Minor punctuation and typographic errors have been corrected.
Hyphenation and accent usage have been made consistent.
Page [180] had the word 'excusive'. This may be a typographic error for either exclusive or excursive. In the context, exclusive seemed more appropriate, and has been used—"Unless there were a traitor in very exclusive and carefully guarded councils, ..."
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