Stephen Hawes, The cõforte of louers
“ Abbreviations are shown as superscripts. The word shown as ye was printed with the e directly above the y: yͤ. Not all browsers can display this form correctly. Abbreviations in t (what, that) were similarly written; note that the second occurrence of þt uses true thorn, not the more common y. The “-us” abbreviation, similar to a small 9, is shown here as us. ”
Stephen Hawes, The cõforte of louers
“ To you by getynge / of this ryall floureHauynge this swerde / and shelde so profytableIn mortall daungers / to be your socoureBut as touchynge your loue and fauoureI can not graunt / neyther fyrst ne lastye knowe what I am / ye knowe my loue is past¶ Amour.Madame the floure / the swerde and shelde alsoWhiche fortune gate me / are not halfe so dereAs your persone the cause of my woWhose grace and beaute / shyneth so ryght clereThat in my herte your beaute doth appereNothynge is past / but that fortunes pleasureMay call it agayne / in the tyme future|| ¶ Pucell. ”
Stephen Hawes, The cõforte of louers
“ In verse, abbreviations were used only when a long line had to be shortened to fit the width of the page.Damaged Words were reconstructed based on surviving parts of letters. Some reconstructions are more secure than others.Page A.vi.Page B.i.Page B.i.verso The word “tens” was used in the text because it occurs elsewhere in conjunction with “future”.Other possible pairs: Page B.iii.Page B.iiii.verso The words “mayes touche” are not completely satisfactory, but the text demands a word-final s.Page B.vi.Page B.vi.versoPage C.ii. ”
