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previous poem concludes immediately above on same page
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In these transcriptions we preserve as many details of the original material, textual, and graphic properties of Hester Pulter’s manuscript verse as we have found practical. Whenever possible, for instance, original spelling, punctuation, capitalization, lineation, insertions, deletions, alterations, spacing between words and lines, and indentation are all maintained; abbreviations and brevigraphs are not expanded; and superscript and subscript representations are retained. See full conventions for the transcriptions here.Line number 13
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imperfectly erased ascender (as for “l”) visible above “n”Line number 13
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“e” appears crowded between surrounding lettersLine number 21
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letter with ascender (possibly “l”) blotted to cancelLine number 22
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“e” appears written over (possibly after) earlier second “l”Line number 37
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corrected from “in Mortality”Line number 40
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Curved bracket appears to right of this line and two above it (those ending “fled,” “head,” and “Dead”).Line number 45
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Curved bracket appears to right of this line and two above it (“more,” “Deplore,” and “ Restore”).The next page, marked “66”, is blank. Sorry, but there are no notes associated with
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