is_.

Ylach'd, H. 2. 436. [? _Concealed_. B. has Lach, _catch_ or _snatch_;
but this is hardly to the point.]

Ynhyme, Ent. 5. _Inter_. C.

Ynutile, AE. 198. _Useless_.

Yreaden, H. 2. 207. [_Ready_.]

Yroughte, H. 2. 318. for _Ywroughte_.

Ysped, M. 102. _Dispatched_. C.

Yspende, T. 179. _Consider_. C.

Ystorven, E. I. 53. _Dead_. C.

Ytfel, E. I. 18. _Itself_.

Ywreen, E. II. 30. _Covered_. C.

Ywrinde, M. 100. _Hid, covered_. C.

Yyne, AE. 540. _Thine_.

Z.

Zabalus, AE. 428. as _Sabalus_; the Devil.

APPENDIX;

CONTAINING SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE LANGUAGE OF THE POEMS ATTRIBUTED
TO ROWLEY;

TENDING TO PROVE, THAT THEY WERE WRITTEN, NOT BY ANY ANCIENT AUTHOR,
BUT ENTIRELY BY THOMAS CHATTERTON.

Tum levis haud ultra latebras jam quaerit imago, Sed sublime volans
nocti se immiscuit atrae.

VIRGIL. AE. X.

APPENDIX, &c.

When these Poems were first printed, it was thought best to leave the
question of their authenticity to the determination of the impartial
Public. The Editor contented himself with intimating his opinion,
[Pref. p. xii, xiii.] that the external evidence on both sides was
so defective as to deserve but little attention, and that the final
decision of the question must depend upon the internal evidence. To
shew that this opinion was not thrown out in order to mislead the
enquiries and judgements of the readers, I have here drawn together
_some observations upon_ THE LANGUAGE[1] _of the poems attributed to
Rowley_, which, I think, will be sufficient to prove, 1st, that they
were not written in the XV Century; and 2dly, that they were written
entirely by Thomas Chatterton.

The proof of the second proposition would in effect carry with it that
of the first; but, notwithstanding. I choose to treat them separately
and to begin with the first.

I shall premise only one _postulatum_, which is, that Poets of the
same age and country use the same language, allowances being made for
certain varieties, which may arise from the local situation, the rank
in life, the learning, the affectation of the writers, and from the
different subjects and forms of their compositions [2].

This being granted, I have nothing to do but to prove, that the
language of the poems attributed to Rowley (when every proper
allowance has been made) is totally different from that of the other
English writers of the XV Century, in many material particulars. It
would be too ted