ious to go through them all; and therefore I shall
only take notice of such as can be referred to three general heads;
the _first_ consisting of words not used by any other writer; the
_second_, of words used by other writers, but in a different sense;
and the _third_, of words inflected in a manner contrary to grammar
and custom.

Under the _first_ head I would recommend the following words to the
reader's consideration.

1. ABESSIE. E. III. 89.
Whylest the congeon flowrette _abessie_ dyghte.

2. ABORNE. T. 45.
Snett oppe hys long strunge bowe and sheelde _aborne_.

3. ABREDYNGE. AE 334.
Agylted AElla, thie _abredynge_ blynge.

4. ACROOLE. El. 6.
Didde speke _acroole_, wythe languishment of eyne.

5. ADAVE. H. 2. 392.
The fynest dame the Sun or moon _adave_.

6. ADENTE. AE 396. ADENTED. G. 32.
Ontoe thie veste the rodde sonne ys _adente_.
_Adented_ prowess to the gite of witte.

7. ADRAMES. Ep. 27.
Loughe loudlie dynneth from the dolte _adrames_.

8. ALATCHE. AE 117.
Leave me swythe or I'lle _alatche_.

9. ALMER. Ch. 20.
Where from the hail-stone coulde the _almer_ flie?

10. ALUSTE. H. 1. 88.
That Alured coulde not hymself _aluste_.

11. ALYNE. T. 79.
Wythe murther tyred he flynges hys bowe _alyne_.

12. ALYSE. Le. 29.--G. 180.
Somme dryblette share you shoulde to that _alyse_.
Fulle twentie mancas I wylle thee _alise_.

13. ANERE. AE 15.--Ep. 48.
And cann I lyve to see herr wythe _anere_?
----Adieu untylle _anere_.

14. ANETE. p. 281. 64.
Whych yn the blosom woulde such sins _anete_.

15. APPLINGS. E. I. 33.
Mie tendre _applynges_ and embodyde trees.

16. ARROW-LEDE. H. 1. 74.
Han by his soundynge _arrowe-lede_ bene sleyne.

17. ASENGLAVE. H. 1. 117.
But Harold's _asenglave_ stopp'd it as it flewe.

18. ASLEE. AE 504.
That doest _aslee_ alonge ynn doled dystresse.

19. ASSWAIE. AE 352.
Botte thos to leave thee, Birtha, dothe _asswaie_
Moe torturynge peynes, &c.

20. ASTENDE. G. 47.
Acheke the mokie aire and heaven _astende_.

I stop here, not because the other Letters of the alphabet would not
afford a proportionable number of words which might be referred to
this head, but because I think these sufficient for my purpose. I
proceed therefore to set down an equal number of words under the