"banditti" (alt. of "bandit") "belligerant" (Fr. Lat. belligerans, arch. of "belligerent") "burthen" (arch. of "burden") "cotemporary(ies)" (arch. of "contemporary") "embassador" (arch. of "ambassador") "eulogium" (ML. of "eulogy") "gayety" (alt. of "gaiety") "incontestible" (alt. for "incontestable") "plentitude" (alt. for "plenitude") "pretentions" (alt. for "pretensions") "rythm" (arch. of "rhythm") "vascillating" (alt. for "vacillating") "wot" (1st and 3rd pers. sing., pr., ind. of "wit") 5. Word variations retained in this text: "aspertion" (Let. of Junius) and "aspersion" (elsewhere) "gun-boat" (1), "gun-boats" (1), and "gunboats" (1) "Int." (1), "Introd." (1), and "Introduc." (1) (all abbreviations of "Introduction") "re-write" (1) and "rewrite" (1) "viz.," and "viz" (W.E.D. ind. either is correct for "namely") "Wedderburn" (1), "Wedderburn's" (2) and "Wedderburne" (3)