inuentis ε et ο[1], quae ante ancipites erant12 remanserunt13 perpetuo breues14, cum earum productarum loca15 posesa sunt a supra dictis
P. 5b
uocalibus semper longuis1.
…auctoritate tam2 Graecorum quam2a Latinorum …[in marg.]3
Inuenitur tamen etiam m ante n possitum, nec producens ante se uocalem more mutarum4.
Apud antiquissimos Graecorum non plus quam sedecim erant literae, quibus ab illis acceptis Latini antiquitatem seruauerunt perpetuam5.
ϝ est Aeolicum digamma6, 7, quod8 apud antiquissimos Latinorum uerius eandem uim quam apud Aeolis habuit. Eum autem prope sonum9, quem nunc habet, significabat ṗ cum aspiratione, sicut etiam apud ueteres Graecos pro φ π et ͱ10… Postea uero11 in Latinis uerbis placuit loco p et h f scribi, ut ‘fama,’ ‘filius,’ ‘facio,’ loco autem
P. 6a
digammae u pro consonante1, quod cognatione soni2 uidebatur affinis esse digammae ea litera3. Quare cum f loco mutae ponatur, id est p et h siue φ, miror4 hanc inter semiuocales possuise artium scriptores. …sed hoc potestatem literae motare non debuit5; si enim esset semiuocalis, necessario terminalis nominum inueniretur6 quod minime reperies7, nec ante l uel r in eadem syllaba poni posset, qui locus mutarum est8 duntaxat, nec communem ante easdem
12: .i. coitchena riam eter fot ⁊ gair13: doruarthatar14: .i. bithgairddi són .i. e ⁊ o15: .i. indluic himbítis airdixi · e ⁊ o
P. 5b
1: .i. bith ḟotai sidi2: emith2a: emith3: archiunn4: cinith mút5: .i. suthain dano la laitnori anisin6: .i. quasi dixisset nírbuliter ade ɔnaue7: ꝉ carachtar digaim quod non bonum neutur híc digamma8: ol[2]9: emith infogur nísin10: dasis11: .i. lanuelitridi
P. 6a
1: .i. intan ṁbís archonsain2: foguir3: comocus afogur díblínaib4: admachdursa[3] .i. is machdad limm5: ni cumscaichthi cumachtae nairi cedoinscana sí ó guthaigthi6: forceinnfitis anmmann inte7: acht a ainmm[4] féssin[5]8: buith relechdachaib
12. i.e. common before, both length and shortness.14. i.e. always short.15. i.e. the places wherein used to be the longs e and o.
P. 5b
1. i.e. always long these.3. below (lit. ahead).4. although it is not a mute.5. i.e. that then is perpetual with the Latins.
6. i.e. as if he had said it was not a letter till lately.7. or the character digamma, quod, etc.; digamma is here neuter.9. such as that sound.10. δασύς.11. i.e. with recent writers.
P. 6a
1. i.e. when it is for a consonant.3. the sound of them both is akin.4. I marvel, i.e. I wonder.5. the power (of the letter) is not to be changed from it, although it begins with a vowel.6. nouns would be ended in it.7. save its own name.8. being before liquids.
