consonantes _me_, _te_, _se_, _que_, _de_, _le_, _faire_, _dire_, _mectre_, _nostre_, _vostre_,
wher is never a uowel. All the _ees_ that shalbe uowels in this present boke shalbe marked as the dyptong is in latyn, thus _é_.
Also in redyng frenche ye shall leave the last letter of every worde unsounde, endyng in _s_, _t_, and _p_, save of the same worde wherupon ye do pause or rest, for if ye do pronounce every worde by hymselfe, that is to say, restyng upon the same, ye ought for to pronounce and sounde him thorowe. And if any word endyng with an _s_, have the next worde folowyng begynning with a uowell, than shall ye sounde the said _s_, lyke a _z_,
as in these wordes _jamais aultres_ ye shal rede _jamaiz aultre_, as it were but one worde, but if the next worde commyng after the _s_ be a consonant, than shall the said _s_ remayne unsounde, as in these wordes _jamais narés_, (never shall ye have) the _s_ of _jamais_ shall nat be sounde. Provyded alwayes, as is sayde before, that ye do nat pause nor rest upon the worde, for so doyng ye must sounde it parfitely.
Whan one worde doth ende with a uowell, and the next folowyng after
begyn with 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.
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._