Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue
Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue
A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles
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wrang, if the present will not rectius
sapere. Heere my harte laggared on the hope of your Majesties judgement, quhom God hath indeued with light in a sorte supernatural, if
the way might be found to draue your eie, set on high materes of state,
to take a glim of a thing of so mean contemplation, and yet necessarie.
Quhiles I stack in this claye, it pleased God to bring your Majestie hame to visit your aun Ida. Quher I hard that your Grace, in the
disputes of al purposes quherwith, after the exemple of _th_e wyse in
former ages, you use to season your moat, ne quid tibi temporis sine
fructu fluat, fel sundrie tymes on this subject reproving your
courteoures, quha on a new conceat of finnes sum tymes spilt (as they
cal it) the king's language. Quhilk thing it is reported that your
Majestie not onlie refuted with impregnable reasones, but alsoe fel
on Barret's opinion that you wald cause the universities mak an Inglish
gra_m_mar to repres the insolencies of sik green heades.
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