A battle-door for teachers & professors to learn singular & plural you to many, and thou to one, singular one, thou, plural many, you : wherein is shewed ... how several nations and people have made a distinction between singular and plural, and first, in the former part of this book, called The English battle-door, may be seen how several people have spoken singular and plural...: also in this book is set forth examples of the singular and plural about thou, and you, in several languages, divided into distinct Battle-Doors, or formes, or examples; English Latine, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriack, Arabick ... and how emperors and others have used the singular word to one, and how the word you came first from the Pope, likewise some examples, in the Polonian, Lithuanian, Irish and East-Indian, together with ... Swedish, Turkish ... tongues : in the latter part of this book are contained severall bad unsavory words, gathered forth of certain school-books, which have been taught boyes in Enland ... / George Fox, John Stubs, Benjamin Farley.

Title

A battle-door for teachers & professors to learn singular & plural you to many, and thou to one, singular one, thou, plural many, you : wherein is shewed ... how several nations and people have made a distinction between singular and plural, and first, in the former part of this book, called The English battle-door, may be seen how several people have spoken singular and plural...: also in this book is set forth examples of the singular and plural about thou, and you, in several languages, divided into distinct Battle-Doors, or formes, or examples; English Latine, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriack, Arabick ... and how emperors and others have used the singular word to one, and how the word you came first from the Pope, likewise some examples, in the Polonian, Lithuanian, Irish and East-Indian, together with ... Swedish, Turkish ... tongues : in the latter part of this book are contained severall bad unsavory words, gathered forth of certain school-books, which have been taught boyes in Enland ... / George Fox, John Stubs, Benjamin Farley.

Author

Fox, George, 1624-1691.

Publication

London :: Printed for Robert Wilson, and are to be sold at his shop ...,

1660.

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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun.

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number.

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"A battle-door for teachers & professors to learn singular & plural you to many, and thou to one, singular one, thou, plural many, you : wherein is shewed ... how several nations and people have made a distinction between singular and plural, and first, in the former part of this book, called The English battle-door, may be seen how several people have spoken singular and plural...: also in this book is set forth examples of the singular and plural about thou, and you, in several languages, divided into distinct Battle-Doors, or formes, or examples; English Latine, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriack, Arabick ... and how emperors and others have used the singular word to one, and how the word you came first from the Pope, likewise some examples, in the Polonian, Lithuanian, Irish and East-Indian, together with ... Swedish, Turkish ... tongues : in the latter part of this book are contained severall bad unsavory words, gathered forth of certain school-books, which have been taught boyes in Enland ... / George Fox, John Stubs, Benjamin Farley." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A40123.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• AN INTRODUCTION: Which is, a leading into the BATTLE-DOOR which is, The Entrance into Learning.
• A BATTLE-DOOR FOR TEACHERS and PROFESSORS TO LEARN Plural & Singular:
  • Some Examples in English alone, about the three Persons in both Numbers, (so called) Singular and Plural.
  • Several Instances, to shew, how several Nations used the Singular and Plural Language.
    • Persian Language.
    • Hebrew Language.
    • Syriack Language, and others.
    • Iob.
    • Temanits Language, Job 1.
    • Naomitich Language, Job 11.
    • Shuits Language, Job 18.
    • Greeke
    • Greek Language,
    • Ethiopick Language,
    • Egyptian Language,
    • Hebrew Language,
    • Moahitish Language.
    • Hivites Language.
    • Edomites Language.
    • Philistins Language.
    • Amalekites, and Moabites Language.
    • Sodoms Language.
    • Hittites Language.
    • Egyptians Language.
    • Midian Language.
    • Philistins Language.
    • Hebrew Language.
    • Egyptian Language.
    • Hebrew Language.
    • Sirian Language.
    • Sirian Language.
    • Syriack Language.
    • Syriack Language.
    • Hebrew Language.
    • Sodoms Language.
    • Ethiopian Language.
    • Syriack Language.
    • Caldee Language.
    • Babylonian Language.
    • Medians Language.
    • Edomitish and Israels Language.
    • The Samaritan Language.
    • Roman Language.
    • Gentiles Language.
    • Abrahams and Isaacks Language.
• THE LATINE Battle-Door.
  • Read over some Scripture Examples, taken forth of the Latine Bible about thee, and thou, and you, and ye; Singular and Plural.
• THE ITALIAN Battle-Door.
  • Directions to Read Italian.
• THe GREEK Battle-Door.
• THE HEBREW Battle-Door.
  • Now see some Scripture Examples in Hebrew, about Thou, and You.
• THE CALDEE Battle-Door.
  • Read some Examples in that which is called the perfect Verb.
  • Now Read some Examples about those that are called the Nounes in the Caldee Grammars.
  • Now Read a few Scripture Examples in Caldee, about the Singular, and Plural Language.
  • Directions for pronouncing Hebrew and Caldee.
• THE SYRIACK BATTLE-DOOR.
  • Some Directions for the Reading or Sounding Syriack.
    • Divers Letters are founded otherwise than they are written, viz.
    • Divers Letters are written and not sounded, as
• THE ARABICK BATTLE-DOOR.
  • Here follow some Scripture Examples concerning Thee and Thou, shew∣ing that it is the Language which is onely us'd throughout the Scrip∣tures, the Singular to One, and Plurall alwaies to many.
• THE PERSIAN BATTLE-DOOR.
• THE AETHIOPICK BATTLE-DOOR.
  • Here follow some Scripture Examples taken out of the Aethiopick Testament.
• part
  • Read a few Examples about the Singular and Plurall in the Samaritane Language.
• The AEGYPTIAN Language, which is called the Coptick Language,
• Here follows some Examples in the Armenian Language,
• Here follows some Examples in the Antient SAXON Tongue,
• Some Examples in CORNISH
• Some Examples in PORTVGAL.
• THE WELCH Battle-Door.
  • Rhau Samplau yn y Iaith Cymraig yngcilch y girie Ti a Dydi:
    • textual examples
      • example - 1
        • Y Sampl Cynta.
        • First Example.
      • example - 2
        • Yr ail Sampl.
        • Second Example.
      • example - 3
        • Y trydidd Samplau.
        • Third Example.
      • example - 4
        • Y pedweridd Sampl.
        • The Fourth Example.
      • example
        • version
        • version
    • Yma y maie yn canllin rhau Samplau yn gyfatebol I Rheolau y Grammar yr hwn y mae I dyscawdwir ef, yn I galw yr unig ffordd I wibod pafodd I ddywedid yn cywir.
  • Directions for sounding WELCH.
• THE SPANISH Battle-Door.
  • Directions for the sounding of Spanish and Portugal.
• THE FRENCH Battle-Door.
  • RULES for the true sounding of FRENCH.
• A Narration how the TURKS and PERSIANS use the words Thee and Thou in their Communications.
  • colophon
• THE GERMAN Battle-Door.
• THE Nether Dutch Battle-Door
  • Read on and see some Examples of the Pro∣nouns so called.
• See some Scripture EXAMPLES in the DANISH Bible, how the Singular word is used to one, and Plural to more than one; contrary to them that say you, when they should say thou.
• Here follows some few EXAMPLES of the SLAVONIAN Language, whereby the Reader may see that that Language makes a distinction betwixt Singular and Plural, con∣trary to the Practice of the Professors and Teachers in England, and most part of Chri∣stendom, who are degenerated from the Pra∣ctise of the Primitive times, and the times of the Apostles and Saints.
• part
• Here followes in this sheet some few Exam∣ples in the Polish Tongue, about the Singular and Plural, and also the Lithvanian Tongue, to∣gether what Thou, and You is in the Sweedish, Hungarian, Moscovian, Curlandian, and Tur∣kish, and a few Examples in the East-Indian and Irish.
• Some Examples in the Lithvanian language.
• part
• Read a few IRISH Examples.
  • Read on Scripture Examples.
• A Word to all such as teaches their Children to Learn o∣ther Tongues, as Latine, or the like by Heathen Books.
• How the word You to one came first from the Roman Empire.
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• table of contents
• errata
• errata
• part
  • And first we have taken forth some few words out of that Book which is commonly taught Children when they first enter into Latine, which is cal∣led, Pueriles Confabulatiunculae, (that is) Childrens Talkes.
  • Now read some few Examples taken out of a Book common∣ly learned in Schools among Children in England, Hol∣land, France, and some other parts; which is called Colloquia Scholastica; that is, School-Colloquies, or Talkings together: and this Book is Englished by the said Charles Hool.
  • A few Examples taken out of a Book Printed in the Year 1655, called a Treatise of English Particles by W. W. Master of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the sixth in Louth in Lincoln-shire; which, as he sayes, his chief Design is to prevent and cure gross ridiculous Barbarisms committed daily by young Learn∣ers; we have spoken something of him already in the for∣mer Book, about the Singular and Plural Language, his putting you, which is the Plural wordr in English to tu, which is the Singular word in Latine: Now we have drawen out some of his Phrases, which to the sober will appear rather to be Barbarismes, then Elegancies.
  • Some Examples taken out of a Book called Bibliotheca Scholastica Instructissima; Or, A Treasury of Antient Adagies, and sententious Proverbs, selected out of the English, Greek, Latine, French, Italian and Spanish; Published by Thomas Draxe, Batchelour in Divi∣nity.
  • Here follows some few words gathered out of a School∣Book called P. Ovidii Nasonis Sulmonensis de Arte amandi, Liber 1. Of the Art of Love. And Ovid. in that Book begins thus;
  • Here are some words gathered out of a Book called Phra∣seologia Puerilis Anglo Latina, in usum Tirocinii Scholastici: Or, Selected Latine and English Phra∣ses, wherein the Purity and Propriety of both Languages are Expressed; very useful for young Latinists, to prevent Barbarisms, and Bald Latine-making, and to initiate them in Speaking and Writing Elegantly in both Languages; Recognized by W. Du-gard late Master of Merchant-Taylor School.
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