A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.

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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
Author
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
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London :: Printed for N.P. and sold by the booksellers in London,
1686.
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An help to Chil-dren to learn to read Eng-lish.

In or-der to the at-tain-ing of which, they must first be taught the Let-ters, which be these that follow,

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U W.

a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t u w x y z.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z.

a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t v u w x y z.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z.

a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t v u w x y z.

The Vowels are these, a, e, i, o, u.

As there are vow-els, so are there Con-so-nants, and they are these.

b c d f g h k l m n p q r s t v w x y z.

There are also dou-ble Let-ters, and they are these.

ct ss si ssi fl fi ffi st sh.

Af-ter these are known, then set your Child to spel-ling, Thus T-o, to. T-h-e, the, O-r, or, I-f, if▪ I-n, in, M-e, me, y-o-u, you; f-i-n-d, find, S-i-n, sin: In C-h-r-i-s-t, Christ, i-s, is, R-i-g-h-t-e-o-u-s-n-e-ss, Righ-te-ous-ness.

And ob-serve that e-ve-ry word or syl-la-ble (tho ne-ver so small) must have one vow-el or more right-ly placed in it.

For instances, These are no words nor Syl-la-bles, be-cause they have no vow-els in them; name-ly, sl, gld, strght, spll, drll, fll.

Words made of two Letters are these, and such-like, If, it, is, so, do, we, see, he, is, in, my.

Words con-sist-ing of three Letters,

But, for, her, she, did, doe, all, his, way, you, may, say, nay.

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