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 372 compreion of the breath in framing of them. Though not only the Europæan Nations do at this preent expres them by this mixture of (H,) but it was likewie the opinion of the Antients, as may appear; becaue before thoe Letters θ, φ, χ, were invented by Palamedes, the Grecians were wont to expres the power of them, by adding the apiration H, to Τ, Π, Κ. Yet 'tis very plain, that each of thee Cononants eteemed to be apirated, are imple Letters; ­becaue in the prolation of them, the ame ound doth till continue, and therefore they ought not to be reckoned amongt the mixed Letters.

2. Double Cononants are uch as are compounded of ome of the other Letters, and for the Compendium of writing, are in everal Languages expreed by ingle Characters, and reckoned in the Alphabet as if they were ditinct pecies of imple Letters. Such are in the Latin Alphabet Q, X, and the double Letter Z, whoe power is the ame as DS, or TS. To which Claudius Cæar would have added an Antisigma in this form (ϽϹ) which hould have had the power of the Greek ψ, or PS.

As for the Letter Q, 'Tis commonly granted to be a Compound of C and U; for which reaon, in many ancient Books, the letter V was not written after Q, as being involved in it: o qis, qæ, qid. But what kind of V this hould be, is much debated. Some would have it to be the Cononant, against which Joeph Scaliger argues, that then it would not be pronounceable, being of near affinity to F, qfis, for quis. But upon conideration, it will be found to be the Letter ȣ coalecing into a Dipthong with the ubequent Vowel, cȣam, being the ame with quam.

What the true Original is of (J) Cononant, and that power which we give to (Ch) in the words Charity, Cheee, Choen, Chink, &c. is a quetion men have much differed about. 'Tis evident that neither of them are ingle Letters, becaue in the prolation of them, we do not end with the ame ound with which we begin. As for that Conjecture, that I Cononant may be expreed by dzy, dzyindzyer, Ginger, dzyudzy, Judge, or ele that this ound is compounded of the Cononants dy, as dyoy for joy, dyentle, gentle, lodying for lodging. And o for the power that we acribe to Ch, that it may be ufficiently expreed by Ty, as ortyard, for Orchard, rityes, for riches: Thee I think need not any particular refutation. It eems to be plain, that J Cononant is a Compound of D, and Zh; and Ch of T, and Sh.

As for the other three Cononants, that are reckoned in the common Alphabet, K, W, Y, enough hath been aid to prove them unneceary. If C be ued alwaies in its proper power (as every Letter ought) then K mut needs be uperfuous; and therefore the Welh who ue C only for one kind of ound, have no K. And as for the Letters W, Y, their power is the ame with that of the Vowels ȣ, and ɩ, as will evidently appear when they are rapidly pronounce before any other Vowel by way of Dipthong, o as to make but one Syllable; ȣɩ wee ȣarr warr, ȣim wim, ɩes yes, ɩoke yoke, ɩȣth youth. The words young and younker being originally of the Dutch, are by them written junk junker.

And as for the Apirations, wheele, where, when, &c. our Forefathers the Saxons, did antiently prefix the Apirations before the vow- Rh