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Verb Copulative between : ) As 5 Slher is white ; Gold is yellow ; Lead Is 
heavy ; W'ood is light 5 Snow i^ white ; Ink is hiacj^ 5 Flejb is [oft 5 Bone is hard^ 
Jam fich^', I am not mll^Sic, Which will begin to give him fome notion 
of Symax. ^ 
In like manner, when Suhftantive and Suhftantlve are fo connedled. As ; 
Gold is a Metal, ^B^feis aFkwer', Wes are men^ They are women; F/orfes 
are beaHs j Geefe are Fowls 5 Lajks are Birds^ ^c. 
Then, as thofe before relate to Quality, you may give him fome other 
words relating to Quantity. As 5 Longyjhon \ Broad, narrow '. Thick, thin ^ 
IJigh, ( tall^ ) low ; Deej^Jhallow 5 Great, ( hig, ) fmall, ( little , ) Mi'xh, Ut- 
ile 5 Many,jev? 5 Full, empty ; Whole, part, \ piece j } ^ll, Jome, none 5 Strongs 
weak^; Qmch^, flow. Equal, unequal'. Bigger, lefs. 
Then 3 words of Figure-, As, Streight , crooked; Plain, bowed-. Concave, 
( hollow ) convex ; I{ound, fquare , three-fquare ; Sphere, { globe, ball, boul', ) 
Cube, (die-,') Upright, floping', Leaning forward, leaning backward', Like, uH' 
lif^. 
OiGeBure; As, Stand, ly, fit, h^Bel,fioop. 
Of Motion ; As , Move , ( fiir, ) refl j fValk, 3 ( go, come 5 ) I^n ; Leap ^ 
J{ide 5 Fall, rife 5 Swim, finh^, ( drown ; ) Slide ; Creep , ( crawl 5 ) Fly; Pull, 
( draw, ) thrufi, throw ; Bring, fetch, carry. 
Then, words relating to Time, Place, Number, Weight, Meafiioe, Money, 
&c. are ( in convenient time) to be {hewed him, diftindlly. For which 
the Teacher, according to his difcretion, may take a convenient fea-^ 
fon. 
As likewife, The Time of the Day ; The Days of tbe Wee\ ; The Days 
of the Month; The Months of the Teor ; and other things relating to the 
the ^lmanach^ Which he will quickly be capable to underftand, if Me- 
thodically fhewed him. 
As likewife, the Names and Situations , of Places^ and Countries, which 
are convenient for him to know. Which may be orderly written in 
his Book, and fliewed him in Maps, of London, England, Europe, the 
World, &c. 
But thefe may be done at leifure ; As likewife, the Pra^lice of ^rith» 
metick^, and other like pieces of Learning. 
In the mean time; (after the Concord of Subfiantive and ^djeSiive;') 
he is to be fhewed ( by convenient Examples ) that of the Nominative 
and y^erb. As, for inftance , I go , Ton fee, He fts , They fland , the Fire 
burns, the Sun Jhines, the Wtnd blom, the I{ain falls, the Winter runs ; and the 
like : with the Titles in the top, Nominative, Verb. 
After this, ( under the titles, Nominative^ J^erb, ^ccufative , ) give him 
Examples of Verbs Tranfitives ; As , I fee you , Tom fee me , The Fire burns 
the Wood, The Boy mak^s a Fire, The Cook^roafis the Meat, The Butler lays 
the Cloth, W^ eat our Dinner. 
Or even with 2l Double ^ccufative; As, Tou teach me (Writing, or) to 
Write ; John teacheth me to Dance ; Thomas tells me a Tale, &c. 
After thisj you may teach him the Flexion or Conjugation of a yerb; 
or, what is equivalent thereunto. For, in our Englifli Tongue, eack 
Verb hath but Two Tenfes ( the prefent and the Preter } and Two Parted" 
