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Transcription Notes:
This page is so idiosyncratically written it is difficult to use context to puzzle out the words. query whether "x" may be either no or not? t = that, / = the or one, b = be, s = seemed?, h = had, beyd = beyond, tre = there, wi = with, x = no or not, fr = from, humil. = humiliation, lkg = looking, mi = might