An essay in defence of the female sex / In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

by active 1696-1707 Judith Drake; Mary Astell

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Corrected the errors listed in the [Errata].
2. Changed “suspicio s Prophetick” to “suspicions Prophetick” in the [Preface].
3. Changed “(I hope be accepted,” to “I hope be accepted,” in the [Preface].
4. Changed “it it was impossible” to “it was impossible” on p. [43].
5. Changed “and and I have known others” to “and I have known others” on p. [43].
6. Changed “my my Grief” to “my Grief” on p. [48].
7. Changed “Philosophy, Mathematicks” to “Philosophy, Mathematicks,” on p. [53].
8. Changed “in that kind” to “in that kind.” on p. [54].
9. Changed “and is more terrible to em” to “and is more terrible to ’em” on p. [81].
10. Changed “are paid by no no” to “are paid by no” on p. [96].
11. Changed “and and so part” to “and so part” on p. [127].
12. Added a period to the last sentence in a paragraph if one is missing.
13. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.