You will choose one of the Early Modern texts discussed in class on Wednesday, 1 November — one that you didn’t work on in class, and not The Cronycles of Englond — from the Resources page and with it, complete the following five steps:

(1) Choose a passage of about 75 words in this text.

(2) Take a screenshot of that passage, and include that screenshot in your assignment.

(3) Transcribe that passage (i.e. retype it) in the body of your assignment. Do not modernize spellings or punctuation, but retype it with historic spellings intact, with the exception that you should replace the long s, <ſ>, with <s>. Include a citation below this transcription.

(4) Underline or bold any unfamiliar words in the transcription. Try to find their definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary online or another reputable source, and include your findings below your transcription.

(5) List your references, i.e. the source for your passage and any dictionaries that you used. (I included the citations to use for each text on our website.)

Due by 11:59pm on Wednesday, 8 November.

For an example of how to do this, see our Writing Assignment Guidelines, on the Resources page!