Translation (De Vinne Press - https: //printinghistory.org/de-vinne/): "and further I discovered for them [i.e., mankind] numeration, most striking of inventions, and composition, nurse of the arts, producer of the record of all things."--Prometheus. * * * * * Transcriber's Note: This book contains many instances of ſ (long s), which have been retained, though its use is not necessarily consistent. Some joining m-dashes (—) (usually in dates) have been changed to hyphens (-). Lines 921, 927 (page 16): 'trust' has twice appeared on this page as 'trust', instead of the expected 'truſt'. It may have been deliberate, and has been retained. "thoſe yet whom he left in trust to diſpoſe his things after...." "and the rather to anſwere that trust which the deceaſſed repoſed in me,..." Line 1070 (page 20): 'fyrst' has been retained. "as the fyrst part doth of other mens," ... ... "wurthy wittes to enterpryſe and performe the reſt." Line 1122 (Page 21): ([backwards P?R] one) and ([backwards P?R] I). This appears to be a monogram, either qR, joined, or backwards-P joined to R. Line 1718 (Page 36): 'christopher Barker' is as printed. "... christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes moſt excellent Maieſtie." Line 1723 (Page 36): Decorative 'A', or SA monogram? "... and there are two large pictorial initials at the beginning signed A." (also Line 1807 on Page 38) Line 1982 (Page 42): 'χαριsńgιον' corrected to 'χαριϛήριον' [Greek: Charistêrion] Line 2754: (Page 63): 'fory' corrected to 'ſory' "I am ſory that I muſt deceive you; but you will not...." Lines 3799-3800 (Page 90): 'MBurg.' and 'MBurghers', with M and B close together - a monogram? "... is signed "delin MBurg. ſculp. Univ. Ox.," in the first two volumes, and "delin MBurghers ſculpt, Univ. Ox. 1704," in the third,..." Line 3805 (Page 90): "A portrait of Clarendon, occurs as a frontispiece in each of the three volumes." ... either extraneous comma after 'Clarenden' or missing comma after 'portrait'. Extraneous comma removed for clarity. Line 3971 (Page 94): 'ſumum' corrected to 'fumum' "Non fumum ex fulgore, ſed ex fumo dare lucem" Line 4913 (Page 118): "... they received 23s. a week, which he agreed to raise to 2l. 2s., not, it is to be hoped, out of the 1,575l." l = £ (pound/pounds); so, "... they received 23 shillings a week, which he agreed to raise to £2. 2s. (2 pounds 2 shillings, or 42 shillings), not, it is to be hoped, out of the £1575 (1,575 pounds)." Line 5505, Page 135: 'historians'' corrected to 'historian's' (re Gibbon) "... the historian's "profit on the whole is stated...." Line 9236 (Page 226): 'surprising' corrected to 'surprizing' to match title, and other index entry. "Robinson Crusoe. The Life And Strange Surprizing Adventures Of, 97, 98"