Century II- 4.7 



the help of t he T ongnc , Palat , and the reft of thofe they call Injlruments 

 otvoyce. 



There is found a Similitude , between the Sound that is made by 

 Inanimate Bodies , or by Animate Bodies , that have no Voyce Articulate ; 

 and divers Letters of Articulate Voyces : And commonly Men have given 

 fuch Names to thofe Sounds , as do allude unto the Articulate Letters. 

 As Trembling of Water hath Refemblance with the Letter L : Quenching of 

 Hot Met alls, with the Letter Z : S narling of Dogs, with the Letter R : The 

 Noife of Scritch-Owles, with the Letter Sh ; Voyce of Cats, with the Dip- 

 thong Fu : Voyce of Cue koes, with the Dipt hong Ou : Sounds of Strings, 

 with the Letter Ng : So that if a Man, (for CurionVy,or Strange- 

 nefs fake, )would make a Puppet or other Dead Body , to 

 pronounce a Word; Let him confider, on the one Part, 

 the Motion of the Injlruments of Voyce 5 and on 

 the other part the like Sounds made in Ina- 

 nimate Bodies-, And what Conformity 

 there is that caufeth the Simili- 

 tude of Sounds ; And by that 

 he may minifter light to 



that Effect. 

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