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1. a 
2. a 
3 - a 
4 . e 
5 . ea 
6 . i 
7 . U' 
Thefe, he fays, are the Vowels, each of which 
is long , and fhort s Jhort , as in the Words God, 
Man, Sin ; long , as in Ball, Demand, Seen, &c. 
As any Vowel founded by itfelf is naturally long, 
I take it for granted that he intended the 14 in this 
Table to be all fuch; and yet, in the Words Tal- 
Jow , tell, till, tunne, the Vowels, as we now pro- 
nounce them at lead, are all Ihortj and in the Words 
tile and tonld, a Diphthong (or Compofition of 2 
Vowels pronounc'd in the Time of one) is founded : 
So that there are but 5 long Vowels accounted for 
in our Language by the Words tall, tale, teal, 
tone, tool. The foreign Words, as it would be nice 
and endlefs to difpute about, fo it comes not within 
the Compafs of my prefent Dcfign ; which is to give 
a Lift of Vowels, whereby to diferiminate, as con- 
veniently as may be, all the Inftances of Vocality 
that occur, diftin&ly, in the Englijh Language ; for 
which I apprehend that half the Number in his Ca- 
talogue, or 7 Charaders, would be, to all attainable 
Purpofes, diffident. 
As we commonly reckon but y Vowels in our 
Alphabet, a, e, i , 0, us two of which, viz. i and u , 
are really Diphthongs, I muft denote the finglc 
Vowels 
* tall 
8. ui - 
— muis. 
Low Dutch 
tallow 
9 * y - 
— tile 
tale 
10. 0 — 
— tone 
tell 
II. u — 
— tunne 
' teal 
12. u — 
— une . 
French 
' till 
13. 00- 
— tool 
dure . Trench 
14. ou — 
— tould. 
