Alfonso II d’Este to his agent at Venice, 1576

transcription_cc76-77_1576-04-14.txt

# Catalogue 1566: Alfonso II d'Este, 14 Apr 1576, Autografoteca Campori, Lettera E, cc. 76-77
# Signs as read, no word division. Line labels: page, line. P1-P4 = postscript on c. 77r.
# Letter labels are the Latin letters the clerks wrote, except: B = the tall 5-shaped secretary h.
# q = q with a straight tail ending in a short foot. g = q-form whose tail sweeps left and back up in a large loop.
# x y k & 3 = nulls. # = sign lost under a blot. 7 = the digit 7, written as a digit inside the cipher.
# Text in {} was written above the line, at a caret, and belongs at that place.
# c. 76r l. 2: the B after 'ma' is a tall sign squeezed in between a and o.
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f77r.P4  BosolagBapympcnozovBzgafmzsagafyafxanzgtozBo

decryption_cc76-77_1576-04-14.txt

# Letter-for-letter decryption of cc. 76-77 with key_1576.tsv. Top line signs, lower line letters.
# . = null. ? = blot. Every letter follows the key with no choice made; q and g are separate signs. No letter here has been repaired.
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         checac.ciacostiperdebitioperaltroetchenonsap.piadoueridursi.
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         macomesapetebenis.simocostuiepersonadapigliardaluiquelchesi.
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         puoman.ondascoprirsisecoincosa.alcunanedafidarsenepiuchetanto.
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         .quantoaiprigionidirouigodicheciscriueteconlultimauostrauimandiamoesamini
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         moinuoiacioch?quantoprima.iposanohauerenelemanichealeuoltequestisospe
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         tidipesten.ongliaiutaseroadeser.er.elasciati

reading_cc76-77_1576-04-14.md

# Alfonso II d'Este to the protonotary (Claudio Ariosto in the catalogue), 14 Apr 1576, cc. 76-77

Marks. `<x>` is a letter restored or changed against the signs; each one is listed in the table at the end. `{x}` is a letter in the signs that the reading leaves out. `[?x]` is doubtful. Italics stood in clear on the leaf; all the rest stood in cipher. Word division, capitals and punctuation are mine. The second hand has strokes over some signs, which may mark a doubled or omitted letter. They were not recorded sign by sign, so its words are given as the signs spell them and were not expanded.

## First hand, c. 76r l. 1 to c. 77r l. 6

*R.do Mons.r nostro Car.mo*

1. Vedessimo quanto ci scriveste con la lettera vostra di 7 sopra el particolare del incognito et il sospetto che gli mostrava di havere che si procedesse piu strettamente contra di lui.
   We saw what you wrote to us in your letter of the 7th about the matter of the unnamed man, and the fear he showed you of having, that stricter proceedings might be taken against him.

2. Al qual vogliamo che diciate in nome nostro che veramente ci rincrescerebbe di ogni suo dispiacere, ma che quanto a quello che spetta a noi egli sa molto bene che non ha cosa che possa nuocergli, s'egli pero non si procura <d>anno da se medesimo, perche egli non e nostro servitore ne manco e mai stato a nostro stipendio, se ben alle volte gli habbiamo usata qualche cortesia per le fatiche che ha fatto per rispetto nostro.
   We want you to tell him in our name that we would truly be sorry for any trouble of his, but that as far as concerns us he knows very well that he has nothing that can harm him, unless he brings harm on himself, because he is not our servant, nor has he ever been in our pay, although we have at times shown him some courtesy for the labours he has undertaken out of regard for us.

3. Et cha quando bene egli dicesse tutto cio che ha mai inteso da noi, rimosso il proprio suo particolare che in ve<r>o ci sa<r>a sempre caro che passi bene, non solo non lo cu<r>e<r>essimo [?puntino] ma noi medesimo il diressimo sempre liberamente et senza riguardo alcuno, percioche egli sa bene che noi gli habbiamo sempre detto che per la vera amicicia che e fra cotesti signori et noi ci sara somamente caro havere quei piu avisi che sia possibile delle cose loro et che passino prosperamente et con intiera satisfattione di essi, come quegli che participeremo sempre di tutti i loro successi et che in ogni occasione sa<r>essimo paratissimo a dimostrare loro con i vivi effetti l'amore et ottima volonta nostra verso di essi.
   And that even if he were to tell everything he has ever heard from us, setting aside his own affair, which in truth we shall always be glad to see go well, not only would we not care in the least, but we ourselves would always say it freely and without any reserve, since he knows well that we have always told him that, for the true friendship between those lords there and ourselves, it will be most welcome to us to have as much news of their affairs as may be, and that they should prosper and be fully satisfied, as ones who will always share in all their fortunes, and that on every occasion we would be most ready to show them by living deeds our love and very good will towards them.

4. Et gli soggiungerete che gli <s>ta piu d'have<r> <r>iguardo a quello che lui medesimo ci ha detto di haver fatto con Spagna, cha pero non ne sappiamo se non quanto egli ce ha rife<r>to.
   And you will add that it is for him rather to look to what he himself has told us he has done with Spain, of which however we know only as much as he has reported to us.

5. Et che quanto al venir in qua siamo certi che questi nostr<i> deputati alla sanita, a quali noi rimettiamo intieramente la cura di questi particolari, non sarebbono <p>er dargli in modo alcuno licenza di venire, stanti i sospetti che ogni di crescono ma<g>giormente.
   And that as to his coming here, we are sure that these our health deputies, to whom we leave the whole charge of these matters, would in no way give him leave to come, given the suspicions that grow greater every day.

6. E<t> come da voi poi gli soggungerete chegli sa benissimo le convencioni che sono fra cotesto dominio et noi, et che caso che trovandos<i> egli qua et ce lo dimandasse non potressimo ricusare di darglielo, e<t> tan<t>o meno per un caso tale che lla lo farebbe crimen lese maestatis, non volendo noi mancare al debito nostro et alla promessa fatta in fede di prencipe; ma che quando cio non fosse sete ben sicuro che gli faressimo volontieri ogni comodita.
   And then, as if of your own accord, you will add that he knows very well the agreements that exist between that Dominion and ourselves, and that if he were here and it asked us for him we could not refuse to hand him over, all the less for a case of such a kind that she would make it a crime of lese-majesty, since we do not wish to fail in our duty and in the promise given on a prince's faith; but that, were it not so, you are quite sure we would gladly give him every convenience.

7. Ma per dirvi liberamente noi veniamo in opinione che che questa sia una sua inventione, perche non possiamo credere che <q>uando cotesti signori havessero una tal ombra di lui fossero proceduti cosi largamente et non fossero subito venuti alla retencione di esso; ma puo faci<l>mente essere chegli piu tosto habbia qualche caccia costi per debiti o per altro et che non sappia dove ridursi.
   But to tell you frankly, we are coming to the opinion that this is an invention of his, because we cannot believe that, if those lords had such a suspicion of him, they would have proceeded so loosely and not have gone at once to arrest him; but it may easily be that he is rather being hunted there for debts or something else and does not know where to take himself.

8. Ma come sapete benissimo costui e persona da pigliar da lui quel che si puo, ma non da scoprirsi seco in cosa alcuna ne da fidarsene piu che tanto.
   But as you know very well, this man is someone from whom to take what one can, but not one to open oneself to in anything, nor to trust further than so much.

9. Onde vogliamo che voi con ogni dest<r>e[?zz]a et buon riguardo cerchiate se potete intenderne qualche cosa, essendo da credere che quando fosse vero tale essamine et inqu<i>sitione se ne ragionerebbe costi in diversi luoghi, et ci facciate poi sapere particolarmente cio che haurete potuto cavarne.
   So we want you, with all skill and good care, to try whether you can learn anything of it, since it is to be believed that if such an examination and inquiry were true, it would be talked of there in several places, and then to let us know in detail what you have been able to draw out.

10. <V>i mandiamo cinquanta scudi che voi darete ad esso incognito, et intenderete dal Tassone di che maniera egli gli parlo et che promissione gli fece in nome nostro.
    We send you fifty scudi, which you will give to the said unnamed man, and you will learn from Tassone in what manner he spoke to him and what promise he made him in our name.

## Second hand, c. 77r l. 6 to l. 14

11. Quato a gli ogli et amandole non vi diremo pe<r> hor altro, rimetendoci a scriverui per un altr ordinario, dovendo anche venir costa il dotor Panino mandato da questi mercanti per il medesimo efeto.
    As to the oils and almonds we shall say nothing more to you for now, leaving it to write to you by another post, since Doctor Panino, sent by these merchants for the same purpose, is also to come there.

12. Et perche intendiamo che da Roma e stato fato rumore costi per simile ocasione, vedrete di <m>o<s>trare cio che sia in e<f>eto, et sentendone voi ragionare direte liberamente che noi non <n>e habiamo fato fare moto alcuno la, ma che solo siamo ricorso a [?ti] <s>perando che la con la solita sua paterna <a>morevoleza havese a farvi la conveniente provisione; ma che sete ben sicuro che quando non la posiamo conseguire saremo per far cio che ci sara posibile per il giusto mantenimendo dele ragio<ni> nostre.
    And because we hear that noise has been made there from Rome on a like occasion, you will see to it that you show what it is in fact, and if you hear it talked of you will say freely that we have had no move made about it there, but only that we have had recourse to [?him], hoping that he, with his accustomed fatherly love, would make the fitting provision in it; but that you are quite sure that if we cannot obtain it we shall do whatever is possible to us for the just upholding of our rights.

13. Il che tuto direte come da voi.
    All of which you will say as if of your own accord.

*et N. S. Dio la contenti.* The date line ends *del* ... *XXVI*. A signature stands below it, not read here.

## Postscript, c. 77r P1-P4

14. Quanto ai prigioni di Rovigo di che ci scrivete con l'ultima vostra, vi mandiamo esamini fati che provano che si sono nostri suditi.
    As to the prisoners of Rovigo, of whom you write to us in your last, we send you examinations taken which prove that they are our subjects.

15. Voi farete mo quele instanze [?gagliarde] che rimetiamo in voi, acio ch<e> quanto prima <s>i posano havere nele mani, che ale volte questi sospeti di peste non gli aiutasero ad esere{re} lasciati.
    You will now make such [?vigorous] representations as we leave to you, so that they may be had in hand as soon as possible, lest at times these suspicions of plague should help them to be let go.

*Quanto all'Albano s'abbiamo ordinato al Montecatino che ve ne scriva, essendo stato informato dal Giudice di Savij del tutto.* First reading of the clear hand. Below it a signature, *Lod.o Las*..., not resolved.
As to Albano, we have ordered Montecatino to write to you of it, since he has been informed of all by the Giudice de' Savi.

Address, c. 77v: *Protonotario* ... *nro Car.mo*. Docket, c. 77v, first reading: *Delli 14 d'Apl.e 1576 in m[ateri]a* ... *Inquisitori, degli* [?ogli] *et prigioni di Rovigo*. At the foot of c. 77r a later hand has written *A Monsig.r Ariosti Ambasciatore / Venezia*. That is later testimony, not the writer's.

## Departures from the signs

Every entry below was viewed on a crop. `decryption_cc76-77_1576-04-14.txt` shows the letters with no repair. `python scripts/check_marks.py 76` aligns this reading with that file, letter by letter, and fails on any departure without a mark.

| reading | signs | why |
|---|---|---|
| ve`<r>`o, sa`<r>`a, cu`<r>`e`<r>`essimo, sa`<r>`essimo, have`<r>`, `<r>`iguardo, rife`<r>`to, pe`<r>` | l | the clerk wrote l (p), a plain sign stopping at the baseline, where sense wants r. Of 9 sites an independent reader viewed, 8 are of this kind; the ninth, particolare at c. 76r l. 2, has f's descender and foot, and is now read as f. So the bar is not lost: the sign is a different one, a slip or a second value. p gives no word at any of them. At c. 77r l. 6 the signs give "pephor" |
| `<d>`anno | B | the signs give "tanno". Slip |
| `<p>`er | b | the signs give "fer" |
| E`<t>`, e`<t>` | b | the signs give "ef" twice |
| tan`<t>`o | none | t absent |
| ma`<g>`giormente | e | a c with a stroke, or a real e |
| nostr`<i>`, trovandos`<i>`, inqu`<i>`sitione, `<V>`i, ch`<e>` | blot | sign lost under ink. At c. 77r l. 3 a v is written above the blot |
| `<q>`uando | c | the signs give "guando" |
| faci`<l>`mente | m | the signs give "faciomente" |
| dest`<r>`e[?zz]a | none, then two signs under ink | |
| `<s>`ta | none | the signs give "ta" |
| `<n>`e, ragio`<ni>`, `<a>`morevoleza, `<s>`perando, `<s>`i | none | letters absent in the second hand. `<s>`i stands where a y is written |
| `<m>`o`<s>`trare | g, then none | c. 77r l. 9. The tail of the first sign is a clear loop, so the signs give "sotrare". Sense wants m, and the s of mostrare is absent. The only one of the 339 tails that goes against sense |
| e`<f>`eto | B | t for f |
| esere`{re}` lasciati | | the signs give "eserere lasciati", a dittography; word boundary and cut are my call |

Left as written and marked: [?puntino], where punto would fit but the signs have -in-; "cha" twice, read as a dialect form of che; "a [?ti]", where sense wants the Pope (the next clause has "la ... sua paterna"), perhaps a shortened Sua Santita; [?gagliarde], cipher `l c z b n o z f s a` above the line, which gives letter for letter "pgafliarde", so its first sign and its b are not explained.

reading_cc76-77_1576-04-14.md

# Alfonso II d'Este to the protonotary (Claudio Ariosto in the catalogue), 14 Apr 1576, cc. 76-77

Marks. `<x>` is a letter restored or changed against the signs; each one is listed in the table at the end. `{x}` is a letter in the signs that the reading leaves out. `[?x]` is doubtful. Italics stood in clear on the leaf; all the rest stood in cipher. Word division, capitals and punctuation are mine. The second hand has strokes over some signs, which may mark a doubled or omitted letter. They were not recorded sign by sign, so its words are given as the signs spell them and were not expanded.

## First hand, c. 76r l. 1 to c. 77r l. 6

*R.do Mons.r nostro Car.mo*

1. Vedessimo quanto ci scriveste con la lettera vostra di 7 sopra el particolare del incognito et il sospetto che gli mostrava di havere che si procedesse piu strettamente contra di lui.
   We saw what you wrote to us in your letter of the 7th about the matter of the unnamed man, and the fear he showed you of having, that stricter proceedings might be taken against him.

2. Al qual vogliamo che diciate in nome nostro che veramente ci rincrescerebbe di ogni suo dispiacere, ma che quanto a quello che spetta a noi egli sa molto bene che non ha cosa che possa nuocergli, s'egli pero non si procura <d>anno da se medesimo, perche egli non e nostro servitore ne manco e mai stato a nostro stipendio, se ben alle volte gli habbiamo usata qualche cortesia per le fatiche che ha fatto per rispetto nostro.
   We want you to tell him in our name that we would truly be sorry for any trouble of his, but that as far as concerns us he knows very well that he has nothing that can harm him, unless he brings harm on himself, because he is not our servant, nor has he ever been in our pay, although we have at times shown him some courtesy for the labours he has undertaken out of regard for us.

3. Et cha quando bene egli dicesse tutto cio che ha mai inteso da noi, rimosso il proprio suo particolare che in ve<r>o ci sa<r>a sempre caro che passi bene, non solo non lo cu<r>e<r>essimo [?puntino] ma noi medesimo il diressimo sempre liberamente et senza riguardo alcuno, percioche egli sa bene che noi gli habbiamo sempre detto che per la vera amicicia che e fra cotesti signori et noi ci sara somamente caro havere quei piu avisi che sia possibile delle cose loro et che passino prosperamente et con intiera satisfattione di essi, come quegli che participeremo sempre di tutti i loro successi et che in ogni occasione sa<r>essimo paratissimo a dimostrare loro con i vivi effetti l'amore et ottima volonta nostra verso di essi.
   And that even if he were to tell everything he has ever heard from us, setting aside his own affair, which in truth we shall always be glad to see go well, not only would we not care in the least, but we ourselves would always say it freely and without any reserve, since he knows well that we have always told him that, for the true friendship between those lords there and ourselves, it will be most welcome to us to have as much news of their affairs as may be, and that they should prosper and be fully satisfied, as ones who will always share in all their fortunes, and that on every occasion we would be most ready to show them by living deeds our love and very good will towards them.

4. Et gli soggiungerete che gli <s>ta piu d'have<r> <r>iguardo a quello che lui medesimo ci ha detto di haver fatto con Spagna, cha pero non ne sappiamo se non quanto egli ce ha rife<r>to.
   And you will add that it is for him rather to look to what he himself has told us he has done with Spain, of which however we know only as much as he has reported to us.

5. Et che quanto al venir in qua siamo certi che questi nostr<i> deputati alla sanita, a quali noi rimettiamo intieramente la cura di questi particolari, non sarebbono <p>er dargli in modo alcuno licenza di venire, stanti i sospetti che ogni di crescono ma<g>giormente.
   And that as to his coming here, we are sure that these our health deputies, to whom we leave the whole charge of these matters, would in no way give him leave to come, given the suspicions that grow greater every day.

6. E<t> come da voi poi gli soggungerete chegli sa benissimo le convencioni che sono fra cotesto dominio et noi, et che caso che trovandos<i> egli qua et ce lo dimandasse non potressimo ricusare di darglielo, e<t> tan<t>o meno per un caso tale che lla lo farebbe crimen lese maestatis, non volendo noi mancare al debito nostro et alla promessa fatta in fede di prencipe; ma che quando cio non fosse sete ben sicuro che gli faressimo volontieri ogni comodita.
   And then, as if of your own accord, you will add that he knows very well the agreements that exist between that Dominion and ourselves, and that if he were here and it asked us for him we could not refuse to hand him over, all the less for a case of such a kind that she would make it a crime of lese-majesty, since we do not wish to fail in our duty and in the promise given on a prince's faith; but that, were it not so, you are quite sure we would gladly give him every convenience.

7. Ma per dirvi liberamente noi veniamo in opinione che che questa sia una sua inventione, perche non possiamo credere che <q>uando cotesti signori havessero una tal ombra di lui fossero proceduti cosi largamente et non fossero subito venuti alla retencione di esso; ma puo faci<l>mente essere chegli piu tosto habbia qualche caccia costi per debiti o per altro et che non sappia dove ridursi.
   But to tell you frankly, we are coming to the opinion that this is an invention of his, because we cannot believe that, if those lords had such a suspicion of him, they would have proceeded so loosely and not have gone at once to arrest him; but it may easily be that he is rather being hunted there for debts or something else and does not know where to take himself.

8. Ma come sapete benissimo costui e persona da pigliar da lui quel che si puo, ma non da scoprirsi seco in cosa alcuna ne da fidarsene piu che tanto.
   But as you know very well, this man is someone from whom to take what one can, but not one to open oneself to in anything, nor to trust further than so much.

9. Onde vogliamo che voi con ogni dest<r>e[?zz]a et buon riguardo cerchiate se potete intenderne qualche cosa, essendo da credere che quando fosse vero tale essamine et inqu<i>sitione se ne ragionerebbe costi in diversi luoghi, et ci facciate poi sapere particolarmente cio che haurete potuto cavarne.
   So we want you, with all skill and good care, to try whether you can learn anything of it, since it is to be believed that if such an examination and inquiry were true, it would be talked of there in several places, and then to let us know in detail what you have been able to draw out.

10. <V>i mandiamo cinquanta scudi che voi darete ad esso incognito, et intenderete dal Tassone di che maniera egli gli parlo et che promissione gli fece in nome nostro.
    We send you fifty scudi, which you will give to the said unnamed man, and you will learn from Tassone in what manner he spoke to him and what promise he made him in our name.

## Second hand, c. 77r l. 6 to l. 14

11. Quato a gli ogli et amandole non vi diremo pe<r> hor altro, rimetendoci a scriverui per un altr ordinario, dovendo anche venir costa il dotor Panino mandato da questi mercanti per il medesimo efeto.
    As to the oils and almonds we shall say nothing more to you for now, leaving it to write to you by another post, since Doctor Panino, sent by these merchants for the same purpose, is also to come there.

12. Et perche intendiamo che da Roma e stato fato rumore costi per simile ocasione, vedrete di <m>o<s>trare cio che sia in e<f>eto, et sentendone voi ragionare direte liberamente che noi non <n>e habiamo fato fare moto alcuno la, ma che solo siamo ricorso a [?ti] <s>perando che la con la solita sua paterna <a>morevoleza havese a farvi la conveniente provisione; ma che sete ben sicuro che quando non la posiamo conseguire saremo per far cio che ci sara posibile per il giusto mantenimendo dele ragio<ni> nostre.
    And because we hear that noise has been made there from Rome on a like occasion, you will see to it that you show what it is in fact, and if you hear it talked of you will say freely that we have had no move made about it there, but only that we have had recourse to [?him], hoping that he, with his accustomed fatherly love, would make the fitting provision in it; but that you are quite sure that if we cannot obtain it we shall do whatever is possible to us for the just upholding of our rights.

13. Il che tuto direte come da voi.
    All of which you will say as if of your own accord.

*et N. S. Dio la contenti.* The date line ends *del* ... *XXVI*. A signature stands below it, not read here.

## Postscript, c. 77r P1-P4

14. Quanto ai prigioni di Rovigo di che ci scrivete con l'ultima vostra, vi mandiamo esamini fati che provano che si sono nostri suditi.
    As to the prisoners of Rovigo, of whom you write to us in your last, we send you examinations taken which prove that they are our subjects.

15. Voi farete mo quele instanze [?gagliarde] che rimetiamo in voi, acio ch<e> quanto prima <s>i posano havere nele mani, che ale volte questi sospeti di peste non gli aiutasero ad esere{re} lasciati.
    You will now make such [?vigorous] representations as we leave to you, so that they may be had in hand as soon as possible, lest at times these suspicions of plague should help them to be let go.

*Quanto all'Albano s'abbiamo ordinato al Montecatino che ve ne scriva, essendo stato informato dal Giudice di Savij del tutto.* First reading of the clear hand. Below it a signature, *Lod.o Las*..., not resolved.
As to Albano, we have ordered Montecatino to write to you of it, since he has been informed of all by the Giudice de' Savi.

Address, c. 77v: *Protonotario* ... *nro Car.mo*. Docket, c. 77v, first reading: *Delli 14 d'Apl.e 1576 in m[ateri]a* ... *Inquisitori, degli* [?ogli] *et prigioni di Rovigo*. At the foot of c. 77r a later hand has written *A Monsig.r Ariosti Ambasciatore / Venezia*. That is later testimony, not the writer's.

## Departures from the signs

Every entry below was viewed on a crop. `decryption_cc76-77_1576-04-14.txt` shows the letters with no repair. `python scripts/check_marks.py 76` aligns this reading with that file, letter by letter, and fails on any departure without a mark.

| reading | signs | why |
|---|---|---|
| ve`<r>`o, sa`<r>`a, cu`<r>`e`<r>`essimo, sa`<r>`essimo, have`<r>`, `<r>`iguardo, rife`<r>`to, pe`<r>` | l | the clerk wrote l (p), a plain sign stopping at the baseline, where sense wants r. Of 9 sites an independent reader viewed, 8 are of this kind; the ninth, particolare at c. 76r l. 2, has f's descender and foot, and is now read as f. So the bar is not lost: the sign is a different one, a slip or a second value. p gives no word at any of them. At c. 77r l. 6 the signs give "pephor" |
| `<d>`anno | B | the signs give "tanno". Slip |
| `<p>`er | b | the signs give "fer" |
| E`<t>`, e`<t>` | b | the signs give "ef" twice |
| tan`<t>`o | none | t absent |
| ma`<g>`giormente | e | a c with a stroke, or a real e |
| nostr`<i>`, trovandos`<i>`, inqu`<i>`sitione, `<V>`i, ch`<e>` | blot | sign lost under ink. At c. 77r l. 3 a v is written above the blot |
| `<q>`uando | c | the signs give "guando" |
| faci`<l>`mente | m | the signs give "faciomente" |
| dest`<r>`e[?zz]a | none, then two signs under ink | |
| `<s>`ta | none | the signs give "ta" |
| `<n>`e, ragio`<ni>`, `<a>`morevoleza, `<s>`perando, `<s>`i | none | letters absent in the second hand. `<s>`i stands where a y is written |
| `<m>`o`<s>`trare | g, then none | c. 77r l. 9. The tail of the first sign is a clear loop, so the signs give "sotrare". Sense wants m, and the s of mostrare is absent. The only one of the 339 tails that goes against sense |
| e`<f>`eto | B | t for f |
| esere`{re}` lasciati | | the signs give "eserere lasciati", a dittography; word boundary and cut are my call |

Left as written and marked: [?puntino], where punto would fit but the signs have -in-; "cha" twice, read as a dialect form of che; "a [?ti]", where sense wants the Pope (the next clause has "la ... sua paterna"), perhaps a shortened Sua Santita; [?gagliarde], cipher `l c z b n o z f s a` above the line, which gives letter for letter "pgafliarde", so its first sign and its b are not explained.