Line 5850, Page 147: 'I'l.' sic. "and therefore I'l. light."

Line 5969, Page 150: 'I, i and J, j were often interchangeable:

"Puss my aple gainst thy mouse jle lay The gam's mine jf thast

ne'r a trump to play"

would perhaps today be written

"Puss my apple 'gainst thy mouse I'll lay. The game's mine if

thou hast ne'er a trump to play"

but this book is 17th century....

Line 7258, Page 182: 'of his freind'.

"Freind" was a normal 17th century spelling of 'friend'.

Line 10662, Page 268: [94*.] is as printed. The reason for the

asterisk is unclear.

line 10914: 60000l.

l is short for 'libra' (Latin) = £ (pound/pounds); so, £60,000.

Line 13075, Page 333: 'is' corrected to 'in'.

"the Hare went through a Muse[F. 211] in a Hedg where a

Carpenter had hid his Axe,..."

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