Edition notes
Francis William Newman translation
First the correction of a number of printing errors
Next, the systematic distinction of long vowels from short ones using macrons. Ambiguous forms were left as short. As for neologisms, some research was done in order to get the best approximation. Some guesswork was done on coined proper names, with sobriety. And some rare words of which the origin is unknown, were mostly left untouched.
Finally, the way in which the words are written is characteristic of New Latin, initially aiming to restore the purity of the language compared to Medieval Latin, but itself suffering from a spelling influenced by folk etymology or bad litterary sources, thus disfiguring a certain number of words. Wherever such alterations have been spotted, they have been replaced in favor of the original most common spelling. Among all these changes, only a few have an effect on the grammar, or the very nature of the word.
Please also note that the original version noted adverbs with a grave accent on the last vowel of the word, as well as some other small aids for reading. This is a typical habit of New Latin, and isn't in use anymore in more modern books, especially when macrons are used, so they were not kept in this version.
Fixed printing errors: (this list may be useful even for the original version)
15 relliquias > reliquias
25 sustentata > sustentatam
33 quator > quatuor
51 consuctudine > consuetudine
74 tanquem > tanquam
118 arcorali > ancorali
126 cos > eos
130 totu > tota
164 annulo lori > annulo loreo
180 pictatis > pietatis
The missing number of section 192 was added
203 plautandis > plantandis
229 exsecro > exsecror
230 persequunter > persequuntur
231 duo > duos
239 duo > duos
256 humeros > humeris
273 quodem > quodam
304 colloquinur > colloquimur
314 coxisso > coxisse
341 recensito > recenso
345 eredebat > credebat
347 forenus > foremus
368 dicitis > dicis
382 cannonas > cannones
397 mirantibua > mirantibus
404 gossipii > gossypii
407 otidas > otides
410 procedento > procedente
420 excolebatur > excolebantur
Examples of spelling changes.
confusion between oe, ae and ē (folk etymology and broken pronunciation)
seorsim > seorsum (folk etymology/corruption)
-mt- > -mpt- (excessive purism leading to unconventional forms)
-nq- > -mq- [when it applies] (mostly New Latin spelling)
indies > in dies (non-standard contraction)
intelligo > intellego (less-standard spelling)
delĕgo > deligo (non-standard form that creates confusion)
-mist- > -mixt- (rarer form)
fasciculum > fasciculus (bad grammatical genre)
cratibula > craticula (corruption)
consĭdeo > consīdo (as “sit down”, “settle”, the form consĭdeo isn't standard)
assis -is f (acc -im abl -i) > axis -is m (corrupt variant absent from most dictionaries)
arctus > artus (folk etymology)
nuncius > nuntius (corruption due to bad pronunciation)
some changes from i to j
and also double consonants changed to simple ones, and reciprocally