Variable transcripts - Python pre-processing example

Wotton School Scholarships

0.	Preserves line length, hyphens, abbreviations and deletions. Additions are indicated <thus>.
	For the son of Mary Garlick, December 1627	For the son of William Hickes, August 1628
1.	As Version 0 except abbreviations are expanded.
	For the son of Mary Garlick, December 1627	For the son of William Hickes, August 1628
2.	Expands abbreviations and ignores original line length and hyphenation. Deletions are omitted and additions included silently.
	For the son of Mary Garlick, December 1627	For the son of William Hickes, August 1628
3.	As Version 2 with additional punctuation and modernised spelling.
	For the son of Mary Garlick, December 1627	For the son of William Hickes, August 1628