Meaning of ꝑ | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.
   letter, no-plural
2. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨per⟩.
   letter, no-plural

Examples

“parliament → ꝑliament”

“Over all this, hee ware a certeyne Mantell of like ſtuffe, made in ſuche maner, that coming vnder his righte arme, and covering moſte ꝑte of that ſyde, yt tuched not the lefte ſyde, […]”

The Old Arcadia

“⸿Here begynneth a deuout treatyſe in Englyſſhe / called the Pylgrimage of perfection: very ꝓfitable foꝛ all chꝛiſten people to rede: and in eſpeciall / to all relygious ꝑſons moche neceſſary.”

“He that hathe not this fayth, is but an vnpꝛofytable babler of fayth and woꝛkes / and wotteth nother what he bableth noꝛ what he meaneth, oꝛ whereunto his woꝛdes ꝑtayne.”

“[T]his effeminate love of a Woman, dothe ſo womaniſh a man, that, yf yow yeelde to yt, yt will not onely make yow a famous Amazon but a Launder, a Diſtaff ſpinner, or whatſoever other vyle occupacyon theyre Idle heades can Imagyn, and theyre weyke handes ꝑforme: […]”

The Old Arcadia

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