Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	knight_n	lord_n	sir_n	5,529	4	6.2506	4	false

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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

Plain brief and pertinent RVLES 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 LONDON Printed for the Author 1654. To the Right Honourabl Sir Tho. Vyner Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London all Health and Happiness external internal and eternal My Lord YOur at this time being the great Parent and Father of this large and populous City causeth me to acquaint your Honour with my present Intention to make publick these brief and short rules for the Syllabication of our English Tongue they being a preparation to an Art by me invented for a speedy certain and judicious facilitating and perfecting of the Orthography thereof In this first divulging whereof I apprehend none more fit considering their Occasions to make use thereof whereunto to commit the same for Patronage than the Prentices of your City of London they being the lowest estate and rank under your Lordships great care and charge whose right welfare and propriety is determined stated and secured by your Authority and Fatherly care Wherfore in my thoughts hereon I conceived it a foul piece of Impudence and disorderly boldnesse in me to let such an attempt appear in the world before I had made an Address to your Honour for Allowance and approbation thereof I humbly therefore prostrate both my self and these my Indeavours at your Lordships feet in all humbl wise craving your good leav in and favourabl acceptance of this my clear intention in this enterprize for the unspeakable benefit of my Nativ Countrey which if your Lordship will pleas to further I shall ever remain Your Honours thankfull Servant in the work of our Lord Jesus Jo Brooksbank March 1654. To the right Worshipfull the Aldermen of the City of London all peace and true happiness in this life and that which is to come Right Worshipfull THe Government and wel-being of this City lying under your care and charge and Gods providence having lead me to an Invention for the unspeakabl good of my Nativ Country comprehended in a brief and judicious Art of teaching to spell read and write our English tongue which I call Syllabication the Profit whereof you may easily discern by the perusal of the succeeding R●les and Directions dedicated to the Prentices of your City who are under your rule and governance wherefore I conceiv it my duty humbly as it is to present it and my self to your Worships allowance and approbation in all humbl manner craving your favour and furtherance therein and I shall ever remain March 1654. Yours in the Lord Jesus Jo Brooksbank To the hopefull and renowned Estate of Apprentices in the great famous 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 Hopefull Gentlemen and Apprentices THis Dedication may seem strange but the nature of this business is such that I know not where more fitly to desire shelter than from your selves you generally abov all others having learning and ingenuity to apprehend leasure to peruse and occasion to use all these present pieces as the best remedy yet extant to perfect the Orthography of our English Tongue with Iudgement Art and Experience Your universal and unanimous complaints of your wants herein and the view of your Shop-books Receits Bils and Letters to your best and dearest Friends and not only am●●gst you but indeed usually amongst most of men there being few able rationally and artificially to write our Mother tongue hath prevailed with me to make an offer of my earnest desire of your favour to patronize and protect these rules of Syllabication and directions for the use of these two Tracts contrived and composed for the speedy profit and perfecting of all first Learners to spell read and write our English Tongue An Art the Mystery whereof you may well find out with that Trade you are set apart to learn to live by which being don I know you may thereby not only unspeakably profit and benefit your selvs but also vent the Mystery thereof as far or farther than your Wares which to all well disposed youth will be a glory a delight and a profit but knowing that long ago you have learned what this means Verbum sapienti relying upon your Candor and Ingenuity herein I am March 1654. Yours in the service of our Lord Iesus Io Brooksbank Plain brief and pertinent Rules for a Judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words according to Art and the Institution of the same Tongue IN a true regular and Artificial Syllabication of English words it must be noted and observed that A syllabl is a full and perfect sound made of so many letters as we spell together wherein the numeration of syllabls must be first known and then their right and regular Division according to the Rules ensuing as followeth Rules for the Numeration of syllabls in any word Rule FOr the most part there is the same number of Syllabls in a word that there is of of Vowels as in most one Vowel o and therefore but one Syllabl utmost two Vowels u o and therefore two Syllabls c. Herein are thrée Exceptions Except 1. When there is a Diphthong in a word as oy in boy ou in four ee in heed ea in earth 2. When i u or y are made Consonants there may séem to be a Vowel more than Syllabls as j in jar v in vent and both in Iavan y in yet 3. When there is a Vowel in a word not sounded as a in beauty e in George i in field o in peopl u in guide In this Exception it must be known when and where any of the vowels are not sounded which may be by the Rules Exceptions and Limitations following Rule 1. a Is not sounded in steward coward beauty creature Sabaoth Pharaoh Baal Canaan Isaac Beaumont Beawley Beauchamp Rule 2. e Is not sounded in George nor till of late in Geometry nor in words that end in en as taken or in e as bare hide or in es as bones stones c. Here we are to note these Exceptions Except 1. Forraign proper names ending in e may have as many vowels as syllabls as Der-be two syllabls not Derbe one syllable Pe-ne-lo-pe four syllabls not Pene-lope thrée syllabls as also certain Monosyllabls that end in e as be he c. Lim. Yet we say Mamre and Tyre Monosyllabls and Eustace two syllabls Except 2. All proper names ending in es have as many syllabls as vowels when they end in es as Azores Antipodes c. 3. There are six English Terminations ending in es which may have as many syllabls as vowels when they end in 1 ges as cages 2 ces with c as faces 3 ses with