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word; and the varying use of capitals — ^no
greater, or more important variations besides
exists than the following : — at the end of the
title ineipiunt is omitted ; immediately after is
inserted as the head^ Quinqmnniales et per-
petue dispensationes ; under the third head,
jungatiir for ponatur ; under the fourth in the
head itself^ AbsoltUio is prefixed; as likewise
under the sixth ; and there are two instances of
two words transposed^ without any difference in
the sense.
This description, which is perfectly accu-
rate, was thought preferable to a minute exhi-
bition of the variae lectiones. I may add, that
the present copy of the Taxe, as being care*
fully collated afresh^ is^ in some trifling respects,
more conformable with the original than that
which appears in my Life of Pius V. particu-
larly as regards the punctuation, and, I think,
the peculiar orthography of Presbiter with an i,
and that alone. Where the contractions are
retained, the original is strictly followed. The
different headings, or titles, though in the Go-
thic letter, like all the rest, in the original,
have been put in the Italic, for the greater dis^*
tinctness, in th^ present reprint
