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THE ORIGINAL PREFACE

TO THE

AUTHORIZED VERSION OF

1611

A.V. Bible Preface

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Editor's Notes: The original marginal notes are included in [square brackets] within the body of the text. Section divisions and verse numbers have been added for ease of reference and navigation. A clickable link index has been added. This "Reference" edition has Clickable words in the text that take you to Glossary, Supplemental Notes or Bible References at the bottom of each page, with a Return Word/Link to the place where you were reading.
(See also Printing, ZIP-Downloading and Linking notes.)

If these two words; 1. Greek, 2. Greek, look the same: You need to be sure you have the "Symbol" font on your system (symbol.ttf or symbol.fon) The Windows, Mac, and Adobe "Symbol" font are the same as far as the Greek part of the font. There are differences in position of some of the mathematical symbols in the Adobe version, (which doesn't effect any Preface page.) Most of the letters are the same as their english equivalents. C is Chi. F is Phi. Q is Theta. W is Omega. Y is Psi. Upper-case V is lower case greek final s.

If you notice any typographical or printer errors or wrongly positioned marginal notes in the text, feel free to use the FEEDBACK form to send comments, indicating Section number. Thanks in advance!

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with us all. Amen. --Richard Clark, SBG

Index of Sections

The best things have been calumniated. [11 verses]
Anacharsis with others. [14v]
The highest personages have been calumniated. [12v]
His Majesty's constancy, notwithstanding calumniation... [6v]
The praise of the Holy Scriptures. [27v]
Translation necessary. [9v]
The translation of the Old Testament... into Greek [LXX]. [17v]
Translation out of Hebrew and Greek into Latin. [4v]
The translating of the Scripture into the vulgar tongues. [21v]
The unwillingness... that the Scriptures should be divulged... [7v]
The speeches... brethren and of our adversaries... [11v]
• A satisfaction to our brethren. [19v]
• An answer to... our adversaries. [17v]
• A third cavil. [24v]
The purpose of the translators... [21v]
Reasons moving us to set diversity of senses in the margin... [14v]
Reasons... curiously... identity of phrasing. [14v]
Conclusion. [14v]

RET Printing and ZIP-Downloading - The original single web page version of the A.V. Preface, (without footnotes,) may be printed (on about 20 sheets of paper.) See Printing note on that web page.

A (Y2K compliant) ZIP archive package of the Preface for off line reading, including graphics (.gif) and text-formatting (.css) style sheet, is available on the AVBTAB Download page.

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