Camden's Remains, proving this island was part of the Continent, and that then it was governed by Parliaments and States.

Dominus e domo, that the House of Commons is called a HOUSE, because the Members resolve to dwell there.

Baubella, that the word Baubles (as appears in Hoveden in Rich. I.) doth properly signifie jewels, or precious stones. By Sir Henry Mildmay, Master of the Baubles.

CLASSIS VI.

Twenty new Acts of Parliament.

An Act for constituting six new Heraulds, in regard the old ones cannot blazon the armes of divers new honourable Officers of State.

An Act for sending 2000 paire of shooes to the souldiers in Ireland, which shooes shall be approved by Col. Hewson, Governour of Dublin.

An Act for admitting Jews into England, with a short proviso for banishing the Cavaliers.

An Act of Oblivion for malignants to forget that ever they had estates.

An Act commanding all men to agree, that since there must be but few lawes, there may be few causes.

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An Act that the authour of Don Quixot shall explain whom he means by the Parliament of Death.

An Act forbidding any men to put Greek or Latin titles to their books, unlesse such persons can spell English.

An Act forbidding all grocers and cooks from buying any more of the Parliamentary declarations.

CLASSIS VII.

Halfe-dozen large Petitions.

The humble Petition of the City of London, that those citizens that can raise no horse may raise a troop of oxen.

The humble Petition of the Keeper of Bedlam (alias Bethlehem) that he may have more help in regard his prisoners now break loose, and are all turned preachers.

The humble Petition of Matthew Walbank and Gyles Calvert, that in regard paper growes so deare, the State would grant them the paper which sticks in needlesse tickets upon every doore, since now so few take lodgings in London.

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CLASSIS VIII.

COMMENTATORS AND SCHOOLMEN.

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Tryall, written by William Prinn, declaring all the Archbishop spake or did before he was born, and since his buriall, being the 9th tome of Master Prynn's works.

Sepelire mortuos, a list of those sects who dying in prison were denyed Christian burial, and (left in the fields) were eaten by hoggs, which now makes porke so cheap in London.

A Letter of Thanks from the Spanish Embassadour (Don Alonzo de Cardenas) to the Councell of State, for hanging his roomes with Titian's 12 Cæsars, and other rare peeces of the King of England's goods.

Пaaroygapos, the Art of declaring, undeclaring, Πλασογραφος, adding, or expunging. By the Earle of Lowdon, Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

PRACTICAL PHONOGRAPHY,

Or the new Art of rightly speling and writing Words by the Sound thereof, and of rightly sounding and reading Words by the Sight thereof, applied to the English Tongue, designed more especially for the Use and Ease of the DUKE of GLOUCESTER, but that we are lamentably disappointed of our joy and hopes in him. By J. Jones, M. D.

You may read the Preface, where you have an account of what the book performs, which (it is hoped) will not only answer mens' wishes, but exceed their imaginations, that there could be such mighty helps contrived for reading, speling, and writing English rightly and neatly with so much ease.

London: printed for Richard Smith, at the Angel and Bible, without Temple Bar. 1701.

I do not know whether this is a very rare book, but I have no hesitation in saying that it is very curious, nor does it appear to have been known to any of our modern and popular writers on pronunciation and orthography. It will strike the reader as not a little singular, that a treatise which professes to teach spelling, should, in the

very title-page, print the word speling, which would now be pronounced speeling. As the Preface will best explain the contents of the book, I insert it.

"The Preface, being a short account of the performances that may be expected upon a due use of this book.

I need not inform the world of its miserable. ignorance and want of good instruction in this case; the constant complaints of people plainly shew that they are sensible of both, it being justly grown a common cry, that it is great pity, that some good man did not write more to the purpose for their instruction therein than what is extant, which is of little or no effect.

The consideration of which was my general motive to condescend to the undertaking, which tho' mean and despicable as to its subject (in common estimation) yet is not so in its end, (which truly denominates all actions to be great or little) in that the design is to assist millions with the utmost ease and speed to attain a neat and necessary accomplishment, which they had no means of acquiring before, without almost an intolerable toil and labour; and such vast expence of time as few could be at, by reason of their respective callings and employs, to procure the necessaries of life.

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