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Citations have not been checked for correctness; errors that came to the transcriber’s attention are noted below. Citation references do not always follow a standard format.
Modern conventions are not used for parentheses (). In particular, nested parentheses are opened many times, but closed only once, or vice versa.
The arabic numeral 1 and the roman numeral I are indistinguishable in the original. It has not always been possible to tell unambiguously which was meant.
Many footnote markers are midway between two words in the original. They have been left like that in this transcription. The markers for many footnotes giving the source of poetry quotations are at the beginning of the relevant quotation in the original. They have been moved to the end of the quotation for ease of presentation.
CORRECTIONS and NOTES
Table of Contents
“Holly, Pyracinth,” changed to “Holly, Pyracanth,” on page vi
Volume II (books III and IV), whose contents are listed on page vii, is not included in this etext.
Introduction §I
“Newton in mathamatical” changed to “Newton in mathematical” on page ix
“Secretary of the Admirality” changed to “Secretary of the Admiralty” on page xv
Introduction §III
“he was bled of the physican” changed to “he was bled of the physician” on page xxvii
Introduction §V
“these numerous parishes),’ ” changed to “these numerous parishes’), ” on page xxxix
“commerial work controlled by the Council of Plantations” changed to “commercial work controlled by the Council of Plantations” on page xlv
Introduction §VI
“In May 1904” changed to “In May 1694” on page li
“During the course of his long and distinguised life” changed to “During the course of his long and distinguished life” on page liii.
Introduction §VIII
“Quarterly Review aricles was connected” changed to “Quarterly Review articles was connected” on page lxv
“a royal proclamamation” changed to “a royal proclamation” on page lxvi
Title page of 4th edition
“Richard Cbiswell in St. Paul’s Churchyard” changed to “Richard Chiswell in St. Paul’s Churchyard” on page lxxiii
To the King
“Monarchs of this Nation, since” changed to “Monarchs of this Nation, since” on page lxxv
Footnotes lxxx:2 and lxxx:3
In the original, the marker for footnote 2 on page lxxx was by “not the Majesty of a Consul”, but the text of footnote 3 clearly belongs to this marker. It has been assumed that footnote 2 actually belongs to the latin quotation ending “nec ullius acuminis Rusticationem.”
Footnote lxxxiii:1
The marker for this footnote is missing in the original. The footnote refers to the latin quotation ending “neque Discipulos cognovi.”
To the Reader
“their scatter’d Phœnomena” changed to “their scatter’d Phænomena” on page lxxxviii
“Ptolemœan Hypotheses” changed to “Ptolemæan Hypotheses” on page lxxxix
“on which to lay the stress,;” changed to “on which to lay the stress;” on page lxxxix
“Φιλοσοφίας έπιθυμεῖς; παρασκευάζου αύτόθεν” changed to “Φιλοσοφίας ἐπιθυμεῖς‧ παρασκευάζου αὐτόθεν” on page xcvii
“Parts thoughout this Discourse” changed to “Parts throughout this Discourse” on page xcviii
The Garden
Stanza beginning “Where does the Wisdom and the Power Divine” was numbered 6 in the original on page cxiv. This has been corrected to 9, as it comes between 8 and 10.