Group 1:
Hold your Pen lightly, gripe it not too hard,
And with due Care your Copy with regard.
Join every Letter to its next with Care,
And let the Stroke be admirably fair.
Keep a light Hand, and smoothly glide along;
Ascending fine, and downward Strokes are strong,
Let graceful Beauty in each Line appear,
And see the Front do not excel the Rear.
Majestic Grace, both beautiful and strong,
Doth, or else ought to every Line belong.

Group 2:
No roughness at the edge should e’er be seen,
But all the letters should be smooth and clean.
On Care depends the Beauty of each Line,
For that alone will make your Art to shine.
Praise is deserved by the careful Hand,
But for th’ Unthinking doth Correction stand.
Quit yourself nobly with a prudent Care,
Of clumsy Writing and of Blots beware.
Remember strictly what the Art enjoins,
Equal-sized Letters, and as equal Lines.