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A direction for the government of the tongue according to Gods word
Cambridge: printed by John Legate printer to the University of Cambridge, 1593Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate printer to the Vniuersity of Cambridge, 1593
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CAP. III. Of the manner of our speech, and what must be done before we speak.
CAP. III. Of the manner of our speech, and vvhat must be done before vvee speake.
THUS much of the matter of our speech. Now followeth the manner.
THVS much of the matter of our speech. Nowe followeth the manner.
In the manner of our speaking, three things are to be pondered: What must be done before we speak: what in speaking: what after we have spoken.
In the manner of our speaking, three thinges are to be pondered: What must be done before we speake: what in speaking: what after we have spoken.
Before we speak, consideration must be used of the thing to be spoken, and of the end. James requireth that men should be slow to speak, and swift to hear. 1Solomon saith,