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Work: Book of the Bee
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Book of the Bee — Budge 1886 English, retained OCR
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2 THE BOOK OF THE BEE. able matters about which, as was right, thou didst enquire ; and for this reason we were prevented from profitable discourse upon the holy Books. Since, then, God has willed and ruled our separation from each other, and the sign of old age, which is the messenger of death, hath appeared in us, and we have grown old and come into years, it has seemed good to us, with the reed for a tongue and with ink for lips, to inform thee briefly concerning God’s dispensation in the two worlds. And…
- Source
- Book of the Bee — Budge 1886 English, retained OCR
- Rights
- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
- Completeness
- Historical English translation printed pp.1–142, proper-name index pp.143–155 and scripture references p.156, with title/contents/preface/glossary/corrections. English translation section boundaries verified at scan objects 28–169; subsequent indexes at 170–183. Syriac original and Arabic appendix are excluded because their supplied OCR does not retain readable source script. This is the historical English witness, not an original-language source. Reader uses verified physical scan-page navigation; source OCR errors are visible and disclosed.
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Recorded provenance: Exact OCR LINE/WORD text from retained DjVu XML, joined with LF, retained in identified page order. Exact scan-data included leaf order verifies physical object IDs. No invented historical chapter labels, conjectural OCR correction or translation. Historical English translation printed pp.1–142, proper-name index pp.143–155 and scripture references p.156, with title/contents/preface/glossary/corrections. English translation section boundaries verified at scan objects 28–169; subsequent indexes at 170–183. Syriac original and Arabic appendix are excluded because their supplied OCR does not retain readable source script. This is the historical English witness, not an original-language source. Reader uses verified physical scan-page navigation; source OCR errors are visible and disclosed.
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