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A Book of Simples ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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326,488 braille cells · 338 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,230 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠕⠗⠁⠝⠛⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠭⠀⠀⠯⠀⠃⠕⠽⠇⠑⠀⠭⠀⠞⠊⠇⠇⠀⠭⠀⠚⠑⠇⠇⠊⠑⠎⠂⠀⠯
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⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠛⠇⠁⠎⠎⠑⠎⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⠓⠊⠲⠀⠠⠞⠕⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠻⠧⠑⠀
⠠⠏⠊⠏⠏⠔⠎⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠞⠁⠅⠑⠀⠁⠀⠏⠳⠝⠙⠀⠷⠀⠠⠎⠥⠛⠜⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠀
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⠏⠥⠞⠀⠮⠍⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠠⠎⠊⠗⠗⠕⠏⠀⠵⠀⠽⠀⠙⠀⠮⠍⠀⠮⠝⠀⠏⠥⠞⠀⠀
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⠞⠕⠀⠉⠇⠑⠜⠀⠏⠥⠞⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠀⠭⠀⠁⠀⠏⠔⠞⠀⠀⠓⠁⠇⠋⠀⠷⠀⠁⠏⠏⠇⠑⠀
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⠛⠇⠁⠎⠎⠑⠎⠀⠾⠀⠐⠎⠀⠕⠗⠁⠝⠛⠑⠀⠏⠑⠑⠇⠀⠐⠥⠀⠯⠀⠁⠞⠀⠞⠕⠏⠀⠯⠀
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