| MINSHAEI | Emendatio, vel à mendis Expurgatio, ∫eu Augmentatio ∫ui | Ductoris in linguas, | THE GVIDE INTO TONGVES. | Cum illarum Harmonia, & Etymologijs, Originationibus, Rationibus, | & Deriuationibus in omnibus his nouem Linguis, viz. | 1. Anglica. | 2. Belgica. | 3. Germanica. [Nos. 1-3 form a column connected by a '}' symbol on their right hand side] | 4. Gallica. | 5. Italica. | 6. Hi∫panica.[Next column] | 7. Latina. | 8. Graeca. | 9. Hebrea &c. [Last column, linked by a '{' symbol on their left] | Quae etiam ita ordine & ∫ono con∫entientes, collecatae ∫unt, vt facillimè & nullo labore, vnu∫qui∫que non | ∫olùm, Quatuor, Quinque, vel plures illarum, quan optimè memoria tenere, verum etiam (per | earum Etymologias) sub Nomine, Naturam, Proprietatem, Conditionem, Effectum, Mate- | riam, Formam, vel finem rerum, rectè no∫∫equeat; Discrepans ab alijs | Dictionarijs vnquam ante hâc editis. | Item explicatio vocabulorum forensium Iuris Anglicani, & Descriptio Magistratum, & | Titulorum dignitatem haec nota + per totum opus insignita. | Item adijciundus Etymologiae ∫acrae Scripturae, Adam, Eue, Cain, Abel, Seth &c. cum Ety- | mologiis Regiorum, Vrbium, Oppidorum, Montium, Fontium, Fluuiorum, Promontoriorum, | Portuum, Sinuum, Insularum, Mariam, Virorum, Muliarum, Deorum, Stagnorum, Syluarum, So- | litudinum, Populorum, Vicorum, Speluncarum, ac aliarum rerum notatu dignarum | quae in∫igniuntur hac nota per totum Opus. (†) | Opus omnibus humanioris literaturae amatoribus valdè nece∫∫arium & delectabile, imprimis Nostratibus, | qui nullo negotio ex Anglicana, caeteras linguas cum earum Etymologijs, ordine Alphabetico, inuenire po∫∫unt; | denique Extraneis, ∫i ex his congestis, Alphabetum vnius vel plurium aliarum linguarum, | sibi cum numeris Arithmeticis concinnare voluerunt. | Opera, Studio, Industria, Labore & Sumptibus Iohannis Min∫haei in lucem | editum & impressum. 22o Iulij, Anno 1625. | Secunda Editio. | [Single dividing line] | The Guide into the Tongues. | With their agreement and con∫ent one with another, as al∫o their Etymolo- | gies, that is, the Rea∫ons and Deriuations of all or the most part of words, | in the∫e nine Languages, viz. | 1. English. | 2. Low Dutch. | 3. High Dutch.[Nos. 1-3 }] | 4. French. | 5. Italian. | 6. Spanish. | 7. Latine. | 8. Greeke. | 9. Hebrew, &c.[Nos. 7-9 {] | Which are ∫o laid together (for the helpe of memorie) that any one with ease and facilitie, may not only re- | member foure, fiue, or more Languages ∫o laid together, but also by their Etymologies vnder the Name | know the Nature, Propertie, Condition, Effect, Matter, Forme, Fa∫hion, or End of | things there-vnder contained, differing from all other Dictionaries | euer heretofore ∫et forth. | Al∫o the Expo∫ition of the Termes of the Lawes of this Land, drawne from their originall the Saxon and Nor- | man Tongues, with the de∫cription of the Magistracies, Offices, and Officers, and Titles of Dignities, | notes with this + thorowout the whole Booke. Item, There are added the Etymologies of proper names of the Bible, Adam, Eue, Cain, Abel, Seth &c. | with the Etymologies of Countries, Cities, Townes, Hilles, Riuers, Flouds, Promontories, Ports, Creekes, | Islands, Seas, Men, Women, Gods, Peoples, and other things of note, which are marked with | this marke (†) thorow the whole Worke. | By the Industrie, Studie, Labour, and at the Charges of Iohn Minsheu Published | and Printed. 22o Iuly, Anno 1625. | The ∫econd edition | [Line] | Cum Gratia & Priuilegio Regiae Maie∫tatis, & venales extant LONDINI, apud | IOANNEM BROWNE Bibliopolam in vice vocato little Brittaine. | And are to be ∫old at IOHN BROWNES ∫hop a Book-Seller in little Brittaine without | Alder∫gate in LONDON. |