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Rh hould by like reaon be in English bearder: the like for Raoer a hauer, or euen maker: a Furbieur, a Skowrer: a Cutteleir, a kniuer, or knife maker: a garde, or warde, a kéepe or defence: a Gardebras, or wardebras, an arme kéeper: a Portier a gate wayter, or gater, a Porteur, a bearer, or a burdener: a Pantier, or Pantler, a Breaderuer: a Bottellier, a Botteleruer: Cordoanier, a Shoomaker: a Marenier, a Seaman, or ayler: a Scribe, or Scriuener, a writer: a Plumber, of Plumb for Lead: a Tailour, a cutter, or haper, as we ay for the woman, Shapeter, a Marchaunt a Monger, a Lauãdier & Lauandiere, a waher, and many others. And yet were our Predeceours contented for infinit other wordes, as Arbaletraer, for Croebowmaker: and uch like (as eaie in French, as those aboue) to kepe them in their mother tongue, as good reaon was, except they woulde haue chaunged the whole Englihe Saxon language, to the French tongue, or nere vnto it. Thee and uch like hinderances to the rude, haue o long continued, as they are hard to be reformed. And though the rude doe endeuour to immitate the learned, though it be to a conttrarye ene: yet I meruaile howe by any meanes the lyke hould come in print, eeing it doth pae o many handes, as for this worde Mestier in French, ignifying a handie craft, I find imprinted by the worde misterie, ignifying a worde or ceremonie, ounding or hewing one thing, and meaning another.

And others there are of farre Wet, or North Countryes, which ve differing English termes from thoe of the Court, and London, where he flower of the English tongue is ved. And if ome uch one come to any good learning, by great continuance, and putteth ome worke in print, his authoritie maketh many a rude English worde to be printed. And greatly they are not to be blamed, bicaue they thinke they doe for the bet: for fewe men knowe of diuers wordes ignifying one thing, which hould be the bet, and mot méete to be preferred: except it be uch as are learned, and therewith much exercied with hearing, peaking, and writing of the bet: as for thee wordes, the tone part and the tother, who doubtes but it hould be written, that one part, Rh