I am not ignorant that sum symbolizes this sound w_i_th a
diphthong made of ie; eie, oculus; hiel, fiel, miel, _et_c. Here I am
indifferent, and onelie wishes that the ane be used; let the advysed
judge make choise of q_uhi_lk, for my awne paert I lyke the last best;
1. becaus eie, oculus, can not wel be symbolized ee; 2. because the
greekes expresse _eta_ be +ee+, q_uhi_lk, as appeares be the Ioneanes
and Doreanes, drawes neerar to _alpha_, than _epsilon_.
5. Of i, also, our idiom receaves tuae soundes, as in a man's wil, and
the wil of a fox. Heer, also, I wald have our men learne of the south,
for these soundes they wel distinguish, wryting wil, fil, mil, stil,
with i; and wyl, fyl, myl, styl, with y.
6. Heer I see be Barrat, in his Alvearie, that sum wald be at
symbolizing these soundes, the ane with the greek diphthong +ei+, and
the other with "i" inverted; as, r+ei+d, equitare; b+ei+d, manere;
r"i"d, legere; h"i"d, cavere. In this opinion I se an eye of judgement,
and therfoer wil not censure it, except I saw the auctour's whole drift.
Onelie for my awn parte I will avoid al novelties, and content my self
with the letteres q_uhi_lk we have in use. And seeing we have no other
use of y distinguished from i, condiscend to the opinion of the south
using i for ane, and y for the other.
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