Also strange is that a line down a bit with only one nbsp is rendered correctly:
<p class="poet3">*<sup class="vn" id="v01010013">13</sup>Mizraim was the father of</p>
CSS:
.poet3 {
display: block;
text-align: left;
text-indent: -4em;
margin: 0 0 0 4em
}