All which haue but one in English, and that is, The; which serueth for both genders and numbers; for you say, the man, the men, the woman, and the women.
| Fem. Sing. | Fem. Plu. | In English. | |
| Nom. | la. | le. | the. |
| Gen. | délla. | délle. | of the. |
| Dat. | álla. | álle. | to the. |
| Accu. | la. | le. | the. |
| Vo. | ó. | ó. | oh the. |
| Abla. | dálla. | dálle. | from, of, or by the. |
Of the true vse of these Articles.
Note that Il and I, are commonly and ought to be vsed before nounes or words that begin with consonants, as Il béne, Il dólce, Il Mále, Il líbro, Il Préncipe, Il Rẻ, &c. I béni, I dólci, I máli, I líbri, I Préncipi, I Rẻ, &c.
Note that L'ó, and Gli, are or els ought euer to be vsed before nounes or words beginning with vowels, and are commonly by the best Speakers or Writers apostrophed, and pronounced together as they were but one word, as L'abbáte, L'altáre, L'Angelo, L'amóre, L'ódio, &c. gl'abbáti, gl'altári, gl'Angeli, gl'amóri, gl'ódij, &c.
Note that forsmuch as good Italians shun as a thing most harsh among them, to haue or vse many consonants together, namely aboue two, seldome three, and never foure; and that there be diuers words of the Masculine gender that begin with S. and one or more consonants follow the same, as Spirito, Strále, Stráccio, Stromẻnto, &c. Before such words they will not, according to the foresaid rule, vse the Articles Il, and I, but will say and write, as being more pleasing in pronouncing, and to the eare, lo Spírito, lo Stráccio, lo Strále, lo Stromẻnto, gli Spíriti, gli Stráccij, gli Stráli, gli Stromẻnti, &c.