y for i, i for e, aw for au (Chawcer)

The two occurrences of it in 1865 may be errors; 1876 has yt, agreeing with all other occurrences of the word.

several occurrences of the word an are read as one

single o changed to oo: goo, moore, woordes

some Latin quotations have final -e for

words ending -or transcribed as -our

variable word divisions such as as( )well, my( )selfe

Non-Roman Scripts

[A.] In the 1865 text, thorn þ is used for Saxon r ꞃ:

in saxon Meþecenþÿke which is the kingdome of Mercia, for so was Kenelme the sonne, and Kenulphus the father, both kinges of Mercia; the one reignynge 36 yeres, and the other murdred by his sister Quendrida, as ys before noted. And that yt is the kingdome of Mercia, the etymon of the woorde doth teache; for þÿk in the saxon tonge signyfyethe a kingdome; meþcen signyfyethe markes