which it may not be turned, some idea of the difficulty in the way of reprinting will be obtained.  To have followed the original in this matter would have been to introduce another misprint into at least every fourth line, while even so several hundred cases would have remained which could only have been decided according to the apparent sense of the passage.  The only rational course was to treat the letters as indistinguishable throughout, and to print in each instance whichever the sense seemed to require.  Again, as the superscript letters ‘c,’ ‘e,’ ‘t,’ are seldom distinguishable, the printer has been given the benefit of the doubt.  Another difficulty arose in connection with the speakers’ names.  In the original these have often dropt from their proper places, which can now only be ascertained from the sense and the not very regular indentation.  With some hesitation it has been decided to restore them to the positions they should apparently occupy, noting all cases in which they are a line or more out in the original.  Lastly it may be remarked that in the speeches which aim at imitating foreign languages the apparent readings of the very indistinct original have been scrupulously reproduced, and no attempt has been made, even in the subjoined list, to suggest any corrections.

In the last sheet some of the pages are cropt at the foot.  In most cases nothing more than the catchword has disappeared, and although between lines 768 and 769 something seems to be lost, it is doubtful whether this is due to the cropping, since D1^v has already one line too many.

The original is printed in the ordinary black letter of the period, of the body known as English (20 ll. = 94 mm.).

Irregular and Doubtful Readings.

Tit. att his 5. tcowe 7. fleepe(?) 13. nof 24.  Weith 25.  Iam 27. ofcomparison 29. so (too?) 38. yeth 41. dyspayre (dysprayse) 50. marualufly 52. iu 54. ts 57. stander ... nowe 58. selte 62.  Inlykewise 63.  Wh en (?) (no catchword) 66. desyred 70. thouart 74. answerrd 75. wellh 76. thou’ fagetyue (or ?tagetyue) 80.  Thai 84. benefites 95. welth hatg ... freasure 98. stands (the ‘s’ doubtful) 100. cempetent 105.  Ye 107. otherwelth 109.  Euerywise 110. dtsposicions 127. saue (the ‘e’ doubtful) 134. woth 137. stealeth 144. hit 149. a wreke 150. nf 159. (no catchword) 164. nhw indifferenily 165. me 168.  Weith 177. tryasure 178. yfthey 191. (no catchword) 195. please youto 197. libert 201. werwhy (me, why?) 207. feloweh 214. shalde 216. crow 224. beholde (be bolde) 234. wyse (the ‘s’ doubtful)
     ifye (if he?)
237. yllibert 238. notfore 249. lubstaunce 250. werr 251. whyce 253. lust (lusty) 257. lybertye 258.  H elth (?) 267. ran 270. loboure 275. ofliberty ... suter 278. alytle 286. acquanted 289.  Dryue (the ‘y’ doubtful) 290.  Wy ll (?) ...  C (I) 294. [H]ealth 306.  Christ 312. kindes 315.  Arquaintance 318. fo 319. lybertyeis 320. lyberfye, wili
     bebolde (be bolde)
322.  Thyrfore 324. lybrtye 328. ano 337. pas