Note A — English Spelling;
Reading edition
The printed text uses 26 ordinary English letters, distinguishing between i and j and between u and v. It also uses ſ (long s).
B. The Hebrew terms are usually written קרי (Keri) and כתיב (Kethiv).
C. The “herb Gohn” is probably St. John’s Wort, which can be made into a mash or “porridge”.
D. Text unchanged. The preceding paragraph implies “m'l” or “mıl” (dotless i, or i without “tittle”) in the first line, “m—l” in the second.
E. “Taurus” (astrological symbol ♉) refers to the “ou” ligature (ȣ, or upsilon balanced atop omicron) used in printed Greek.