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The text is based on scans of two different physical copies. In a few cases, the two versions have different spelling, or one has an error where the other does not. These are shown with mouse-hover popups. Typographical errors are similarly marked. All pilcrows in the body text were added by the transcriber (see endnotes).

The book was originally (1550) printed together with Richard Sherry’s A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes. Since the two texts have no connection except that Sherry is assumed to be the translator, they have been made into separate e-texts.

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