CHAP. I.

I. 'Ihe Mother-tengan, Гималаи". lV. Il. Their The Originalof рост! Oßïßtringt. Languager.

Ill. The

N the handling or mattutina, time here Q. i. propofed to (гей: of, llhall digelt the things which to me feem moli proper and material to be faid upon this occaßon, into four parts 5

according to this following Method.

In the firů Part Ifhall prerpife fome things as Precognita, concerning fuch Tongues and Letters as are already in being , particularly concerning 'thofe various dq‘eůmnd imperfe äion: in them, which ought to beßtpplyed and

provided againß, in any fuch Language or' Charaöter, as is to be invented according to the rules of Art. The fecond Part fh‘all contein that which is the great foundation of the thing here deligned , namely a regular enumeration and ddŕription of all thofe things and notions,l to which marks or names ought to be aíligned according to their refpeûive natures , which may be ftyled the

Scientifcal Part, comprehending Univerjiil Philofòphy. It being the pro. per end and delign ofthe Íèveral branches of Philofophy to reduce all things and notions unto fuch a frame, as may exprefi` their natural order, dependence, and relations. ' The third Part fhall treat concerning fuch helps and Infiruments , .as

are requilite for the framing of thefe more [imple notions into cominued Speech or Difcourfe, which may therefore be ůiled the Organical or In

ßrnniental Part, and doth comprehend the Art of Natural or Philq/à phieal Grammar.

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In the fourth Part I (hall {Нет how thefe more generali Rules may be applyed to particular kinds of Charaé’ters, and Languages, giving anl înll‘ance of each.

To which lhall b'e adjoyned by way of Appendix, а

Difcoutfe fhewing the advantage of fuch а kind of Philofophical Chara ůèr and Language, above any ofthofe which are now known, more par tieularly-above that' which is of moli general ufe in' thefe parts ofthe

World 5 namely, the Latine.

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ЬаШу, There [На]! be added a Diä'ionary of the Englilh» tongue ,‘ in Which lhall be fhown how all the words ofB this Language, accordingthe:l to '