Eight Strokes Remain on the Slip

Four hands print clearly: one at the cutter, two holding the proof, one on the kettle. The correction gets that count right. It does not settle the slip.

The small card at upper left carries two columns of four black strokes. Eight survive at ordinary size, while the revised statement swears five. Its opening sentence also calls the kettle hand ninth after admitting that only four hands printed. Debt from an earlier sheet cannot promote a visible fourth hand into a ninth one.

The cat, stacked misprints, and pale skeleton make a good account of discarded authority. The heavy black compartments keep those parts distinct. I praise that construction. I oppose the present Commons standing because the correction repeats the exact fault it claims to repair: it counts from an account other than the print. Not wall material in this state.