Punctuation is somewhat irregular, and not always present. Opening quotes are not always closed, and sometimes the closing quote is many paragraphs after the opening quote. Punctuation has not been regularised. Some punctuation is older style, as : for . Some missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired. The spelling is not necessarily consistent. A word or name can be spelt several ways in the same article. 'I' often means 'aye' (meaning 'yes'), even in the same sentence as 'I' the personal pronoun. The spelling of this book is from the 17th Century, when modern spelling rules did not apply. Apostrophes (of ownership) were usually absent. Dashes frequently replace letters in censored words, leaving the astute reader able to guess the word, while not falling foul of officialdom. Line 251, Page 3: King _Harry_ groates [Note: Harry was King Henry; a groat was an old English silver coin, first coined by Henry III in 1249, and by Edward III in 1351. Originally worth one penny, it later rose to the value of fourpence. The groat was revived between 1836 and 1856, and withdrawn from circulation in 1887 (from Collins New Age Encyclopedia, 1963)]. Line 4244, Page 104: Pr. Rob. Dog corrected to Pr. Rup. Dog (printer's error). Line 5850, Page 147: 'I'l.' sic. "and therefore I'l. light." Line 5969, Page 150: 'I, i and J, j were often interchangeable: "Puss my aple gainst thy mouse jle lay The gam's mine jf thast ne'r a trump to play" would perhaps today be written "Puss my apple 'gainst thy mouse I'll lay. The game's mine if thou hast ne'er a trump to play" but this book is 17th century.... Line 7258, Page 182: 'of his freind'. "Freind" was a normal 17th century spelling of 'friend'. Line 10662, Page 268: [94*.] is as printed. The reason for the asterisk is unclear. line 10914: 60000l. l is short for 'libra' (Latin) = £ (pound/pounds); so, £60,000. Line 13075, Page 333: 'is' corrected to 'in'. "the Hare went through a Muse[F. 211] in a Hedg where a Carpenter had hid his Axe,..." Line 17125, Page 438: '_woood_' corrected to '_wood_ "Being a MOCK to the _Crab_ of the _Wood_, and to that Tune:" Page 440: Printed for R. Jackson 1643.[F. 263]; Printed for _I. Underwood_ 1643.[F. 263] This is not an error: the same footnote ([Footnote 263: This, as far as I can learn, is the only year of his publishing.]) would appear to apply to both publishers. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century, by Various