4. 'Ohhc Breath olUsin, its quality, and its neceffity for the forming 
«of the Voyce. Where he (liews,How by infpiring, the Breath is diftributed 
diroiigh the Lungs (the nature of which he alfo defcnbes-) and how the fame 
circulates through the whole Body. 
5. Of the Animation of the Vojce of Man by his Mafculine and Generative 
power. Where he difcourfcs of the difficuliy, found in little Children, to pro- 
nounce certain Letrers • and alfo of the Weaknefs of the Voyce in Children 
and Eunuchs. S 0 much of the fir jl fan. 
The fecond part, in one Dialogue, gives an account, How the Motions and 
Configurations of the Mouth, and the Framing of the Voyce are reprefented 
inihz Hebrew Alphabet (for, CO this Tongue the Author confines him feif. 
but with what re:; fon,the intelligent Reader of the Book it fcif may judge ; j 
exphining the Somdo^t^Q\\ Letter, the Motion of the Tongue accompany- 
ing the Sound, and the Figure of the Letter, refulting from thence • together 
with each Letters name, fignification, and aptitude to form the next follow- 
ing Letter. Which done, he proceeds to fhew, how the Vorve/s are formed 
by the dtftrcnt Of cnings of the Month and Teeth ; ib that to every Vowel 
belongs a peculiar diracnfion of Widenefs in the Mouth : And accordin^^ ro 
theihape of the outward Mouth, the Tongue and Breath are conformably 
moved within. To wh^ch are added the Names of the VoV^e/s^ and their Fi^ 
- gures - their abfcnce in moft ancient Writings, and the feveral places in the 
Mouth for their formation. All which is concluded partly wich a dedudion 
of the Caufe, why the Hebre^v Tongue is written from the Right hand to the 
Left ? partly, with an Explanation of the method ufed to compofe out of 
fuch Letters and Language 2iGramrnar^vi<.. by comparing the Confonants 
with one another, and the K'Wf// as well -with one another as with the Cmfo. 
, nants i forafmuch as the nature of one being well confidered with refped: to 
the other, *tis not difficult to judge, ho-// they agree or difagree together 
V/hencei^^^/fxmay be formed, how and why this or that Letter or V^owel 
is to be changed into another, &c. 
' The Third^^tl treateth opthe perfedion of the Hebrew Tongue ■ where- 
in it confifts, and how highly 'tis to be valued. To which is fub joyned^r/ a 
Difquifition of reafon, why the i?^^?V/f/ Words in th^ Hebrew fongue cm 
confiftof no more but three Confonants? Secondly, a Difcourfc touching 
the Hebrew Accents, (hewing, ih^i'iis d. New Invention, and that t,he An>- 
cient Art of /I/^//<:^being loll:, and confequently to us unknown, the Mo- 
dm Hebrew Accents cannot re ifortably be laid to have been the .^/^^ty^r??/ 
Notes of the Ancients ; fince efpecially all forts of Hebrew Books, and even 
their Chapters are marked therewith : though the Author acknowledges, 
that then* newnefs deprives them not of the advantage of being ufeful. 
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