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It is agreed that an impression of 1500 copies of Shuckford’s ‘Treatise on the Fall of Man’ be forthwith printed, with the same sort of letter (i.e. type) and paper as his ‘Connection of Sacred and Prophane History’, and that B shall pay A £50 as a consideration provided there is sufficient quantity of copy to make at least twenty-six sheets, ‘which will be a five Shilling volume when bound to Gentlemen’, or £40 if there is only enough copy for a 4s. volume. All future editions are reserved to A.

(i) It is agreed that an impression of the third volume of Shuckford’s ‘Connection of the sacred and prophane History’ be printed forthwith, and that A may also print the first two volumes whenever they think fit. No more than 1000 copies of each volume are to be printed. A are to pay B £30 when they print Vol. III and the rest when they print Vols. I and II. Future editions are reserved to B. If A do not print Vols. I and II till two years have passed B promises not to reprint them within another five years.

(ii) Knaplock assigns her right in the second edition of the third volume of ‘Shuckford’ to Jacob and Richard Tonson, though her name is prefixed to the title page.