(_d_) The final _s_ of inflexion is regularly replaced by _z_ after a dental, as _courtz_, _desfaitz_, _ditz_, _excellentz_, _fitz_, _fortz_, _regentz_, _seintz_, and frequently in past participles of verbs (where there is an original dental), as _perturbez_, _enfanteez_, _rejoïz_, _perduz_; but also elsewhere, especially with the termination _-able_, as _refusablez_, _delitablez_, in rhyme with _acceptables_. Sometimes however a dental drops out before _s_, as in _apers_, _desfais_, _dis_, _dolens_, _presens_. In all these cases however the difference is one of spelling only. (_e_) Lastly, notice may be directed to the mute consonants either surviving in phonetic change or introduced into the spelling in imitation of the Latin form. The fourteenth century was a time when French writers and copyists were especially prone to the vice of etymological spelling, and many forms both in French and English which have been supposed to be of later date may be traced to this period. I shall point out some instances, etymological and other, most of which occur in rhyme. Thus _b_ is mute in _doubte_ (also _doute_) rhyming with _boute_, and also in _debte_ beside _dette_, _soubdeinement_ beside _soudeinement_, &c.: _p_ in _temps_, _accompte_, _corps_, _hanaps_, _descript_, rhyming with _sens_, _honte_, _tors_, _pas_, _dit_, and in _deceipte_ beside _deceite_; _d_ before _s_ in _ribalds_ rhyming with _vassals_; _t_ before _z_ in such words as _fortz_, _courtz_, _certz_, _overtz_, _fitz_, _ditz_, _aletz_, _decretz_, rhyming with _tors_, _destours_, _vers_, _envers_, _sis_, _dignités_, _ées_; _s_ in such forms as _dist_, _promist_, _quidasmes_, &c., in rhyme with _esjoït_, _espirit_, _dames_; possibly however the 3 pers. sing. pret. of these verbs had an alternative pronunciation in which _s_ was sounded, for they several times occur in rhyme with _Crist_, and then are always written _-ist_, whereas at other times they vary this freely with _-it_. _g_ in words like _baraign_, _pleigne_, _soveraigne_, rhyming with _gain_, _peine_; _c_ before _s_ in _clercs_ (also _clers_) rhyming with _vers_; _l_ in _almes_, _ascoulte_, _moult_, which rhyme with _fames_, _route_, _trestout_ and in _oultrage_, _estoultie_, beside _outrage_, _estoutie_. On the other hand _v_ is sounded in the occasional form _escrivre_, the word being rhymed with _vivre_, in _Mir._ 6480. * * * * * As regards the Vocabulary, I propose to note a few points which are of interest with reference chiefly to English Etymology, and for the rest the reader is referred to the Glossary.