Exercise 5
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1. Funftens Soll die gesamte in dieser neuen konig
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2. lichen Stadt ansassige Burgerschaft von aller Re
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3. krutirung sowohl in Ansehung ihrer eigenen
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4. Person als ihrer Sohne und Abkommlinge auf
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5. ewige Zeiten befreyet seyn und wollen Wir
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6. diese Befreyung auch von den fremden Hand
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7. werksgesellen die sich Unterhalts und Nah
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8. rungs halber daselbst einfinden sollten ver
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9. standed haben
Principles of transcription
- Maintain the original entry - carry out the transcription as faithfully as possible to the original, without correcting the writer's mistakes.
 - Lines of text - the transcription should be written in lines. If the word is divided between two lines, it should be written as in the original, that is, without connecting it.
 - Punctuation - all punctuation marks or others (e.g. commas, full stops, hyphens, etc.) appearing in the original should be ignored.
 - Writing capital letters - the mechanism recognises both small and capital letters as correct.
 - Letters with diacritic marks - we should omit diacritic marks when deciphering, for example, we write ü as u.
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You can find the full principles of transcription here.
Helpful tips
- There are no contractions in this document.
 - The scribe consistently used only one version of each letter.
 - The most difficult letters to decipher are probably the large decorative letters, e.g. H, P, R, and Z as well as some letters characteristic for neo-Gothic writing, e.g. k. In the event of difficulty, it is worth clicking Model letters.
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You will find more useful tips for transcribing old texts here.
Exercise 5
Model letters
