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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07997	The order of orthographie: or, Sixty sixe rules shortly directing to the true writing, speaking, and pronouncing the English tongue. Necessary for all sorts, for want wherof strangers blame our English tongue of difficultie: many of our owne nation speake it corruptly, many write it falsely, and many are discouraged from learning to write it; and others that can write are ashamed to write to their best friends..	Prat, Jos. (Joseph).	1622 (1622)	STC 20186.7; ESTC S94773	4,234	17
A35113	Semography, or, Short and swift writing invented and composed for the benefit of others by the author hereof, William Cartwright, and is now set forth and published by his nephew, Ieremiah Rich, immediate next to the authour, deceased ...	Cartwright, William.; Rich, Jeremiah, d. 1660?	1642 (1642)	Wing C717; ESTC R22892	7,736	30
A61383	Short writing, began by nature compliated [sic] by art manifesting the irregularity of placing the artificial before the natural of symbolical contractions: and proposing a method more suited to sense, and more fully answering y [sic] requisited of a compleat character in the shortning both of words and sentences. Invented, taught & published with plain directions examples and a specimen of the writing by Laurence Steel	Steel, Laurence, d. 1684.; Browne, Joseph, fl. 1678.	1678 (1678)	Wing S5380; ESTC R221908	8,146	42
A13811	The art of memory, that otherwyse is called the Phenix A boke very behouefull and profytable to all professours of scyences. Grammaryens, rethoryciens dialectyke, legystes, phylosophres [and] theologiens.; Artificiosa memoria. English	Petrus, Ravennas, ca. 1448-1508 or 9.; Copland, Robert, fl. 1540-1547.	1545 (1545)	STC 24112; ESTC S107342	8,521	32
A59630	Tachygraphy the most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing that hath ever yet beene published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton ... ; approoved by both unyversities.	Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?; Hall, Ralph.	1641 (1641)	Wing S3074; ESTC R37153	12,990	67
A28859	Maximum in minimo, or, Mr. Jeremiah Rich's Pen's dexterity compleated being the plainest and easiest method of writing shorthand ... / by Samuel Botley.	Botley, Samuel, 1642-1696?; Rich, Jeremiah, d. 1660? Pen's dexterity compleated.	1674 (1674)	Wing B3807; ESTC R39620	13,392	34
A64549	An English prosodia to be learned immediately after the Accidence, in order to the better learning of Propria quæ maribus, as in præsenti, and quæ genus. By J. T. A.B.	Thomas, James, b. 1657 or 8.	1685 (1685)	Wing T964A; ESTC R220873	14,017	32
A17877	Obseruations in the art of English poesie. By Thomas Campion. Wherein it is demonstratiuely prooued, and by example confirmed, that the English toong will receiue eight seuerall kinds of numbers, proper to it selfe, which are all in this booke set forth, and were neuer before this time by any man attempted	Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620.	1602 (1602)	STC 4543; ESTC S118604	15,351	50
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
A11356	A briefe and a playne introduction, teachyng how to pronounce the letters of the British tong, (now co[m]menly called Walsh) wherby an English man shal not only w[ith] ease read the said tong rightly: but markyng ye same wel, it shal be a meane for him with one labour and diligence to attaine to the true and natural pronuncation of other expediente and most excellente langauges Set forth by W. Salesburye.	Salesbury, William, 1520?-1600?	1550 (1550)	STC 21614; ESTC S101926	19,493	39
A57289	Short-hand yet shorter: or, The art of short-writing advanced in a more swift, easie, regular, and natural method than hitherto Whereby the former difficulties in placing the vowels are removed; they, the dipthongs and consonants, further contracted; the particles, pronouns, degrees of comparison, persons, moods, tenses, contrarieties, repetitions, sentences negative and interrogatory, are shortned. The rules are plain, easie to be remembred and applied to any other short-hand, that such as have learned other authors may have hence a very considerable help to write more swiftly without altering their foundation. By George Ridpath.	Ridpath, George, d. 1726.	1687 (1687)	Wing R1466; ESTC R220838	19,704	49
A48812	The schoole-masters auxiliaries, to remove the barbarians siege from Athens; advanced under two guides The first, leading by rule and reason to read and write English dexterously. The second, asserting the Latine tongue in prose and verse, to its just inlargement, splendor, and elegancy.	Lloyd, Richard, 1594 or 5-1659.	1654 (1654)	Wing L2671; ESTC R216876	20,435	62
A38454	The English guide to the Latin tongue, or, A brief system of all the most necessary rules for the initiating of youth in the rudiments of grammar		1675 (1675)	Wing E3087; ESTC R2865	29,764	82
A68340	Certaine grammar questions for the exercise of young schollers in the learning of the Accidence	Leech, John, 1565-1650?	1590 (1590)	STC 15374.2; ESTC S4741	42,552	88
A05218	A playne treatise to learne in a short space the Frenche tongue deuided in twoo bookes.	Ledoyen de la Pichonnaye, G.	1576 (1576)	STC 15353.3; ESTC S109390	45,408	128
A65598	The English-grammar, or, The institution of letters, syllables, and words in the English-tongue conteining [sic] all rules and directions necessary to bee known for the judicious reading, right-speaking, and writing thereof : very useful for all that desire to bee expert in the foresaid properties, more especially profitable for scholars immediately before their entrance into the rudiments of the Latine-tongue ... / composed by Jer. Wharton ...	Wharton, Jeremiah.	1654 (1654)	Wing W1571; ESTC R12017	45,942	126
A05325	An Italian grammer; vvritten in Latin by Scipio Lentulo a Neapolitane: and turned in Englishe: by H.G.; Italicae grammatices praecepta. English	Lentulo, Scipione, 1525 or 6-1599.; Grantham, Henry, fl. 1571-1587.	1575 (1575)	STC 15469; ESTC S122047	52,184	160
A34154	The compendious schoolmaster teaching the English-tongue after a more easie & demonstrable method than hath been hitherto published or taught ... / by a lover of learning and a hearty well-wisher to his beloved country.	Lover of learning and a hearty well-wisher to his beloved country.; R. W.	1688 (1688)	Wing C5609; ESTC R27909	56,984	132
A19762	Orthoepia Anglicana: or, the first principall part of the English grammar teaching the art of right speaking and pronouncing English, with certaine exact rules of orthography, and rules of spelling or combining of syllables, and directions for keeping of stops or points between sentence and sentence. A work in it selfe absolute, and never knowne to be accomplished by any before ... Methodically composed by the industry and observation of Simon Daines schoolemaster of Hintlesham in Suffs.	Daines, Simon.	1640 (1640)	STC 6190; ESTC S109244	58,215	112
A43097	The English school-master compleated containing several tables of common English words, from one, to six, seven, and eight syllables, both whole and divided, according to the rules of true spelling; with prayers, and graces both before and after meat, and rules for childrens behaviour at all times and places, with several other necessaries suitable to the capacities of children and youth. Also brief and easie rules for the true and exact spelling, reading, and writing of English according to the present pronunciation thereof in the famous University of Oxford, and City of London. To which is added, an appendix containing the principles of arithmetick, with an account of coins, weights, measure, time, &c. Copies of letters, titles of honour, suitable for men of all degrees, and qualities, bills of parcels, bills of exchange, bills of debt, receipts, and several other rules and observations fit for a youths accomplishment in the way of trade. John Hawkins school-master at St. Georges Church in Southwark.	Hawkins, John, 17th cent.	1692 (1692)	Wing H1175; ESTC R213434	60,375	140
A52267	An introduction to the art of rhetorick composed for the benefit of young schollars and others, who have not opportunity of being instructed in the Latine tongue ... / by John Newton ...	Newton, John, 1622-1678.	1671 (1671)	Wing N1065; ESTC R20785	60,464	170
A19366	The Spanish grammer vvith certeine rules teaching both the Spanish and French tongues. By which they that haue some knowledge in the French tongue, may the easier attaine to the Spanish; and the likewise they that haue the Spanish, with more facilitie learne the French: and they that are acquainted with neither of them, learne either or both. Made in Spanish, by M. Anthonie de Corro. With a dictionarie adioyned vnto it, of all the Spanish wordes cited in this booke: and other more wordes most necessarie for all such as desire the knowledge of the same tongue. By Iohn Thorius, graduate in Oxenford.; Reglas gramaticales para aprender la lengua espan̄ola y francesa. English	Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591.; Thorie, John, b. 1568.	1590 (1590)	STC 5790; ESTC S121989	68,501	150
A40781	Cryptomenysis patefacta, or, The art of secret information disclosed without a key containing, plain and demonstrative rules, for decyphering all manner of secret writing with exact methods, for resolving secret intimations by signs or gestures, or in speech : as also an inquiry into the secret ways of conveying written messages, and the several mysterious proposals for secret information, mentioned by Trithemius, &c. / by J. F.	J. F. (John Falconer)	1685 (1685)	Wing F296; ESTC R6319	86,972	206
A20105	The French alphabeth [sic] teaching in a very short tyme, by a most easie way, to pronounce French naturally, to reade it perfectly, to write it truely, and to speake it accordingly : together vvith The treasure of the French toung, conteyning the rarest sentences, pouerbes [sic], parables, similies, apothegmes and golden sayings of the most excellent French authours, as vvell potes [sic] as orators : the one diligently compiled, and the other painfully gathered and set in order, after the alphabeticall maner, for the benefite of those that are desirous of the French toung / by G.D.L.M.N.	G. D. L. M. N.	1592 (1592)	STC 6545.5; ESTC S1884	88,751	146
A33251	The Protestant school-master containing, plain and easie directions for spelling and reading English, with all necessary rules for the true reading of the English tongue : together with a brief and true account of the bloody persecutions, massacres, plots, treasons, and most inhumane tortures committed by the papists upon Protestants, for near six hundred years past, to this very time, in all countries where they have usurped authority to exercise their cruelties ...: with a description of the variety of their tortures, curiously engraven upon copper plates ... / by Edw. Clark.	Clark, Edw. (Edward)	1680 (1680)	Wing C4437; ESTC R39367	111,345	217
A44386	The Latine grammar fitted for the use of schools wherein the words of Lilie's Grammar are (as much as might bee) reteined, many errors thereof amended, many needless things left out, many necessaries that were wanting, supplied, and all things ordered in a method more agreeable to children's capacitie / by Charls Hoole ... ; and (that nothing might bee wanting to the purpose) the English translation is set down on the contrarie page for the benefit of yong [sic] learners.	Hoole, Charles, 1610-1667.; Lily, William, 1468?-1522.	1651 (1651)	Wing H2684; ESTC R2272	129,483	326
A69577	A paraphrase upon the Canticles, and some select hymns of the New and Old Testament with other occasional compositions in English verse / by Samuel Woodford ...	Woodford, Samuel, 1636-1700.	1679 (1679)	Wing B2632A; ESTC R15089	141,006	356
A70499	The art of speaking written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal in pursuance of a former treatise intituled, The art of thinking ; rendred into English.; Art de parler. English	Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715.; Arnauld, Antoine, 1612-1694.; Brulart, Fabio, 1655-1714.; Lamy, François, 1636-1711.; Nicole, Pierre, 1625-1695.	1676 (1676)	Wing L307A; ESTC R1142	142,874	456
A88963	Mr. Mauger's French grammar enriched with severall choise dialogues, containing an exact account of the state of France, ecclesiasticall, civil, and military, as it flourisheth at present under King Louis the fourteenth. Also a chapter of Anglicismes; vvith instructions for travellers into France.; Grammaire françoise. English.	Mauger, Claude.	1656 (1656)	Wing M1336; Thomason E1581_2; ESTC R208947	155,029	293
A00990	Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published.	Florio, John, 1553?-1625.	1578 (1578)	STC 11096; ESTC S105629	202,516	536
A07881	The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, set furth by Richard Mulcaster.	Mulcaster, Richard, 1530?-1611.	1582 (1582)	STC 18250; ESTC S112926	203,836	280
A68619	The arte of English poesie Contriued into three bookes: the first of poets and poesie, the second of proportion, the third of ornament.	Puttenham, George, d. 1590.; Puttenham, Richard, 1520?-1601?, attributed name.; Lumley, John Lumley, Baron, 1534?-1609, attributed name.	1589 (1589)	STC 20519.5; ESTC S110571	205,111	267
A91783	The logicians school-master: or, A comment upon Ramus logick. By Mr. Alexander Richardson, sometime of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Whereunto are added, his prelections on Ramus his grammer; Taleus his rhetorick; also his notes on physicks, ethicks, astronomy, medicine, and opticks. Never before published.	Richardson, Alexander, of Queen's College, Cambridge.; Thomson, Samuel, fl. 1657-1666.	1657 (1657)	Wing R1378; Thomason E1603_2; ESTC R203419	285,683	519
A09112	The vvarn-vvord to Sir Francis Hastinges wast-word conteyning the issue of three former treateses, the Watch-word, the Ward-word and the Wast-word (intituled by Sir Francis, an Apologie or defence of his Watch-word) togeather with certaine admonitions & warnings to thesaid [sic] knight and his followers. Wherunto is adioyned a breif reiection of an insolent, and vaunting minister masked with the letters O.E. who hath taken vpon him to wryte of thesame [sic] argument in supply of the knight. There go also foure seueral tables, one of the chapters, another of the controuersies, the third of the cheif shiftes, and deceits, the fourth of the parricular [sic] matters conteyned in the whole book. By N.D. author of the Ward-word.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.	1602 (1602)	STC 19418; ESTC S114221	315,922	580
A41427	The English-American, his travail by sea and land, or, A new survey of the West-India's containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America ... : also, a new and exact discovery of the Spanish navigation to those parts ... : with a grammar, or some few rediments of the Indian tongue called Poconchi, or Pocoman / by the true and painfull endeavours of Thomas Gage ... 1648.	Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656.	1648 (1648)	Wing G109; ESTC R22621	392,970	244
A36910	The Young-students-library containing extracts and abridgments of the most valuable books printed in England, and in the forreign journals, from the year sixty five, to this time : to which is added a new essay upon all sorts of learning ... / by the Athenian Society ; also, a large alphabetical table, comprehending the contents of this volume, and of all the Athenian Mercuries and supplements, etc., printed in the year 1691.	Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698.; Athenian Society (London, England)	1692 (1692)	Wing D2635; ESTC R35551	984,688	524
A38749	The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.; Ecclesiastical history. English	Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Socrates, Scholasticus, ca. 379-ca. 440. Ecclesiastical history. English.; Evagrius, Scholasticus, b. 536? Ecclesiastical history. English.; Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. Life of Constantine. English.	1683 (1683)	Wing E3423; ESTC R6591	2,940,401	764