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193- The unequal agitation of the Winds, and the like, thoughthey be ma- | 
terialtothe carriage of the Sounds, further or lefs way; yet cheydo not} 
confound the Articulation of them atall, within thacdiftance thattheycan } 
be heard, thoughit maybe, they make them tobe heard lefsyay, thanin | 
a ftill, as hath been partly touched. 4 daha 
I94- Over-great diftance confoundeth the Articulation of Sounds, as we | 
fee, that you may hear the found of a Preachers voice, or the like, when | 
you cannot diftinguifh what he faith. And one Articulate found will con- | _ 
| found another, as whenmany {peak at once. obi 
195. In the Experiment of {peaking under VVater, when the voice is re- | 
duced to fuch an extream exhility, yet the Articulate founds (whichare the. f 
words) are not confounded, as hath been faid. end 
195. I conceive that an extream fmall, or anextream great found, can- } 
'not be Articulate, but that the Articulation requireth a mediocrity of | 
found: For that the extream {mall found confoundeth the Articulation 
by contracting, and the great found by difperfing ; and although 
( as was formerly faid) a Sound Articulate, already created, will be con- | 
tracted into a fmall crany; yer the firft Articulation requireth more di- | 
menfion. i! 
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197. Te hath been obferved, that in a Room, or in a Chappel, Vaulted | 
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below, and Vaulted likewife in the Roof, a Preacher cannot be heard fo | 
well, asin thelike places not fo Vaulted. The caufe is, for that the fub- | 
fequent words come on, before the precedent words vanifh; and there- | 
fore the Articulate Sounds are more confufed,though the grofs of the Sound | 
be greater. "CU a le 
198. ~ Themotions of the Tongue, Lips, Throat, Palate, @c. which go to the | 
making of the feveral Alphabetical Leters are worthy inquiry ,, and perti- } 
nent to the prefent Inquifition of Sounds : But becaufe tney are fubtil and | 
long to defcribe, we will refer them over, and place them amongft che | 
Experiments of Speech. The Hebrews have been diligent in it, and have {_ 
affigned which Letters are Labial, which Dental, which Gustural, &e. As | 
for the Latins. and Grecians, they have diftinguifhed between Semi-vowels 1 
and Mutes; and incUates, between Mute Tenues, Media and Afpirare, not} 
amifs, but yet not diligently enough. For the fpecial ftrokes and moti= | _ 
tions that create thofe Sounds, they have little enquired ; as that the 
Letters, B. P.F. M. arenot expreffed, but with the contrading, or fhut- | 
ting of the Mouth; thatthe Letters N. andB. cannotbe pronounced, but | 
thatthe Letter N. will turn inio M.. asHecatonba will be Hecatomba. That} 
M. and T. cannot be pronounced together, but P. will come between ; | 
as Emus, is pronounced Empius, and a number.of the like : Sovthac if} 
you enquire to the full, you will finde, that to the making of the whole ) 
Alphabet, there will be fewer fimple Motions required, than there are 
_ a eetters, arial ak) ial 44> fea 
199. The Lungsare the moft fpongy part of the Body,’ and therefore ableft 
~~ | tocontracét and dilate it felf; and where it contraceth it felf, itexpell: 
the Air, which thorow the Arie, Throat, and acouth, ‘maketh the Voice: 
| But yet Arciculation is not made, but withthe help of the J ongue, Pallate,and the 
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| reftof thofe they call Lnflruments of Veice. 
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