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.

*Euery 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*, 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.