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.

The volubilitie of the French tongue.

THe French vse in one period (if a word end with a consonant, and the next following begin with an open vowell or dipthongue, no point or comma comming betweene) to pronounce three, foure, or fiue words with a swift voice together, as, Prins en amour ardant em∣brassoit vn image, sound, Preenzanamoorardantambrasso et∣tewnneema^zieh, as if it were all but one word.

* 1.1Euery letter or sillable finall is long, except these three, e foem. es, ent, which are short, as mere sound méreh short, Mother. Peres, sound Péres very short* 1.2, Fathers, as Ent In the third person plurall of verbes, as ils aiment, sound émet, very short, They loue.

These are the greatest difficulties which I haue obserued in the French tongue; there are infinit other, which if they should be all written, a little volume would not containe them; but the Reader shall find some ease for the pronounciation, if he read my booke and vse conference, for Vse makes perfectnesse, and so farewell.

Notes

• * 1.1

  • Accent.
  • e -foem.
  • es
  • ent
• * 1.2

  A pres after is excepted.