Family, and a fair Eftatej) who did from his birth want 
his Hearing. On this occafion I thought it very fuitable to 
give notice of a fmall Latif^ Treatife, of this fame Authour^ 
firft Publiflied in the year 165^5 intituled De Loquela [of 
Speech, ] prefixed to his Grammar of the Englijh tongue 
( Written alfo in Latin, ) In which Treatife of Speech (to 
which he refers in this difcourfe , and on confidence of 
which he durft undertake that difficult talk) he doth very 
diftinftly lay down the manner of forming all Sounds of 
Letters ufual in Speech^ as well of the Englilh , as of other 
Languages, which is y I think 5 the firft Book ever Publi- 
flied in that kind , ( for ^ though fome Writers formerly 
have here and there occafionally faid fomething of the 
Formation of fome particular Letters5yet none^ that Iknow 
of, had before him undertaken to give an account of all.) 
Whether any, fince him, have with more judgment and ac- 
curate nefs performed the fame, I will not take upon me at 
all to determine. In his Grammar of th^ Englijh Tongm (to 
which this of Speech is prefixed) he hath fo briefly and clear- 
ly given an account of this Language 5 as may be very ad-^ 
vantagious , not only to Strangers for the ealy attainment 
thereof, but even to the Eoglifli themfelves for the clear 
dilcovering ( whichfew take notice of) the txmgenins 
their own Languageo 
A Relation, 
Cmcerning ^ie Sal-Gemme- Mines ?/?Pola6d ; communicated 
by a Curious Gentleman of Germany^ n>ho^fome years jince^ 
defcendedhimfelf into thofe Mines ^ to t he depth of 200 F^j-. 
thorns y and woi kd about in them for the jp ace of three 
hours, 
THE Mines of Sal Gemme m Poland^ z mile diftant 
from Cracovia^ near the fmall Town of Wilizl^a^'whkh 
f the church excepted ) is altogether digged boJIoV under 
guoundj, ^ 
