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ȝ, ſ (yogh, long s)
ɳ, łł (n with curl, crossed l: see below)
φ (Greek phi, sometimes used in printed text for 0)

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In The Crafte of Nombrynge, final n was sometimeswritten with an extra curl as.It has been rendered as ɳ for visual effect; the character is notintended to convey phonetic information. In the same selection, thenumeral “0” was sometimes printed as Greek φ (phi); this has beenretained for the e-text. Double l with a lineis shown as łł. The first few occurrences of d(for “pence”) were printed with a curl as.The letter is shown with the same d’ used in theremainder of the text.

The word “withdraw” or “withdraw” was inconsistentlyhyphenated; it was left as printed, and line-end hyphens were retained.All brackets [ ] are in the original.

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The original text contained at least five types of marginal note.Details are given at the end of the e-text.

Typographical errors are shown in the text with mouse-hover popups. Otherunderlined words are cross-references to the Index of Technical Terms and the Glossary.