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│ Punctuation has been standardized. │
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│ The Table of Contents has been updated to agree with the │
│ headings and subheadings of the text. │
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│ The † symbol next to a date was not defined in the text. It │
│ appears to mean approximate year of death. │
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│ Characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps. │
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│ Non-printable characteristics have been given the following │
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│ Italic text: --> _text_ │
│ bold text: --> =text=. │
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│ Italics have been dropped on leading alpha characters (a. b. │
│ c.) to improved readability. │
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│ This book was written in a period when many words had │
│ not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have │
│ multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in │
│ the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated │
│ with a Transcriber’s Note. │
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│ Many names appear with multiple spelling variations. The │
│ most common form used has been added in brackets following │
│ alternate forms to facilitate document searching. │
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│ Latin words and quotations are regularly italicized in the │
│ text. Italics have been added to words missed by the printer. │
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│ Footnotes are numbered consecutively through the 3 volumes │
│ and are identified in the text with a number in brackets [2] │
│ and have been accumulated in a single section at the end of │
│ the text. │
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│ Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the │
│ text or to provide additional information for the modern │
│ reader. These notes are not identified in the text, but have │
│ been accumulated in a single section at the end of the book. │
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