Transcriber’s Notes

Typographical transcription used: text between ~tildes~,

_underscores_, and =equal signs= represents text printed in the

original work in blackletter, italics and bold face, respectively.

Small capitals have been transcribed as ALL CAPITALS. Superscript text

has been transcribed as ^{text}.

More transcriber’s notes (including a list of corrections) may be

found at the end of this text.

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