glyph [d] as a substitute for [p] and [f]

[Emma May Smith]

So to be more precise in this analysis, we would need to separate the beginnings and ends of the first lines of paragraphs, and we would need to distinguish between occurrences of [d] in words with a gallows character vs. [d] in words without one. Only the occurrences of [d] in the beginning parts of first lines, in words without any gallows characters, would rule out the three possible environments in which I conjecture that [d] may substitute for [p, f] in the ms text.

Excellent! We await your results.