Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye
Transcriber’s Footnotes
A. Mathematical Notation. John Dee used the “root” sign √ in combination with some less familiar symbols:
| “First power”, here used to express an unknown. Shown in this e-text as X (capitalized). | |
| Root sign combined with “second power” symbol = square root. Shown in this e-text as 2√. | |
| Root sign combined with “third power” symbol = cube root. Shown in this e-text as 3√. | |
| Doubled “second power” symbol = 4th power; with root sign = fourth root. Shown in this e-text as 4√. |
B. Diagrams: The symbol drawn as P (Pounds) is shown here as P. See above for X symbol.
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| {P}. 2. | Hote. 4. | ⅓ _ The forme_
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| {P}. 1. | Hote. 3. | _ ⅔
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C. “Vergilius teaches in his Georgikes.” The quoted lines, with breaks at each “&c.”, are 438-439; 451-457; 463-464.