TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Added closing quotes to all quoted passages.
  2. The Section numbering was irregular. Corrected the numbers which were obvious. Appended an "a" to the second of a duplicate. There were no section ones. And a few items did not get section numbers.
  3. There seemed to be no clear distinction between why some topics were Chapters and others just sections Sections.
  4. P. [15], changed “In v.ta Heliogabali” to “In vita Heliogabali”.
  5. P. [35], changed “Consutius” to “Confutius”.
  6. P. [74], changed “Aso” to “Also”.
  7. P. [123], changed “Chineses” to “Chileses”.
  8. P. [230], changed “and the rather” to “and he rather”.
  9. P. [396], changed “next it” to “next to it”.
  10. P. [611], changed “Year 1231.” to “Year 1531.”
  11. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  12. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.