frcib) 
/n I (p7 tending to mke a prohahle Coffjeliure of tempers and 
pljpofitionshy the ^UdHUtiorts of the Voice in ordinary Dif 
^ coHffe. Communicated aljo by the fonmtntioned perfon. 
ItiinginfonieCGiiipany , and havingbeenbuta little be- 
fore Mufical , I cbanc'd to Cake notice that in ordinary 
difcourre words werefpoken in perfed Notes^and that fome 
of the Coiupany ufed Eights , feme Fifths, fome Thirds : 
and that his Difcourfe, \^hich was moft p!eafing,his words, 
as to xheirTone^confifted moft of Concords^and where of D.f- 
cords, of fuch as made upHarmony, The fame perfon was 
ihe nnofl: affablejpleafanr, and the beft natured in the Coa^- 
.pany. ^ 
Thi^ fuggeftsaReafon , w^tiy many Difcour feS which one 
hears with much pleafure, when they come to be read fcarce 
ftem the ftaie things So one whofe pronunciation is not 
affeftedly , btit naturally mufical , we term well- fpoken : 
.whereas anotfier may fpeak as good Wit or fenfe , and yet 
not have^half the acceptance. 
From thcdifference of Mufick, in Speech we may a]foc<?n 
jeflure that of Tempers* We know,the DorickMood founds 
Gravity and Sobriety 5 the Lydian, Buxomnefs and Free- 
dom ; the iEolique^fweec Scilnefs , and quiet . fcomporure3 
the Phrygian,]oHity and Youthful Levity; ^ th^ lonique is a 
ftiilerof flormsand difturbances^arifingfrog) paflion* ^^And 
why imy we not reafooably fappofe,thac thore,whofe fpeech 
rarurally runsinto theNo es peculiar roany of thefe Moods, 
arc likewife in Nature hereunto congenerous ? 
S&alfQfrom the Cliff 3 as he that -jpeaks in Gamut , ^ to 
be manly , GFaUt ^ ,nny {ho'^<iXit to bq of an ordinary 
Capacity,tho good difpofition. G Sol Re Ut^^ to be pecvifli 
and effeminate , and of a weak and timerous Spirit. Sharps 
aneffemmare ; Flats, a manly or mclancholickfadaefs. 
who bath a voice which will , in fome raeafiire , agreie wihh 
all Cliffs, tobe ofgood Parts and fit for Variety of Enrploy- 
ments , yet fomewhat af an inconftaht Nature^ Likewife 
from the Times ; fo Semibreifs may fpeak a Temper dull , 
and flegmarick ; Minums, grave ,* and ferious Grochers, 
a prompt Witt ; Qnavers, vehcmency of Paffion, and Scolds 
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