The History of Sabatai Sevi, the Suppos'd Messiah of the JewsEvelyn, John
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The History of Sabatai Sevi, the Suppos'd Messiah of the Jews
Evelyn, John
Impostors and imposture -- Early works to 1800; Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676
127-128. Charles Macklin, _A Will and No Will, or a Bone for the
Lawyers_ (1746). _The New Play Criticiz'd, or The Plague of Envy_
(1747). Introduction by Jean B. Kern.
129. Lawrence Echard, Prefaces to _Terence's Comedies_ (1694) and
_Plautus's Comedies_ (1694). Introduction by John Barnard.
130. Henry More, _Democritus Platonissans_ (1646). Introduction by P. G.
Stanwood.
131. John Evelyn, _The History of ... Sabatai Sevi ... The Suppos'd
Messiah of the Jews_ (1669). Introduction by Christopher W. Grose.
132. Walter Harte, _An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad_
(1730). Introduction by Thomas B. Gilmore.
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Illegible and missing letters repaired from the context.
Third page of "To the Reader": "Transastions" changed to "Transactions"
(most of these Transactions).
Hyphen removed: "fore[-]fathers" (p. 60).
Page 45: "Tamnz" changed to "Tamuz".
Page 46: "Kislen" changed to "Kislev".
Page 47: "Cælestial" changed to "Coelestial".
Page 66: duplicate "with" deleted (passed more easily with them).
Page 72: "Jewt" changed to "Jews" (where the Jews reside).
Page 78: "Chochan" changed to "Chocham".
Page 79: "Cocham" changed to "Chocham".
Page 82: "assoon" changed to "as soon" (as soon as he saw placed).
Page 99: "Merchantlie" changed to "Merchantile" (leaving their
Merchantile course).
Page 110: "Xio" changed to "Zion", although this is far from certain.
Page 110: "rerurned" changed to "returned" (they returned from the
place).
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