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RULES
For making
ENGLISH VERSE.

In the English Versification there are Two Things chiefly to be consider'd;

1. 1. The Verses.
2. 2. The several Sorts of Poems or Compositions in Verse.

But because in the Verses there are also two Things to be observ'd; The Structure of the Verse; and the Rhyme, this Treatise shall be divided into three Chapters:

1. I. Of the Structure of English Verses.
2. II. Of Rhyme.
3. III. Of the several Sorts of Poems and Compositions in Verse.