TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have beenplaced at the end of each chapter. Four digit items such as [1466] arenot footnote anchors but refer to a year.

Macrons over e and u are displayed correctly as ē and ū. Some latinabbreviations are shown in the original text with an overline, forexample Hiberniæ when abbreviated is displayed in the etext asHibniæ, similarly to the original text.

Basic fractions are displayed as ½ ¼ ¾; there are no other fractionsin this book.

Date ranges are displayed using – for example 1621–8, the same as theoriginal text.

Split-year dates are displayed similarly to the original text, for example16001.The dual dates indicate the Julian (1600) and theGregorian (1601) year designation for dates between January 1st andMarch 25th. Prior to 1752 dates in documents in British dominionsused the Julian calendar, in which the new year did not begin untilMarch 25th.

On a handheld device the tables on pages 288 and 289are best displayed using a small font to avoid truncation of the columns.

Some other minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.