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  • Documents
    • A Welcome and a Caution
    • The History of LEME
    • Editorial Practice
    • Encoding
      • From Database to LEME-XML
        • LEME XML Tagset
    • Lemmatizing
      • Lemmatizer
    • Source Detection
  • Download Encoded Texts
    • LEME Chronology 1475-1755
    • Detailed Primary Bibliography
    • Indexes
      • Index of Proper Names
      • Index of Topics
      • Abbreviations for Languages
      • Parts of Speech
    • Works Cited
  • Help
    • Getting Started
    • People
    • Google Analytics
    • Acknowledgements

LEME

Lexicons of Early Modern English

Getting Started

To download files, see Chronology. Texts that are available for download will be highlighted within the chronology of the time period. You can also download texts by Topics or by Proper Names associated with the work.

The download links will bring you to TSpace, U of T’s online database. You can view the file metadata on TSpace. The raw XML file is available for download under “Files”.

For entries on all language works in the period, see under Primary Bibliography. Texts that are available to download can also be downloaded from the bibliography.

For further information on the LEME Database as a whole, see the LEME Database Site. The LEME Database also allows searching for specific lexemes within the texts.

Information on editorial matters appears under Documents.

To view and use Sky Li’s Sources Analyzer, see under Documents.

Ed. Ian Lancashire and Isabel Zhu, with contributions from Julia DaSilva, Paramita Dutta, Xueqi Fan, Sky Li, Kristie Lui, Annika Sparrell, Timothy Aberdingk Thijm, and Shirley Wang
© 2025 Ian Lancashire