E founds é before one or several confonants in the end of a word, or fyllable, as bed, men, lent, end, spend, let ter. Except pretty, jennet, Fen ny, Fen kin, yes, yet, and yellow, which founds yallow. Except likewife em and en in the beginning of words, as employ, embrace, enquire, engrave, engage, entire, England, English But in founds en in enter. En in the end of words of more than one fyllable, has an obfcure found, to be learn'd from the living voice, as beaten, often, open, weaken, heaven. Yet en in the end of proper names, and in the final fyllable men, founds en, as Eben, Eden, amen, Hymen. To which may be added leaven, and children, wherein e founds before r, and is pronounc'd childern. Er in the fame fyllable, in feveral words founds ar, as clerk, merchant, Jerjeant, Hertford, Berkshire, &c. Yet er founds er in feveral words, as terrour, terrible, terrifie, verfe, commerce, fervour, errour, term, cher-ry, mer-ry, ber-ry, Der-ry, fer ry, Ker-ry, per·ry. Er founds ur in her, to diftinguish it from Her, a man's name, and in perfon, mercy. E commonly founds ee, when follow'd by a confonant, and a finale or es, in monofyllables, as Crete, bere, Eve, thefe, Bede, Pede, Vere, glebe, glede, Mede, Medes, mete, metes, fcene, fcheme, twede, Sphere, &c. Except there, were, where. But in words of feveral fyllables, it commonly founds é, as adbere, auftere, blafpheme, cobere, extreme, Supreme, interfere, obfcene, com plete, plete, concrete, convene, impede, precede, recede, replete, revere, fevere, fincere, fuperfede, &c. But e founds é, when follow'd by two confonants, and a final e, as bence, thence, whence, pence, sense, serve, commerce, verfe, converse, wedge, revenge. E in the end of a fyllable founds é, if the found of the following confonant be doubled, as cement, ce le brate, e le ment, re member, gene-ration, Fe rufalem, Fe-fuit, ne-glect, teftament, February, fe-ftival, e-ver, ne-ver, e ne-my. E founds ee in Pe-ter, befom, E-ly, evil, de-vil, e-vening, e-ven, E van, Ste-phen, ye-fterday, Se-vil, me-tre, falt-pe-tre, Le-verpoole. And be, when it is the firft fyllable of a word, as before, be hind, be-fides, be yond, beget, be caufe, be-ware, be have, be bold, &c. E is not pronounc'd in the end of a word, nor in the end of the former part of a word, compounded of fuch fimple words, as are fignificant apart; nor in the end of the former part of a form'd or deriv'd word, before these or the like formative endings, viz. lefs, lefly, lefnefs, full, fully, fulness, ly, linefs, ment, ty, - able, ably, &c. (as make, take, trade, bridegroom, fire brand, fire-fhip) care-lefs, carelefly, carelefnefs, careful, carefully, carefulness, bomely, home linefs, advance-ment, manage-ment, fafety, peace-able, peace-ably, &c. Yet e final makes a diftin&t found in fuch foreign words, as end in e originally, as Jeffe, Ariad-ne, Zantippe, Gethsema-ne, Penelo-pe, Phe be Phe be, Epito me, &c. Except ode, and its compound Episode. E founds ee in the end of monofyllables, as be, he, she, we, ye. Except the, to diftinguish it from thee. Words ending in cre, gre, tre, found the e before the r; and e, g, keep their hard found, as acre, lucre, tygre, mitre, luftre. Words ending in e, following two confonants that cannot end a fyllable, fuch as ble, cle, dle, fle, gle, ple, tle, found le fomewhat like il, as table, oracle, kindle, ruffle, struggle, temple, title. Note, that tho e in the end of a word be not pronounc'd, it lengthens the fyllable; and foftens the found of c and g, as fat, fate; mad, made; pan, pane; tap, tape; bed, bede; met, mete; her, here; rip, ripe; rid, ride; bit, bite, hid, hide; hop, hope; pop, pope; not, note; rob, robe; top, tope; cub, cube; eur, cure; tub, tube; tun, tune; mac, mace; rag, rage; ftag, ftage; wag, wage; hug, huge. But e final following two confonants, does not lengthen the fyllable, as badge, charge, converfe, revenge, wedge, fenfe, hinge. Except it follows ang, aft, ath, as change, paste, bathe, Swathe to which may be added alledge. Neither does e final lengthen the fyllable in feveral words, wherin a, i, o, u, are pronounc'd fhort, tho' follow'd by a confonant and e final, as tis o aa aq g g dags u u ll b J JP J s s s h b k k k l 9 9 9 1 1 2 2 rydd & & con v v www x x Y Y Y Z Z Z A B C D E F G H I K G H Q M A Q S VE Ruhes are not for tstr.& Doth the tronn endure, fo cocry generation?Prov: 27 |