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Preface.

ꝭ means is; e.g., forꝭ, foris.
  es; e.g., oꝭ, omnes; ꝯtꝭ, competentes.
  Or sometimes merely the ending of a word ; je.g., infꝭ, infortunium.
means us; e.g., iiꝰ , ipsius ; sꝰ , versus.
  os; e.g., pꝰtea, postea.
  ost; e.g., pꝰ, post.
means us; e.g., quibꝫ, quibus
  et; e.g., licꝫ, licet.
  ed; e.g., sꝫ, sed.
  Added to q it means quia, and sometimes que, or quæ, though these last two words are more correctly written .
  Occasionally it stands for que, as absꝫ, absque, and in some MSS. for m or almost any final letters; as bꝫ, bonitatem ; erroꝫ, errorem.
means rum; e.g., aaꝝ, animaru; batoꝝ, beatorum. It is sometimes used in the middle of a word, as coꝝpere, corrumpere.
  ram; e.g., Alienoꝝ, Alienoram.
  ras; e.g., libꝝ, libras.
  res; e.g., Windesoꝝ, Windesores.
  ris; e.g., conquestoꝝ, conquestoris; libꝝ, libris.
means cum; e.g., ꝯ, cum.
  com; e.g., ꝯ, computus.
  con; e.g., ꝯa,contra.
  cog; e.g., ꝯnouit, cognovit.

The marks attached to the letter P are as follows : —

ꝑ, per, par, por; e.g., psõoa, persona; cꝑet, comparet; pta, porta.
, præ, pre ; e.g., ss, præsens; sumus, supremus.