Original spelling has been retained, unless it’s clearly a printer’s error. The following changes have been made:

Jest 76: or causing any beacon to be fired (be added)
Jest 351 was numbered 451 — this is corrected.
Jest 632: in sending him a message (original: messuage)
Jest 674: if we fight, according to all appearances (original: apearances)
Jest 714: Look if there be not a hole in the bottom (original: whole).

In the Preface, some text is not visible. This text has been replaced by a long em-dash: ‘those youngsters who now collect —— and our knees’

Inconsistent spelling of words has been retained (e.g. ale-house and alehouse, behind-hand and behindhand).

Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it’s not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed.