replaced with ‘neighbouring’

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‘tempestous’ replaced with ‘tempestuous’

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‘disemcumbered’ replaced with ‘disencumbered’

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‘gayety’ replaced with ‘gaiety’

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‘exlaimed’ replaced with ‘exclaimed’

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‘vigourous’ replaced with ‘vigorous’

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‘Christanity’ replaced with ‘Christianity’

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‘batttle’ replaced with ‘battle’

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‘indentity’ replaced with ‘identity’

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