Sentence:  THeſe Ages have beene, and are to this day, much indebted to <WSD>Tranſcriptions.</WSD> Inventions are oft-times ſlow, where the application of things invented to the preſent State ſeemes more facile and eaſie&#8239;: Hereto then ſhould the "Scope" of "Hiſtories" tend&#8239;; not onely to perſonate the Acts of men upon the Theater of this world, but likewiſe to cull out ſuch Lawes, Orders, and Precepts, as well Morall as Divine, which may benefit their preſent eſtate. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A written document.