The small English 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or Letters.
✚ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p qu r r s s t u v w x y z. & ct ff fl sh sl ss st &c.
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〈…〉〈…〉q is never written without a u / & in the beginning of a syllable sounds like coo / as quick / & ending a syllable is like ck / as chequ╌er. &c
& stands for and. &c stand for and so forth / or and the like / or and the rest. or and so on.
〈…〉〈…〉a e i o u / are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or Sounders, as in am / end / it / of / us / &c. Also w and y when have the same sounds as u and i. And i and u sometimes are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that is, sounding with Vowels, altering their shapes to j and v / & their Names to je and ve. or jod / & vau. Note, w is a Welch vowel, & y a Greek vowel. And j & v are Hebrew Consonants.
〈…〉〈…〉 The other Letters are always Consonants.
〈…〉〈…〉 j Consonant is always written when begins a Syllable with a Vowel next following, as in just / &c. Except when ie at the end of a word stand for y / as bod╌ie for bod╌y. Say ie / i. & y by it self, i.
VI v Consonant is always written when has a sound like f hard, as in ver / &c.
〈…〉〈…〉 w is never a vowel but when another vowel comes before it in the same syllable, as grew / &c.
•••• y is never a consonant but when it begins a syllable with a vowel after it, as in yet / &c.