literatim

The inscription is, of course, if the painting be Mrs. Prince's work, reproduced literatim from some older copy.

These, we pledge ourselves, were his highness' OWN WORDS, verbatim et literatim.

It is most probable that these songs are copied from printed sources; but as they have been conjectured to be compositions by Monmouth himself, the following short specimen may not be unacceptable, copied literatim.

Which being very old and decayed and only legible to such who are versed in ancient writings it was with great satisfaction that I copied it literatim.

I have reported it verbatim et literatim, without changing it in the slightest degree, neither adding nor taking therefrom a single word.