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For example, it will be noticed that four regular roman capital W's appear in the upper part of L1 recto, set by X, but when next the letter is required he twice sets VV for W at the foot, perhaps indicating that the sort was exhausted. Yet on L1v, Y regularly sets W. Capital W appears on L4v. On the other hand, the worth of this evidence is doubtful. In X's stint the only other time he uses VV for W is on B4v once, though W appears on C1 which should have been composed before any forme of sheet B was distributed. Compositor Y sets VV once on G3v, line 7, but W precedes it in line 4, and various W's follow on the same page, four to be exact. Y also uses a VV on H1v along with W. and again on H3, K2 (thrice), L2v, and M2. Very likely Y liked to justify a line by substituting VV for W.

That X may have thought he was finished with his assignment could be indicated by the fact that O + A was set by X before N. Sheet N. therefore, would appear to have been added to his stint still later.