The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.

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The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.
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Young, E., schoolmaster in London.
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London, :: Printed for Ben. Alsop ...,
1680.
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"The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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Proper Names of four Syla∣bles both whole and divided into Sylables.

A A
A-bi-a-thar Abiathar
a-bed-ne-go abednego
a-me-ri-ca america
a-pu-lei-us apuleius
a-bi-me-lech abimelech
a-tha-li-ah athaliah
a-za-ri-ah azariah
a-do-ni-jah adonijah
a-bi-na-dab abinadab
a-bi-ez-er abiezer
a-do-ni-cam adonicam
a-ma-si-a amasia
a-mi-na-dab aminadab
a-ra-bi-a arabia
a-lex-ander alexander
a-ta-li-ah a-talia
ar-tax-er-xes artaxerxes
a-za-ri-ah azariah

B B
Be-shu-li-a Beshulia
ba-al-ze-phon baalzephon
ba-albe-rith baalberith
be-el-ze-bub beelzebub
be-er-she-ba beersheba
be-ra-chi-ah berachia
beth-a-ra-ba betharaba
beth-a-ba-rah bethabarah
bo-a-ner-ges boanerges
bar-ti-me-us bartimeus
bar-zil-la-i barzillai
bar-ba-ri-an barbarian

C C
Cle-o-pa-tra Cleopatra
can-ter-bu-ry canterbury
cy-re-ni-us cyrenius
co-ne-ni-ah coneniah
cen-tu-rion centurion

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ce-lo-sy-ri-a celosyria
co-lo-ni-a colonia
ce-na-ni-nah cenaninah

D D
Dal-ma-ti-a Dalmatia
do-ro-sen-sko dorosensko
de-mo-cri-tus democritus
di-o-tre-phes diotrephes
de-ca-po-lis decapolis
do-ro-the-a dorothea
do-si-the-as dositheas
dib-la-tha-im diblathaim
dab-ma-nu-tha dabmanutha

E E
E-ze-ki-el Ezekiel
E-le-a-zar Eliazar
E-li-a-kim Eliakim
E-ben-e-zer Ebenezer
E-li-za-beth Elizabeth
E-li-sha-ma Elishama
e-li-a-saph eliasaph
e-ze-ki-ah ezekiah
eu-ro-cly-don euroclydon
e-li-e-nai elienai
e-neg-la-im eneglaim
e-zar-had-don ezarhaddon
esh-te-mo-a eshtemoa
e-li-e-zer eliezer
e-li-ca-dah elicadah
en-di-my-on endimyon
e-li-phe-leh elipheleh
e-li-ca-tha elicatha

G G
Gen-ne-sa-ret Gennesaret
ga-la-ti-a galatia
gi-le-a-dite gileadite
ga-ma-li-el gamaliel
ge-de-li-ah gedeliah
geth-se-ma-ne gethsemane
gir-ra-he-pher girrahepher

H H
He-ro-di-as Herodias
He-ze-ki-ah Hezekiah
her-mo-ge-nes hermogenes
ha-na-ni-ah hananiah
hor-ha-gid-gad horhagidgad
he-tru-ri-a hetruria
hel-ve-ti-a helvetia
hy-me-ne-us hymeneus
har-cha-li-ah hachaliah
ho-bo-ni-ah hoboniah
har-ha-bi-ah harhabiah
ho-ra-na-im horanaim

I I
I-co-ni-um Iconium
il-ly-ri-a illyria
je-ko-ni-ah jekoniah
je-ho-a-dan jehoadan
je-ho-a-har jehoahar
im-ma-nu-el immanuel
je-re-mi-ah jeremiah
je-ho-ja-da jehojada
ig-na-ti-us ignatius
iz-za-bel-la izzabella
i-ro-ni-a ironia
je-ru-sa-lem jerusalem
jun-se-ni-a junsenia
je-hab-ze-el jekabzeel
je-za-ni-ah jezaniah

K K
Ke-der-minster kederminster
ke-ren-happuk kerenhappuk
ke-he-la-thah kehelathah
kir-he-re-seth kirhereseth

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L L
La-vi-ni-a Lavinia
le-vi-a-than leviathan

M M
Mel-chi-ze-dek Melchizedek
mat-ta-ni-ah Mattaniah
ma-a-zi-ah Maaziah
mer-cu-ri-us Mercurius
me-thu-sa-lem Methusalem
ma-ra-na-tha Maranatha
mat-ta-thi-ah Mattathiah

N N
Na-tha-na-el Nathanael
Ne-a-po-lis Neapolis
Ni-co-po-lis Nicopolis
Ni-co-de-mus Nicodemus
Ne-he-mi-ah Nehemiah
Ne-tha-ni-ah Nethaniah
No-ah-di-ah Noahdiah
Ne-to-pha-thi Netophathi
Ne-ha-li-el Nehaliel

O O
O-tha-li-ah Othaliah
O-ba-di-ah Obadiah
O-za-zi-ah Ozaziah
O-bed-e-dom Obededom
O-he-mo-ed Ohemoed

P P
Pto-lo-me-us Ptolomeus
Pi-si-di-a Pisidia
Pe-la-ti-ah Pelatiah
Pi-lo-lo-gus Pilologus
Po-ti-phe-rah Potipherah
Pa-le-sti-na Palestina

R R
Re-e-la-jah Reelajah
Re-ho-bo-am Rehoboam
Re-ma-li-ah Remaliah
Re-ha-bi-ah Rehabiah
Re-ma-tha-im Remathaim

S S
Sen-na-che-rib Sennacherib
Sa-ma-ria Samaria
Se-le-mi-a Selemia
She-ar-ja-shub Shearjashub
She-ba-ni-ah Shebaniah
She-ca-ni-ah Shecaniah
She-pa-thi-a Shepathia
Sam-ge-ne-bo Samgenebo

T T
The-o-phi-lus Theophilus
Thy-a-ti-ra Thyatira
Ti-be-ri-as Tiberias
Tro-gyl-li-um Trogyllium
Te-ba-li-ah Tebaliah
The-o-do-rus Theodorus
Ve-spa-si-an Vespasian
Vi-tel-li-us Vitellius
Vic-to-ri-a Victoria
Ze-pha-ni-ah Zephaniah
Za-cha-ri-ah Zachariah
Ze-ro-ba-bel Zerobabel
Ze-de-ki-ah Zedekiah
Ze-lo-phe-had Zelophehad
Ze-ma-ra-im Zemaraim
Za-a-na-im Zaanaim
Ze-re-da-tha Zeredatha
Zu-ri-shad-da Zurishadda

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