Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language.

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Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language.
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Eliot, John.
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London :: Printed by [Richard Field for] Iohn VVolfe,
1593.
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French language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21218.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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Le Drapier. Chap. 4.

MOns. sire, seigneur, homme de bien. Quel drap voulez vous veoir? Demandez vous bonnes sortes des draps. Venes-ça, ie vous y feray à bon marché.

De quelle couleur en demandez vous?

Monstrez moy vn beau escarlat, vne frise gauloise, vn revesche d'Irlandres.

Auez vous vn beau tanné de France? Que ie voye vn verd de Londres. Monstrez moy vn Cramoysi bien fin & large. I'en ay le meilleur de Londres pour vous.

En voyla vn de bonne laise. Regardez le bien à la lmiere. Maniez le. La couleur en est seure.

Elle ne se deschargera point.

Combien vendez vous la verge, l'aulne, la piece entiere, la demy-verge, le drap d'vne robe, le drap d'vn manteau?

En vn mot ie le voudrois vendre dix solz six deniers la verge, quinze solz l'aulne, saize solz huict deniers l'aulne & le demy-quartier.

Bien mesurez cinq aulnes & demye. Faites bonne mesure, ie vous n prie.

Empreud, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, & demye, à bonne mesure.

Que vous plaist il auoir, madamoiselle? vn estamet pour vous faire vn cotillon, ou vn pourpre pour vn deuant de robe? De quelle couleur en voulez vous auoir? du blanc, du noir,

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du gris, du violet, du verd, de la couleur meslée, de la couleur de rat ou brebis, du iaulne, du bleuf, de l'orengé, de pourpre, cramoisi, bleu celeste, leonat, &c. I'ay de toutes couleurs & à tous prix.

Combien gracieuses & rondes sont les langues de ces ieunes drapiers en Watling-street?

Notes

  • aisounde é
    ayé
    ainein
    aineéneh
    aillea-lheh
    amaum
    anaun
    auó
    élong
    eshort eh
    eillee-lheh
    elleeleh
    eiee
    euew
    eoioe'
    emam
    enan
    ent3 person plur. of the verbe et
    iee
    iazia
    iezie
    ijziee
    iozio
    iouzioo
    iuziew
    oioe'
    oyoe'
    oineoe'neh
    oinoin
    ouŏ or oo
    oeuew
    ouïoo-wee
    omoom
    onoon
    ouïlleŏ-lheh
    uew
    umewm
    unewn
    yee
    çss
    cese
    cisee
    chsh
    dfinal. t
    gezie
    giziee
    gnmh
    guaga
    guege
    guigee
    gueugeu
    mfin. n
    phf
    qk
    quaka
    queke
    quikee
    sbetweene 2 vowels z
    sçasa
    sçesse
    scisee
    xfin. s or z
    • bre
    • cre
    • chre
    • dre
    • fre
    • pre
    • tre
    • ble
    • gle.
    Finall sound their vowels almost in the midst of the sillabl.
    • c
    • f
    • g
    • l
    • m
    • n
    • q
    • r
    Sound in the end of a word as if an h sounded after them

    Rule of two Con∣sonants.

    Rule of two vowels.

    Accent.

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