The bounds of his kingdome called (as is said) Brenitia, began in the south at the riuer of Tine, and ended in the north at the Forth in Scotland, in the British toong called Werd.
And herevpon it commeth also to passe, that the British toong hath in it remaining at this day some smacke of the Gréeke.
The Cornish and Deuonshire men, whose countrie the Britons call Cerniw, haue a speach in like sort of their owne, and such as hath in déed more affinitie with the Armoricane toong than I can well discusse of.
But whether that be true or not, I am not able to affirme, bicause the Celtike toong is long sithens growne wholie out of vse.
Next vnto the British speach, the Latine toong was brought in by the Romans, and in maner generallie planted through the whole region, as the French was after by the Normans.
In the Hebrue toong (as some affirme) it signifieth Filij solis, and what are the nobilitie in euerie kingdome but Filij or serui regum?
Robert Fleming, a man perfect in the Greeke and Latine toong [among whose works some haue beene seene vnder these titles: namelie, Lucubrationum Tiburtinarm lib.
Of this toong I will not say much, bicause there are few which be not skilfull in the same.
The Cornish and Deuonshire men, whose countrie the Britons call Cerniw, haue a speach in like sort of their owne, and such as hath in deed more affinitie with the Armoricane toong than I can well discusse of.
This water is called Brane, that is in the Brittish toong (as Leland saith) a frog.
First of all therefore we haue the adder (in our old Saxon toong called an atter) which some men doo not rashlie take to be the viper.
Some iudge that she tooke hir name of hir excellent beautie, bicause Guinne or Guenne in the Welsh toong signifieth faire, so that she was named Guennere or rather Guenlhean, euen (as you would say) the faire or beautifull Elenor or Helen.
First let this necke stoupe to the axes edge, Before this knee do bow to any, ·dal065· Saue to the God of heauen and to my King: Suffolkes imperiall toong cannot pleade To such a Iadie groome.
In Lent following he was suspended by the pope, bicause he would not suffer an Italian that had no skill of the English toong to inioy a prebend in his church, which the pope had giuen to the same Italian.
In the British toong they are called Pightiaid, that is Pightians, and so likewise were they called in the Scotish, and in their owne toong.
What people soeuer inhabited there before, the ancient name argueth that they were rather Britains than anie other: for Armorica in the British toong signifieth as much as a countrie lieng vpon the sea.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "toong" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
