Glossary

Demimonde - women of doubtful reputation, courtesans.
hierophant - an expositor, interpreter, advocate.
Mercator - an occult map...
mordant - caustic...
mountebanks - a quack medicine seller, an unscrupulous pretender, charlatan.

Legend: ((#)) = problem/comment. see note below.
note: truly unknown text is spelled as phonetically as possible.
((*)) = seems to be correct, but could be open for debate.

Notes/Problems:
((6)) Unable to find word.
((8)) This *is* a proper noun. A scientist's name. Context unknown.
((17)) Unknown word
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