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.

Title

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.

Author

Brookbank, Joseph, b. 1612.

Publication

London :: Printed for the author,

1654.

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Subject terms

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 May 14, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the Right Honourabl Sir Tho. Vyner Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London, all Health and Happiness ex∣ternal, internal, and eternal.
• To the right Worshipfull the Al∣dermen of the City of London, all peace and true happiness in this life, and that which is to come.
• To the hopefull, and renowned Estate of Apprentices, in the great, fa∣mous, and ancient City of London, the glorious Mother, and Metropolis of the admired Isle of Great Britain, all Success and Prosperity in this World, and that which is to come.
• Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules, for a Judicious and ar∣tificial Syllabication of all English Words according to Art, and the Institution of the same Tongue.
  • part
    • Rules for the Numeration of syllabls in any word.
    • Rules for the Division of Pollysabls.
  • Instructions and Directions; how and in what manner to use the two praeceding Books, and the Rules of Syllabication.
  • Directions for the Manner and Method in tea∣ching the Lowest Form.
    • Rules to be observed in spelling.
  • Directions for Exercising the Lowest Form.
    • The Elements of our English Tongue.
  • Directions for teaching the Lower Form.
  • Directions for the Exercize of the Lower Form.
  • Directions for teaching of the Higher Form.
  • Directions for the Exercise of the Higher Form.
  • The use of the Spelling-Table.
• ERRATA.