Plain, brief, and pertinent rules, for the judicious and artificial syllabication of all English words, according to art, and the institution of the same tongue With directions for the use of the English syllabary, and the English monosyllabary, and the said rules of syllabication. / By Jo. Brooksbank.

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Plain, brief, and pertinent rules, for the judicious and artificial syllabication of all English words, according to art, and the institution of the same tongue With directions for the use of the English syllabary, and the English monosyllabary, and the said rules of syllabication. / By Jo. Brooksbank.
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Brookbank, Joseph, b. 1612.
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London :: Printed for the author,
1654.
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English language -- Grammar -- 1500-1799.
Reading -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
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"Plain, brief, and pertinent rules, for the judicious and artificial syllabication of all English words, according to art, and the institution of the same tongue With directions for the use of the English syllabary, and the English monosyllabary, and the said rules of syllabication. / By Jo. Brooksbank." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A77627.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2024.

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ERRATA.

CUrteous Well-wishers, you who are pleased to make use of these several Tracts; amongst many, I beseech you cor∣rect these following faults with your Pen, as most Ma∣terial. In the Syllabary, pag. 2. line the last, lm, make la, p. 3. l. 15. oo, m. oc. p. 14. l. 20. dtoss, m. dross. p. 17. l. 11. wive, make wive. p. 18. col. 2. l. 2. nncl, m. uncl. p. 19. col. 1. l. 2. uskc, m. usk't. p. 20. l. 2. uow, m. now. p. 32. l. 3. Eng-lish, m. En-glish. l. 20. da-mo-sell, m. damo-sell, l. 22. vic-tu-alls, m. victu-alls. l. 25. hated, m. ha-ted.

In the Epistl to the Teachers of the Monosyllabary, there is this claus, You must have skill, in those Rules, I have set out be∣fore my Syllabary, which Rules are now in the 16 pag. of these Directions. In which Monosyllabary are some faults, the chief whereof I wish you to correct thus: Chap. 4. l. 8. tu, m. to. c. 8. l. 70. begets, m. ••••ts, l. 73. dele one. l. 79. ever, m. e're, c. 9. l. 28. before, m. e're. l. 39. over, m. o're. c. 11. dele lines 6, & 7: l. 8. judg's, m. judg. l. 9. ledg's, m. ledg. ib. wedg's, m. wedg. c. 13. l. 23. His, m. As. c. 16. dele l. 6. c. 18. l. 1. These siegs, m. This siege.

In the Directions, p. 2. l. 11. in, m. in, p. 3. l. 17. put sub∣till after Medicin. l. 18. dele subtill. p. 4. l. 12. Polysabls, m. Polysyllabls. p. 8. l. 7. Apprenices, m. Apprentices. p. 10. l. 19. business, m. buisiness. p. 13. l. 6. jaconvenience, m. Inconveni∣ence. p. 16. l. 22. after, m. before. p. 24. l. 16. Digram, m. Tri∣gram.

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