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The editor, William Cooper, concludes his note by highlighting a significant textual discrepancy between "Mercury" and "Antimony" in an alchemical commentary, leaving the final interpretation to the reader.

Sir George Ripley, King Edward IV, Mercury, Antimony, William Cooper, W.C.B., alchemical terminology, textual variants, errata