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Excerpt from Wisdom, or Mind, Will and Understanding Turning to this facsimile reprint, it will be seen that in the Macro original the margins of the manuscript are sometimes cut away or that the script is occasionally erased. Especially is this the case on leaves 98, 102 (recto and verso), 105, 106, s°c. It so happens, however, that Wisdom exists, as far as the first four lines of leaf 113 verso, or rather more than half the play, in a Digby manu script at the Bodleian Library. This furnished Dr. Furnivall with many supplies and variorum (generally improved) readings when he was editing the piece for The Early English d104 Society in 1904. On examination, however, it is evident that the original manuscript has in the interval become less distinct in places, inasmuch as words and letters which were then (i assume) legible are now either blurred or are altogether obliterated. Students must, therefore, on no account neglect the textual notes supplied by Dr. F urnivall 's version when dealing critically with this facsimile of the original Macro ms., which as far as craftsmanship and care permit is a faithful reproduction of the original in its present state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.