Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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501 (251) 		502
502 (251v)
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503 (252) 		504
504 (252v)
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506 (253v)
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508 (254v)
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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> These are the symbols Harriot devised in 1585 for writing down the native Indian language of Algonquin. In the right-hand column there are 12 vowels followed by 24 consonants. In the left-hand column are words representing each sound. The sounds and then the words are transcribed here from Harriot's notes on another copy of this page, now held at Westminster School, London, and reproduced
                <ref id="stedall_2007"> Stedall </ref>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> [sounds]
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            as (a) in all, tall, fall, call
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            as (o) in ore, for, core
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            as (a) in arrow, man, pan
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            as (u) in us, upon, but, cut
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            as (a) in ape, ale, any , are
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            as (e) in erbe, end, the
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            as (i) in ise, ire, pipe
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            as (e) in he, shee, or (ee) in thee, eele.
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            [penultimate pair of vowels] (in barbarouse wordes only and not to be expressed viva voce.)
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            as (o) in so, no, otes.
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            as (o) in do, to, shoe
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            as (y) in yea, yes, day
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            as (w) in way, was, now, sow
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            as (r) in roote
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            as (l) in lake
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            as (z) in zone, zachary
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            as the French (i) in je, jeter, or as (g) in hodge, iudge
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            as (s) in sault, samon
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            as (sh) in she, shoe
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            as (m) in man
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            as (n) in not
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            as (ng) in king, fling, thing (or (n) in knave)
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            as (v) in vine, geve
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            as (th) in the, thine, there
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            as (gh) in some barabrouse wordes
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            as (f) in fling, fear, of
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            as (th) in thing, thorne
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            as (ch) in some barbarouse wordes or as the Greeke
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            as (h) in hat, he, oh
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            as (b) in borde, but
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            as (d) in do, grudge, good
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            as (g) in good, god, geve, hog
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            as (p) in pan
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            as (t) in tooth, to, ten, hat
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            as (c) in corne or as (k) in </s>
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            armes. ore.
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            arow. urchin.
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            aye. err.
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            ice. eele.
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            (in barbarous words only and not to be expressed viva voce.)
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            oates. oon.
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            ye. ne.
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            root. lake.
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            zone. je.
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            sault. shoo.
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            men. nete. gna.
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            vine. thing. ghi.
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            flinge. thorne. chi.
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            bore. drudge. gold.
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            pan. toothe </s>
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