Alterations made during Dictation


Lower, the amanuensis of the Long Journal, is clearly writing to dictation from an author who is both used to communicating orally and concerned with the effect of his words. There are two layers of correction clearly visible: one made during dictation, and one presumably on a later read-back.


        ye Lorde Came to mee eate not lest thyn breade
        with such as has an euill eye : & I gott vppe from


        in ye morninge: & Jo: Blayklinge & others: came to

                                                                    reproue ym:

        mee & & Desired mee not to speake publickely to ym
        for they was not parish teachers but pretty sober men


We have marked up these erasures and corrections in two different colours:
      •   dark blue for the first level of correction, and
      •   bright purple for the later level.

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