another, than the fyrste shalbe unsounde, as in these wordes,
but in you
I me have I the have I him have
_que en uous_,
ye shall rede _quen uous_, and _je me ay_, _je te ay_, je le ay_,
ye shall rede _je may_, _je tay_, _je lay_,
and so of all suche lyke, excepte some wordes whiche be nat used in
Fraunce, as _tu as_, _thou hast_. Where bothe uowels must be sounde,
howbeit the Picardes sounde it after the sayd rule, sayeng _tas_ for
_tu as_, _tes_ for _tu es_, thou arte. And if ye fynde two _ees_
endynge and begynnynge a worde, ye shall leave the tone, as in these
it is with the well
wordes, _il te est bien_, ye shall rede _il test bien_.
And of _e_, and _a_, as in these wordes _que a_, but te, ye shall rede
_qua_. Of _e_, and _o_, as in these wordes, _que on_, but one, ye shal
rede _quon_. Of _a_ and _o_, as in these wordes, _pourra on_, may one,
ye shall rede _pourran_. And in lyke maner of all other of that
termynation.

THE FOURTH RULE.

An _s_, in the begynnynge of a worde hath his full sounde, as dothe
wyse wylde
appere by these wordes folowyng, _sage_, _sauuage_, _sapient_, _etc._
but in the myddes beynge eyther before a consonant or a uowell, shall be
sounded
I sayde I dyd I brake I holde peace.
lyke a _z_, as in these wordes
_disoie_, _faisoie_, _brisoie_, _taisoie_, _etc._

THE FYFTH RULE.

Whan _st_ dothe come togider in a worde hauing a uowell before it, than
the sayde _s_ shall remayne unsounde, but it shall encreace the sounde
of
to wast to taste to haste,
the sayde uowell, as in these wordes _gaster_, _taster_, _haster_,
ye shall rede _gaater_, _taater_, _haater_.

myne hoste come agayne anone
And _mon hoste reuenes tantost_: ye shall rede
_mon hoote reuenes tantoot_: ye shall nevertheles except al those
that be nyghe the
to protest to shewe
latyn, as _protester_, _manifester_, _contester_, to withstande: and
suche lyke, whiche must have the sayd _s_, well and parfitly sounded and
pronounced, for it is nat possyble to fynde a rule so generall and
infallible to serue for euery worde as was said aboue in the prologue.

THE SIXT RULE.

There is in french dyuers wordes, whiche for denotation or signifycation

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