BUTLER, CHARLES.

The English Grammar, Or The Institution of Letters, Syllables, and

Woords, in the English tung. Wher'unto is annexed An Index of woords

Lik' and Unlik'. By Charles Butler, Magd. Master of Arts. Arist. Polit.

lib 8, cap. 3. Grammatica addiscenda pueris, utpotè ad vitam utilis.

_Oxford, Printed by William Turner, for the Author_: 1634.

4^o. (6-3/4 × 5-1/4). S. 32. 4.

Collation: *^{4}2*^2A-K^4a-c^4d^2, paged A-K only. Epistle

dedicatory from the author to Prince Charles. Address to the

reader, signed C. B. M. (= Charles Butler Magd.) and dated, Wotton,

Sept. 1, 1633. Another address. Commendatory verses in Latin signed

S. W. Sheets a-d contain the 'Index of Woords' (homonyms) mentioned

on the titlepage. Printer's address to the reader at end. Prefixed

is a sheet (*^4) containing cancelled preliminary matter, namely

titlepage as above but without the peculiarities of orthography and

dated 1633, the first address to the reader, also in ordinary

orthography, and S. W.'s verses. Some copies only have the earlier

titlepage, some only the later, but the two issues differ in the

preliminary matter alone.

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