pg. 262 - "Purchass" to "Purchase" (Mr. Purchase tells us)
pg. 264 - "spunge" to "sponge" (They sponge upon the)
5. A list of word variations wherein both appear in this text and have
been retained as printed.
"Edmond Jennings" and "Edmund Jenings"
"Tab." and "tab."
"lime juice" and "lime-juice"
"acknowledgment" and "acknowledgement"
"Chickahominy" (for river and county) and "Chickahomony" (for place)
"cover" and "covert" (i.e. covert of a shady tree)
"conjuror(s)" and "conjurer(s)"
"Culpepper" (throughout Introduction) and "Colepepper" (regular Text)
"divers" and "diverse" (divers sectaries in religion)
"firewood" and "fire-wood"
"fishing hawk" and "fishing-hawk"
"Harriot" and "Heriot" (it is unclear if the author refers to the
same person)
"lieutenant governor (general)" and "lieutenant-governor (general)
"man of war" and "man-of-war"
"northwest" and "north-west"
"Oldmixon" and "Oldmixion" (proper name)
"one half" and "one-half"
"Pocoson" and "Poquoson" (place)
"Pungoteague" and "Pungotegue" (place)
"quioccasan" (1), "quioccassan" (2) and "quioccosan" (1)
"quitrents" and "quit-rents"
"resettled" and "re-settled"
"roasting ear" and "roasting-ear"
"savanna" and "savannah"
"silk worm" and "silk-worm"
"south west" and "south-west"
"staid" and "stayed" (used interchangably by author)
"subdivisions" and "sub-divisions"
"sweet scented" and "sweet-scented"
"sweet woods" and "sweet-woods"
"timber trees" and "timber-trees"
"traveled" and "travelled"
"traveling" and "travelling"
"turkeys" and "turkies"
"war captain" and "war-captain"
"water carriage" and "water-carriage"
"water side" and "water-side"
"wild geese" and "wild-geese"
"wilful" and "willful"
"woolen" and "woollen"
"George Yardley" and "George Yardly"
6. Defined archaic words appearing in this text:
"benumed" (benumbed)
"burthen" (burden)
"burthensome" (burdensome)
"choaking" (choking)
"chrystal" (crystal)
"covert" (protected; sheltered)
"disperst" (dispersed)
"divers" (diverse)
"intire" (entire)
"mascarado" (var. of mascarade(Fr) for masquerade)
"snear" (sneer)
"subtilty" (subtlety)
"vertuosi" (pl. of virtuoso, alt. virtuosi)
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