Transcriber's note:
Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error.
Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text.
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Page 24: "customary and then use it in distinction"—The transcriber has replaced "than" with "then".
Page 307: In footnote 233 the transcriber has replaced the scrambled Greek letters "ότηςδεσπ" with "δεσπότης".