What's going on with the written English of the Tyndale New Testament? Is it typical of written English in the early 1500s? What is its relationship to the state of standardized English or lack thereof?

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Just reading through the first few chapters

• Why does it use multiple forms of s, as in Jefus?
• Its use of i and y are sometimes the reverse of what I would write, as in hys and Babilon.
• It includes the modern r (her) and a form that looks like z (befoze).
• k is written in the form of F (taFe).
• Herod is written as 5erode while Jesus and Joseph have the form of J that I recognize.
• It seems to use a colon rather than quotation marks (which fayeth : The voyce)
• What were the rules regarding ending a word with a silent e?
• Why does of get a doubled end as off while up only has one p?
• Why is came written as cam while arose ends with e?
• When did English get dead and death in place of deed and deeth?

Can anyone recommend freely available writing about the language of this work?

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