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Rh Vowels doe come togither and hew in peach their euerall oundes, often two togither, and eldom three. When two come togither, we vurpe for it the Greeke worde diphthong, which ignitieth a double ounde: whereof the firt is commonly hort, and the latter long: and may be .xx. but we haue not all in ve, yet to occupie the learner with diueritie, I will et them all as in the Table folowing, which houlde bee preented to the learners eye, as is ayde of the rest.

And when the firt vowel is poken long, it ought to bee o noted in writing with the prick vnder: and where three doe come togither in peach, they are all in like maner written: and if there bee neyther first vowell nor last noted with a pricke for a longer time, or with this mark of diuision ouer thus (΅) they doe all make but one illable, and often two vowels are togither, when the one serueth to the first, and the other to the latter illable, then the latter hath the same marke of diuision ouer it, as followeth. For the long vowell firt a bowe of a tree, differs from a bọu to hoote with: an alley boul from a bọuldih: the ou in a Sou pig, differs from ọu to sọu a seame, or corn, or a hooe ọul, and a mou of corne, from to mọu the graß. And o of oi, in hois the ayle, from ọi in an ọister: and of the deuiion, as in Iraë́ll, and voë́ll.

And triphthongs or treble oundes, are when three vowels come togither in one illable, as by my following order of writing: I finde for wie, wife, and hoyes boy, hould be written, ueiz, ueif, and hueiz buei, and o of eaur, for and eawer for water. and in mieu, and ieu, in thee entences, the Cat doth mieu: and he milkes the ieu: and uoad, to dei bliu, the cloth is uoaded, and uch like. Rh