I have no idea how lacunae in ligature form was corrupted, but I do have something to say about '[for though thou hadst] small Latin and less Greek'.
The phrase not insulting. It is not even remotely pejorative. It is Ben Jonson's, used in a proem to the first Shakespeare quarto; and about Shakespeare he also said, 'he was not of an age, but for all time'. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
