Ebook King Edward the Sixth on the Supremacy

The sizes of type employed nearly correspond to the size of the letters in the manuscript, which are in form nearer the ordinary Roman letters than the manuscript writing of that age. The variations in spelling the same words have been retained, and the same division of words, not by syllables, as at present, but variously by letters, has been rigidly adhered to in every respect. Instead of retaining the few abbre viations, it was deemed better to print the omitted letter or letters, where any abbreviations occur.