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pg. 262 - "Purchass" to "Purchase" (Mr. Purchase tells us) pg. 264 - "spunge" to "sponge" (They sponge upon the) 5. A list of word variations wherein both appear in this text and have been retained as printed. "Edmond Jennings" and "Edmund Jenings" "Tab." and "tab." "lime juice" and "lime-juice" "acknowledgment" and "acknowledgement" "Chickahominy" (for river and county) and "Chickahomony" (for place) "cover" and "covert" (i.e. covert of a shady tree) "conjuror(s)" and "conjurer(s)" "Culpepper" (throughout Introduction) and "Colepepper" (regular Text) "divers" and "diverse" (divers sectaries in religion) "firewood" and "fire-wood" "fishing hawk" and "fishing-hawk" "Harriot" and "Heriot" (it is unclear if the author refers to the same person) "lieutenant governor (general)" and "lieutenant-governor (general) "man of war" and "man-of-war" "northwest" and "north-west" "Oldmixon" and "Oldmixion" (proper name) "one half" and "one-half" "Pocoson" and "Poquoson" (place) "Pungoteague" and "Pungotegue" (place) "quioccasan" (1), "quioccassan" (2) and "quioccosan" (1) "quitrents" and "quit-rents" "resettled" and "re-settled" "roasting ear" and "roasting-ear" "savanna" and "savannah" "silk worm" and "silk-worm" "south west" and "south-west" "staid" and "stayed" (used interchangably by author) "subdivisions" and "sub-divisions" "sweet scented" and "sweet-scented" "sweet woods" and "sweet-woods" "timber trees" and "timber-trees" "traveled" and "travelled" "traveling" and "travelling" "turkeys" and "turkies" "war captain" and "war-captain" "water carriage" and "water-carriage" "water side" and "water-side" "wild geese" and "wild-geese" "wilful" and "willful" "woolen" and "woollen" "George Yardley" and "George Yardly" 6. Defined archaic words appearing in this text: "benumed" (benumbed) "burthen" (burden) "burthensome" (burdensome) "choaking" (choking) "chrystal" (crystal) "covert" (protected; sheltered) "disperst" (dispersed) "divers" (diverse) "intire" (entire) "mascarado" (var. of mascarade(Fr) for masquerade) "snear" (sneer) "subtilty" (subtlety) "vertuosi" (pl. of virtuoso, alt. virtuosi) ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, IN FOUR PARTS*** ******* This file should be named 32721.txt or 3272
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