but for the endings of chapters. The reader was notified by a gradual narrowing of lines that the paragraph so treated was hastening to a point and to its end. The half-diamond form prevented the lopsided appearance always presented when the last line had few words and showed great waste of white space. It was often used with good effect in the title-pages of Pickering, and it has been revived to advantage, not only for title-pages, but for other forms of displayed composition. It gives promi- nence to display lines, whether they are long or short, and symmetrically distributes the relief of white space that is needed for the display of type.
That thou mayest the soner and
easiyer fynde (moste gentle reader)either the
name of any persone or any other good
mattier conteined in this booke, I
have here added a large and plaine
Table after the ordere of the A.
B. C. set out with the noum-
bre of the leafe, where
thou shalt fynde any
suche thyng as
thou desyrest
to her
there-
in
