be this we wryte felicitie, audacitie, tenacitie,
_et_c.

8. Lykwayes we sould keep the vouales of the original, quherin the north
warres the south; from retineo, the north retine, the south retain; from
foras, the north foran, the south forain; from regnu_m_, the north
regne, the south raigne; from cor, the north corage, the south courage;
from devoro, the north devore, the south devour; from vox, the north
voce, the south voice; from devoveo, the north devote, the south
devoute; from guerrum, the north were, the south war; from gigas,
gigantis, the north gyant, the south giaunt; from mons, montis, the
north mont, the south mount. Of this I cold reckon armies, but wil not
presume to judge farther then the compasse of my awn cap, for howbeit we
keep nearar the original, yet al tongues have their idiom in borrowing
from the latin, or other foran tongues.

OF SUM IDIOMES IN OUR ORTHOGRAPHIE.

Cap. 8.

1. In our tongue we have some particles q_uhi_lk can not be symbolized
with roman symboles, nor rightlie pronunced but be our awn, for we in
manye places soe absorb l and n behynd a consonant, quher they can not
move without a voual intervening, that the ear can hardlie judge
quhither their intervenes a voual or noe.

2. In this case sum, to avoid the pronu_n_ciation of the voual befoer
the l and n, wrytes it behind; as litle, mikle, muttne, eatne. Quhilk
houbeit it incurres in an other inconvenience of pronu_n_cing the voual
behind the l or n, yet I dar not presume to reprove, because it passeth
my wit how to avoid both inconveniences, and therfoer this I leave to
the wil of the wryter.

3. Sum of our men hes taken up sum unusual formes of symbolizing,
q_uhi_lk I wald wish to be reformed, yet if I bring not reason, let no
man change for my phantasie.

4. First, for peple they wryte people, I trow because it cumes from
populus; but if that be a reason, I wald understand a reason quhy they
speak not soe alsoe. Or gif they speak not soe, I wald understand quhy
they wryte not as they speak. I knawe they have the exemple of France to
speak ane way and wryte an other; but that exemple is as gud to absorb
the s in the end of everie word. Al exemples are not imitable.

5. They use alsoe to wryte logicque, musicque, rhetoricque, and other of
that sorte, with cque. If this be doon to make the c in logica, _et_c.,
subsist, quhy wer it not better to supply a k in the place of it, then
to hedge it in with a whol idle