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Rh before, hath ithin ten houres teaching of ten days ithout any reproachufull ord, bin able to reade the lat ix leaues of this boke. though peraduenture you may shortly ee the experience of it in a shorter tyme.

The inuention is uche, as if the figures ith their letters, er draen on the alles, pillers, and potes of churches, tounes and houes, they mought muche helpe and further the ignorant of al letters, to atteine to reade in the foloing maner, o as in cõtinuance, the parẽts and patrons, shold be able to teach their familie, and nures the children, as ell as to go and peake. And ome one uch in a houe, as no can reade our preent maner, may be able to teach it to all the ret of the hou, euen the hiles their handes may be otherye ell occupied, in oorking for their liuing, or otherie being idle or itting by the fyre, ithout any further let or cot. And though ther may be a maner of reformation ith the figures of our letters accutomed, it can neuer anere the proportion of our peeche duly, and therfore neuer be certain, nor any thing neare o profitable for the ignorant of all letter: and ould be as trange and lothom to the common learned, as the foloing maner is. herefore, to bring the commodities before ritten to pae, han if there ere a hole croe croe or a, b, c, deuised all of nee letters, to helpe uche as can not be holpen by the former, and terby bring them to the ende pretended, hiche is to reade, it can not offende any reaonable man. But as it should be mote vnnaturally and cruelly done, for him that knoeth the meanes and order, to hide it and keepe it from them: o shall it be more ignorantely or maliciouly doone, of them that condemne, taunte, or peake euill of the thing they kno not: therby to dicourage the illyng, and preumyng to aye, there can be no better ay to the ood than their fathers left them.

And further the deirous alshe and Irishe, maye be muche aduaunced thereby, to the true pronuntiation of our peeche, hiche as neuer before this tyme preented Rh