TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Corrected the errors listed in the Errata.

2. Changed “suspicio s Prophetick” to “suspicions Prophetick” in the

Preface.

3. Changed “(I hope be accepted,” to “I hope be accepted,” in the

Preface.

4. Changed “it it was impossible” to “it was impossible” on p. 43.

5. Changed “and and I have known others” to “and I have known others”

on p. 43.

6. Changed “my my Grief” to “my Grief” on p. 48.

7. Changed “Philosophy, Mathematicks” to “Philosophy, Mathematicks,” on

p. 53.

8. Changed “in that kind” to “in that kind.” on p. 54.

9. Changed “and is more terrible to em” to “and is more terrible to

’em” on p. 81.

10. Changed “are paid by no no” to “are paid by no” on p. 96.

11. Changed “and and so part” to “and so part” on p. 127.

12. Added a period to the last sentence in a paragraph if one is

missing.

13. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.

14. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.

15. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript

character, e.g. M^r.

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