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Author: G. W.

Commentator: David Abercrombie

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le letters in [brackets]. Alternative readin

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The word Taurus (astrolo ical symbol ) refers to the ou li ature (, or upsilon balanced atop omicron) used in printed

reek.]


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THE AU

USTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

. W.

MA

AZINE, or

Animadversions on the En

lish Spellin

(1703)

Introduction by David Abercrombie

Publication Number 70

Los An

eles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California

1958

* * * * *

ENERAL EDITORS

RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michi anRALPH COHEN, University of California, Los An elesVINTON A. DEARIN

, University of California, Los An elesLAWRENCE CLARK POWELL, Clark Memorial Library

ASSISTANT EDITOR

W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michi an

ADVISORY EDITORS

EMMETT L. AVERY, State Colle e of Washin tonBENJAMIN BOYCE, Duke UniversityLOUIS BREDVOLD, University of Michi

anJOHN BUTT, Kin 's Colle e, University of DurhamJAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia UniversityARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chica oLOUIS A. LANDA, Princeton UniversitySAMUEL H. MONK, University of MinnesotaERNEST C. MOSSNER, University of TexasJAMES SUTHERLAND, University Colle e, LondonH. T. SWEDENBER

, JR., University of California, Los An

eles

CORRESPONDIN

SECRETARY

EDNA C. DAVIS, Clark Memorial Library

* * * * *

INTRODUCTION

I first came across what is, as far as I know, the uni ue copy of


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_Ma azine_, by

. W., when workin in the library formed by the late SirIsaac Pitman.[1] It is bound up as the last item in a volume whichcontains several nineteenth-century pamphlets on lan ua e and spellin ,and also the first numbers of the periodical _The Phonetic Friend_. (Thevolume was for a time in the possession of the Bath City Free Library,to which it was presented by Isaac Pitman; it must subse

uently havebeen returned to him.) I drew attention to the existence of _Ma azine_in an article published in 1937;[2] to the best of my knowled

e it hadnot been noticed in print before that, thou h it is of considerableinterest in a number of respects. I am indebted to Sir Isaac Pitman &Sons Ltd., London, for permission to reproduce the pamphlet herewith inthe Au

ustan Reprints.

. W. was a spellin

reformer, one of the many writers who, from earlyElizabethan times onwards, have been critical of traditional En lishortho

raphy and have made proposals for improvin

it. Althou

h nothin

that could be called a spellin -reform movement existed until thenineteenth century, there were earlier periods when the subject was muchin the air, when a number of people were writin about it and readin and discussin

each other

s ideas. The publication of _Ma

azine_ doesnot fall at one of these times; it comes, in fact, in the very middleof a recession of interest in spellin

reform which lasted almosta hundred years. From about 1650 to 1750 there were few critics ofour ortho

raphy, and they were usually neither very stron

in their

criticisms nor radical in their proposals for amendment.

. W. is thus asomewhat isolated fi

ure, and his scheme for reform would appear, in itsdetails at least, to be fairly ori inal.

The reater part of the pamphlet is iven over to expoundin theillo icalities and inconsistencies of the established spellin , and here

. W.

s style of writin , which is collo uial, racy and allusive, iseffective enou h. It is not so well suited, however, to orderly andclear exposition of his proposed amendment--unfortunately, since thisis what is likely to be of most interest to us today (and numerousmisprints increase the difficulties of raspin his proposals). Perhapsthere was, or was to have been, a se uel which would have stated hisreforms more systematically; that this may have been the case appears

from the statement on p. 25 that the alphabet is preparin

, andfrom the mention, on the last pa e, of the ensuin Batl-dur (i.e.battledore or hornbook). His remedy, briefly, is to replace di raphs bynew symbols: more Letters would do well in the Alfabet, but fewer inmost words (p. 25); and, like John Hart before him (whose works perhapshe knew) and Bernard Shaw after, he draws attention to the economies tobe ained from this: if fewer Letters will serve the turn,

twill savePaper and Ink, and

tis stran

e, if not labour too (p. 5).

On p. 32 is exhibited a compleat Alfebet of 34 symbols (it is notcomplete, for L has, apparently inadvertently, been omitted). Althou hthere is no indication there of the value each symbol should have, thatof most of them can be worked out, with some labor, from the rest of the

pamphlet (thou

h a few must probably remain mysteries). I have commentedelsewhere[3] on this scheme of reformed spellin ; it appears to us todayto be theoretically

uite creditable, at least as far as the consonantsare concerned. The traditional alphabet is enlar ed by providin aseparate symbol for the italicized sounds in each of the followinwords: {th}in {th}en {ch}urch {j}ud e {sh}all mea{s}ure {wh}en si{n };these symbols are obtained partly by creatin

new ones, partly byredefinin existin letters. In two cases existin letters are redefinedin accordance with a rather odd principle--that the traditional _name_of a letter must decide its value. Hence _h_ is used to spell _church_


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(which becomes hurh), and __ is used to spell _jud e_ (which becomes

u

). This of course makes it necessary for

. W. to include amon

hisnew symbols one for /h/ and one for / /. The new symbols as used in thepamphlet are produced by invertin or reversin existin letters; butthese may possibly be makeshifts, used in place of more ambitious shapeswhich were beyond the reach of his printer; he su

ests, for instance(p. 20) the si n Taurus with a Foot-Ball between his horns as oneof his vowel symbols. On the whole, we find the vowels much lesssystematically tackled than the consonants, and it is proposed thataccents (cambrils) should for the most part be used to provide extrasymbols; the pamphlet, however, only exemplifies this sporadically.

_Ma azine_ contains a considerable number of words, and a fewconsecutive texts, transcribed partly or wholly in the new system ofspellin , and these necessarily will have to be assessed as evidence ofcontemporary En

lish pronunciation by students of the subject. It is noteasy to be sure how accurate a phonetic observer and transcriber

. W.was, but if we make some allowance for misprints, we find a certainconsistency in his transcriptions, and an apparent freedom from any bias

iven by the traditional spellin

, which make one think he wasmoderately reliable. In this connexion it is of some importance to findout, if possible, where he came from. He shows familiarity both withnorthern and western types of speech; but althou h he seems to imply, onp. 7, that he is not a North-countryman, E. J. Dobson has found, on the

basis of certain forms which appear in the pamphlet, that there is astron

su

estion that he spoke a northern dialect.[4]

Until recently I had been able to form no idea of the identity of . W.However, it new seems to be very possible that he was John White, aDevon schoolmaster, and author of _The Country-Man

s Conductor inReadin and Writin True En lish_, which was published in Exeter in1701.[5] The name John, in . W. s reformed spellin , would of coursebe in with

(it is indeed so spelled on p. 15). White was interested inspellin reform, as we know from various remarks in his book; and if hewas

. W., it would explain the familiarity shown in _Ma azine_ withwestern dialect. What is particularly strikin , moreover, is thesimilarity of White

s style to

. W.

s, as the followin uotations from

_The Country-Man

s Conductor_ will show: of certain

rammarians, youshall seldom hear them speak Latin but in Ale-Houses, or when they arewell oil

d; of specimens of early En lish, some may lau h at it, andthereby expose their rusty Teeth that will look as old as the En

lish;of usin an accent to show lon vowels, this would look stran e

tillit come in fashion, but in time would set as tite as Topknots do now.

[Transcriber's Note: A more recent candidate for

. W. is John Wild. His 1710 broadsheet, Nottin ham Printin Perfected, is in the ima es directory associated with the html version of this file.]

One final resemblance must be mentioned. Whether or not White was

. W.,

there can hardly be any doubt that _Ma

azine_ was printed by SamuelFarley of Exeter, the printer of White

s book. The typo raphicalsimilarity between _Ma

azine_ and _The Country-Man

s Conductor_ (andother works printed by Farley) is too complete to be coincidental. Notonly are the identical fonts used, but there are numerous other pointswhere the eneral manner of printin is the same.

Further research may confirm White

s authorship, but there is certainlyno other obvious candidate amon the writers of the time.


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David Abercrombie

University of Edinbur h

NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION

[Footnote 1: This library is now housed in the offices of Sir IsaacPitman & Sons, Ltd., Parker Street, London, W.C. 2.]

[Footnote 2: _Le Maitre Phoneti ue_, No. 59, p. 34. Some of the verseson p. 22 of the pamphlet are reproduced there.]

[Footnote 3: In the _Transactions of the Philolo

ical Society_, 1948,pp. 11 ff.; _Lin ua_, Vol. 2, 1949, p. 60.]

[Footnote 4: _En lish Pronunciation 1500-1700_, Vol. 1, p. 267. In Vol.II, p. 977, Dobson says

. W. was certainly a Northerner.]

[Footnote 5: A second edition called _The Conductor in Spellin

,Readin & Writin , True En lish_, dated 1712, is identical with thefirst except for the title-pa

e.]

* * * * *

MA

AZINE,

or,

Animadversions

on the

En lish Spellin ;

OBSERVIN

The Contradictions of the En

lish Letters Warrin

themselves a

ainstthemselves, and one with another, by Intrusions and Usurpations; withAmendment offer'd.

For the Benefit of all Teachers and Learners, Writers and Readers,Composers and Scriveners, whether Stran ers or Natives, who areconcern'd with our En lish Ton ue.

_Nun uam sera est ad bonos mores via._ Syntax.

By

. W.

_LONDON_: Printed for the Author. 1703.

Price Sixpence.

_Ma azine, that is low Learnin , too hi h for the Capacity of theVul

ar; Or the Schooler School'd. _viz_, _Babel_ pull'd down, andConfusion Confounded. The latter Survey of the En lish Letters, and waysof Amendment, where thin s are too much amiss to be excus'd, onlyreferrin all to the ood will of those that are willin to amend their


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perceiv'd mistakes and unwillin to fall into their former Errorsa

ain._

. Horatij Flacci, Epistolarum Liber secundus. Ad Au ustum Epist. I.Paulo post initium.

Si meliora dies, ut vina poemata reddit Scire velim: Pretium chartis

uotus arro

at annus. Scriptor abhinc annos centum ui decidit, inter Perfectos veteres

ue, referri debet, an inter Viles at ue novos? Excludat jur ia finis. Est vetus at

ue probus centum

ui perficit annos.

uid?

ui deperiit minor uno mense vel anno. Inter

uos referendvs erit veteresne poetas. An uos & prsens & postera respuat tas? Iste

uidem veteres, inter ponetur honeste.

ui vel mense brevi vel toto est junior anno. Utor permisso; cauda

ue pilos ut e

uina Paulatim vello, & demo unum, demo etiam unum. Dum cadat.----

_The Second Book of Epistles of _

uintus, Horatius, Flaccus_. The FirstEpistle unto the Emperour _Au

ustus Csar_, in whose days our Saviour

Christ was Born._

Thus En lish'd.

There is a thin I fain would know, As A e doth make Wines better; Whether to Papers it doth so, And what's Writ on't with Letter, And what A e ives a Reverence To Papers, I would know: If Authors Credits ot by Tense Of Hundred Years or mo? An Ancient currant Author then,

And Hundred Years is Old? Or is he of the Sli ht

own men, That Writ then as 'tis told? Set down the time that strife may cease: And hundred Years is ood, If one Month short, or Year he bears, Doth he slick in the Mud? No, for one Month or Year, we

rant, And very honestly too; He shall be counted Ancient Without so much ado. What you do

rant, I'm very free To use now at my pleasure:

Another Month, or Year, d' ye see I'll bate, as I have leasure; So Hair by Hair, from the Mare's Tail I'll pull, as well I may. So what is ood, is uickly stale, Thou h Writ but t' other day.

That we make somethin to discourse upon further, I'll take an Exampleor two from the two Tables, wherein one Sound is Spell'd diverse ways,and a ain the same Letters make diverse Sounds.


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First then, z, dayes, praise, phrase, aze.

A. Asia, day, fair, wear, heir.

E. Phebe, key, the, sea, yea, wei h, either, holy.

I. Why, I, hi h, try, tie, buy.

O. Who, know, bow, toe, tow, dou h.

U. True, dew, Hu h, neuter, ive, you, aol, jaylor, oal, John, ives_dat_;

ives _compedes_,

ill of fishes,

ill of water, a

ue, pla

ue,an er, and dan er, uard, re uard, sprin , a well, sprin of steele,jet, and

in

er, and fin

er,

host,

od, and

hurmes, and a

e, a

es,cares.

Our Children are not Witches, that they should uess to Read ri ht bythe Letter, such stuff as this, and the Masters are no very

reatConjurers, to perceive nothin ; what contradictions they make 'emswallow.

First then dayes, that is da--yes, why should not yes spell yes at the

end, as well as at the be

innin

of a word: A

ain, why mi

ht we notspell dayes thus, daise as well as praise, and spell praises, prayes,da--i--se: I see day, why not se, see, as well as he, h--? And why notdase, dayes, and phrayes, phrase, or phraise, phrase, and daze, dayes;and why not daze, or dase, daisey, or daisy, hei, daisy: how can Ladiesbe blam'd for Writin bad En lish, when Scholars spell no better?

A, as Asia, why not da; fare and ware; how can one Vowel have another,at command to make it lon ; a circumflex mi ht do it. But you answer itis our custom, and Books would not be read if we chan e the spellin ;but is there not a ri ht spellin as Ancient as wron ? Is not the asancient as wei h, yea, sea, holy, key. Then 'tis wit to use the properspellin , and leave off impertinencies; and if fewer Letters will serve

the turn, 'twill save Paper and Ink, and 'tis stran

e, if not labourtoo, for Writers; no doubt for Teachers it will.

And how many ways do we pronounce you? yo, yau, yeu, yiu, you, yuu, yetevery dialect praise their own Speech, nay in Towns near to ether, nayin the same Town, nay in the same House, persons born in other places,differ in pronounciation, and many deli ht to hear different dialects(as the

recians did) so they did but understand one another, thou

hsome precise Females do condemn all but their own finical pronunciation.

But why should phrase be spell'd with ph and s, and not f and z? Becauseyou say its Ori

inal is a

reek word: But it hath been lon

enou

hfreely us'd amon st us, that it may claim prescription for a Licence to

put on the En

lish

arb, and suits pretty well with the Ori

inal frazw

nd h

th it not

single

in G

eek? So might be

,

nd t

ke

ith itthe G

eek P

ecispomene, its

ight.

But i

e spell p

ise thus, p

yes

e

lte

the sense. Why the Eyes

e

s much in the d

k to distinguish sound,

s the E

s

e put to silence

t the sh

pe o

Lette

s,

nd

hich o

these is the

itte

judge in thisCont

ove

sy, to b

ing kno

ledge to the Unde

st

nding? Th

t is to beobse

v'd

ell: But

h

t's Le

nt in Childhood is uncont

oul

ble,

s good

s p

esc

iption o

n hund

ed ye

s,

nd

School-D

mes

utho

ity is


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i

e

g

ble,

s the P

ove

b s

ys, _E

ly c

ookes the T

ee, th

t

illgood C

mb

ill be_: Th

t to unle

n

Youth

ul E

o

, is mo

e th

n tose

ve

n App

entiseship, o

t

ke the Deg

ee o

Docto

o

Se

je

nt. Fo

these

e de

nd dumb to Le

n the cont

y,

s the de

d Lette

s theyh

ve Le

n'd, though I

m lo

th to comp

e them to the English Docto

_Bu

net_'s _Antidiluvi

n People_ pett

i

y'd in the Alps,

hich he s

inhis T

v

ils:

But in some p

ts they spe

k

s

e spell: Though the Count

ym

n o

the_No

th_ in Ap

on

nd I

on, p

onounce o

te

,

nd

e be

o

e it: Whyshould

e keep thei

spelling, h

ving lost thei

speech,

nd

hy shouldthey not still keep thei

spelling o

old,

ho still keep the speech?'Tis this thought by some o

the Le

ned, th

t English is the h

destL

ngu

ge in the Wo

ld;

o

th

t Fo

eigne

s coming ove

, being p

stChild

en, neve

h

ve ou

speech

ight, but m

y be disce

n'd to be noEnglish bo

n,

he

e

s

e

te

sho

t

bode in out-L

nds, spe

k thei

Tongue

s

ell

s N

tives: Ou

olk being

mixtu

e o

m

ny N

tions, isso o

L

ngu

ges: But 'tis

onde

, so

ee

s

e

e to t

ke in thei

o

ds,

e t

ke not in thei

Lette

s

lso. The L

tines h

ve but T

elveConson

nts,

nd Five Vo

els,

nd h, but the G

eek

nd Heb

e

m

y

u

nishus

ith Lette

s. The Neighbou

ing Count

ies

e

t

loss

o

them

s

ell

s

e. I

ou

c

edit be good,

e

nt to bo

o

T

o lette

s o

theG

eek, _G

m

_,

nd _Thet

_,

nd Fou

o

the Heb

e

, _Th

leth_, _He_,_Aim_,

nd _Shin_,

nd

e should be set up,

nd

ith

h

t shi

t

e c

n

m

ke o

ou

o

n.

In the

i

st pl

ce

h

t is the English o

_Quotus_? But no

my Pen issilenc'd, except I bo o the T o G eek Lette s, nd _Th leth_ o theHeb

e

,

nd the _Acute_,

nd G

eek _Ci

cum

lex_, to tell ho

Gth

m,Gothe

d, o

g

the

, is to be

ed,

nd

hich is ment o

the 24.

Gth m, [G]th m, Gth m, [G]th m, G[t] m, [G][t] m, G[t] m,[G][t]

m, G[c]

m, [G][c]

m, G[c]

m, [G][c]

m, Gothm, [G]othm,Gothm, [G]othm, Go[t]m, [G]o[t]m, Go[t]m, [G]o[t]m, Go[c]m,[G]o[c]m, Gothm, Go[c]m.

[G] is _G

m

_, [T] is _Thet

_, [D] _Th

leth_; 'tis st

nge my Tongue

should be longe

th

n my A

ms,

ithout eking. 'Tis h

d

o

Dunces tounde

st

nd this

s

ll

ill

ul Fools

e. Humble humility is bette

th

nthe mise

ble

isdom o

the me

ciless kno

ledge o

e

o

. Cunning

oole

ies

nd v

nities unlock'd

o

, to spell the s

me sound dive

se

ys,

nd

hen you h

ve

ll done, you

e but

he

e you

s,

s p

yes,p

ise, p

sy. Fo

hy m

y not y st

nd

o

nothing

te

s,

s

ell

s

te

,

s m

y: But

he

e no

e

son the

e is

o

custom, custom is no

e

son. D

sye,

nd d

yes is

ll one. As the

ool thinks, so the Bellchinks,

o

ou

Lette

s

e like _Wimondes-

oles_ Bells. Su

e i

e h

vethese t

icks,

e h

ve mo

e. Why i

y doth no good, it doth nothing. ButI h

ve

mind it sh

ll st

nd

n out-side the

e out o

the

y,

s d

isy,is d

yes. Doth (GO{D}) spell the C

e

to

, it spells

n Heb

e

Lette

s

ell. I

you hold you

book the

ong end up

d. I've nothing to s

y

g

inst it,

o

'tis you

o

n,

nd you m

y hold it

s you ple

se.

But to go on

cco

ding to P

esc

ipt.

2. Whethe

o

no

e ou

24 Lette

s su

icient to spell

ll the

o

ds o

ou

English Tongue.

3. Whethe

o

no i

they be su

icient to spell

ll

o

ds us'd

o

English in ou

books, they be not su

icient to spell

ll L

ngu

ges; i

_Engl

nd_ be like _Rome_, Conque

ing

ll N

tions, took in the Idol

[t]

y


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o

ll L

s, so _Engl

nd_ being Conque

'd by

ll, h

th not got the

ubish o

ll L

ngu

ges.

4. Whethe

o

no

e m

ke good

nd p

ope

use o

those Lette

s

e h

ve.

5. Whethe

the old use

nd custom o

the Lette

s

o

n hund

ed Ye

s o

mo

e, be su

icient

o

justi

ying the mispelling most

o

ds, us'd tothis d

y, o

hethe

e h

d not bette

mend l

te th

n neve

.

He

eupon

e

gue. Fi

st, It is g

nted th

t

e h

ve not yet p

ope

English

o

ll

o

ds in othe

L

ngu

ges, no

Lette

s su

icient toexp

ess ou

o

n;

s Autho

s

om time to time do justi

ie,

ho h

ve binso little t

ken notice o

by the publick (though the

e is some sm

ll

mendment m

de, th

t c

n sc

ce be pe

ceiv'd). The l

tte

Autho

smentioning the

o

me

,

ll Men o

no sm

ll Note.

Secondly, The

e

s

s good

e

son

o

mendment

n Hund

ed Ye

s

go,

s the

e is no

,

nd

ill be

s good

e

son

n Hund

ed ye

s hence todel

y the

mendment,

s thei

is no

; not

lte

ing

tittle o

the kno

nP

onounci

tion o

the

o

ds, but only o

the spelling. Th

t the Lette

sm

y be o

good use,

nd

e need not to Re

d

ll by

utho

ity,

s theve

y Le

ned Men

e

o

c'd to do in yet unkno

n

o

ds still; so little

ssist

nce do the Lette

s yield them, th

t they the mo

e might pittyyoung beginne

s. Which thing h

th m

de

m

ny Fo

eigne

s (

nd no m

vel

t

ll) o

ll the Neighbou

ing N

tions to th

o

y thei

Books

ndStudy o

English,

s thei

English G

mm

s,

s

ell

s ou

o

n, dosu

iciently decl

e.

Thus to m

int

in

thing

l

ys un

e

son

ble,

ill

l

ys be (

s it h

thbin)

thing un

e

son

ble

nd

te

this

te

n e

o

eve

l

sting.

But it is ns e 'd, th t m ny o ds be thus Spell'd to she theide

iv

tions. Th

t need not be objected,

hen Schol

s c

n

ind out theEtymologyes,

hen sc

ce one Lette

em

ins o

thei

O

igin

l, mo

e th

nJ

mes

om J

cob, Th

ddus

nd Lebbus,

om Jude the honest, o

Jud

s,not Isc

e

t,

nd Didymus

om Thom

s, Giles, gidius. As

o

ch

ngingthe Lette

s, I sh

ll hope they

ill put the devines in; I

e

not th

t

they c

n put the L

ye

s out.

Wh

t

dv

nt

ge o

dis

dv

nt

ge it m

y be to Bookselle

s o

P

inte

s,

snone o

my business, I le

ve to thei

conside

tion.

But no

to st

ike

t the

oot o

so m

ny e

o

s begotten by

lseLette

s, besides

lse

inic

l speech

cco

ding to the Lette

s, beingillete

tely litte

te,

s c

l

, h

ut, goust.

_The Second P

t o

lo

Le

ning high._

The O

de

.

1. Vo

els, 2. Diphthongs, 3. Conson

nts.

A is us'd 7

ys,

nd othe

Vo

els so; When thus, o

so, it doth

m

e,

e h

ve no m

k to kno

.

Fi

st, A long in Ch

mbe

ch

nged d

nge

comm

nded. Secondly, Sho

t in


10/36

Ambe

h

ng'd Ange

, Unde

st

nding.

No

suppose Renn

d the Fox, o

the like old book,

s Rep

inted,

nd long C

mb

il'd, (

hich the G

eeks c

ll _Pe

ispomene_)

nd

sho

t not,

ould not th

t be

good guide

o

e

ding old Renn

d un

ep

inted,

ith

ight p

onounci

tion, though the

e be no di

e

ence in

long o

sho

t.

Next, i

it

ould ple

se the

isdom o

oolish custom (in

hose e

o

so

this kind (though in nothing else)

ll Religions meet) being longenough

dvis'd in time, to think

it to

mend in the Copy, o

t le

stin the M

gin,

he

e

o

ds

e

othe

ise spell'd, th

n they

ep

onounc'd (

hich the Heb

e

s c

ll Ke

y

nd Kethiu; the Copy

s

itten,but Ke

y the M

gin

s

e

d, m

k'd

ith Aste

isk, one to the othe

) Ibelieve ou

P

inte

s could

s e

sily C

mb

il ou

English Vo

els,

sCi

cum

lex the L

tin,

hich

ould be

su

e guide

o

e

ding.

[T

nsc

ibe

's Note: The Heb

e

te

ms

e usu

lly

itten (Ke

i)

nd [.((Kethiv

3dly

nd 4thly, A sho

t

ithout eithe

ule o

e

son be

o

e

Conson

nto

t

o,

ith e

te

,

s

ce,

c

e,

ble, unst

ble,

the

,

ith A long,

nd sol

ce, m

ss

c

e, const

ble, g

the

,

ith A sho

t.

5thly, A put

o

A C

mb

il to m

ke e o

o long,

s be

, g

e

te

, b

o

d,bo

d. 6thly, Put like

C

mb

il,

nd is not

C

mb

il, neithe

,

sBe

t

ice, c

e

te, c

e

tou

: So is i

lse C

mb

il to

,

s

o

igne

s.When pe son is in Commission, he should e the live y o his O ice;but

hen he signi

ies nothing, he should not put it on, n

y

the

, heh

d bette

keep

t home.

7thly, A st nding o just nothing, but s the sh do o C mb il, she

ven, e

th, b

e

d, he

d,

e

lm, me

do

,

e

d in the P

ete

pe

ectTense.

In

R

il o

P

les, i

one be out to let in one Hog, 'tis enough to letin the

hole He

d into the Close, is

n obse

v

tion

pplic

ble to the

p

emisses.

E long

nd sho

t,

nd

e c

n see no c

use

o

't in equ

lly

nd equity,in cement,

eg

d, to

ment,

ebell,

egiste

, long

nd sho

t in the s

me

o

ds being Acute

hen Ve

bs,

nd pen

cute

hen Nounes. But

ny Child o

Fo

eigne

, th

t neve

he

d the

o

ds spoken, might une

sily guess

tthe t

ue p

onunci

tion by the sense, Th

t

n Acute

ould be

g

e

t e

se

nd com

o

t to the Re

de

nd Te

che

,

nd no g

e

t t

ouble to theP

inte

.

3dly,

nd 4thly, E long

nd sho

t be

o

e 2 C

mb

ils to be

up itst

in, _vi

._ e be

o

e,

nd e

te

Conson

nt,

lso g

nd e, o

i

ndgh, 3 C

mb

ils,

s e

e, be

e,

ith

nd e; but he

e

ith but one

C

mb

il;

eigh

ith 2 o

3: In e

st, b

e

d, ste

d, it m

kes no use o

the C

mb

ils, only

o

st

te A must d

nce

ttend

nce,

s in m

nyhund

eds mo

e.

5thly,

nd 6thly, e long

nd sho

t be

o

e

conson

nt o

2,

nd

nothe

e,

s steple, people, t

eble

nd indeleble.

7thly, Syll

bles

e long

ithout e

o

C

mb

il,

s dost, most, ghost,b

ight,

ight, sign, design,

nd sho

t, not

ithst

nding e C

mb

il

shence, since, p

ince, possible,

cile, but P

ince

nd Simple p

ope


11/36

N

mes be spoken,

ith i long, th

t

n unkno

n Re

de

mist

ke not thepe

sons n

mes.

But ho

nonsensic

lly e is us'd in the end o

syll

bles sho

t in live,love, gives, but long,

live,

nd gives (

ette

s)

nd is p

onounc'd

ndunp

onounc'd be

o

e s,

s

ges,

ges, c

ges, ho

ses,

sses, chu

ches,

nd po

ches,

nd not in c

es,

e

s, hopes,

obes, bones,

nd m

king ilong

nd not,

s

ite

,

ighte

, mit

e, hithe

nd thithe

: In

hethe

,e sho

t,

nd

e

the

, in neithe

e long; like

ise e is p

onounc'd

ndunp

onounc'd in the middle,

s comm

ndements,

ighteous, covetous,stupe

ie, not in c

e

ul, c

eless, g

te

ul,

e

e

ul; not in

ednesd

y,

nd is p

onounc'd

te

diphthong o

double conson

nt, ve

yneedlesly,

s in inne, Anne,

sse, poo

e,

oome, joye, c

use, l

s,coi

e, choice, juice,

nd

s b

dly

te

syll

bles m

de long by

o

i,

s

e

es,

o

ds, thei

e, veine, veile, eithe

. In Be

es

o

d the l

tte

e is misp

onounced by Schol

ship, mist

ken to m

ke it t

issyl

ble.

8thly, E is p

onounc'd sometimes singly in the end o

o

ds,

s inPhebe, Cy

ene, Penelope, Eute

pe. But these be G

eek

o

ds, but so isnot the

nd be. But

h

t

n Huste

on p

ote

n is this to te

ch the G

eekG

mm

be

o

e the B

ttledo

e.

9thly, E put

o

in they, thei

,

nd

o

i in eve

, neve

, evil,

evil, devil.

10th, E put

o

ee,

s Pete

, Steven, even, he, she, me,

e. Andsometimes ie

o

the s

me,

s yield, believe,

iend,

nd othe

ise in iend, iend, diet, quiet, but not like neithe , but let th t un uponth' tongue, m

de long in people by o,

lso in

eo

e, heo

ness. _vi

._He

vens, (

p

onounc'd

s v) le

t out in Geo

ge, bie

e,

iend, le

veout i, sieve, e; diet;

nd quiet, t

ke in both.

11th, EE

o

e long,

s bee

e, d

ink, dee

e, venison.

12th, Sometimes ee

o

t

ice, e,

s Bee

sheb

, ove

see

.

13th, Y

nd e, both

o

one C

mb

il, bec

use one

s pe

h

ps to

e

k.

Though one C

mb

il seems enough

o

one sm

ll veile,

s d

yes,

yes;

lso i

nd e,

s h

i

es, p

ise,

nd

nd e,

s sho

es, kno

s, c

o

es,not in lose. But

hy m

y not

se

ve

te

nd e,

nd y

te

o, Ikno

not. Methinks the de

d Lette

s should not be coye on

h

t C

mb

ilthey'

e h

ng'd on; but I must

sk the Butche

s,

nd

h

t doth e

te

Ile,

o

I

ill.

14th, E de

ective in seest,

leeth,

eeest,

g

eed; th

t p

odig

l

s eis o

its comp

ny, should eve

be

nting is

onde

;

he

e the

e oughtto be 3 e

se, o

e

, o

th

ice e, t

o

o

diphthong, i

it m

y be one

o

the syll

ble, th

t the distiction m

y seeme not he

d bet

een seeth,beholdeth,

nd see the boile, e is

dded.

But

l

s it is objected l

tely

ithin this Seven ye

s by _G. B._ th

tComposito

s le

v out E in d

ys

nd

ys,

nd such like; G

me

cy

o

th

t! But

hy do they not le

v out y

lso,

hich signi

ies not mo

e, butles th

n e: And

hy is not i

nd e c

st out o

p

ise

nd

ise,

nd e

om

i

e

nd st

i

e,

hich

do

n the

o

ds no mo

e th

n Be

uty-spots do

Who

e's F

ce: And

hy is not

o

bl

ck P

tch, c

st

om kno

nd blo

,

s

ell

s d

,

nd

h

v c

st

thei

Pock

-y;

nd

hyis not

to do,

he

e the

e's need; th

t 'ton need no mock 'tuth

i'the los,

nd

i' the lo

d o

: No

indeed

e h

ve c

st

ugh

omthough,

nd

lthough,

hen som sound is o

them,

nd not le

t gh out in


12/36

b

ight, light, thought,

he

e they signi

y no mo

e th

n

chip, o

he

bGohn in po

edg: H

! H

! He! Yet in

lo

eth

nd kno

eth

sounds

ell,h

ving

n in

luence in the

ollo

ing vo

el.

[T

nsc

ibe

's Note: The he

b Gohn is p

ob

bly St. John's Wo

t,

hich c

n be m

de into

m

sh o

po

idge.]

15th, Othe

ve

ieties to m

ke

syll

ble long

ithout e,

s

in bo

st,bo

d, co

sts, co

les, not holes.

Also Sho

t i,

s veil, eithe

, neithe

,

nd somtimes 'tis

diphthong,

s neighbou

, eight. Also o,

s people, en

eo

, heo

ness. And u,

s

ou

e,

oul, not in honou

, neighbou

,

he

e o,

nd u, st

nd

o

s good

s nothing.

And

ll Vo

els be us'd supe

v

c

neously be

o

e l, n, o

;

s inb

eth

en, co

en, child

en, open, n

vill,

evill; not in c

vill, Sybill,

nd civill;

p

on, button, mutton, i

on,

e

son, b

con, t

e

son;

nd inp

ope

n

mes,

s G

ckson, Gohnson, Wilson, Tomson, Rependon, Repton,Donnington; not in God-Son, Common, but in Cousin.

All vo

els be us'd in v

in be

o

e

,

s pill

, cell

,

inte

, summe

,dinne

, cu

i

, (

s it

e

e cove

,

i

e,) honou

, donou

, neighbou

,

ple

su

e, me

su

e, n

tu

e,

e

tu

e, sc

iptu

e, m

ty

. I is us'dseve

lly.

1st nd 2dly, I Long nd sho t in the s me ci cumst nces, s blind,

ind, mind,

ith i long, kind

ed, limb, sh

imp, pinch,

ith i sho

t; ghm

kes i long,

s b

ight, might, plight, &c.

nd i is long

ithout 'em,

s bite, kite,

ite.

3dly

nd 4thly, I sho

t

ith

conson

nt,

nd e

te

it,

s lives,gives, nouns

nd ve

bs: Bible, possible, t

iple, t

ibled, idle

idle,P

ince, p

ince. 5thly,

nd 6thly, m

keing e long,

nd not

s be

o

e.

7thly, Used in v

in,

s g

in

ul, _&c._

s be

o

e;

lso e

nd

put

o

i,

s bo

ge, s

v

ge, kno

ledge, colledge, not in hedge

nd non

ge;

lso y

s us'd

o

me

ly

o

i.

But most

bomin

bly i is us'd

o

g,

hich is unp

don

ble,

hen g being

lette

o

double me

ning c

n do

ithout,

s g

ol, o

go

l;

hyshould it in

ect i

ith its o

n distempe

, to be double minded.

L

stly, W[h]y g[h] m

not m

ke

ll vo

els long

s

ell

s i,

nd

[h]ym

not ye

nd

e m

ke vo

els long,

s

ell

s

, e,

nd o;

e must

skt[h]e n

tu

l P[h]ilosop[h]e

s

[h]

t symp

t[h]y o

ntip

t[h]y is int[h]e Lett

;

nd

[h]et[h]e

n occult qu

lity; o

t[h]e divines, i

t[h]e

e be not

myste

y in it

bove n

tu

e be

o

e

e

dventu

e to te

h

nd cong the b

tl-du

;

nd

[h]y I m

not supply t[h]e pl

ce o

y

t[h]e

t[h]

n g,

s in y

te, yell, yule, younge

, (

s It

li

ns).

T[h]is [h]

d bin ve

y excuse

ble,

nd not

it[h]out

ntient p

esident.As like

ise

[h]y some conson

nts t

ke exception

t some vo

els; o

somevo

els

t t[h]em, t[h]

t t[h]ey ch

nge t[h]ei

me

ning?

s c

nd g,sometimes be

o

e e

nd i,

nd t be

o

e ion sometimes.

8thly, W[h]y not

l

ys

it[h]out exeption: I

t[h]e

e be

supe

n

tu

lc

use (

o

e

e su

e t[h]ei

is no n

tu

l one)

o

t[h]ese t[h]ings,t[h]ey

ill decl

e it, i

not; t[h]e

e must needs be

p

ete

n

tu

l


13/36

on.

O, is us'd

cco

dingly,

s most, dost, lost, tost.

3dly

nd 4thly, As some, come, [h]ome, done, gone; sho

t

in Jo

n,Jo

nne, Jo

kim,

nd o p

t.

Also l m

kes o long,

s

oll, poll, not extoll,

nd

[h]y not ot[h]e

vo

els too.

O,

o

oe,

s mot[h]e

,

mong,

om.

O,

o

u,

s b

ot[h]e

, come, some,

o

d,

o

ld,

ont, t[h]e ve

b;

not[h]e

, good, blood, not yonde

.

O,

o

, no

t[h]e

ly,

s p

edg, [h]

ses, c

n,

m

ng.

U is us'd p

omiscuously,

s

ppe

s in the vo

els

o

e going, but notso

equently

s the

est,

s [h]ugh long, hug sho

t; [h]uge, voluble,supe

luous

te

b

nd g,

s build, gu

d, not

eg

d, q being c

ll'dcu, needs it not; guide, not gilbe

t.

But v conson

nt not c

ll'd ev,

ith

di

e

ent c

cte

, is no less

bsu

'd th

n j conson

nt, not c

ll'd ij,

ith

di

e

ent

igu

e,

s

meje

o

me

su

e,

s the F

ench

lso use it,

s je vou

eme

cy. Soosie

, [h]osie

, e

sie

,

u

e, _&c._

F us'd o v nciently, s d o th, s de ; but spokn s e do no :ev is us'd

o

in the _West_,

s vi

e, vield,

o

i

e,

ield,

nd

eput p

o

v in uppe

: The Heb

e

s put veth

o

it, beth

o

b, theSp

ni

ds m

ke v, b, but to let othe

L

ngu

ges

lone,

e p

ss to

The Diphthongs.

Whe

eo

3 be ve

y

bsu

d, ee

o

hich the L

tins us'd ij,

s ijdemoculi lucent, e

dem

e

it

tis im

go est, _Ov._ met. The G

eeks m

de Et

doble e,

s

lso oo OMEGA.

2. Oo,

o

hich the L

tins us'd uu,

s uv

, uuul

,

nd the B

itish

ndHeb

e

s double u.

3. A

,

ll,

u,

s

ug

e, m

ug

e,

e, l

,

ll, c

l

, (se the

estin l.)

nd

o p

ope

ly,

s g

ot, g

ol, g

ot.

Ai,

s st

ight,

g

in, not,

it, ei

s eight, not neithe

.

Oi,

s boile, not the noun.

Uu is se

v'd by oo,

nd so

o

th. No th

nks

o

it.

Ui,

s juice. Ou,

s ought, not, out.

Au is put

o

o, ou

o

u,

s s

uce, souce.

Eu o

e

, e

e, neute

, is

ight.

Iu,

s vie

, might be mended thus, viu.

Ou is common,

s could, co

, but the

e is di

e

ence bet

een o long

ndsho

t.


14/36

O is o

ten us'd

o

t

iphthong (y in B

itish). O u u,

s hone, stone,doo

e, th

ough,

o,

ho

e,

o

e, mo

e.

In ou o is o

t le

t out,

s double, t

ouble.

L is us'd

o

o,

s R

lph, [h]

l

, c

l

, m

lt, [h]

lt, s

lt

nd sc

lp,not in [h]e

lth

nd

e

lth,

nd de

lt: L is so us'd

te

e,

s el

, notsel

,

helm, Gulielm, not elme.

L

stly, L is

o

u,

s old, cold, gold,

old, bold, colt, bolt, not indolt.

I

e, eo, ie,

nd e

be diphthongs,

nd l

ully m

y'd by B

nes, o

Licens, I'm su

e it is but

n [h]

l

ch

-m

i

ge,

o

they (

o

justimpediment) neve

bed togethe

.

_Amendment o

e

'd._

M

ke

C

mb

il ove

the vo

els to m

ke 'em long;

nd this

ill cu

einnume

bl e

o

s,

nd the

e

ill be no mo

e mist

kes o

buse o

thevo

els,

nd this

ill s

ve

o

ld o

t

uble.

But bec

use the titl o

i st

nds in the

y, give

d

sh

o

I long,

ndlet

lo

Apost

ophe,

s high

s the bodies o

he lette

s, st

nd

o

isho

t,

nd i

ith

tittle

o

double i o

ee. So

M

l, mel, mil, mol, mul. Ml, ml, ml, ml, ml.

[T nsc ibe 's Note: Text sho

n

s p

inted,

lthough p

eceding p

g

ph implies m

l o

ml (dotless i, o

i

ithout tittle) in

i

st line, m--l in second.]

Then

sk the P

inte

hethe

C

mb

il set ove

the vo

els, be not

s

good,

nd che

p

s

n e,

, o, o

gh

t the end.

But

[h]

t di

e

ence c

n

e m

ke in

igu

es, bet

een ou, long o,

ndsho

t o? Thus like the sign T

u

us

te

the G

eek

shion is sho

t ou,o

(spe

k Tongue) ou

t lengt[h], is long o

it[h] u;

nd

g

in the signT

u

us

it[h]

Foot-B

ll bet

een [h]is [h]o

ns, is t[h]e T

i

t[h]ong;t[h]e

e

son belongs to G

mm

.

Fo

to l

y sound upon sound

it[h]out sig[h]t, is

s

ield upon

ield,

lse He

ld

y.

But

s

o

suc[h]

s [h]

ve t[h]ei

o

[h]e

ds no b

o

de

t[h]

n t[h]ei

B

ttledo

e, they must stic in the old nooke

t q in the co

ne

, not

seven ye

s, but seventy times seven.

'Tis not

sin s

it[h]

P[h]ilosop[h]e

t[h]

t I c

nnot spel

el, butt[h]

t I c

nnot live

ell. I

e [h]

ve t[h]is e

o

om the L

ye

s

e[h]ope 'tis l

ul;

o

to put in lette

s in

o

d o

o

ds in

deed,mo

e t[h]

n enoug[h] o

ten. But the L

ye

s English m

y be no bette

t[h]

n [h]is L

tin, t[h]e one

s [h]

d to be spell'd,

s t[h]e ot[h]e

to be p

sd.

Next

e come to the Conson

nts.


15/36

_Thi

d P

t o

B

bling _B

bel_ unde

min'd; the Eyes submitting to theE

s._

Conson

nts do sometimes st

nd

o

noug[h]t, Sometimes

o

one

not[h]e

; But

[h]en st

nds e

h one

s it oug[h]t? W[h]en st

nds it

o

its b

ot[h]e

?

B is

Conson

nt [h]

t[h] no n

me-s

ke,

s none oug[h]t to h

ve. Fo

put

vo

el be

o

e o

te

it, its

ll one

o

the n

me

nd v

lue,

o

eve

y v

lue o

lette

is

cco

ding to its n

me, o

oug[h]t to be,

o

the n

me is p

ope

to the

igu

e

s c

ll, de o

ed, 'tis

ll one,

s

o ed,

od. C

ll b be, o

eb; but use custom, 'tis [h]elp

ul

[h]enp

ope

; [h]u

t

ul

[h]en imp

ope

. B is ove

plus in L

mb, t[h]umb, debt,doubt;

nd

[h]

t need is t[h]e

e o

t[h]ese unnecess

y bees; sc

ceone in

P

ish besides the P

son t[h]inks t[h]e t

o l

st come o

L

tin

o

ds, debitum

nd dubito,

[h]e

e t[h]ey

e p

onounc'd.

B is

lette

o

t[h]e lips, shutting t[h]e lips be

o

e t[h]e vo

el,

[h]en it begins

syll

ble,

nd

te

vo

el

hen it ends: So do the

est in BUM

F _vi

._ ev,

e, m,

, p.

_A Rule use

ul

o

School-Te

che

s,

o

sho

t Tongu'd Child

en,

o

e

syUtte

nce use the uppe

Lette

s

o

the ne

the

._

B [G] D V G J Z [C] [Y] [R]

Fo

P C [T] F H [J] S [T] K R

_P

ob

tum est._

By one I h

d

Schol

, could spe

k none o

the ne

the

Lette

s, till he[h]

d le

n'd (

te

the _West_ [G]unt

y

shion,

nd the Rules o

theLe

n'd G

mm

s) to p

onounce the uppe

i

st.

We

e not

[h]

u muh ou

deseit

ul lett

[h]ind

uth

Le

ning,

nd

e

ining Inglish,

nd [h]

u t

u let

ould

u

th

it.

M

d C

'[c] s spel

sound [c]e sm, _Stilo novo_. Bet

q h

nd k. Deset

ule deni

its n

m, And s do[c] it bet

.

Dissembli[v] C

i[c] nidles vot, Ov

idi[v] b

ex [c]e nec. Unles it [h]

v

p

ope

n

m, And spelli[v] suits

i[c] C. C [g]iv

n il ex

mpl, And i

t

ipl tn

v: CCC ERAS. Ad. On gustis it do[c] t

mpl, Sc

b'd

o

ol [h]e

ol

b

v. Ov sie

[c]e blind led

i

: [D]e ded [c]e livi[v]

ul. ARISTOF.


16/36

And [

ot]

ti

sum t

sc i

[c]is To

t upon

Fuul? L

g [h]

usn [h]

v

i in l

g t

un

, And l

g

hevnle buux: L

g Cots

nd Tlox [h]

v

i

nd [G]

un

, Au

it in let

stox. It niv

i

tuu l

t to [t]

iv, No

to inven[j]on

d: Fo

Silv

uns

i

[c]

st

iv, [D]un m

ne p

und

ov Led. N

u [c]

t I m

u t

ule si, Se

t

nte to mi s

: I

lic u sim

nd no

end be, Non led

mi

u

s

. In c

uuced

[c]is

ol i

il, Men tno not [c]

t [c]

e

. And [c]

t men luv d

cnes stil, No

ot in endless

i

.

As c t

nd h do

uul ou

e

ov

nd ov

in h

tch

nd c

tch, _&c._ sododh D (non

ithout dese

t) in Wednesd

y, Hedg, Judg, sp

ing, g

udg,b

dg,

he

e g m

y do

ell

ithout its

lse [h]elp o

cumbe

-pl

ce.

F is unp

onounc'd in m

sti

nd t is spoken inste

d o

, in h

nd

ul,

m

ul, s

ck

ul. But it h

th m

ni

est

ong done it, by his conve

tiblep,

nd its unconve

tible h,

g

inst thei

o

n n

mes too,

s Philip.Whe

e

s ph help no mo

e

o

spelling Filip, th

n it doth Alex

nde

. No

i you h d s id HURH spells Chu ch, nd GUG spells Judge, I could e silybelieve it.

But he

p, God, thy, thigh, h

ng, sh

me,

hich

e none o

the sevenspell'd by the Lette s e intend should spell them: neithe c n nyEnglishm

n

o

his e

s, eyes

nd

its, spell

ny o

these

o

ds,

ndMILLIONS mo

e like 'em, mo

e by his 24 English Lette

s, m

ke

h

t shi

the c

n,

hile _Ingl

nd_ is _Ingl

nd_,

nd h

ve both Unive

sities,_CAMBRIGE_

nd _Ox

o

d_ to help him,

nd

ll the Unive

sities beyond theSe

s to help them.

_Vi

._ [Y]p, [G]od, [C]i, [T]i, [Y]

[v], [J][v], [W]ih;

lso [F]

un,[R]m;

nd Hi

, Ked, Plej

. Fo

Tu

pe est docto

e cum culp

ed

guit ipsum.

Acco

ding to _C

to_:

Unto the Te

che

its

sh

me, In othe

s his o

n F

ults to bl

me.

Thus you pe

cieve the

hole Wo

ld is but in the B

ttle-do

e,

nd Le

ningis in the C

dle,

nd the s

yings o

this Book,

s M

c

oons to invite

he

to the t

king he

Lette

s to keep up old custom. As _Ho

s_ [h]

thit in his

i

st Se

mon.

----Pue

is d

nt c

ustul

bl

ndi Docto

es element

velint ut disce

e p

im

.

Kind Te

che

s give Boys Bun

nd C

ke, Thei

Lette

s

o

to Le

n them m

ke.

G is de

in sign, not signi

ie,

nd g[h] in boug[h]t, b

oug[h]t, not in


17/36

coug[h], th

oug[h], enoug[h],

[h]ih is st

ngly spoken, stu

,enoug[h], boug[h]s, enoug[h], (co

n enoug[h])

nd sig[h]ed,

nd g[h]edspells [h]e

d, i

ec be not c

st

y; let k be g[h]

, else k (unless

o

g[h])

s in b

ck, st

ck, c

ck,

ould be

v

in impe

tinent Lette

,

nd dese

ves (

s suh) in

n o

de

ly F

mily to be cic'd out o' th' doo

s.Fo

ou

B

ttle-do

e is

ell-[g]ove

n'd SITY,

[h]ih shuts out

ll idleimpe

tinent pe

sn

,

s v

g

nts

it[h] t[h]ei

ext

v

g

ncies out o't[h]' G

tes.

H is v

in, in Ghost, Sc[h]ol

, not in Chu

h, but c is, t[h]e

e

o

e itdese

ves to be tu

n'd out o

doo

s,

o

loosing its good n

me, [h]

ving

o

k enoug[h] to live o

its t

de,

nd is

n Inte

loope

, sounding onet[h]ing by its sel

,

not[h]e

in

o

d-spelling, th

t she m

not be[h]onest by [h]e

sel

,

nd

kn

ve in comp

ny.

L in

ill, bell, m

ll,

ull,

nd t[h]ous

nds mo

e.

M in gemm, stem, _&c_.

N in Hen

y

nd p

ope

n

mes,

s No

m

nton, Rependon, Donington. T[h]e

o

me

n is un[h]e

d.

P in

eceipt, not except,

nd mig[h]t

s

ell be le

t out,

s in deceit,conceit, o

t[h]e s

me sin, so empty tempt

tion.

S in isle, isl

nd,

ss,

s is u

, s single is

s

T in hitsund y, nd tch, c tch, clutch.

U is tu

n'd into EV, Covent

y, D

vent

y, Oven

o

Couent

y, D

unt

y,Ouen,

n eut; see M

. _Dugd

l_.

So ou

Lette

s

t[h]e

m

th

n mend ou

L

ngu

ge,

[h]en

ongspell'd: but mo

e Lette

s

ould do

ell in the Al

bet, (

[h]ih isp

ep

ing) but

e

e

in most

o

ds to spell p

ope

ly.

We is us'd t[h]

ee

ys,

s

vo

el,

s no

, [h]o

,

s

conson

nt in

e,

ent,

s nothing, in kno

, sho

,

nd bo.

Ye is us'd

ou

ys,

s

conson

nt,

s ye

, yes,

s

long

nd sho

tvo

el,

s

[h]y, [h]oly

nd doubt

ul,

s my, t[h]y,

nd

s not[h]ing inm

y d

y.

W[h]en e

ch Lette

[h]

t[h] but one me

ning 1; the Re

ding is ce

t

in

st

o

nd t

enty one, one

nts

,

nd t

o m

sp

e it.

Z is sc

ce us'd in v

in, but

s m

ny conson

nts

e double to m

ke

sho

t vo

el,

s Bu

e, but is most us'd

o

s

te

ll Lette

s but p,c, t,

o

plu

ls

nd t[h]e like, s

nd

seem to c

oss one

nothe

,

s

e

nd

ise,

nd x

o

,

s be

ux.

Since

enoun'd Aut[h]o

s o

l

te [h]

ve le

t out ugh,

s t[h]oug[h]

ndthe like,

iting t[h]o', i

they [h]

d le

t out

nd y supe

luous,

skno

,

o

, d

, t[h]

e,

nd put out

ll v

in lette

s,

nd c

mb

il thevo

els, the idle Lette

s

ould neve

[h]

ve come in

g

in.

No

i

Books

e

e begun to be

ll p

inted by t[h]ese di

ections, t[h]ey

ould m

ke

ll othe

old books e

sie

e

d,

nd mo

e t

uly p

onounced,t[h]e

lse spelling being discove

'd

nd

mended.


18/36

But Lette

s

e neithe

he

e no

the

e,

o

ll this, in eve

y ci

cuitthe

e is something o

p

ticul

di

lect, di

e

ing

om the commonEnglish, though the Weste

n

nd No

the

n di

e

most.

No

hen

e spe

k o

lte

ing the Lette

s,

e

lte

not, but est

blish

nd settle the kno

n speech,

hich is no mo

e but to

lte

o

emove thesign

hen it di

ectedh to the

ong [h]ouse, but the Inn

ll the

hileis the s

me. I

one be in the No

th o

West, he h

d best spe

k

s theydo, th

t he m

y be

e

dily unde

stood,

hich is the end o

speech.

We h

ve co

uptions enough in ou

Lette

s to co

upt

ll L

ngu

ges

it

ith them.

I

ou

Lette

s

e

e thus Co

ected,

st

nge

, o

home-b

ed, mightle

n

s much English in

d

y,

s othe

ise in

month o

mo

e.

Put n

tu

e in

ts C

dle,

nd its

et in the stox.

The

e h

ve been m

ny ch

nges o

[G]ove

nment this hund

ed ye

s, yet thes

me e

o

s

ule, th

t

e

e,

nd no body

o

p

omisi

bette

.

But

h

t

ils you to be so bitte

g

inst the Lette

s? Why I look

tthem

s the d

k-house to lodge

ll ou

e

o

s in,

nd

e

the

-bed,

he

e

ll, both e

o

s

nd unkno

n sins m

y be lodg'd, the

e

o

e I pull

out the St

s out o

you

bolste

, th

t I m

y let light into the house,th

t you m

see you lodge in

tho

n-bush inste

d o

e

the

-bed. ButI

ind, (God [h]elp us both) th

t

t

ll

in

l e

o

s

e

iends o

theg e te , th t neithe m I ble by these lette s to spe k, no you tounde

st

nd me by W

iting. N

y no m

n is by old Lette

s

ble so much

sto hint

h

t he

ould h

ve the ne

ones c

ll'd, but the old

illinsinu

te thei

su

iciency.

_The Fou

th P

t, o

Inst

uctions Inst

ucted, o

Light out o

D

kness._

_The

i

st T

ble,

he

ein the sel

-s

me sounds

e Spell'd by di

e

entLette

s,

i

st Right,

nd then W

ong._

A

s

, M

nn

, Joshu

, Asi

, Jud

h, H

nn

h;

hy m

e not c

st

theHeb

e

He out o

o

ds,

s

ell

s the L

tins

nd G

eeks h

ve done? D

y,s

y, thei

, they,

i

. These Lette

s th

t be, not p

onounc'd

e ve

y

ellcome to be gone, the doo

st

nds

ide open.

E,

s be, the, Phebe, ye

,

eigh, key, holy. I

p

op

g

ting E

o

bel

ul, 'tis l

ul to te

ch

ong.

I,

s Ivi; lie, lye, thy,

hy, thigh, buy,

o

the

i

st might

s

l

ully be spell'd like the l

st,

s UYe I,

s the l

st is

ongspell'd, but mo

e l

ully m

the l

st be spell'd

s you

i

st.

O, do, no, so, to,

ight, to

, dough, Bo

es, be

u, sloe, slo

. (I

u bep

onounc'd in

lo

, 'tis

diphthong, let u t

ke its pl

ce)

ong.

U,

s t

u, blue, Hugh, ne

,

singl u might st

nd

o

you (i

it ple

seu) but not

o

you

, be

uty.

Ao, g

ol, g

ot, g

ot, go

l, l

, s

uce, c

l

, sc

lp, c

ug[h]t,


19/36

t

ug[h]t.

Al,

s

le,

il, but,

yl in old Books.

El,

s kele, me

le, se

le, veil,

nd ve

l.

Il, mile, isle, isl

nd, boile, pyle.

Ol, mole, soul, co

l,

oll, poll.

Ul, deul, the st

ig[h]test

o

d, the sho

test

ule.

_So

e

g

inst shins it goes to go

bout, Whe

e you've but one

o

d, you c

nnot go out._

So m, em, im, om, um,

nd

n, en, in, on, un,

s cl

im, p[h]legm,

ooms, [h]olmes, tombs, sove

ign,

o

eigne

s, sign, g

o

n, he

n.

H

v t

o st

it lines

om point to point you sh

ll, * Pseudog

y

geomet

ic

l. * B

.

So

, e,

nd so

o

t[h], be

o

e, be

o

e,

, s, t,

, bie

, [h]ig[h]e

,bo

e, so

,

ou

, lo

e

, c

se,

ce,

e, b

ss, pe

ce, ce

se,

ise,p

ice, justice, p

ose, sloce, p

i

e,

ise, eyes, lies,

ise ve

b, sighs,

use, noun, t

uce, nose,

oes, blo

s, use ve

b; suit,

n event: but s isus'd

o

too o

t, the mo

e intolle

ble; but

should be us'd

hen itm

kes

distinction bet

een noun

nd ve

b,

s use,

ise,

buse:

Conceit

it[h]out

eceit, is me

e deceit.

J

ms, g

ol, Jo[h]n, go

l, m

gist

te, m

jesty, geese,

leece, sig[h]ed,[h]e d, s dled, gl d, titled, cl d, b ttled, kno , enh, ensh, good,blood,

o

t[h], [h]unt, gentl, je

,

ih,

it[h], city, sit, scitu

te,ye

, be[h]

viou

, Joshu

,

, no

, noug[h]t.

S,

s

ctious, p

ecious,

nctious, conscience, sho,

shion,Je[h]oschu

, these

i the help ov the F

enh,

s quelque hose,

nd old

Autho

s m

be qu

d

upled

ll

ong.

So x

o

ckes,

s

l

x, st

ckes, sex, necks, six, stickes,

ox,

okes,

lux, bucks.

Wh

t spells g u g, q i c, [

] i h, R e p n, s c o l

; i

ong (

[h]

sno business the

e) be ples

nt,

ite, (gh [h]

t[h] not[h]ing to dot[h]e

e) is ple

nt

, unless to ple

se t[h]ose t[h]

t [h]

ve t[h]ei

its

it[h]out 'em,

ill [h]

ve t[h]e e

s misled by t[h]e eys,

ndt[h]e soul by t[h]e body, t[h]e

e

o

e (suppose t[h]

t t[h]e

e

e

shions

o

t[h]e soul

s

ell

s the body) in t[h]e old Chu

chBible ov _K. J._ its [h]ye, no

[h]ig[h]; so

o

me

ly

o

ine

s, no

o

eigne

s, R

ley, R

leigh, [h]e

e's

it

ith

itness: But these

e no mo

e besides thei

its, t[h]

n t[h]ey

e

it[h]out thei

its,t[h]

t [h]

ve t[h]ei

its

it[h]in t[h]em. These th

t c

n, p

int thevois, c

n limb out souls too. No doubt ve

y Le

n'd men!

You t[h]

t unde

st

nd t[h]e

ets on t[h]e g

e

t Fidle,

nd

it[h]outG

mmut, c

n p

ic do

n p

ope

sounds to

o

ds in visible sh

pes,

cco

ding to t[h]e nu

shion; p

t

ke not

the

l

ls the oldF

t[h]e

s put to t[h]ei

o

ds, lest poste

ity se

ve you no bette

,

sHie

om, Hie

us

lem,

ipe, snite, knight,

s h

uce

.


20/36

_The time sh

ll come th

t Docto

s

nd Knights Sh

ll be

s common

s Woodcox

nd Snites, With C

mbo's o

Books

ul m

ny

sco

e, As good

s these you

ind, I'll

d no mo

e._

Fpsti. _Di

icili

qu pulch

._ _H

d to be dun,

dute i

su

dhe g

test bute._

_A T

ble o

the sel

-s

me Lete

s, Spelling

o

ds ov

di

e

entsound._

As

ith,

ith, b

th, b

the, sith, sithe, both, both, lo

th, lo

th, o

th,o

thes, smith, smithy, b

e

th, o

, o

, then, yet, liveth o

liveth,joth o

joth, mouth, mouth, p

th o

p

th,

th,

e

th,

ith o

ith,thy, thigh, this, thistle, thou, thous

nd, th

nk, they, them, the

me,thus, thunde

, thine, thin, go

l o

go

l,

s

o

e, motion, c

imson,

ction, Acteon, singed, h

nged, ch

nged, shephe

d, Sh

ph

t, dishonou

,

sh

m'd, bishop, mish

p, ch

cte

, ch

ity, duckhe

d, blockhe

d,Dutchess, g

the

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suggest, o

suggest, o

suggest,h

ov,

ij, [

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nd

ho, come, on, you kno

h

t I me

n,

s

ell

s

[h]o

ses. W

od: scepte

, sceptic, syll

bles, bless,

ccess,

xes,oxen, Ch

ist-c

oss, be

ux, be

uty,

nc

e, ke

nel,

c

es, c

'd,th

e

tned, kne

d, bootes, Bootes,

inged, gn

'd: th is cut o

om ith, _cum_, te nothe o the s me, t i' them.

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d English

te

the n

mes ov the Lette

s,

hich is bl

meless, m

xEnglish

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ng

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e

d

te

the F

ench

shion;

h

t

ould becomeo Gi e-e gle, ithe , le gue, thing, Jehos ph t.

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n Apost

ophe (c

ll'd S

in Heb

u) bet

een eve

y t

o conson

nts(_vi

._

sho

t i) the spelling is disce

n'd

s

ell

s

ith

touch-stone, th

t you m

y pe

seve e

sily th

t

lsehood is not in goode

nest.

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ge, go

ge, Gomo

h

, Es

u, Hus o

u

, Nubes, R

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u, Joshu

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he

e([V] [v]) is the

i

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i

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ist,

in the l

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ll

ong. Th

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onde

i

the Bible T

nsl

to

s took upthe bl

nket,

nd le

t the Child behind 'em,

hen St. Hie

om s

ys, theHeb

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Lette

s

e not to be exp

est by the Weste

n

igu

es (I thinkt

uly) And

o

nt o

xents Chu

ch-Re

de

s

ickedly misc

llBible-

o

ds,

s Theobulus, Je

icho, Goli

h, Cs

e

,

Dec

polis,Pen

cutes o

P

epen

cutes,

lso H

ggi

ou

ys.

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in Heb

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o

the s

me so

t, being d

geshed, p

events

llmist

kes,

s . So '[G]odes

o

the Goddesses.

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o

ex

mple s

ke,

s

s

ny thing c

n

e

lly be exp

est byEnglish Lette

s,

ithout bodging p

tching, o

bungling b

lde

d

sh o

b

b

ous g

llimo

y o

ou

Rom

ntic Lette

s, obscu

e

th

n the Egipti

nHie

ogli

ix. I

ill subsc

ibe

n old s

ing in English,

s e

sy

s

nything, i

custom

nd

shion tnu it:

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n Mul c

id Runlets ov Wine, But d' Ass did g

on und

e

bu

dn g

et: Qo'd' Mul, Mod

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t

l u dus to

in? And unde

you

lijt lod so so

to s

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Ist dubl be

i

I t

c

on ov din. Wijst be

lic i

d

u t

c

on ov min. P

ide cind Gomete

do us dis

et._

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in

non h

bet inimicum p

te

igno

ntem._

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e

udition dhe

's no si

cumst

ns H

dh

ni enimi but igno

ns._

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emisses

ightly unde

stood desie

the exhibition o

comple

t Al

ebet, to

e

d English

s e

sily

s [G]

eek; the

e

o

e I sh

ll end this Book

i' the

i

st Lette

ov the ensuing B

tl-du

._

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ges o

M

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Willi

m He

be

t, Thi

d E

l o

Pemb

oke, _Poems_ (1660). Int

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_An Histo

ic

l Vie

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ite

s o

G

e

t B

it

in_ (1740). Int

oduction by Robe

t L. H

ig.

F

ncis Hutcheson, _Ess

ys on L

ughte

_ (1729).

S

muel Johnson, _Notes to Sh

kespe

e, Vol. III, T

gedies_. Edited by A

thu

She

bo.

Rich

d S

v

ge, _An Autho

to be Let_ (1732).

Int

oduction by J

mes Suthe

l

nd.

Elk

n

h Settle, _The Noto

ious Imposto

_ (1692). Int oduction by Spi o Pete son.

_Seventeenth Centu

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les o

the Supe

n

tu

l_. Selected,

ith

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oduction, by Is

bel M. Westcott.

Public

tions

o

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i

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ch ent

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tions listed

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n in b

ckets.]

*Fi

st Ye

(1946-1947)*

Numbe

s 1-6 out o

p

int.

[List o

titles

dded by t

nsc

ibe

:

1. Rich

d Bl

ckmo

e's _Ess

y upon Wit_ (1716),

nd Addison's _F

eeholde

_ No. 45 (1716). #13484


23/36

2. Anon., _Ess

y on Wit_ (1748), togethe

ith Ch

cte

s by Flecknoe,

nd Joseph W

ton's _Adventu

e

_ Nos. 127

nd 133. #14973

3. Anon., _Lette

to A. H. Esq.; conce

ning the St

ge_ (1698),

nd Rich

d Willis' _Occ

sion

l P

pe

_ No. IX (1698). #14047

4. S

muel Cobb's _O

Poet

y_

nd _Discou

se on C

iticism_ (1707). #14528

5. S

muel Wesley's _Epistle to

F

iend Conce

ning Poet

y_ (1700)

nd _Ess

y on He

oic Poet

y_ (1693). #16506

6. _Rep

esent

tion o

the Impiety

nd Immo

lity o

the St

ge_ (1704)

nd _Some Thoughts Conce

ning the St

ge_ (1704). #15656]

*Second Ye

(1947-1948)*

7. John G

y's _The P

esent St

te o

Wit_ (1711);

nd

section on Wit

om _The English Theoph

stus_ (1702). #14800

8. R

pin's _De C

mine P

sto

li_, t

nsl

ted by C

eech(1684). #14495

9. T. H

nme

's(?) _Some Rem

ks on the T

gedy o

H

mlet_ (1736). #14899

10. Co byn Mo is' _Ess y to ds Fixing the T ue St nd ds o Wit, etc._ (1744). #16233

11. Thom

s Pu

ney's _Discou

se on the P

sto

l_ (1717). #15313

12. Ess

ys on the St

ge, selected,

ith

n Int

oduction by Joseph Wood K

utch. #16335

*Thi

d Ye

(1948-1949)*

13. Si

John F

lst

(pseud.), _The The

t

e_ (1720). #15999

14. Ed

d Moo

e's _The G

meste

_(1753). #16267

15. John Oldmixon's _Re

lections on D

. S

i

t's Lette

to H

ley_ (1712);

nd A

thu

M

in

ing's _The B

itish Ac

demy_ (1712).

16. Nevil P

yne's _F

t

l Je

lousy_ (1673). #16916

17. Nichol

s Ro

e's _Some Account o

the Li

e o

M

. Willi

m Sh

kespe

e_ (1709). #16275

18. O

Genius, in _The Occ

sion

l P

pe

_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);

nd A

on Hill's P

e

ce to _The C

e

tion_ (1720). #15870

*Fou

th Ye

(1949-1950)*

19. Sus

nn

Centliv

e's _The Busie Body_ (1709). #16740

20. Le

is Theobold's _P

e

ce to The Wo

ks o

Sh

kespe

e_ (1734). #16346


24/36

21. _C

itic

l Rem

ks on Si

Ch

les G

ndison, Cl

iss

,

nd P

mel

_ (1754).

22. S

muel Johnson's _The V

nity o

Hum

n Wishes_ (1749)

nd T

o _R

mble

_ p

pe

s (1750). #13350

23. John D

yden's _His M

jesties Decl

tion De

ended_ (1681). #15074

24. Pie

e Nicole's _An Ess

y on T

ue

nd App

ent Be

uty in Which

om Settled P

inciples is Rende

ed the G

ounds

o

Choosing

nd Rejecting Epig

ms_, t

nsl

ted by J. V. Cunningh

m.

*Fi

th Ye

(1950-1951)*

25. Thom

s B

ke

's _The Fine L

dy's Ai

s_ (1709). #14467

26. Ch

les M

cklin's _The M

n o

the Wo

ld_ (1792). #14463

27. Out o

p

int.

[Title

dded by t

nsc

ibe

: F

nces Reynolds' _An Enqui

y Conce

ning the P

inciples o

T

ste,

nd

o

the O

igin o

Ou

Ide

s o

Be

uty, etc._ (1785). #13485]

28. John Evelyn's _An Apologie

o

the Roy

l P

ty_ (1659);

nd _A P negy ic to Ch les the Second_ (1661). #17833

29. D

niel De

oe's _A Vindic

tion o

the P

ess_ (1718). #14084

30. Ess ys on T ste om John Gilbe t Coope 's _Lette s Conce ning T

ste_, 3

d edition (1757), & John A

mst

ong's _Miscell

nies_ (1770). #13464

*Sixth Ye

*

31. Thom

s G

y, _Elegy in

Count

y Chu

ch Y

d_ (1751);

nd _The Eton College M

nusc

ipt_. #15409

32. P

e

ces to Fiction; Geo

ges de Scud

y's P

e

ce to _Ib

him_ (1674), etc. #14525

33. Hen

y G

lly's _A C

itic

l Ess

y_ on Ch

cte

istic-W

itings (1725). #16299

34. Thom

s Tye

s' A Biog

phic

l Sketch o

D

. S

muel Johnson (1785).

35. J

mes Bos

ell, And

e

E

skine,

nd Geo

ge Dempste

. _C

itic

l

St

ictu

es on the Ne

T

gedy o

Elvi

, W

itten by M

. D

vid M

lloch (1763)._ #15857

36. Joseph H

is's _The City B

ide_ (1696).

*Seventh Ye

(1952-1953)*

37. Thom

s Mo

ison's _A Pind

ick Ode on P

inting_ (1767).


25/36

38. John Phillips' _A S

ty

Ag

inst Hypoc

ites_ (1655).

39. Thom

s W

ton's _A Histo

y o

English Poet

y_.

40. Ed

d Bysshe's _The A

t o

English Poet

y_ (1708).

41. Be

n

d M

ndeville's A Lette

to Dion (1732).

42. P

e

ces to Fou

Seventeenth-Centu

y Rom

nces.

*Eighth Ye

(1953-1954)*

43. John B

illie's _An Ess

y on the Sublime_ (1747).

44. M

thi

s C

simi

e S

bie

ski's _The Odes o

C

simi

e_, T

nsl

ted by G. Hils (1646).

45. John Robe

t Scott's _Disse

t

tion on the P

og

ess o

the Fine A

ts_.

46. Selections

om Seventeenth Centu

y Songbooks.

47. Contempo

ies o

the _T

tle

_

nd _Spect

to

_.

48. S

muel Rich

dson's Int

oduction to _P

mel

_.

*Ninth Ye (1954-1955)*

49.

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