Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles

"Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue" by Alexander Hume is a detailed study from the 1600s that looks at the rules for writing words correctly and how sounds and letters fit together in the English language. The book is like a guide for teachers and a discussion about how people wrote back then. Hume starts by talking about how English spelling and pronunciation didn't always make sense. He worried that there weren't clear standards, and he believed it was important to make things more organized, looking closely at vowels, consonants, and the relationship between sounds and symbols. Overall, Hume blends observations about language with useful suggestions, making his work insightful for anyone curious about the details of the English language during that time.