C R God Save the King THE CHILDS BOOK AND YOUTHS BOOK In two Parts The First teaching an easie and delightful way to read true English with several things necessary for Children to be instructed in As Prayers Graces Behavior choice places of Scripture c. The Second Containing a Method for Spelling A Catechism A confession of Faith A Copy Book A perpetual Almanack A Chronology Rules for Arithmetick A form of Inditing Letters and choice of Trades With other useful things The Eighth Edition by S. T. LONDON Printed by E. T. and R. H. for R. Royston Bookseller to the Kings most sacred Majesty and are to be sold at the Angel in S. Pauls Church-yard 1672 To all Parents and Teachers of Children THis small Book you will find fitted to a Childs capacity full of delight and very easie containing such matters needful for children and Youths to be instructed in The childish passages pass over I hope they will be to children as milk to babes And there is not only milk for babes but also meat for stronger Capacities That it may please all and offend none is the desire of S. T. THE CHILD'S BOOK The Capital Letters A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V U W X Y Z. The small Roman Letters a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w x y z. The Vowels a c i o u y. The Consonants b c d f g h k l m n p q r s s t v w x y z. The double Letters ct ff ss fi si fl sl st sh ffi ssi ffl The great Italick Letters A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V V W X Y Z. The small Italick Letters a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w x y z. The great English Letters A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z. The small English Letters a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r r s s t v u w x y z. ab eb ib ob ub ac ec ic oc uc ad ed id od ud af ef if of uf ag eg ig og ug ak ek ik ok uk al el il ol ul am em im om um an en in on un ap ep ip op up ar er ir or ur as es is os us at et it ot ut ax ex ix ox ux Sorts of Vowels A E I O U Y A E I O V Y a e i o u y a e i o u y a e i o u y Syllables Ba Be bi bo bu by Ca Ce ci co cu cy Da De di do du dy Fa Fe fi fo fu fy Ga Ge gi go gu gy Ha He hi ho hu hy Ka Ke ki ko ku ky La Le li lo lu ly Ma Me mi mo mu my Na Ne ni no nu ny Pa Pe pi po pu py Qua Que qui quo quu quy Ra Re ri ro ru ry Sa Se si so su sy Ta Te ti to tu ty Wa We wi wo wu wy I will love to look And read my Book The Dog will fight And the Dog will bite The Cat will A Mouse kill The Sun will shine And make the Fields fine The Moon will give light In the darkest night The Childs resolution I will to my power be a good child I will love to look upon my book I shall read well if I learn to spel I shall read well if I read much The way to read well is to read often I will love and obey my Parents I will love my Teacher I will live to go to School I will not dirty my clothes I will not tell a lie I will not swear I will not curse I will behave my self mannerly towards my Betters Good Books teach wisdom and he that readeth much increaseth in knowledge A living Dog is better than a dead Lion and a dogged disposition is not good Play not with a Cat too much for the Cats breath will do thee much harm Let not the Sun go down upon thy wrath God appointeth the Moon for seasonâ— and the Sun knowetâ— hiâ— going down THE SCHOOL An useful Catalogue of Names 1 A for A-dam or Anne 2 B for Ben-ja-min or Be-a-trice 3 C for Charls or Chri-sti-a-na 4 D for Da-vid or Di-nah 5 E for Ed-ward or E-li-za-beth 6 F for Fran-cis or Fran-ces 7 G for George or Grace 8 H for Hen-ry or Han-nah 9 I for I-sa-ac or I-sa-bel 10 K for Ke-nelm or Ka-the-rine 11 L for Luke or Ly-di-a 12 M for Matthew or Ma-ry 14 O for O-li-ver or O-lym-pi-a 15 P for Pe-ter or Pa-ti-ence 16 R for Robert or Rose 17 S for So-lo-mon or Sa-rah 18 T for Tho-mas or Tho-ma-sin 19 W for Wil-li-am or Win-nitride The Masters Correction Is the Childs Protection THE Childs Catechism Question CHilde who made you Answer God Qu. What is God Answ God is a spirit most strong wise holy and good Qu. How did God make man An. God made man of dust and earth and breathed life into him and he became a living soul Qu. Did man sin against God at the beginning as men do now An. No truly God made man good but he sinned and did fall Qu. Who did redeem fallen man An. Jesus Christ the Son of God Qu. How did Christ Jesus redeem Man An. He died upon the Cross Qu. If Christ died for us what must we do for Christ An. We must do his will and live to his glory and praise Qu. What is Christ's will An. That we must not sin Qu. What is sin An. It is a sin to take Gods Name in vain it is a sin to swear to curse or tell a lie it is a sin to be undutiful to Parents or to disobey their lawful commands it is a sin not to keep Gods Commands or the Ten Commandments If I learn apace I shall come to them Qu. Can you live in this world and not sin An. No indeed Qu. Who was the first man living An. Adam Qu. Who was the most faithful man An. Abraham Qu. Who was the meekest man An. Moses Qu. Who was the first High-Priest An. Melchisedeck Qu. Who was the best man An. David Qu. Who was the wisest man An. Solomon Qu. Who was the strongest man An. Sampson Qu. Who was the most patient man An. Job Qu. Who was the comliest man An. Absalom Qu. Who was the most loving among men An. Jonathan Qu. Who was the oldest man An. Methusalem Qu. Who was the worst of men An. Judas Qu. Who are the best Children An. Those that are most dutiful to their Parents and delight to read the word of God Qu. What is the word of God An. The word of God is the Scriptures of the
boy read bleed blood Of a Syllable A Syllable is a perfect sound made of several letters which are spelled together As â—â—r example in Con-dem-na-ti-on â—â—ere are five syllables or Di-viâ—â— on four syllables A vowel and consonant make a syllable as at a-ny i-dol e-ver c. Of different Spelling IT is a very hard thing to write good English or to spell well I have therefore thought good to shew the young Learner how near many words are in letterâ— and sound As for example The winds did blow and caâ—â— the ship of wines away Give me advice and advise mâ— for the best To trust to a broken reed tâ— read in a Book Pontius Pilate a skilful Pilot 〈◊〉 guide a ship They whetted their Sythe with grief they did sigh A man of low stature the Ox did lowe A man in a Jirking was jerking his horse He took a Farm a form of wholsome words a fourm to sit upon Leave coughing or you shall be put in a Coffin I did him a good chare to set him in a chair and give him good cheer A Bowe made of Yew you and I are good Friends It is a vain thing to let blood in a wrong vein It is too much for two men to to write in one day Philip will give a fillip Sweet flowers Wheat flour the floor of the house the Beer flowreth in the cup. I guest with you though you are a welcome ghest yet I guess'd right of the matter A great gap to gape wide I did hide the Horse hide with Mr. Hide Here is a Tun of wine let us sing a Tune The Wheel-right cannot write right a Rite or Ceremony A man of might did give a small mite THE Youths Catechism Qu. HOw may a man come to learn true Wisdom An. By reading and practising that which is in the Scripture 2 Tim. 3. 15. Qu. What is the Scripture An. The Scripture is the Old and New Testament Qu. Who did write the Scripture An. Holy men of God given by inspiration of God 2 Tim. 3. 16. Qu. What is God An. God is a Spirit infinite eternal and unchangeable in his Being wisdom power holiness goodness justice and truth Joh. 4. 24. Job 11. 7 8 9. Psal 90. 22. Qu. How many Gods be there An. But one God 1 Cor. 8. 6. Qu. How many Persons be there in the Godhead An. Three the Father Son and Holy Ghost 1 John 5. 7. Qu. What are Gods Decrees An. Gods decrees are his eternal purpose concerning all things and persons Eph. 1. 11. Qu. What is the work of Creation An. The making of all things of nothing Heb. 11. 3. Qu. How long was God making all things An. Six days Exod. 20. 21. Qu. How did God create man An. God created man in his own image male and female in knowledge righteousness and holiness with dominion over the Creation Gen. 1. 26. Col. 3. 10. Qu. Did our first Parents continue in that good estate wherein they were created An. No they being left to the freedom of their own will did fall by sinning against God Gen. 3. 6 7. Qu. What is sin An. The transgression of the Law of God 1 John 3. 4. Qu. What was Adam's sin An. Eating of the forbidden fruit Genesis 2. 17. Qu. Did all mankind fall with Adam in his Transgression An. The Covenant being made with Adam and his posterity he did fall in his first transgression Gen. 2. 16. Rom. 5. 12. Qu. What are our estates now by nature An. We are dead in sins and trespasses Eph. 2. 1. Qu. Did God leave all mankind in this condition An. No God hath sent his Son Jesus Christ to save all those that believe in him Luke 1. 35. Qu. How did God send his Son Christ Jesus An. He was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary and became man and lived among us Luke 1. 27. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Qu. What hath Christ done for us An. He hath given himself a sacrifice to God for us Eph. 2. 5. Qu. Why did Christ come to die An. That he might give life to Believers John 2. 16. Qu. How did he give life An. By being King Priest and Prophet Acts 3. 36. Qu. What did Christ as Priest An. He bought us with himself 1 Cor. 6. 20. Qu. From what did he redeem us An. From the curse of the law Gal. 3. 1. Qu. How did he buy us and redeem us An. By tasting of death upon the Cross Phil. 2. 8. Qu. What doth Christ as a prophet An. He reveals Gods will to us Matth. 11. 27. Qu. What doth Christ as a King An. He rules by his spirit and word Isaiah 30. 21. Qu. Wherein did Christs humiliation consist An. In being born and made under the law undergoing the miseries of this life dying the death of the Cross continuing dead for a time Luke 2. 7. Heb. 12. 2 3. 1 Cor. 15. 25. Acts 2. 26. Qu. Wherein consists Christs exaltation An. It consists in his rising again from the dead the third day in ascending up into heaven in sitting at the right hand of God the Father and coming to judge the world at the last day 1 Cor. 15. 4. Mark 6. 19. Acts 1. 11. Qu. Whence is faith An. It is the gift of God Eph. 2. 8. Qu. What is faith An. It is a trusting to Christ for Salvation Acts 16. 31. Qu. What is Repentance An. The hatred of and eschewing all evil and delighting to do good Psalm 13. 14. Qu. What is justification An. It is an Act of Gods free grace in pardoning all our sins in Jesus Christ through faith Rom 3. 14. 2 Cor. 5. 19 21. Qu. What is Sanctification An. Sanctification is the work of Gods free grace whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the Image of God 2 Thess 2. 13. Eph. 4. 23 24. Qu What is adoption An. Adoption is an act of Gods free grace whereby we are received into the number and have a right to all the priviledges of the Sons of God 1 John 3. 1 John 1. 12. Rom. 8. 14. Qu. What is the duty which God requireth of man An. To fear him and keep his Commandments Micah 6. 8. Qu. How many Commandments are there An. Ten. Qu. What is required in the first Commandment An. To worship God aright and none but the true God Exod. 20. 3. Qu. What is required in the second Commandment An. The second Commandment requireth the receiving observing keeping pure entire all such Religion worship as God hath appointed Exod. 20. 4 5. Deut. 32. 46. Qu. What is required in the third Commandment An. The true manner of Gods worship Exod. 20. 7. Qu. What is required in the Fourth Commandment An. It is required that we should keep holy to God such set times of worship as one day in seven Exod 20. 9 10 11. Deut. 5. 12. Qu. What is required in the fifth Commandment An. It requireth the preserving the good name and performing the duty
it off keeping your self very warm For the Head-ach Take Betany dried and rub it or Tobacco made small and put it in the Nose and snuff it up keeping your head very warm To help a Burning If you chance to burn your finger or any other part of the body hold the burnt place immediatly as near the fire as you can possibly endure it and the heat of the one fire will draw out the other fire To heal a Burning or a Scald Take the fat of dryed Bacon and hold it between a pair of Tongs red-hot and let it drop in a pot of fair water of which dropping make a Plaister Snow-water and Oyle of Cream is likewise very good A Medicine for the Itch. Take half a pint of Borus two peny-worth of Quick-silver and four peny-worth of Frankincense put them together and anoint all your joynts How to make good Ink. Take a gallon of Rain-water and put in a pound of Gauls beaten a pound of Gum and half a pound of Copperis and stir them together every morning till it be fit for use How to write with Gold Take a shell of Gold of 4 pence or 6 pence price and put in 3 or 4 drops of Gum-water and stir it together then write as with Ink when it is dry put a clean paper upon it and rub it over with a smooth tooth and it will give it a gloss Gum dissolved in water is Gum-water To keep Ink from freezing Take Aquavitae and put into your Ink and it will preserve it from freezing To write so that it shall not be read till it be holden to the fire Take milk or the juice of a Lemmon or Onion and write upon fair Paper and it will never be seen till you hold it and warm it before the fire A ready way to catch Moles Take Onions Garlick and Leeks and put them into the mouths of their holes and they will run out amazed A Letter of Counsel from a Father to a Son SON My prayers to God for thee and my love to thee Let this letter of counsel be accepted by thee above all things know and fear God thy Creator and Jesus Christ the Son of God the Saviour of the world keep a good Conscience void of offence towards God and man Let not I pray thee idle thoughts words and actions prevail bridle thy tongue and thou wilt find much peace and content keep not company with the wicked shun folly and idleness give thy mind to those Books you have I have sent you a Bible which I would have you to read study and practise and the Lord increase thy understanding I shall be glad to hear from thee and let me know what Books you want If you love to read you shall not want Books and so learn to be a dutiful child and you will engage me to remain London June 18. 1672. Your loving Father E. Masson The Answer from a dutiful Son HOnoured and dear Father my duty presented to you I hope God hath and doth hear your prayers for me for I do delight to read the holy Scripture and therein I learn to know and fear my God and Saviour I do love those that are good delight my self in their companies because they are good so always learning wisdom and goodness also it is my desire to live to your comfort my good Father Sir I have received a good token from you a Bible which the Lord give me grace to read and practise I beseech you to send me a Grammar and Wits-Common-wealth a Book called Youths Behaviour an English School-Master the Crums of Cumfort and I will in duty promise to read them and learn wisdom to the Glory of God and your comfort which shall ever be the desire of July 10. 1659 Your dutiful Son Tho. Masson The Superscription To my Honoured Father Mr. E. Masson London To my honoured Father Mr. Freeman in Tower-street London MY honored good Father and Mother my duty presented to you hoping that these few lines will find you in good and perfect health as I was at the writing praised be God I am every day more and more sensible of your Fatherly and Motherly love to me and care over me I am also sensible of my unthankfulness and unprofitableness to you these ten years I being so old I am very sorry for it and now with the help of my God as I grow in years I will grow in grace and good manners to the honour of God and comfort of you my good parents I have learned-out my Youths Book And be pleased good father so that I may not want such helps as Books and keeping at School so that I may persevere in knowledge and wisdom Sir I want a Bible a spelling Book and a Copy book My Master doth take great care and pains with me that your Cost and my time may not be lost But that it may tend to the glory of God and your comfort is the desire of Warwick 20. July 1660. Your dutiful Son John Freeman A Letter from the Son to the Father To my Honoured Father Master Brouton Merchant in London Honoured Sir YOur Letter I have received and Fatherly Counsel I joyfully embrace for to serve God is the duty of a Christian and no longer do I desire to live than in the care of that comfort To continue at School is my delight and desire learning is no burthen and knowledge is profitable the Scripture I do daily read knowing it is sufficient to make me wise unto Salvation through faith in Jesus Christ I find my self as yet weak in the understanding of the Scripture having neither Latin Greek nor Hebrew Sir I most humbly entreat you upon my bended knees to let me continue at School till I learn Latine and Greek at least for I know and am perswaded that where Learning iâ— wanting Ignorance aboundeth Learning I know is a handmaid to wisdom and vertue which are the things my soul desireth to that end I crave your prayers and remain Sept 22. 1659. Your dutiful Soâ— T. B. An Obligation BE it known unto all men by these presents that I William Jones of Keinton in the County of Kent Butcher do owe and am indebted unto Henry Fox of Rumford in the County of Essex Yeoman the sum of Ten pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid to the abovesaid Henry his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns in and upon the first day of July next ensuing the date hereof for the which payment well and truly to be paid I bind my Heirs Executors and Administrators in the sum of twenty pounds of like money of England in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twentieth day of February One thousand six hundred fifty and nine W. J. Sealed and delivered in the presence of J. D H. F. A Bond with Condition KNow all men by these Presents That I John Day of Rochester in the County of Kent Carpenter am holden
Old and New Testament written for our instruction where the whole mind of God is revealed unto mankind as a rule for all men to walk by Qu. Canst thou say the Lords Payer which our Saviour Christ taught his Disciples An. yes Master Let me hear it The Prayer of the faithful availeth much The Lords Prayer which our Saviour taught his Disciples good for children to learn within book and without book OVr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our dayly bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen Child learn this prayer by heart that you may say it without book and every morning before you go to School kneel and pray to God to bless thee and that God would give thee thy daily bread and teach thee wisdom The Apostles Creed or Articles of our Faith which every man woman and Child ought to believe and say of a truth I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord which was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The third day be rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the Holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The communion of Saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen Child learn these Articles of your Faith and the Lord increase thy faith in his Son Christ Jesus The Two Tables The Law was given by Moses but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ I II III IIII V VI VII VIII IX X The Ten Commandments which God hath commanded every man woman and child to keep Exod. 20. GOD spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage 1. THou shalt have no other Gods but me 2. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain 4. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it 5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 6. Thou shalt do no murther 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery 8. Thou shalt not steal 9 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour 10. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his Ox nor his Ass nor any thing that is his To give thanks before Meat GOD bless the KING and guide his ways And send us peace in these our days To give thanks after Meat GOD be praised the Church preserved the KING defended Peace maintained To give thanks before meat GLorious God I pray thee to bless all thy Mercies unto me and make me a thankful Child Teach me O Lord to live worthy of them for Christ his sake Amen To give thanks after meat BLessed and praised be thy holy Name O Lord God for all thy mercies for feeding my body O Lord feed my soul with the Bread of life for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Thanksgiving before Meat OUR gracious God and merciful Father in and by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ we have cause to praise thy great Name for all thy fatherly Mercies O Lord sanctifie them unto us that we may grow in wisdom holiness and true thankfulness for the Lord Jesus Christ his sake Amen Thansgiving after Meat HOly God we have every day experience of thy in numerable mercies In thee we live move and have our being we praise thy Name for feeding our bodies at this time We bless thy Name for our Creation Redemption and Sanctification Prepare us O Lord for Glorification that we may praise thy Name for ever and ever Amen A Prayer for Sunday morning MOst holy God and merciful Father I desire to praise thy holy name for all thy mercies bestowed upon me for Christ his sake continue thy love and mercy towards me Teach me O Lord to serve thee this day with fear Help me O God to worship and serve thee in the power of thy holy spirit let this day be a day of comfort to my poor empty soul Teach me O Lord Jesus to hear and to profit send thou the Comforter thy holy Spirit to teach and guide me in the way of truth O my God sanctifie my soul and body my mind thoughts deeds and words that I may be free to keep holy thy Sabbath These things O Lord and what else is needful for me I beg at thy Fatherly hands in the Name and Mediation of thy only Son and my alone Saviour Jesus Christ our Lord. A prayer to be used before you go to bed HOly God merciful Father in and through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for his sake pardon all my idle thoughts words and deeds which I have committed against thee teach me to weep for my sins teach me to repent for my sins cause me to be ashamed for my sins let not my sins O Lord be any hindrance of thy mercies bless me this night O Lord keep me from all evil and raise me in the morning following and help me to walk before thee in all holiness for Jesus Christ his sake A Prayer to be said in the Morning or at any time O Lord God of Heaven and Earth by thee alone we are preserved O good God we have nothing but we have it from thee O Lord bless me this day O Lord
distress and misery the land of darkness it is every-where where Heaven is not Of Angels ANgels were created of God immortal innocent beautiful and holy their habitation is in Heaven always beholding the face of our Heavenly Father they are mens guides keepers they are Gods messengers to save or to destroy Of Conscience IT is a Witness which our Souls carry about with us excusing or accusing it speaks peace when we do good and horror when we do evil it is a great misery to have a seared conscience a good conscience is a continual feast it will never leave us it is a witness for God and a good conscience is the best portion Of Prayer PRayer is the lifting up of the voice heart and soul to God petitioning either for necessary things of this life or forgiveness of sins committed Faith joined with Prayer maketh it more effectual when we read God speaks to us and when we pray we speak to God Payer and Repentance bring peace to the unquieted conscience Of Ignorance IGnorance is a defect a weakness a distemper in the mind which causeth a man to judge amiss of things it is a want of wit it is one of the greatest enemies man hath the wisest man is not able to declare the evil of Ignorance Ignorance is the Mother of error and misfortune Idleness begets Ignorance It is better to be unborn than untaught Ignorance is an enemy to blessedness and eternal happiness By the want of wit cometh much harm Ignorance leaves much good undone A man that is ignorant of the revealed Word of God is lead away with every wind of doctrine Of Wisdom THe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom He that doth not know and fear the Lord is a fool He that feareth the Lord and keepeth his commandments is of a good understanding That man woman or child which knows Jesus Christ to be their Saviour is of the best understanding and there will be light and life and true wisdom A wise son heareth his fathers instruction but a scorner heareth not rebuke The simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his going A wise man feareth and departeth from evil but the fool rageth and is confident He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor but a man of understanding holdeth his peace This small Book will not contain that which might compleat thee in the School of wisdom therefore I shall mention such Books as may help thee in spiritual wisdom and temporal understanding and the Lord give thee understanding to chuse good and eschew evil Amen Psalm 119. verse 9. WHerewithall shall a young man cleanse his way By taking heed to thy word Verse BY what means may a young man best his life learn to amend If that he mark keep thy word and therein his time spend Another How can youths path-way cleansed be but by thy word O Lord With all my heart I seek to thee O guide me by thy word Meditation Suffer me not O God to deferr the amendment of my life until I be decrepit with age but let thy word reform me in my youth yea from this present hour Teach me O Lord to delight in thee to seek thee praise thee speak of thee meditate on thee and keep in the way of thy Commandments for ever Amen Psalm 25. verse 7. O Remember not the sins and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy think upon me for thy goodness sake Verse Remember not my faults O Lord and srailties of my youth Remember not how ignorant I have been of thy truth Nor after my deserts Let me thy mercy find But of thy own benignity Lord have me in thy mind Another My sins of youth and trespasses to mind oh do not take O mind me in thy tenderness Lord for thy goodness sake Meditation Remember not the sins of my youth O Lord Blot out my transgressions let not the follies of my youth nor the greatness of any other sins deprive me of thy loving kindness Consider my weakness and have mercy upon me for Christ his sake Amen Psalm 128. BLessed art thou that fearest God and walkest in his way 2 For of thy labor thou shalt eat happy art thou I say 3 Like fruitful vines on thy house side so doth thy wife spring out Thy Children stand like Olive-plants thy ' table round about 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let the see 5 The promised Jerusalem and her felicitie 6 Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great joyes encrease And likewise grace on Israel prosperity and peace Psalm 138. BEhold and have regard ye servants of the Lord Which in his house by night do Watch praise him with one accord Lift up your hand on high unto his holy place And give the Lord his praises due his benefits embrace For why The Lord who did both Earth and Heaven frame Doth Sion bless and will conserve for ever more the same Grounds of Grammar Q. WHat is the Accidence An. The first book which we use to learn the grounds of Grammar in Qu. What doth the Grammar teach An. The Grammar is an Art that teacheth to write and the true order of speech Qu. What is speech An. Every word that men speak is Speech Qu. What call ye Word An. Every word is a part of Speech Qu. How many parts of Speech be there An. Eight Qu. Which be they An. Noun Pronoun Verb Participle Adverb Conjunction Preposition Interjection Qu. Why but eight Parts of speech seeing that there are so many words An. Every word that is spoken is one of these eight Qu. What is a Noun An. All names of things are Nouns as Manus a Hand or Franciscus Francis Qu. What is a Pronoun An. A pronoun is a word put in stead of a Noun as tu thou vos ye Qu. What is a Verb An. It is a word signifying to be be as sum I am to do as doceo I teach to suffer as doceor I am taught Qu. What is a participle An. It is a word declined with Case like a Noun and signifies to do or suffer like a Verb as doctus taught Qu. What is an adverb An. An Adverb is a word joyned to other words to shew their meaning as vivit honestè he lives honestly Qu. What is a conjunction An. It is a word which joynes other words together which be of divers sorts Qu. What is a Preposition An. It is a word set besore other words serving to an Accusative Case or an Ablative Case Qu. What is an Interjection An. It is a word which signifies some passion as evax oh brave Twenty in Latin 1 Unus 2 Duo 3 Tres 4 Quatuor 5 Quinque 6 Sex 7 Septem 8 Octo 9 Novem 10 Decem 11 Undecem 12 Duodecem 13 Tredecem 14 Quatuordecem 15 Quindecem 16 Sexdecem 17 Septendecem 18 Octodecem 19 Novendecem 20 Viginti INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING How to sit to write THe
Paper or Book you write in must lie straight before you and you must sit upright with your breast from the board you must bear your head the distance of a span from your writing and hold your right Elbow almost close to your body and turn your hand outward or from you Necessaries for Writing BEsides a clean sheet of Paper or a Book to write in you must have a waste Paper under your hand whereon to try your Letters and so keep that Paper clean on which you write You must also have a small pair of Compasses to rule double Lines betwixt which you must write and so keep the heads and feet of your Letters even Besides you must have a little flat Ruler for that purpose Rules for Writing 1 TAke your Ink up sparingly with the hollow side of your Pen downwards and be sure it be free from hairs 2. Imitate the small Letters first and begin not to make another before you can make one well 3. Take care to give all Letters having whites within them the same compass As the a b d e g o and p. 4. In Roman and Italian hands all the Letters with stems or long Letters must be of one height 5. All the tayls of Letters coming beneath the lines must be of one length 6. The space of a small o and another when you writ joyning 7. Take great care to give each Letter its true Full and Small according to the Copies Transeend the Copies in this Book and then You shall be honour'd with a Golden Pen. Here followeth the Copy-Book Examples of Secretarie Roman and Italian Hands Place this betwixt G H Secretary Hand A a b c d d e f g h i k l m n o p p q r r s ◠t v u w x y z A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U W X Y Z Our Enterprize will quickly fade except the Almighty bless it In the race of vertu◠be exceeding quicke win that most lovely prize Roman Hand A a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w w x y z A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z 'T is a brave thing to equalize workes excellently performed Italian Hand A a b c d e e f g h i k l m n o p p q r r s s s t v u w x y z A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z Men will eternize their names by doing perfect exquisite works Of Arithmetick Or Casting Account ARithmetick is the Art of Numbring You must learn many rules to attain it as Numeration Addition Substraction Multiplication Division Progression the Rule of Three with many more But I shall only shew you some things of Numeration and Addition that you may be able to cast up a Sum of pounds shillings and pence Numeration is to know the true value of any Sum proposed As for example 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 These Figures I hope you know the value of already To number more together is thus 10 a figure of 1 and a cypher is ten 15 a figure of 1 and 5 is fifteen 20 a figure of 2 and a cypher is twenty and so on 24 twenty four 30 thirty 33 thirty three 40 forty 41 forty one 70 seventy 76 seventy six 90 ninety 99 ninty nine The first figure is an Unit the second figure is Ten and the third Figure is an Hundred Hundred Ten. Unit. 3 4 2 Which is thus 342 three hundred forty two 563 is five hundred sixty three 976 is nine hundred seventy six 110 is one hundred and ten Another Example Thousand Hundred Ten. Unit. 1 6 5 9. Which is one thousand six hundred fifty and nine 2762 is two thousand seven hundred sixty two and so it may continue on As units tens hundreds thousands ten thousands hundred thousands millions ten millions hundreds of millions thousands of millions millions of millions As for example millions thousands hundreds 23 567 890 which is twenty three millions five hundred sixty seven thousand eight hundred and ninety So much for Numeration Of Addition ADdition is to bring together two or more sums into one As for example  l. s. d. Paid for six quire of Paper 0 2 0 Paid for Quills 0 0 6 Paid for a cyphering-Book 0 0 6 The sum is 0 3 0 You must in this manner cast it up saying 6 pence and 6 pence is 12 pence that is one shilling I take that shilling and add to the 2 shillings it makes 3 shillings Another Example  l. s. d. Receiv'd of my father 0 16 0 Receiv'd more 0 10 0 Receiv'd more 1 00 0 Receiv'd more 0 10 4 The Sum is 2 16 4 I would know how much I have received in all It is thus In the place of pence there is but 4 pence it being less than a shilling put it under pence 4 next you come to shillings and find 16 shillings and ten shillings and ten shillings which is one pound 16 shillings carry one pound and put sixteen shillings under the place of shillings and that one pound that you carried and the other pound in the place of pounds make 2 pounds 16 shilling 4 pence which you received of your father More Examples l. s. d. 5 6 4 3 2 9 6 6 2 14 15 3 2 17 3 5 18 9 6 05 2 2 06 9 6 00 0 23 07 11 Several Receipts very useful and delightful to youth How to make a Childe learn the 24 letters of the Alphabet with ease and delight TAke a Sugar-Plumb or such like which is six square and upon every square put one and make fast a Letter six letters as a b c d e f on the six squares and so to be cast like Dice and when the Child knows the Letters perfectly let him eat the Plumb for his pains This way of encouraging Children is approved there are also small Books full of Pictures to teach children to know the 24 letters of the Alphabet containing 24 Pictures As A for Ape B for Bear D for Dog very delightful for Children You may be furnished with both at the Anchor and Mariner in Tower-street To stanch bleeding at the Nose Take a piece of Bread and sop it in Vinegar and eat it To stanch blood and heal a Cut. Take the shavings of Parchment and lay it in the wound it will stanch the blood and heal the place To help a stinking breath Take a handful of Cummin-seed and seethe it in good white-wine from a quart to a pint and drink of it for eight or nine days both morning and evening For a Cough or Cold. Take a quart of Ale or Milk and boyl it with Rosemary then put in a spoonful of Sugar and brew them together then go to bed and drink