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The Collation

“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: November 2022

This month crocodile mystery comes from John Ward’s diary, V.a. 291, volume 8, leaf 18v.

 

Can you decipher the highlighted text especially the first and last words of the sentence? Leave your attempts in the comments below and we’ll be back next week with the answer, and why we were thrilled to see it.

(And if you’re among the group of people who have been transcribing John Ward for a while, maybe hold off on your guesses for a few days?)