Greetings,
I have recently finished both transferring the words from paper to electronic form for Chettle's (1592) Kind-Harts Dreame. The process of collecting and collating the words included transferring them into the lexicon which is being built from these words. Following this was to find those words which were unusual or difficult.
These unusual or difficult words were highlighted throughout the process in both paper and electronic form. This has been the case for all of the sources. Once the words have been identified their Elizabethan meanings were researched and recorded as a supplement to the lexicon. This allows for an understanding of those words which are difficult, unusual or have different meanings from the present day. The glossary will be added to the lexicon in the final product for the assistance of meaning.
The plan is to move on to the 1591 translation by Thomas Elyot of Discourses of War and Single Combat by B. de Loque. I am unsure of any completion date of this one as while it is relatively short at 40 pages, it is written in a Gothic script of the period and is thus going to be a little difficult to read even in the pdf version. I will give an update at some later date once some progress has been made.
Cheers,
Henry.
