************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 2. ? denotes a backward curl ** ** attached to the top of a letter. ** ************************************************************************* 2. [?]=_er_, or _re_, as the sense requires, _e.g._ [?t]ra=_terra_, [?p]dictus=predictus, _i.e._ _prædictus_. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 3. the first [?e] has an oblique ** ** line attached below the letter, the second a lightning bolt. ** ************************************************************************* 3. The diphthong is sometimes represented thus, terr[?e] or terr[?e]=_terræ_. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 4. the first [-p] has a straight ** ** line & the second a wavy one (like a tilde) through the ** * descender. In the third a line continues the bottom of the loop ** ** and bends down to cut the descender. ** ************************************************************************* 4. A straight or curved line through the letter p, thus, [-p] [-p]=_per_, _por_, and _par_. A curved line, thus [-p]=_pro_. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 5. the sign [3] resembles the ** ** type of 3 with an angled top, or a drachm sign. ** ************************************************************************* 5. The character [3] at the end of a word=_us_, omnib[3]=_omnibus_, also _et_, deb[3]=_debet_. {19} ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 6. the sign [zs] resembles a z ** ** with a reversed s drawn through the bottom stroke. ** ************************************************************************* 6. The figure [zs] at the end of a word=rum, ras, res, ris, and ram; eo[zs]=_eorum_, lib[zs]=_libras_ or _libris_, Windeso[zs]=_Windesores_, Alieno[zs]=_Alienoram_, &c. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 7. the sign [-&] is an ampersand ** ** with a straight line over; [q3] a q with a mark like a small 3 ** ** on the right; [9] a raised spiral rather like a 9, [c)] has a ** ** long bracket-shaped mark descending below the baseline. ** *************************************************************************