08 ART OF BEADING AND {IRITING 5 Q. What are the chief diphthongs in Latin that are brought into the English tongue ? A. a e and o e, in which the two vowels are joined together often in writing, as ce and oe, and always sound like a English e; as 2Eneas, -Etna, Cesar, a:conomy ; and oftentimes are so writ- ten ; as Eneas, Cesar, &e. " Here let the scholar learn the following rules, and per- fectly understand and remember the two next chapters, at least the sense of them. CHAP. X. OfDividing the Syllables in Spelling. HAVING finished all that is necessaryconcerning the sound of letters, I proceed to consider them as joined in syllables and words in spelling. 1 Q. What is spelling? A. Spelling is the art of composing words out of letters and syllables, either in reading or writing. 2 Q. How are the letters to be divided in spelling words of several syllables ? A. All the letters that make up the first syllable are to be put together, and pronounced ; then put the letters that make up the second syllable together, and having pronounced them, join them to the first, and thus proceed till the word is finished : As for example, in the word Philosopher. P, h, i, Phi 1, o, lo Phi lo s, ó, so Phi loso p is, e, r,--pher Phi-lo-so plier. 3 Q. How shall I know how many syllables are in a word ? A. Consider how many distinct sounds are in it, or how many pauses or stops may be made in the pronouncing of it, for there are just so many syllables in that word, as in butter, any, candle, are, two syllables, because they are two distinct sounds ; in tes-tify, are three syllables, because three sounds i and in tes-ti-mo-ny there are four. Note here, Tnat a word of one syllable is called a monosyllable, a word cf tag is a dyssylloble; and three make a trissyl/able; Words of more syliables are called polysyllables. 4 Q. What is the great general rule for true spelling? A. In dividing syllables aright, you must put as many let- ters to one syllable as make one distinct sound in pronouncing that word; as tri-al, constraint, i -vy, but -ter, mag-nify, temp-to-tien. 5 Q. What are the four particular rules for true spelling ?
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