Transcriber’s Notes:

The following corrections have been made in the text:

[1] ‘incrusted’ replaced with ‘encrusted’ [2] ‘Octavio’ replaced with ‘Octavia’ [3] ‘Apocolokyntosis’ replaced with ‘Apokolokyntosis’ [4] ‘similiar’ replaced with ‘similar’ [5] ‘matyrdom’ replaced with ‘martyrdom’ [6] ‘or’ replaced with ‘of’ [7] ‘Gallia’ replaced with ‘Gallio’ [8] ‘superstitution’ replaced with ‘superstition’ [9] ‘Is’ replaced with ‘It’ [10] ‘mendicity’ replaced with ‘mendacity’ [11] ‘wonnd’ replaced with ‘wound’ [12] ‘familar’ replaced with ‘familiar’ [13] ‘neighboring’ replaced with ‘neighbouring’ [14] ‘tempestous’ replaced with ‘tempestuous’ [15] ‘disemcumbered’ replaced with ‘disencumbered’ [16] ‘gayety’ replaced with ‘gaiety’ [17] ‘exlaimed’ replaced with ‘exclaimed’ [18] ‘vigourous’ replaced with ‘vigorous’ [19] ‘Christanity’ replaced with ‘Christianity’ [20] ‘batttle’ replaced with ‘battle’ [21] ‘indentity’ replaced with ‘identity’ [22] ending quote missing from text