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alphabet by which the text is preceded, and which suggests a connection between the sound of the letter and the cry of an animal.

	Cornix cornicatur,	á á	S a
	Agnus balat,	bé é é	B b
	Cicada stridet,	cí cí	C c
	Upupa dicit,	du du	D d
	Infans ejulat,	é é é	E e

The success of this book was even more extraordinary than that of the Janua Linguarum. It went through numberless editions, and was bought by thousands of parents who knew little of Comenius, and cared less