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are at prelent Writ, and as the FolumivA 

 were of the Ancients. And to make the 

 parts of the Volume to be the more eafily to 

 be come at, without the trouble of rouUng 

 and unrouling as the Ancient Romans did, 

 and we do with cur Rouls, they contrived t?> 

 fold them, like the folds of a Fan, forwards 

 and backward : And fo ftitching them toge- 

 ther, that the Written fides might lie out- 

 wards, and open freely onie from another, 

 and the fair fides might meet together, it 

 came to make the prefent form pf their Book, 

 which being laid as we generally place our 

 Books before us, they feem to begin at the 

 top of the Page on the right Hand, and to 

 proceed to the bottom,and then at the top of 

 the next Line towards the left Hand, and def- 

 cend as in the former j proceeding in this 

 order with all the reft, which way muft needs 

 be very inconvenient for Writing, however 

 they may ufe their Pencil differing from our 

 Pen. Though there be a way of Writing 

 from the top to the bottom of the Page, - 

 which is very convenient for Writing the 5y- 

 riack^ as alio for Writing Latw^ EngUJlj^ or 

 Greeks where the Writing is to be ufed for 

 putting the Stamps of Wood, or graving of 

 Copper Plates with the lame Character for 

 Printing, in which Cafes the Letters muft be 

 written backwards. 



Secondly, as to the Pronunciation of this 

 Charafter, by the Court Language, or by any 

 other now ufed, I conceive it to be wholly 

 differing from that of a literal Chara(fl€r, 

 that is from being pronounced or Ipoken ac** 

 cording to the Marks or Figures thereof^ 



Q.3 whe- 



