and suche lyke, whiche must have the sayd s, well and parfitly sounded and pronounced, for it is nat possyble to fynde a rule so generall and infallible to serue for euery worde as was said aboue in the prologue.
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THE SIXT RULE.
There is in french dyuers wordes, whiche for denotation or signifycation of plurarite dothe ende with an s, or with a z, for without he same they be synguler nombre, as these wordes and such lyke
worde fyste write a lefe
mot, puing, escript, feullet,
whiche be all synguler nombres: and if ye do adde a z, at the latter ende of them, than are they plurell nombres, as
motz, puingz, escriptz, feulletz:
and than shall ye nat sounde the letter before the sayd z, redynge
mos, puins, feullés.
And lyke wise whan a worde hath a p, or b, in the myddes endyng the syllable, ye shall leaue them unsounde, as in these wordes and suche lyke,