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Philology. 



tempur, temper 

 termys, (ermis, terms 

 tho, t/iei, they 

 thridde, third 

 t}ieyem, them 

 threis, thrice 

 theys, thighs 

 iogeyder, together 

 toon, two 

 tweys, twice 

 tymeli, timely 

 thredis, threads 



varri rede, very red 

 veri, very 

 vnthrefti, unthrifty 

 vreyne, urine 

 warbellith, warbelleth 

 watt, what 

 weere, where 

 weere, weary 

 ware, were 

 wengys, wings 

 whaan, when 

 whole nat, wot not 



wroght, wrought 

 w^afi?, wf/is^, would 

 wight, fwift 

 woddys, woods 

 wylis, while 

 ;V<^^^, each 

 yghes, eyes 

 yolow, yellow 

 yowre, your 

 yowris, yours 



We have now traced the various afpe61:s in which this curious work 

 may be viewed. There is not one of them that would not repay 

 much deeper fludy, and the reader will, doubtlefs, fympathife with 

 the writer in the wifh that more could be difcovered concerning the 

 fchoolmafter-printer. That his pioneer attempts to eflablifh a printing 

 prefs met with many difcouragements was a matter of courfe ; and, 

 doubtlefs, he had many technical, bufmefs, and even focial difficulties 

 to overcome ; for a reading public had to be created and patronage 

 was fcantily afforded. Neverthelefs he ftruggled on for at leaft feven 

 years, as we learn from the dates on his books, and whatever may have 

 been his fhortcomings, either as author or as printer, the fa6l of his having 

 been one of the earlieft promoters in this country of the grandeft 

 dlfcovery which the mind of man has yet made, will unite all of us 

 in honouring the memory and refpe(!:ting the name, fhadowy though it 

 be, of the " Scole mayller of St. Albon." 



William Blades. 



