lumes. I find therefore that there is in this Collection, (Publish'd, and to be Publish'd) 28,967 Sentences that have meaning in them, 1,232,356 Words, 2,125,245 Syllables, 6,293,376 Letters, and thro' the Roughness of our barbarous Tongue, but 2,992,644 Vowels, (exclusive of y and all Dipthongs) as any careful Reader may find, who will cast them up with equal Diligence.
Possibly it may seem a little arrogant and conceited, that I should have taken such Pains herein, but if we consider, that the Turks have done as much for their Alcoran, and that the learned Rabbies among the Jews value their Talmud so highly, as to say, that mistaking a Letter in it, is enough to destroy the World; I hope, I may be indulg'd, if not applauded for my Care, in a Work in the English Tongue, where it may happen that the Loss a of Word in it, may be of vast Damage to our native Country, which all Men among us are so desirous to serve.
And now, after so candid an Account as I have laid before thee, one would think, my dear Reader, I might shut up this Preface, and have nothing more to do, than receive the tributary Thanks and Homageof
