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lating to quantity 5 as long, fliort, broad, many, full, ^c. Then 
words of figure^ /as ilraigbt, round, concave, convex, ^c. Of 
gelture, as ftand, fit, ^c. of nriotion, as move, run, fly, creep, ^c^ 
then words relating to time, place, number, weight, meafure, 
money, ^c. are in proper time to be ihewed him diflinclly ; as 
likevvife the names and fituations of places and countries, which 
are convenient for him to know, which m.ay be written regularly 
in his book, and fliewcd him in maps, ^c. After the concord 
of fubftantive and adjective, he is to be fhewed by proper ex- 
amples that of the nominative and verb, as for infcance, 1 go, he . 
fits, the fire burns; with the titles on the top, Nominative, Verb^ 
after this under the titles nominative, verb, accufative, give him 
examples of verbs tranfitive; as, you fee me, the fire burns the 
wood; or even with a double accufative, as, you teach me writ- 
ing, or to write. After this you may teach him the flexion or 
conjugation of a verb, or what is equivalent thereunto; for in the 
Erigiip tongue each verb hath but two tenfes, the prefent and the 
preterperfeci, and two participles the a6iive and the paffive, all the 
reft is formed by auxiliaries, which have no more tenfes than the 
other verbs; thofe auxiliaries are, do, did, will, would, fliall, 
jfhould, may, might, can, could, muft, ought to, have, had, 
am, be, was; and if by examples you can infinuate the fignifica- 
tion of thefe few words, you will then have taught him the whole 
flexion of the verb ; and here it will be proper once for all to 
write him out a full Ipccimen of fome verb, fuppoie toy6'6', thro' 
all thofe auxiliaries ; the verb itfeif hatK but thefe four words to 
be learned, fee, faw, feeing, feen, except that, after thou in the 
fecond perfon fingular in both tenfes, Vv^e add efi^ and in the 
third perfon fingular of the prefent tenle eth or es, or inftead 
thereof/, thy 5, and fo in all verbs; then to the auxiliaries, do, 
did, will, would, fhall, fliould, may, might, can, could, muff, 
ought to, we adjoin the indefinite y^^; and after have, had, am, 
be, was, the paffive participle feen, and fo for all other' verbs. 
But the auxiliary am or he is fomewhat irregular, ami, art, is, in 
the fingular and are in the plural ; waft, was, in the fingular, 
and were in the plural; be, bcefl, in the fingular, be in the plu- 
ral; were, wert fingular, and were plural : Be, am, was, being, 
been ; which attended with the other auxiliaries, make up the 
whole paflive voice. All verbs without exception in the parti- 
ciple a6^ive, are formed by adding ing^ as, fee, feeing, teach, 
teaching, ^c. the prefer tenle and the participle paffive are 
formed regularly by adding cdy but are often fubjecl; to contrac- 
tions and other irregiilflruies of that kind, fometimes the fame in 
bothj 
