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LIBRARY OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES

This Day Is PuUiJbed*The third Edition, with a newFrontifpiece curioufly

engraved,(Price Nine-pence neatly bound)

In a good Print and fine Paper, and in quite a newMethod, with the

Life of King DAVID prefixed,

T'HE ROYAL PSALTER.Or, King DAVID'S MEDITATIONS. 'To which are added, at the Bottom of each Page,Ranor.al Meditations on moral and divine Subjects

inftruftive and entertaining to both Young and Old*and at the Beginning of each Pfalm a port Explanationthereof. Adapted to the Ufe of Schools as weJJ as pri-vate Families.

The Content s of t bit Book are particularly recommendedby Dr. Ifaac Watts in bi$ Advice to young Men.

London: Printed for and fold by R. Baldwin, at theRofe in Pater-noller-Row j Neiubery and Caman, inSt. Paul's Church

-Yard, oppofite the North Door j andB. Collini, Bookfeiler, on the New Canal, in Sulijbury.

A good Boy end Girl at their Book;.

HE who ne'er learns his A, 5, C,For ever will a Blockhead be ;But he who to his Book's inclin'd,Will foon a golden Treafure find.

Children, like tender Oziers take the Bow,And as thev firft are fafhion'd always grow :F-r what we learn in Youth, to that alone,In Age we are by fecond Nature prone.

THE

Royal Primer;Or, an eafy and pleafant

Guide to the Art of Reading.Authoriz'd by

His MAJESTY King GEORGE II.To be ufed throughout

His MAJESTY'S DOMINIONS.Adorn'd with COTS.

Lonchn : Printed for J. Nnvbcry, at the Bib'eand Sun, in St. Paul't Church yard, and '&B. CoIIint at Salifary. (Price bound 3 d.)

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(4)The Alphabet or Twenty-fix Letters, in what

is call'd Roman Capitals.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Q^R S T U V W X Y Z.

The Alphabet in Roman Small Letters.

abcdefghij klmnopqrfstuvwxyz.Double Letters.

fi IT flp fi fi n fl ffi ffi fa fh a &.

The Vowels.a e i o u y.

Old //# Black.

a I t d e f o fi i M> I m ti o p

(5)The Alphabet in Italic Capitals.

JBCDEFGHIJKLMNOp^RSTurivxrz.

The Alphabet in Italic fmall Letters.

Abcdefgbijklmnopqrfst u v w x y z.

Double Italic Letters.

fiffffjfiflflffiffifflfi #&The Vowels in Italic.

a e i o u y.

Figures,

1*34567890.

(6)THE

ALPHABET.In VERSE.

A flands for Apple and Aw!>B (lands for Book and for Ball.C ftands for Cuflards and CreamyD ftands for Dog and for Dream*E ftands for Eve and for Eajl^F ftands for Fool and for Feaji.G ftands for Gold and for Gem9H ftands for //

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L ftands for Lamb and for Lark tM ftands for Marbles and Mark.N ftands for Nag and for Note+O ftands for Owl and for Orff.P ftands for Plumbs and for Pail,

Q^ ftands for >ueJ1ion and

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a Apple

d Dog

g Goat

^3h Hog j Judge

k King

( 91n Nag j| o Owl p Peacock

q Queen

t Top v Vine || w Whale

dJx Xerxes ity young Lambjy young Lamb! z Zani

TABLE I.Oonfifting of One Vowel and One Confonant.

ab eb ib pb ubac ec ic oc uc

ad ed id od udaf ef if of uf

ag eg ig og ugah eh ohak ek ik ok ukal el il ol ul

TABLE II.Confifting of One Confonant and One Vowel.

am em im om urnan en in on un

ap ep ip op upar er ir or ur

as es is os us

at et it ot ut

ax ex ix ox ux

az ez iz oz uz

a

bae

becc

bi

o

boco

u

bucu

ybycy

da

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f I* )

TABLE III.Significant Syllables of Two Letters only.am

{ H )

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year

yokeyolkyourZ

Zealzeft

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fold timeurge were

fore to!d vain wideflay true view winelure turn* void wife

V W withTake Vail Wait wormta!lc vent want Ythus vine weak: Yard

Second LefTbn of Word* of One Syllable.

OComelet us fing unto the Lord, for

the Lord is a great God $ and a great-King.

Let us fall down and kneel before him.It is he that hath made us, and not weouffelves.O give Thanks to the God of Gods : To

him that made great Lights : The Sun to

rule by Day ; the Moon and Stars to ruleby Night.The Earth (hall v/ax old, and they that

dwell in it (hall die.For the Worm (hall eat them up, and the

Moth (half eat them like Wool.The Moon (hall ceafe to (hine, the Stars

(hall fall.

But the Lord (hall be the fame, and hisYears will have no End.The Eyes of the Lord run to and fro

through the whole Earth, fo ftand in aweand fin not. TABLE VI.

Significant Sylables of Five Letters*B

Bandsblackblefs

boundbread

bringburntburft

c

Cakescatchcaufecanft

Earth

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Third Leffon.Son forget not my Law; but

I thine Heart keep my Com-mandments :

2. For Length of Days, and long Life,ana Peace fhail they add to thee.

3. Let not Mercy and Truth forfakethee : bind them about thy Neck, writethem upon the Table of thine Heart.

4. So ihak 'thou find Favour, and goodUnderstanding in the Sight of God and Man.TABLE VII.

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Significant Syllables of Six Letters.B

Blains

grieve

II range

Thieves

thoughtthroughtongues

twelfth

Weightswrought

Stltfi Proverbs confiftlng ofWords of Ont

Syllable only, in eafy Verfe.

TRUTH maybe blam'd

But can't be fham'd.

\Vere Things done twice,All would be wife.He that would thriveMuft rife by five.He that is thriv'nMay lie till fev'n.Help me good Hands^For I have no Lands.To give to the Poor,is to add to your Store.

Words are but Sand,But 'tis Gold that buys Land.i^ay what you owe,And what you're worth you'll know.

A Jbort SCRIPTURE CATECHISM forChildren^ which will ferve to explain tothem many principal Perjons contained inthe Scriptures.

Or \\T H O was Adam ? A. TheW firft Man that God made, andthe Father of us all.

Q, Whs was Eve ? A. The firft Woman,and ihe was the Mother of us all.

Q. Who was Cain ? A. Adam's firft bornSon, and he kill'd his Brother Abtl.

Q.

Q. TPhat was Abel ? A. A better Marihan Cain9 and therefore CVz/ hated him.Qi WbowasNovhi ^. The good Mar

who was faved in the Ark when all theWorld was drown'd.Q. Whs was Job? A. The moft patieni

Man in the World under Pains and Lofles.Q.. Who was Abraham ? A. Father of the

Faithful, the Pattern of Believers, and theFriend of God.Q^ Who was Jacob ? A. Ifaac's younger

Son, and he craftily obtained his Father's

Bleffing.

Q; What was Ifrael ? A new Name thatGod himfelf gave to 'Jacob.Q. Who were the twelve Patriarch ? A.

The twelve Sons of Jacob^ and the Father;of the People of Ifrael.