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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77627	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.	Brookbank, Joseph, b. 1612.	1654 (1654)	Wing B4976; Thomason E2136_3; ESTC R208351	16,378	39

Chapter Directions for the Exercize of the Lower Form VVHen your lower Form hath perfectly read the the three first Chapters of their Syllabary for their Exercise let them take three or four lines in each last Section of every Chapter in order thorough the Book as in the last Section of the third Chapter saying thus be is a digram with its vowel in the second place eb is a digram with its vowel in the first place c. So likewise in the fourth Chapter eb is a digram with its vowel in the first place ad is a digram with its vowel in the first place I de is a trigram with one Consonant in the second place In the fift Chapter by is a digram with its vowel in the second place try is a digram with its vowel in the third place c. In the sixt Chapter bab is a trigram with its vowel in the second place c. Thus thorough the 22 Chapters til they are prompt and ready therein and have learned their Rules for Syllabication and then let them take any last Section in the said Chapters Except the three first and learn to syllabicate Monosyllabls in thi● manner following Chap. 19. Section the last brew'd is a Mosyllabl though there be two vowels because ew is a proper diphthong made of e the prepositiv vowel and w for u the subjunctiv therefore there is a vowel more than syllabls according to the first Exception breed is a Monosyllabl though there be two vowels becaus ee is an improper diphthong made of e and e and therefore there is a vowel more than Syllabls according to the first Exception And in the tenth Chapter thus dive is a Monosyllabl though there may seem to be three vowels becaus v is u vowel turned into ev consonant and therefore there may seem to be a vowel more than Syllabls according to the second Exception and e in the end of an English word is not sounded according to the 2d rule for vowels not sounded and therefore there is a vowel more than syllabls according to the third Exception and so on through the Book Directions for teaching of the Higher Form VVHen you have brought your Scholars into the Higher Form let them take their Lessons in the forenoon in the twenty third Chapter of the Syllabary learning to spell all the Polysyllabls therein as shall be here directed and read the Monosyllabary every boy his line in the afternoons as before in the Syllabary till they can read it readily and perfectly after that let them read what part of the Bible in the afternoons you shall think fit in the forenoons teaching them first to spel every Syllabl in order as you see them there divided and putting them together as he spels them in this manner c h a p-chap t e r s ters chapters u u m num b e r s bers numbers c. as in the first Section G e for J e je n e ne Gene s i s sis Genesis E x Ex o per se o Exo d u s dus Exodus c. as in the second Section til they can spell the whole Chapter readily and perfectly without stop or stay and then put them to learn to read the same as they formerly learned to read Syllabls and Monosyllabls which when they can read well let them leav and learn to read all the Rules of Syllabication labouring to bring them to the understanding thereof along as they learn them which when they read readily and understand competently put them to learn by heart which being don put them continually to the Practice of their Rules in Syllabication as they read either these Directions or their Bibles or both for after they have learned them they must learn these Directions in the forenoons til they read them perfectly also and after that the Bible in both ends of the day except the Teacher conceiv of some other Book fit to be taught therewith the one part of the day Directions for the Exercise of the Higher Form WHen your Higher Form hath read their Rules of Syllabication and somewhat understands them let them learn to Syllabicate which is to find out a word by its syllabls which that they may do of themselves when they have occasion let them exercise as followeth for an instance herein I will take 2 verses of the 4th Chapter of Proverbs 13. Take fast hold of Instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy life 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life Which is syllabicated in this manner Take is a Monosyllabl though there be two vowels becaus e in the end of a word is not sounded according to the 2 rule for vowels not sounded and therefore there is a vowel more than Syllabls according to the third exception fast is a tetragram hold is a tetragram hould not hold because o before ld hath the souud of ou according to the 2d rule for spelling Direct p. 16. Instruction is a tetrasyllabl because it hath four vowels and no Exception In is the first syllabl becaus n and s are two Consonants comming together which cannot begin a word and therefore cannot begin a syllabl but must be divided and the former must begin the former syllabl and the latter must begin the latter according to the third rule of Divisio● struc is the second syllabl becaus c and t are two consonants comming together which cannot begin a word and therefore cannot begin a syllabl but must be divided according to the same third Rule of Division struck not strus because c before e i or y c. as in the third Rule for spelling Direc p. 16. instruc ti is the third syllabl because i and o are two vowels comming together and no Diphthong therefore they must be divided and the former must end the former syllabl and the latter must begin the latter according to the first Rule of Division shi not ti becaus ti before a vowel hath usually the sound of shi instructi on is the last syllabl Instruction all the following Monosyllabls as before Diligence is a Trissyllabl though there are four vowels because e in the end of an English word is not sounded according to the Rule for vowels not sounded therefore there must be a vowel more than syllabls according to the third Exception di is the first Syllabl because l is one consonant comming betwixt two vowels therefore it must begin the following syllabl according to the second rule of Division dili-gence is the last syllabl jence not guence becaus g after d and before e i and y c. gense not genke becaus c before e i or y c. diligence and so the rest These are all the Directions I can as yet give by reason mine Abcedary is not yet made publick wherein this form and the highest are to be perfected in reading the hardest English can be gathered out of History Divine or Prophane and all

other Learning as also to be taught the first part of Arithmetick with the Derivations and Compositions in our Mother Tongue and learning to write the same only there is one Exercise more to be generally used amongst all your Scholars at such time as you shall find fit which is to hear all your Scholars spell all Monosyllabls by the help of the Table of spelling which Table and the use thereof followeth The use of the Spelling-Table THe main Scope and Intent of this ensuing Table is an help and directi●n to the Teacher of these Books in exercising their Scholars to spell any English Monosyllabl which will be best for them to do every day more or less for which purpose the Table you see is divided into Nine columns in the fourth whereof are the six vowels without which no Articulate sound can be made before which there are three Columns wherein are all Consonants which may begin a word in the first whereof are all the three Consonants which may begin a word in the second all the two and in the third all the singl after which are five Columns in the fift whereof are all Diphthongs proper and improper all which may begin or end a word after which are four Columes wherein are all Consonants which may end a word the sixt Column conteining all singl Consonants the seventh all the two Consonants the eight all three and the ninth all four which may end a word whereby exercise them in spelling all words or syllabls beginning with them of two letters then proceeding to them of three and so in order till you have gone thorough all sorts of syllabls and monosyllabls ending with them of nine letters which is done in this manner at the first set all your Schollars in order then ask one what spells ba he will answer b a the second what spells be he will answer b e then answer him that is be the syllabl but how spell you be to which teach him to answer b e for b ee th n say this is be the verb but how spell you the bee that makes Honey to which let him answer b ee then demand whereof is ee made to which teach him to answer e and e and so in every word wherein you may observ difference of signification distinguisht by difference in spelling or writing as in due and dew too and two so black and blake star and stare and such like from which few the least of capacity and ingenuity may gather the use and practise of the whole Table Only here it may be remembred that I conceiv it best especially at the first to make this a dayly exercise for your whole School and afterward for every Form their part and portion according to their learning and ability and the discretion of the Teacher and every Form to perform their several exercise in knowing their Vowels Diphthongs and Consonants by Syllabycation according to their learning and ability them two hours they learn in a Thursday in the afternoon and the Saturday in the forenoon except they be able to learn their Catechism or Precepts of Manners FINIS ERRATA CUrteous Well-wishers you who are pleased to make use of these several Tracts amongst many I beseech you correct these following faults with your Pen as most Material 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 before 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 subtill after Medicin l. 18. dele subtill p. 4. l. 12. Polysabls m. Polysyllabls p. 8. l. 7. Appren●ices m. Apprentices p. 10. l. 19. business m. buisiness p. 13. l. 6. jaconvenience m. Inconvenience p. 16. l. 22. after m. before p. 24. l. 16. Digram m. Trigram