Abbreuiations.
W. and y, in their consonantish natur lead the most of our abbreuiations, wt, wc, yt, yu, ye, besides these and their fellowes the residew be but verie few, as {pro}ronounce, {per}erpetuitie, and som
The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, set furth by Richard Mulcaster.
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- The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, set furth by Richard Mulcaster.
- Author
- Mulcaster, Richard, 1530?-1611.
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- Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the blak-friers by Lud-gate,
- 1582.
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- English language -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
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"The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, set furth by Richard Mulcaster." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07881.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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Page 124
other few with the, m, or, n, titles.
Thus much of rule both generall for the hole tung, and par∣ticular for the force of euerie letter, and charact, whether for * 1.1 the qualitie, or for the sound of our voice. Whereby methink that the greatest difficultie in our writing riseth about the vn∣certaine force of, i, and, o, the vowells, oi, oy, ou, ow, the diphthongs, c, g, s, the consonants, ch, and th, the coplements, all which shall be directed sufficientlie, in the title of distinction.
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* 1.1
The diuerse force of, i, o, oi, oy, ou, ow, c, g, s, ch, th, is the difficultie of our writing.