FOR TO LERNE TO REDE,
FOR IMPLORATION OF GRACE.
Grace of God that I love so moche
G race de Dieu que jayme tant
I your requier ryght humbly
I e uous requier treshumblement
the gift of love without any further
L e don damour sans plus auant
of it to make any refuce
E n faire aulcun refusement
If ye do fynde in any wise
S e uous trouués aulcunement
of me service, but in trouth
D e moy seruice quen loyaulté
I gyve you leve utterly
U ous habandonne entierement
to wyll at all at your wyll
U oulloir du tout a uoulenté
toward me to use of great rigour
U ers moy user de grant rigeur
and me to banysshe from all good hap
E t me bannir de tout bon heur
without more of me to have pite.
S ans plus de moy auoir pité.
Sola salus seruire Deo, sunt cetera fraudes.
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TO THE LADY MARY.
For the honour of Mary
Pour lhonneur de Marye
God doughter to saynt Mary
filleule a saynte Marye
virgin and mother Jesu Christ
vierge et mere Jhesuh Crist
have these verses ben written.
ont ces verse esté escripts.
MARIA.
glasse mesure shewynge
mirouer mesure monstrant
lenyng lovynge fulfilled
appuis amoureus assouuie
rose redde well smellyng
rose rouge redolente
that can nat vade yonge jolie
inmarcessible jeune jolie
amonge chosen exellente
entre eslytes exellente
for ever more be ye blessyd.
a tousjours mais soyez benye. Amen.
How beit that I do nat, nat knowe how that many as well lerned in good
Combien que ne ignore point que pluisieurs tant qualifiéz es bonnes
lettres as also well spoken in the frenche tonge (at the lest nat beyng
lectres come aussy élégant en la langue francoise (au moins pour non estre
naturall and borne of the lande and countrey) have composed, and written rules and
naturél et natif du territoire et pais) ont composés et escripz régles et
principles for introduction in the sayd tonge the whiche par aventure, as
principes pour introduction en la dicte langue les quelz peult estre, come
witnessed saint Hierome to Paulin, have tought before that they have ben
tiesmoigne saint Hierome a Paulin, ont ensegnés auant que auoir esté
conynge, for how beit that arte is folower of nature folowyng her right nygh,
scauantz, car ja soit que art soit imitatrice de nature lensuiuant de bien pres,
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yet neuerthelesse can nat she ouertake her. Wherfore the sayd composytours
sy ne la peult elle toutefois aconsuiuir. Pourquoy les ditz compilateurs
all togyder leanyng to the same ben by nature in sondrie places checked reproued
du tout adherens à icelle sont par nature en diuers lieux cancellés repris
and corrected. Shulde it nat seme a thynge selde and strange to se a Frenchman
et corrigéz. Ne sembleroit ce point chose rare et estrange ueoir ung Francois
endeuoir and inforce himself to teche unto the Germayns the langage of Almaine:
se ingerer et efforcer dapprendre aux Allemans la lange tyoise,
ye and that more over is, upon the same to compyle rules and principles, how beit
uoire et qui plus est, sur icelle composer régles et principes, combien
that agaynst me and my reason some body myght say, that one
que contre moy et ma rayson quelque ung pourroit dire que on
shulde fynde no body whiche shulde teche Hebreu, Greke, nor Laten, if it were nat
ne trouueroit ame qui ensegneroit Hebrieu, Grec, ne Latin, sil ne
laufull to any body so to do but to him which shulde have it of nature: to whom I
loisoit a auscun de ce faire sinon a celui qui laroit de nature: a quoy je
answere that it is another thyng to teche and instruct by the principles
respons que cest aultre chose densegnér et daprendre par les principes
and reules made by divers well expertz auctours, by great space and longe proces
et régles faictz par diuérs expertz aucteurs, par interualle et diuturnité
of longe tyme well approved, than at the fyrst metyng and nat havyng a
de long temps bien approuuéez, que de premiére abordée et nauoir ung
language but meanely and as a thynge borowed to be wyllyng by and by
langage que moienement et come par emprunt, en uoulloir cy pris cy mis,
nat only instructe the others, but also to compyle upon the same reules
non seullement ensegnér les aultres, mais aussy composér sur ce régles
certayne, the whiche doyng is nat graunted but unto ryght few of them whiche
infallibles, ce que scauoir faire nest ottroie a bien peu de ceulz qui
ben borne of the sayd langage, for touchyng my self to whom the sayd
sont mesme natif du dict langage, car touchant moy mesmes a qui la dicte
tonge is maternall or naturall, and whiche by the space of therty yeres
langue est maternelle ou naturelle, et qui par lespase de trente ans
and more have besyed me how beit that I am ryght ignorant, to teche
et plus me suis entremis (combien que soie tres ignorant) densegnér
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and instruct many great princes and princesses, as to decessed of
et apprendre pluisieurs grandz princes et princesses, comme a feu de
noble and recomended memory the prince Arthur, the noble kyng Henry
noble et recommandée memoire le prince Arthur, le noble roy Henry
for the present prosperously regnyng, to whom God gyve lyfe perpetuall:
pour le present prospereusement regnant, a qui Dieu doint uie perpetuelle:
the quenes of France and Scotlande, with the noble marquis of Excestre,
les roynes de France et dEscosse, auec le noble marquis dExcestre, etc.
for the whiche thynge to fulfyll I have done my power and dever to serche
pour la quelle chose accomplir jay fait mon pouoir et debuoir de perscruter
and seke all that which hath semed me to this purpose te serve: I have nat nevertheless
et cercher tout ce qui ma semblé a ce propos seruir: sy nay je toutesuois
founde rules infallybles, bycause that it is nat possyble to fynde any
peu trouvér régles infalibles, pour ce quil nest possible de telles les
suche, that is to say, suche whiche may serve without any faulte, as do
trouuer, cest a dire, telles que puissent seruir infalliblement, comme font
the rules compiled for to lerne Laten, Greke and Hebreu and other suche
les régles composéez pour apprendre Latin, Grec et Hebrieu et autres telz
languages: the whiche nevertheless the sayd compilatours have overtaken,
langages: ce que neantmoins les ditz compilateurs ont entrepris
te the ende that I ne say presumed to do, how beit they have nat ben but lytell
(affin que ne die presumés) de faire, ja soit quilz naient esté que petit de
tyme to lerne it, but now beit so that suche rules and techyng ben
temps a laprendre, mais or soit ainsy que telz régles et ensegnementz soient
sufficient and farre above my workes, by cause nevertheless that
tressuffisans et loing par desus mes oeuures, pour ce toutes fois que
now natwithstandyng myn ignorancy, I am agayne by my most redoubted
maintenant (nonobstant mon ignorance) suis derechief (par mon tres redoubté
lorde and prince the kynge above named, ordayned to administre myn accustomed
seigneur et prince le roy dessus nommé) ordonné dadministrer mon accoustumé
poore and unworthy servyce to most illustre, ryght exellente and ryght
poure et indigne seruice a tres illustre, tres exellente et tres
vertuouse lady my lady Mary of Englande his ryght entierly well beloved
uertueuse dame ma dame Mary dEngleterre sa tres entierement bien aymée
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doughter, the whiche right specially and straytly hath me commanded and
fille, laquelle tres espécialement et estroitement ma comandé et
encharged to reduce and to put by writtynge the maner how I have proceded
enchargé de reduire et mectre par escript la maniere coment jay procédé
towarde her sayd progenitours and predecessours, as that same also by the which
enuers ses dictz progeniteurs et predecesseurs, come celle aussy par la quelle
I have her so so taught, and do teche dayly whiche to refuse,
je lay tellement quellement instruit, et instruis journellement, ce que refuser
nat withstandynge the reasons above sayd alleged, I durst nat, nor wolde nat
(nonobstant les raisons dessus dictes alleguée) noseroie ne uouldroie,
how beit that I am ryght well assured to merite more for and by cause of myn
combien que soie tres asseuré de plus meriter pour et cause de mon
obedience than by any seruice or sacrifyce that to her I may do, fulfyllyng
obedience que par aulcun seruice ou sacrifice que luy puisse prestér, accomplissant
her most noble and gracious comandement, gratious say I, by cause
son tresnoble et gracieux comandement, gracieus dis je, pour ce
that her beniuolence and good wyll is to proffite to others as to
que sa beniuolence et bon uoulloir est de prouffiter aux aultres come a
herselfe, wherfore I supplie and require all reders the causes and reasons
elle mesme, pourquoi je suplie et requier tous lecteurs les causes et raisons
aboue sayd contempled and consydered to have me for to be excused, and ther
dessus dictes contempléez et consideréez mauoir pour excusé, et la
where they shall se the good Homer have ben aslepe to be wyllyng by good maner
où ilz verront le bon Homère auoir dormy le uoulloir par bonne maniere
to wake him, in correctyng the fautes in the whiche by cause of the same he is
esueiller en corrigeant les faultes esquelles a cause de ce il est
fallin, the whiche doyng they shall deserve nat only to be lauded and praysed,
encouru, ce que faisantz ilz mériteront nonseullement destre loués et prisés,
but also in theyr workes and operations taxed and estimed of maner
mais aussy en leurs euures et operations taxés et estimés de maniere
lyke, and to the same answeryng.
reciprocque et corespondent.
ENDE OF THE PROLOGUE.
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HERE AFTER FOLOWETH THE TABLE OF THIS PRESENT TREATYSE.
This lytle worke shalbe devided in two bokes, wherof the fyrst shal have
two partes.
In the fyrst part shalbe treated of rules, that is redyng frenche, and
what letters shall be lefte unbesounde, and the cause therof.
The seconde parte shalbe of nownes, pronownes, adverbes, participles,
with verbes, prepositions, and conjunctions.
Also certayne rules for conjugations.
Item fyve or six maners of conjugations with one verbe.
Item conjugations with two pronownes and with thre and fynally combining
or joinyng II verbes togeder.
The second boke shall be of lettres missyves in prose and in ryme.
Also diuerse comunications by way of dialoges, to receyve a messager
from the emperour, the frenche kynge, or any other prince.
Also other comunications of the propriete of mete, of love, of peas, of
warres, of the exposicion of the masse, and what mannes soule is, with
the division of tyme, and other conseites.
FINIS.
A PROLOGUE FOR AN INTRODUCTORY.
The thynges that directely expressed maye nat be ought to be declared
Les choses qui a droit exprimer ne se peuuent doibuent estre declareez
by syncopation of sylence, by cause that by sylence one doth answer to many
par sincopacion taciturne, pour ce que par silence on respond a pluisieurs
thynges. Syncopation is none other thyng but abreviation of length, and prolixite
choses. Sincopation nest aultre chose quabreuiacion de prolixite, et prolixite
is superfluitie of wordes in declarying a thyng. Wherfore in all
est superfluite de paroles en declarant une chose. Pourquoy en toutes
workes one ought to be shorte. We shall begynne this boke than in the name
oeuures on doibt estre brief. Nous commencerons ce liure doncques ou nom
of God all mighty and shall ende it with the helpe of hym, procedyng by the
de Dieu tout puissant et lacheuerons a laide diceluy, procedant par le
counsayle of Orace, whiche is as shorte as possible shalbe.
conseil dOrace, qui est le plus brief que possible sera.
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HERE FOLOWETH THE FYRST BOKE OF SEVYN RULES FOR TO REDE
AND TO PRONOUNCE FRENCHE TREWLY.
THE FYRST
is howe the fyve vowels, that is to saye a, e, i, o, and v, shalbe sounded
in redyng french.
Ye shal pronounce your a, as wyde open mouthed as ye can; your e,
as ye do in latyn, almost as brode as ye pronounce your a in englysshe;
your i, as sharpe as can be; o, as ye do in englyssh, and v after the Skottes,
as in this worde gud. These fyve uowels be consonantes when they receyve
nat their full sounde, as in this worde jamais the fyrst a is a uowell, and
the seconde is a consonant.
Example of e, as déité and magesté, where bothe ees of deite be uowels,
and the fyrst of magesté is a consonant and the seconde is a uowell. Wherfore
ye shall understande that the moste parte of ees in french be consonantes,
save fewe with suche wordes as come out of latyn. Example of consonantes
me, the, hym, that, of, the, do, to say, to put, oure, your,
me, te, se, que, de, le, faire, dire, mectre, nostre, vostre,
wher is never a uowel. All the
ees
that shalbe uowels in this present boke shalbe
marked as the dyptong is in latyn, thus
é
.
THE SECONDE RULE.
Also in redyng frenche ye shall leave the last letter of every worde
unsounde, endyng in s, t, and p, save of the same worde wherupon
ye do pause or rest, for if ye do pronounce every worde by hymselfe,
that is to say, restyng upon the same, ye ought for to pronounce and
sounde him thorowe. And if any word endyng with an s, have the next
worde folowyng begynning with a uowell, than shall ye sounde the said
s, lyke a z, as in these wordes jamais aultres ye shal rede
jamaiz aultre (never others) , as it were but one worde, but if the
next worde commyng after the s be a consonant, than shall the said s
remayne unsounde, as in these wordes jamais narés, (never shall ye
have) the s of jamais shall nat be sounde. Provyded alwayes, as is
sayde before, that ye do nat pause nor rest upon the worde, for so doyng
ye must sounde it parfitely.
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THE THYRDE RULE.
Whan one worde doth ende with a uowell, and the next folowyng after
begyn with another, than the fyrste shalbe unsounde, as in these wordes,
but in you have que en uous, ye shall rede quen uous, and
I me have I the have I him have
je me ay, je te ay, je le ay,
ye shall rede je may, je tay, je lay,
and so of all suche lyke, excepte some
wordes whiche be nat used in Fraunce, as tu as, thou hast. Where bothe
uowels must be sounde, howbeit the Picardes sounde it after the sayd
rule, sayeng tas for tu as, tes for tu es, thou arte. And if ye fynde two ees
endynge and begynnynge a worde, ye shall leave the tone, as in these wordes,
it is with the well
il te est bien,
ye shall rede il test bien.
And of e, and a, as in
these wordes que a, but te, ye shall rede qua. Of e, and o, as in these
wordes, que on, but one, ye shal rede quon. Of a and o, as in these wordes,
pourra on, may one, ye shall rede pourran. And in lyke maner of all other
of that termynation.
THE FOURTH RULE.
An s, in the begynnynge of a worde hath his full sounde, as dothe
appere by these wordes folowyng,
wyse, wylde
sage, sauuage, sapient, etc.
but in the myddes beynge eyther before a consonant or a uowell, shall be
sounded lyke a z, as in these wordes
I sayde I dyd I brake I holde peace.
disoie, faisoie, brisoie, taisoie, etc.
THE FYFTH RULE.
Whan st dothe come togider in a worde hauing a uowell before it, than
the sayde s shall remayne unsounde, but it shall encreace the sounde of
the sayde uowell, as in these wordes
to wast to taste to haste,
gaster, taster, haster,
ye shall rede gaater, taater, haater.
And myne hoste come agayne anone
mon hoste reuenes tantost:
ye shall rede mon hoote reuenes tanto:
ye shall nevertheles except al those that be nyghe the latyn, as
to protest to shewe, to withstande:
protester, manifester, contester,
and suche lyke,
whiche must have the sayd s, well and parfitly sounded and pronounced,
for it is nat possyble to fynde a rule so generall and infallible to serue for
euery worde as was said aboue in the prologue.
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THE SIXT RULE.
There is in french dyuers wordes, whiche for denotation or signifycation
of plurarite dothe ende with an s, or with a z, for without he same they be
synguler nombre, as these wordes and such lyke
worde fyste write a lefe
mot, puing, escript, feullet,
whiche be all synguler nombres: and if ye do adde a z, at the latter ende
of them, than are they plurell nombres, as
motz, puingz, escriptz, feulletz:
and than shall ye nat sounde the letter before the sayd z, redynge
mos, puins, feullés.
And lyke wise whan a worde hath a p, or b, in the myddes endyng the
syllable, ye shall leaue them unsounde, as in these wordes and suche lyke,
dewtie, dette, to write,
debuoir, debte, escripre:
ye shal rede deuoir, det, escrire.
But whan they do begyn the worde or the syllable, than shall they be
pronounced, as these wordes,
putte away debated to breke
deboute, debatu, debriser, etc.
THE SEVENTH RULE.
There is two maner of wordes harde for to be pronounced in french.
The fyrst is written with a double ll whiche must be souned togider, as lla,
lle, lly, llo, llu, as in these wordes,
gave cutte gader lefe bayly fayle
bailla, tailla, ceulle, feulle, bally, fally,
white knele a tymer hamer full of leaves
moullet, engenoullet, mallot, feullu, houllu.
The seconde maner harde to pronounce ben written with gn, before a
uowell, as gna, gne, gni, gno, gnu. As in these wordes
wan dyd blede lyne combe vyne scabbe felowe
gagna, saigna, ligne, pigne, uigne, tigne, compagne,
swell wanton wanton
laigne, mignon, mignarde,
ye shal except many wordes that be so written and nat so pronounced,
endyng specially in e, as
worthy swanne hyghe corage
digne, cigne, magnanime, etc.
They that can pronounce these wordes in latyn after the Italians maner,
as (agnus, dignus, magnus, magnanimus) have bothe the understandyng and
the pronouncynge of the sayde rule and of the wordes. Ye shall fynde many
suche among the nownes, uerbes, and adverbes that herafter be folowynge,
the whiche shall have the double l, thus written ll, besyde the word and
gn, besyde the tother.
THE NAMES OF MEMBRES LONGYNG TO MANNES BODY
ASWELL INWARDE AS OUT WARDE.
the heed or chyfe
le chief
|
the scoull
la teste
|
the heeres
les cheueulz
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womens heares
les tresches
the busshe
la cheuelure
the perwyke
la perrucque
the heares
ll. la cheuechalle
the forhed
le front
the temples
les temples
the browes
les sourcilz
the visage
le visage
the berde
la barbe
the face
le viaire
the face
la face
the eye or eyes
loeul
the eyes
les yeux
the lydde
la paulpiere
the lyddes
les paulpieres
the ball of the eye
la pupille
the nose
le naes
the nose thrilles
ll. les narilles
the chekes
les joes
|
the nether chekes
les bajoes
the eare
loreille
the eares
les oreilles
the mowth
la bouce
beastes mowthe
la geule
the lyppes
les leures
the tonge
la langue
the rouf of the mowth
le palais
or
ou palet
the teeth
les dentz
the gommes
les genciues
the jaws
les machoires
the inward jawes
les mandibulles
the chynne
le menton
the throte bo?te
le gosier
the gorge
la gargate
the gorge
la gorge
the necke
le col
the knot of the neck
le neu du col
|
the hole of the necke
la fosse du col
the kenel of the necke
la canol du col
the sholder
lespaule
the armes
les bras
the elbowe
la coude
the elbowes
les coudes
the fyste
le puing
the fystes
les puingz
the hande
la main
the handes
les mains
the bat of the hande
le dos de la main
the balle of the hande
la paulme
the balles
les paulmes
the finger
le doigt
the fingers
les doigz
the thombe
le poulce
the thombes
les poulces
the jointe
la joincte
the joyntes
les joinctes
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the naile
longle
the nayles
les ongles
the brest
la poictrine
the forke of the brest
la fourcelle
the breste
la mamelle
the brestes
les mamelles
the body
le corps
the wast
le fauz du corpz
the holes under the armes
les esselles
the bely
le uentre
the nauyl
le nombril
the backe
le dos
the chyne
leschine
the rayns
les rains
the buttockes
les fesses
the buttocke
la fesse
the hippe
la hanche
the hippes
les hanches
the grynes
les ames
|
the nether beerde
la penilliere
the thighe
la cuisse
the thighes
les cuisses
the knee
le genouil
the knees
les genoulz
the hamme
le jaret
the hammes
les jaretz
the legge
la jambe
the legges
les jambes
the chyne boone
la greue
or the backe of
ou le dos de
the legge
la jambe
the calfe of the legge
le pomeau
the ancle
ll. la cheuille
the ancles
ll. les cheuilles
the hele
le talon
the foote
le pied
the feetes
les piedz
the back of the foote
le dos du pied
|
the soole
la plante
the sooles
les plantes
the great too
le graunt orteil
the toes
les orteilz
THE INWARD MEMBRES.
the braine
le cerueau
the hering
louye
the sight
la ueue
the smellyng
lolfact
the smellyng
le flairer
the taste
le goust
the telynge
le taste
the chawyng
le macer
the swalowyng
laualler
the hert
le ceur
the stomake
lestomac
the galle
le feil
the leuer
le foie
the lyver
le gisier
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the longe
le poulmo
the mylte
lesplene
or the mylte
ou la rate
or mylte
ou ratelle
the bledder
la uessie
the kydneys
gn. les rognons
the uryne
lurine
the guttes
les boiaulz
the small guttes
les intestins
thinward part of the bely
ll. les entrailles
the gader
la coree
the blode
le sang
the coller
la colere
the melancoly
la melencolie
the fleame
le flegme
the senewes
les nerfz
the ueynes
les uaines
the ueynes of the puls
les arteres
the pulse
le pulse
|
the rybbes
les costes
the bones
les os
the brethe
lalaine
the spyttell
la saliue
the spyttyng
le crachat
OTHER NAMES BEYNG
IN MAN.
the soule
lame
the spyrite
lesperit
the wytte
le sens
the wyll
le uoullior
the wyll
la uoullente
the rayson
la raison
the memory
la memoire
the understandyng
lentendement
the thought
la pensée
the ymagination
limagination
the jugement
le jugement
the opynyon
lopinion
the stomake
le courage
|
the hardynesse
la hardiesse
the cowardnesse
la couardise
feblenesse of corage
la lacheté
the feare
la peur
the truthe
la uerité
the leasyng
le mensonge
the drede
la crainte
the ferefulnesse
lespouantement
the strength
la force
the feblenesse
la foiblesse
the mansuetude
la debonaireté
the angrefull disposition
la felonie
the malyce
la malice
the cruelnesse
la cruaulté
the goodnesse
la bonté
the frowardnesse
la mauuaisté
the peace
la paix
the rest
le repos
the trouble
le trouble
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the labour
ll. le trauaill
the stedfastnesse
la constance
the unstedfastnesse
la uariableté
the hatered
la hayne
the frendship
lamitié
the joye
la joye
the sorowe
la tristesse
the heuynesse
lennuy
the rejoysyng
le rejouissement
the angre
le corous
the sporte
lesbatement
the wrath
lire
the pacyence
la pacience
the pride
lorgeul
the mekenesse
lhumilité
the envy
lenuie
the charyte
la charité
the dilygence
la deligence
the lytell corage
la pusillanimité
|
the glotony
la glotonnie
the sobernesse
la sobrieté
lechery
luxure
the chastyte
la chasteté
coueytyse
conuoitise
lyberalytie
liberalité
auaryce
auarice
waste
prodigalité
to go about rychesse
ambicion
wylfull pouertie
uoluntaire poureté
boostyng
la uantance
presumptuous
larrogance
the truthe in lyueng
la preudomie
the falsehed
la faulceté
the lyfe
la uie
the dethe
la mort
the youthe
la jeunesse
the age
ll. la uiellesse
the ignorauncy
lignoraunce
|
the wysdome
la sagesse
the byrth
la neissance
the chyldhode
lenfance
the feblenesse
la debilité
the manhood
la uirilité
the foulenesse
la turpitude
the honeste
lhonnesteté
the insolency
linsolence
the stablenes
la fermeté
the bondage
la seruitude
the fredome
la liberté
the honoure
lhonneur
the shame
la honte
the rychesse
la richesse
the nedynes
la poureté
the sikenes
la maladie
the helth
la santé
the pourete
lindigence
the plente
la plenté
|
Page 906
the plenty
labondance
the nigardnes
la chiceté
the rudenes
la rudesse
the swyftness
la promptitude
the inclynation
la propension
facyle inclynation
la procliuité
the desyre to slepe
lassoupissement
the quyckenesse
la uiuacité
the graunt
lottroy
the denyeng
le deniement
the heate
la challeur
the coldnesse
la froydure
the drynesse
la seicheur
the moystnesse
lhumidité
the laughyng
le rire
the wepyng
le plourer
the complaynyng
le playndre
the lamentyng
le lamenter
the yexyng
le sanglouter
|
the neesyng
lesternuer
the snowring
le ronfler
the syghynges
le souperer
syghes
soupirs
the yexynges
les sanglous
the spyttyng
le cracher
to blowe the nose
le mouchér
the slepynge
le dormir
the watchyng
le ueillier
the slepe
le sompne
the dreamyng
le songer
the drinkyng
le boire
the eatynge
le menger
the sacyate
le saoul
the hungry
le familleus
THE NAMES OF WOMENS
REMENTES.
the smocke
le chemisse
the coler
le colet
the sleves
les manches
|
the gussettes
le goucerons
the surfyls
les ourletz
the seames
les coustures
the kyrtell
le corset
the krytell
la cottelette
the petycote
la cotte simple
the gowne
la robbe
the placharde
le placart
the cuffes
les bonbardes
the purfyll
la bordure
the lynynge
la doublure
the furre
la fourrure
the under gyrdell
le demy chaint
the gyrdell
la chainture
the purse
la bourse
the pyncase
lespinceau
or the case for pynnes
ou lespinglier
the heed atayre
lattour
the frenche hode
le chapperon a plis
|
Page 907
the bonette
le bonnet
the crispynes
les crespines
the frontler of velvet
ll. les beatilles
the templettes
les templettes
the partelet
le gorgias
the necke kerchef
la colerette
the kercher
le ceuurechief
the partelet
le colet
the partelet
le colier
the bracel
le bracelet
the tache
lesgrappe
the ringes
les aneaulz
the owche
la bague
to close the necke kercher
ll. le fermall
a broche
lafficque
an image
limage
the gabardine
la gauardine
the tipet
la cornette
the cloke
le manteau
|
the bone grace
le moufflet
the knyves
les coulteaus
the beedes
les patenostres
the hande kercher
lesmouchail
the hande kercher
ou mouchoir
the lace
le lacz
the small lace
le lacet
the combe
le pigne
the lye
la lessiue
the gloves
les gantz
the tymble
le does
the nydel
ll. lesguille
the pynnes
les espingles
the brusshe to
les espoussettes,
la uerge a
swepe
esterdre
the hooses
les chausses
the garters
les jartiers
the pynson showes
les eschapins
|
the showes
les soliés
the buskyns
les brousequins
the slyppars
les pantouffles
the sheres
les forces
the small sheres
ou forcettes
MENS REMENT.
the sherte
la chemisse
the doublet
le pourpoint
the coote
le seon or say
the jacquete
la jacquete
the jacquete
le hecqueton
the gowne
la robbe
the partelet
le colet
the hat
le chapiau
lappe of man
la tocque
the cappe
le bonnet
the hoode
le chaperon
the gyrdel
la chainture
the sworde
lespee
|
Page 908
the spanische sworde
la rapiere
the dagar
la dague
the bagge
la gibessiere
the purse
la louiere
the purse
laulmoniere
the bootes
les botes
the bootes
les houseaus
the spores
les esperons
the shylde
lescu
the paueys
la parme
a great buccler
la taloche
the buccler
le bouclier
the camell
le camiau
the drommadary
le dromadaire
the asse
lasne
the horse
le cheual
and all beestes
et touttes bestes
bearyng sadyls
portant selles
or fardels
ou fardeau
|
or packes
ou uoiture
have nede
ont mestier
of packe sadyls or of
de batz ou de
saddyls, the whiche
selles, les quelles
have a pomell
a pommeau
backe and boweth
dos et archons
sursyngles
soursangles
and pannels
et paneaus
than the heed
puis la testierre,
stall, reyne, and
resne, et
byttes, make the
mors, font la
bridell
bride
the petrell
le poitral
the gyrthes
les sengles
the styroppes
les estries
the styrop ledders
les estriuieres
the crouper
la croupiere
the buckeles
les boucles
and the nayles
et les clous
|
that one can nat
quon ne peult
make nor forge
faire ne forger
without the anuyle
sans lenclume
the fyle the
la lime, le
hammer
marteau
the pyncettes
ll. les tenailles
the coles
les charbons
with the fyre
auec le feu
ayre, water, and
aire, eaue et
erthe, with the
terre, auec le
smyth
marechall
or locker
ou serrurier
THE CHAMBRE.
the bedde
le lict
the bolster
le trauersin
or the bolster
ou le chauet
the pyllowes
ll. les oreilliers
the blankettes
les blanchetz
the shetes
les linceulz
|
Page 909
the couerlette
le couuertoir
the sparuer
le ciel
the sparuer
ll. le pauillon
the curtyns
les courtines
the hangyng
la tapisserie
the carpettes
les tapis uelus
the quyishens
les carriaus
all one
les coissins
the bedde portatyve
le lict de camp
the bedstede
le chalict
the borde
la table
the trestels
les tresteaus
the forme
le banc
the chayres
les chaieres
the stools
les escabelles
the forte stoole
le marce pied
the table cloth
la nape
the napkyns
les seruiettes
the salt
le sel
|
the salt saler
la saliere
the chafyng dysshe
la chauffette
the spones
les cuillieres
the trenchers
les trenchoirs
the platters
les platz
the dysshes
les escuelles
the sawcers
les saussiers
the bred
le pain
the fleshe
la cher
the butter
le beurre
the chese
le fromage
the egges
les oeufz
the whyte wyn
le uin blanc
the claret
le claret
the rede darke
ll. le uermeill
the wyne red
le uin rouge
ypocras
ypocras
the waffers
les oubliez
the succades
la succad
|
the confittes
la dragerie
the confections
les confitures
the coup borde
le buffet
the pottes
les potz
the flagons
les flagons
the couppes
les couppes
the boles
les tasses
a genial name for cuppes
les hanapz
the gobbelettes
les gobeletz
the glasses
les uoires
and the water
et leau
for to washe them
pour les rincer
the bacin
le bacin
the ewer
lesguiere
THE KECHIN.
the mayster coke
le sommelier
the yoman coke
les cuisinies
gromes of the kechin
uarletz de cuisin
turne broches
les galopins
|
Page 910
the pottes
les potz
the pannes
les poelles
the caudrons
les chaudrons
the spyttes
les hastiez
the spyttes
les broches
the morters
les mortiers
the pestels
les pestiaus
the serces
les tamis
the stamels
les estamines
the instrument for to larde
le lardeur
the bacon
le lard
the mustarde
la moustarde
the grene sauce
la sausse uerde
the gambon
le jambon
the befe
le beuf
the bull
le tor
the cowe
la uache
the calfe, vele
le ueau
the mutton
le mouton
|
the sholder
lespoule
the gygot, a brest
le gigot
the chyne
leschine
the rybbes
les costes
the necks
le colet
the trotters
les trottins
the lambe
gn. lagneau
the heed
la teste
the gader or nombles
la couree
the skynne
la piau
the ramme
le belin
the ewe
la brebis
the he gotte
le bouc
the she gotte
la chieuure
the swyne or hogge
le pourceau
the boore
le uerrart
the boore
le uer
the wylde boore
le senglier
the sowe
la truye
|
the pygge
le cochon
HAUKES OF PRAY
SYXTENE KYNDES.
the egle
laigle
gerfaucon
gerfau
the tercell
gerk
sacres
sacres
the tercell
sacretz
falcons
faulcons
the tercell
tierceletz
lenners
lainers
lanerettes
laneretz
meryllons
ll. esmerillons
hobbeys
hobriaus
goshaukes
austours
tercels
tierceletz
uperhaukes
esparuiers
muskettes
mouchetz
crystrels
cretreulles
the thrusshe
mauluis
|
Page 911
the cocowe
coucou
cocowe
cocou
glede
mellans
puttockes
escoufles
the blewe kyte
faulz perdrier
bussardes
busartz
bruhiers
bruhiers
greater than the egle
uoultoires
the ducke oule
le duc chahuan
the oule
le chahuan
the lytell oule
la chouette
the ravyn
le corbiau
the crowe
la cornaille
the highwale
lespec
the unthatche
le picmars
the dawe
le canne
the pye
la pie
the pye
lagace
the jaye
le jay
|
the henne
la poulle
the henne
le geline
the chekyns
les poucins
the cocke
le coc
the capon
le chappon
the partryche
la perdris
the yong partryches
les pertriaus
the fesaunt
le faisant
the dove
le coulomb
the rynged dove
le ramier
the stocke dove
le creuset
the turtle dove
la tourtrelle
the pygions
les pigeons
the cormorande
le cormorain
the wodcocke
la becasse
the quayle
la quaille
the larke
lalouette
the plouuer
le pluuier
the lapwyng
le uaniau
|
the crane
la grue
the bustarde
lautarde
the pecoke
le paon
the swanne
le signe
the goose
louoye
wylde
souuage
tame
domenche
the barnacle
le barnacle
the gander
le jar
the goslynges
les oisons
the heyron
le heron
the shoveler
le trublet
theggret
laigret
the byttour
le buto
the storke
la cigoin
the malarde
le malard
the malarde
le canart
the ducke
la canne
the ducke
lanette
|
Page 912
the ducklyns
les annetons
the coote
la joudelle
the coote
la blarie
the teyle
le cercelle
the starlyng
lestourneau
the star
lesprohon
the felde fare
la griue
the osyll
le merle
the sparowe
le passereau
the sparowe
le moisson
the fynche
le pinchon
the blewe back and redbrest
la pioue
the wagtayle
la bergieronnet
the wagtayle
le hochecul
the grene fynche
le frion
the grene fynche
la verdiere
the gold fynche
la cardinotte
the lynnet
la linotte
the coldmouse
la messange
|
the nyghtyngale
gn. le rossignol
rocyn redbrest
la robaille
the wrenne
le rotelet
FRUTES.
cherys
cherises
small cherys
guingues
great cherys
gascongnes
small cherys
merises
[missing]
cormes
[missing]
sorbes
raspyse
franboises
gose berrys
groiselles
strawberys
freses
apples
pommes
perys
poires
plummes
prunes
dampsons
prunes de damas
peches
pesches
mulberys
moures
|
melons
melons
gourdes
gourdes
coucumbers
coucombres
granades
grenades
orenges
orenges
openarses
mesles
medlers
neffles
chestayns
gn. chatangnes
walnottes
nois
fylberdes
nois franches
small nottes
noisettes
WHYT MEATES.
custardes
dariolles
flawnes
flans
tartes
tartes
pasteys
pastés
frytters
bignetz
VENESON.
the harte
le cerf
|
Page 913
the hynde
la biche
the bucke
le dain
the doe
la daine
the robucke
le saillant
the robucke
la capreolle
the robucke
le cheuriau
the hare
le leure
the watte
le leurart
the conys
les connis
the rabettes
les lapriaus
the rabettes
les lapins
FYSHES.
alose or shaddes
aloses
eeles
ll. anguilles
whelkes
balaines
barbyls
barbeaus
base
bars
breames
bresmes
pykes
brocetz
|
carpes
carpes
haddockes
cableaus
myllers thombes
caboceaus
congers
congres
coccles
cocques
crabbes
crabbes
dogge fysshe
chien de mer
cheuyns
chieuennes
shrimpes
creuettes
porpasse
daulphin
sturgyons
esturgeons
smeltes
espelans
creuice deau douce
escreuice
goienne
gougeons
crevyce of the see
houmars
whyte heryng
harenc blanc
reed heryng
harenc sor
lampreys
lamproiez
loches
loches
|
makerell
macreaus
muskels
moulles
whytynges
melans
mullettes
muletz
the see swyne
marsouin
oysters
hiutres
perches
perces
plaise
plais
ray or thornbacke
rayes
roches
roches
husses
roussettes
rochettes
rougetz
salmons
saulmons
solles
solles
tonyne
toninnes
tenches
tences
gournardes
tumbes
trowtes
treute
turbottes
turbot
|
Page 914
menews
uerron
[missing]
uendoise
TREES.
the almande tre
amandier
thelder
aulne
hau thorne bearing
aubespin portant
the beris
curelles
wodde, tymber
bois, fust
tymber fewell
mairien laigne
fagottes
faceaus, fagotz
logges
buches
kyndlyng fagottes
bourreez
barberis
barberis
boxe
buis
heyth
bruiere
busshes
buissons
byrche
bouill
a place full of hasels
couldrieres
hasell
couldre
|
chestayne tree
chataignier
chery tree
cherisier
honysocle tre
eiebrou
all one
chieurefeul
tyller of a crosbowe
cormier
cornus
ll. cornillier
oke beryng
chesnes portant
acornes
glandz
cipre tree
cipres
quyne aple tre
coingz
palmier
datiers
maples
errables
thornes blacke
espines noire
and whyte
et blanche
eglentine
esglentier
biche or the tre
fou ou haitre
that beareth
qui porte
the maste
foynes
figge tre
figuier
|
raspis tre
francboisier
ashe
fresne
small chery tre
guinguier
the same agayne
badeolier
wylde cherys
merisier
great chery tre
gascongnier
gowsbery tre
groiselier
grenade tre
grenadier
browme
genistres
the pocke tre
gaiaqz ou eban
holy or holme
houll
jue
yerre
jenoper
jenopure
ewe
iff
firres or gost
songniarins
ou rauenelles
the bay tre
laurier
more bery tre
mourier
medler
meslier
|
Page 915
opyners tre
nefflier
walnot tre
noier
basels
noisiers
oliue tre
oliuiers
wylows or osiers
osiers
orange tre
orengiers
elmes
ourmes
aple tre
pommiers
peerre tre
poiriers
plomme tre
pruniers
peche tre
peschiers
pinaple tre
pins
plane
planes
poplar tre
poupeliers
rosiers
rosiers
breeres
rouces
rosmarie
rosmarins
fyrs
sapins
the place of wilowes
saussoie
|
wylowes
saus
serues tre
seruiers
elder tre
sehuc
aspes
trembles
tron a lytell tre
trosne
vynes
uignes
cornes
bledz
whette
fourment
rye
seigle
daruell
iuraie
all one
jargerie
all one or zizany
droe
ootes
auaine
barley myll
orge myll
beanes
febues
peeses
pois
great peeses
cices
small peeses
ll. lentilles
small beanes
lupins
|
all one
lobis
ryse
rifz
fetche
uesche
hempe sede
canebuise
line side
linuuy
rape side
nauette
mostard syde
senneué
strawe
estrain
straw or hay
feurre
hey
foyn
litter or chaff
paille
pease strawe
pesas
mele flour
farine fleur
branne
tercou
alle one
son
trowgh
mayt
paste levyn
paste leuain
to knede
pestrir
ouuen
four
|
Page 916
to put in the ouuen
enfourner
{ white
{ blanc
{
brede { black
pain { bis
{
{ brown
{ brun
NAMES OF OFFICERS
REGALLES.
the great master
le grand maistre
the steward
le maistre dhostel
the great chamberlayn
le chambrier
the second chamberlin
le chamberlain
the cuppe bearer
le echanson
the seuer
le pannetier
sergeantes officers
le somellier
master of horses
le grant escuier
the squier under him
lescuier descurie
the great hownter
le grant ueneur
the master of hawkes
le grant faulconner
the master of the forest
le verdier
the see
la mer
of the see
la marinne
|
of the see in the masculin
marin
the tyde
marée
springe
sourjon
springe
sourse
fountayne
fontaine
riuer
riuiere
the shawre
riue
a furde
le gué
the poole
le uiuier
the great poole
lestant
the hole
la fosse
the dykes
les fosses
the broke
le rieu
the broke or chenell
le ruisseau
cysterne
citerne
a shyppe
nauire
a barge
nef
a shyppe bote
scaffe
a lytell bote
nacelle
|
a ferry bote
bac
a square bote
bacquet
a lytell barge
chalan
all one
santine
a whery
cymbe
to suche flocke
a tel aumaille
suche shepherde
tel bergier
{ of shepe
{ de brebis
{
flocke { of gotes
ung { de chieures
tropeau {
{ of kyne
{ de uaches
{
{ of mares
{ de jumentz
stoude of stalons
haras destalons
of coltes
de poulains
PROPERTES OF BEESTES.
a man dothe syng
ung homme chante
an asse
ung asne recane
a cowe lowes
une uache mugist
a shepe bletes
une brebis beste
a wolfe and a
ung loup et ung
|
Page 917
dogge houles
chien hulent
the cat and the lyon
le chat et le lion
grynneth
groulent
a hogge
ung pourceau
groneth
grongne
a chorle hommeth
ung uillain
or grudgeth
hongne
a dogge barketh
ung chien abaie
a foxe and
ung renart et
an otter panteth
ung putois glatissent
the serpentes hysses
les serpens siblent
the byrdes
les oiseauz
chermes and chattereth
jargonent et degoisent
the man is well
lhomme est bien
shaped, that hath the
fourmé, qui a le
troncke ryght, and the
tronc droit, et le
remenaunt lyke
tige semblable
longe
long, longue
shorte
court, courte
|
brefe
brief, briefue
great
grand, grande
groose
gros, grosse
dimynutyve
groset, grossette
small or sclender
gresle
fatte
gras, grasse
thynne
delié tenue
small
menu menue
thycke
espes espesse
thycke or rype
drue drue
lyght
legier legiere
hevy
pesant pesante
holowe
creu creuse
hole or sounde
entier entiere
solude
massif massifue
streyght
estroit estroite
large
large largeur
ynough
plenté
all one
prou
|
plentie
foison
inough
assés
ynough lytell
assés pou
all one
assés petit
to moche
trop
more lesse
plus moins
nygarde
escars, escarse
softe
mol molle
harde
dur dure
duret durette
lyar
menteur mentresse
swete
douls doulce
bytter
amer amere
bytternesse
amertume
vyle
ord orde
foule
sal salle
spotted
souillé souillée
vyllayne
villain villaine
craver
truand truande
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begger
belitre, belitresse
lepre
pouacre infect
knave
coquin coquine
begger
kemand kemande
boy gyrle
garcon garce
boy gyrle
hardeau hardele
glotton
gourmand gourmande
malapert
cocard cocarde
lykerous
friand friande
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wanton
mignon mignart
wanton woman
mignarde
lyar
mensongier mensongiere
jester
bourdeur bourderesse
beggler
trompeur trompeuse
jangler
cacqueteur cacquetresse
reprover
ramponeur ramponeresse
hore monger
paillard
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hore
paillarde
hore monger
ribauld
hoore
ribaulde
hoore monger
putier
hoore
putain
baude
macreau macquerelle
a thefe
laron
a she thefe
laronnesse
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SALUTATYONS IN FRENCHE, WHICHE MAY BE TOURNED TWO MANER WAYES,
AS WHAN YE SAYE IN ENGLISSHE, GOD GYVE YOU GOOD MOROWE,
YE MAY SAYE, GOOD MOROWE GYVE YOU GOD,
AS YE SHALL SE HERE FOLOWYNGE.
good morowe
bon jour
good yere
bon an
good evenyng
bon vespre
good evyn
bon soir
good nyght
bonne nuyt
good meetyng
bon encontre
good joye
bon joie
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me good lyfe and longe me
me bonne vie et longue me
the good fortune the
te bonne fortune te
God hym gyve good prosperyte and to you him gyve God
Dieu luy doint bonne prosperité et a vous luy doint Dieu
us well to prospere us
nous bien prosperer nous
you good lucke you
vous bon heur vous
them good begynnyng them
leurs bon commencement leurs
good meane
bon moien
good ende, and well to fynisshe
bon fin, ou bien acheuer
well to lyve, well to dye
bien uiure, bien mourir
good helthe
bonne sante
paradyse at the ende
paradis en la fin
the hole, or the fulfyllyng of your desyres
lentier ou laccomplissement de vos desirs
God kepe, God blesse, God save, God gyde you.
Dieu gart, Dieu benie, Dieu sauue, Dieu uous conduye.
God be within, God be your helpe, God be wyllynge to helpe you,
Dieu soit ceans, Dieu vous soit en aide, Dieu vous veulle aider,
God kepe you from yvell and trouble, I bydde you farwell, God be with you,
Dieu vous garde de mal et dencombrier, a dieu vous dis, a dieu soiez,
I take my leave of you, farwell tyll we se agayne.
adieu sans adieu, adieu jusques au reueoir.
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THE GENERATION OF COLOURS WITH THE BLASON OF THEM.
Colour is lyght incorporate in a body visyble pure and clene. There
Coulleur est lumiere incorporée en ung perspectif pur et nect. Ilz
ben two dyfference of perspectyves, the one is pure, separate of erthlynesse,
sont deux difference de perspectifz, lung est pur, séparé de terrestréité,
and the tother is spotted by the same and myxed lyght is devyded in
et lautre est coinquiné par icelle et mixtioné lumiere est
four partes, that is to say clere, darke plentuous or scant, whiche is to understande
quadri-partite, cest a dire clere, obscure habondante et rare, qui est a entendre
great or small. Wherfore it appereth that thre thynges dothe cause
grande ou petite. Pourquoy il appert que trois choses causent
the essence of whythnesse, that is to say, clerenesse with habundaunce of the same,
lessence de blancheur, cest a scauoir, clarté avec multitude dicelle,
and a body visyble clene and pure. And thre thynges lykewyse ben cause of
et ung perspectif pur et nect. Et trois choses semblablement sont cause de
blacke colour, it is to say, lyght, darke with scarsnesse of it, and
coulleur noir, cest a scauoir, lumiere, obscure auec paucite dicelle, et
perspectyve unclene. And by this is open the sayeng of Arystotell, and of Avenrois,
perspectif impur. Et par ce est esclarcy le dict dAristote et de Avenrois,
whiche have put blacknesse for privation and whytnesse for habytude
qui ont mis noircheur pour priuacion et blancheur pour habitude
or forme. And knowe ye that in these two colours lyeth all the others.
ou forme. Et sachés quen ces deux coulleurs gisent toutes les aultres.
mournyng blacke
deul noir sable
mekenesse whyte sylver
humilite blanc argent
pride reed
orgeul rouge geule
love grene
amoureus verd sinople
stedfast blewe
constant bleu asure
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gyle darke blewe
deception pers
werynes tawny
fatygation tauné
possessyon yelowe
jouissance jaulne
hoope gray
esperance gris
purple
magesté pourple
blody colour
cherité sanguin
vyolette
trahison violet
flour of peche tree
fleur de pescier
carnatyon
dissymulation carnation
chaungeable
changeant
pale pale darke colour
pasle blesme obscur
deed colour horse flesshe
coulleur morte cher de cheual
HERE FOLOWETH DYVERS REASONS WITH SOME STRANGE WORDES
FOR INTRODUCTION OF THE FRENCHE TONGE.
Out sette the hevynesse of slepe vayne and longe, a quyete slepe
Hors mis lentommissement du somne vain et long, ung taisible dormir
is right necessary and delycious.
est tres necessaire et delicieus.
A man doutfull and suspect of jelous is sone converted and tourned in
Ung homme doubteus et soupeconeus est tost conuerty et tourné en
smerte.
cusancon.
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A man alredy luke warme in deedly hete, kyndled of angre and
Homme desja tiéde en mortelle challeur, embrasé de corous et
madde of dispayre.
forsené de désespoir.
A goodly lady, meke, trymmed, currteyse: damosell stedfast, symple,
Dame gaillarde, benigne, cointe, courtoise: damoiselle constant, symple,
chaste, shamefast and honest.
chaste, pudique et honeste.
A woman dishonest, redy to fall, shamelesse, wanton, subtyle, paynted
Femme impudicque, lubricque, affrontée, mignarde, affaitée, fardée
and disceyvable.
et rusée.
A gyrle havyng laughyng eyes, full of swete promyse, bearyng wytnesse
Une garce aiant yeulx riantz, plains de doulx promettre, faisant foy
of a wanton wyll.
dung voulloir feminin.
He is worthy of prayse, whiche enforceth him to gete by vertue greater
Il est digne de louenge, qui senforce dacquerer par vertu plus haulte
lyght, for of it to sparcle the beames through all the worlde.
lucence pour en espandre les rais par tout le monde.
It is folly to set our trust in thynges whiche shall fall sythe that we knowe
Cest folie de nous fier ez choses qui cherront puisque cognoissons
selfely the soveraygne lyghtnesse to be darked of a lyght cloude.
neiz les souuerains resplendisseurs estre obscurciez dune legiere nuée.
O fortune, sorowe encreasyng, and slombryng all delyces with great blame
O fortune, doulleur aggrauant, et soupissant tous delices, a grant tort
a body by a lytell immoderate colere, doth angre hymself agaynst
une personne par ung petit de colere immoderée, se indigne contre
his frende, at the lest without a faute goyng before.
son amy, au moins sans prealable offence.
It is shame to a noble person with his strength to darke his honour
Cest honte a une noble personne selon sa force obscurcir son honneur
by his shame.
par ses hontes.
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If the humayne inclynation, whiche is wont for the most parte to refuse that
Se lhumaine propension, qui seult pour la plus part refuser ce
which one to him doth ministre for most necessary, is nat somwhat restrayned,
quon luy administre pour plus necessaire nest aulcunement cohibée,
scante shalbe able in any scyence to profyte.
a paine pourra en aulcune science prouffiter.
We be right nygh clevyng the one to the other, bycause of naturall
Nous sommes de pres adherentes les ung des aultres, a cause de naturalle
inclynation, specially havyng symilytude of maners togyder.
procliuité, signament aiantz confirmité de meurs ensemble.
Those whiche by dignyties ben shewed above others ought to then
Ceulz qui par dignites sont prééminence par dessus les aultres deueroient
sample of God, to put downe their pride and highnesse.
selon Dieu, rabaisser leur crestes et haultesses.
To do the contrary is an infortunate accident springyng of malyce, and
Faire au contraire est ung fortuit accident procedant de malice, et
yeldyng a man right dull, wherfore for nat to be gainsayeng and
rendant ung homme fort empos, pour quoy pour non estre restif et
refusyng good counsayle: it is farre better to sustayne a good quarell,
oppugnant bon conseil, trope mieulx vault soubstenir bonne querelle,
than to yelde hymselfe in suche trouble.
que de soy rendre en telle berelle.
Pronownes devyded by the sixe articles of declynation, both synguler
and plurell nombre. And these that ende in a, as ma, ta, sa, la, ben all
feminyn. And all those that dothe ende in on, and in e, as mon, ton, son;
me, te, se, le, ben all masculyne. And mien, tien, sien, synguler nombre and
masculyn, miens, tiens, siens; mes, tes, ses, plurell nombre and masculyn.
Mienne, tienne, sienne, singuler; miennes, tiennes, siennes, plurell nombre and
feminyn. But there ben certayne names of the femynyn, whiche do requyre
the pronownes masculyns that must be excepted, as mon ame, mon hotesse,
and suche lyke: where both ame and hotesse ben femynyn gender, and
monmasculyn. And me, te, se, ben indifferent, as in these wordes:
he (she) sayth to me, he (she) saith to the, he (she) saith to him;
il, (elle) me dit, il (elle) te dit, il (elle) se dit;
where me, te, se, serve
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I, of me, to me, at me, o me,
bothe for the masculyn and femynin. Je, de moy, a moy, a me, a moy, o moy,
for me, to me, of me. our, we, ours; of ours, to us,
pour moy, a moy, de moy. Plurell, nos, nous, nostres; les nostres, a nous,
by our. for Thou, of the, to the; by the: o thou,
par nos. O nous, o nos, pour nous. Tu, de toy, a toy; par te, par toy: o tu, o toy:
by the. your, you, of yours; to you, by your, o ye: by you. He
par toy. Plurell, vos, vous, des vostres; a vous, par vos, o vous: pour vous. Il
she, he, him; that same the same, that same, that or this. They, they,
elle; cil, luy; celuy, celle, icelle, icelluy, cestuy, ceste. Ilz, ceulx, elles,
them, those. What, howe, which, the which, of whom, to have.
celles, icelles, eulz, iceulz. Que, qui, quel, lequel, laquelle, de qui, a cui,
by whom, the whiche. My, myne: to my, of my, myne: for
par quel, quelz, laquelle, lesquelles. Mon, mien: a mon, de mon, mien: pour
me, for my: for myne: o my, o myne, for me, for
me, pour mon: pour le mien, par le mien: o mon, o my, o mien: pour me, pour
myne, for Plurell nombre, Thy, my, his: thy, my, his:
mien, pour mon. Mes, miens, mienne, miennes, Ta, ma, sa: tes, mes, ses:
thyne, myne, his:
tiens, miens, siens: miennes, tiennes, siennes.
Example for the femynin:
Ma mere, ma seur, ma maistresse, ma cousine:
Ta mere, ta seur, ta maistresse, ta cousine:
Sa mere, sa seur, sa maistresse, sa cousine:
La mere, la seur, la maistresse, la cousine.
Example howe the pronowne masculyne shal be applyed as
Mon pere, mon frere, mon maistre, mon cousin:
Ton pere, ton frere, ton maistre, ton cousin:
Son pere, son frere, son maistre, son cousin:
Le pere, le frere, le maistre, le cousin,
and mes, tes, ses, les, for bothe plurell.
Also there be two pronownes, that ben pronounced in french by syncopation, as
the same and that same:
cestuy cy et cestuy la:
for the femynine: ceste cy et ceste la:
where ye shall take but the last syllable of them, sayeng
stuicy, stuyla: stecy, stela.
PREPOSITIONS.
Nyghe, nyghe: towarde, towarde: for, by, up, downe, above, under
Pres, joucte: enuers, deuers: pour, par, sus, jus, dessus, dessoubz:
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afore, before, agaynst, with, to, to the, of the, of, at this syde,
auant, deuant, contre, en contre: auec, a, au, du, de, deca,
beyonde.
dela.
CONJUNCTIONS.
If, if, and,
Sy, se, et, etc.
Here foloweth the adverbes, and howe ye shall turn, and forme an adverbe
from englisshe into frenche, and specially those that signifye
qualities, takyng this syllable ly from them, and addyng ment for
it, as in these wordes folowynge:
propre }
parfaite }
honeste }
habondant }
cordial }
prompte }
incessante }
real }
instante }
due } ment
commune } ly
signant }
competente }
reuerente }
decente }
couarde }
harde }
loial }
condicional }
compendieuse }
OTHER ADVERBES
IN GENERALL.
this day
huy
all this day
meshuy
in this day
au jourdhuy
yester day
hiér
before yester day
auant hiér
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the tother day
lautre hiér
to morowe
demain
the day after
lendemain
after to morowe
appres demain
from hens forth
desormais
ones agayne
derechief
from hens forth
dicy en auant
from hens forwarde
de la en auant
this yere
ouan
al this yere
mesouan
not long a gone
nagaires
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but lytel agone
depuis nagare
{ lytel
{ petit
{
sith { lytel
depuis { pou
{
{ lytel
{ peu
of tyme
de temps
anone
tost
anone or sone
tantost
incontynent
incontinent
by and by
cy pris cy mis
nowe
maintenant
{ up
{ sus
{
now { here
ore { ca
{
{ there
{ la
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yere while
orains
nowe
ades
at this tyme
a ceste heure
somtyme
jadis
tyme paste
temps fust
than
lors
from than
des lors
at that tyme
alors
for that tyme
pour lors
for all that
toutesfois
alwayes
toutteuoies
many tymes
maintefois
oftentymes
souuentefois
at somtyme
a la fois
many tymes
pluisieurs fois
betyme
parfois
somtyme
aulcunnefois
in the meane tyme
endementiers
duryng the tyme
entandis
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whyle it was
tandis
alwayes
toudis
ever
tousjours
never
jamais
for ever
a jamais
never syns
oncques puis
never more
oncques mais
than
donques
at that tyme
adonques
alredy
desja
unto this
jusques cy
unto that
jusques la
moche
moult
right or most
tres
in maner
de maniere
in so moche
en tant
in the meane whyle
entretant
duryng that tyme
ce pendant
of maner
de sorte
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in maner
en sorte
in a facyon
en fachon
of facyon
de fachon
in suche wyse
tellement
as it was
quellement
almost
quasy
natwithstandyng
nonobstant
withstandyng
obstant
natwithstandyng
non pourtant
nat neverthelesse
non pourquant
neverthelesse
neant mains
howbeit
combien
all beit
ja soit
as
comme
howe, and howe moche
comment
what
quoy
to what
a quoy
of what
de quoy
in what
en quoy
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for what
pour quoy
upon what
sur quoy
as what
come quoy
selfely
mesmement
farre
loing
a longe whyle
longuement
more late
plus tard
to soone or tymely
trop tempre
ADVERBES OF SWERYNG.
i, so
ouy, sy
no, nay
non, nenny
in earnes
a certes
for earnes
pour certes
of earnes
de certes
in certayne
a certain
for certayne
pour certain
of certayne
de certain
certaynly
certainement
in trewth
en uerité
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in sothe
en uray
for truthe
pour uerité
for sothe
pour uray
of truthe
de uerité
of sothe
de uray
trewly
urayment
veritably
veritablement
in my God
en mon Dieu
in good lucke
en bon omen
by the faith of
par la foy de
fayre women
belles femmes
I you assure
je vous asseure
I promyse you
je vous promectz
I certifye you
je vous certifie
without any faute
sans faulte
in my trewth
en ma uerité
in my loyaltie
en ma loyaulté
in my worthynesse
en ma prudommie
by my holynesse
par ma saincteté
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trewe man
preudhomme
trewe woman
preude femme
yare so
aincois ainsy
otherwyse
aultrement
also
aussy
quickely
uitement
goodly
bonnement
betyme
tempre
tymely
temprement
early
matin
at the prick of day
au point du jour
the dawing of the day
a laube du jour
at the dayeng
a lajourner
at the cockes crowynge
au chant du coc
at pryme
a prime
at thirde hour
a heure de tierce
at noone
a none
at mydde day
a mydy
at evynsong
a vespre
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at evenyng
au soir
betwene lyght and dark
entre chien et loup
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at the sonne settynge
a soleil couchant
at mydnyght
a mie nuyt
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at the day
au jour
at the nyght
a la nuyt
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ADVERBES OF NOMBRES, WITH THEIR DIRIVATYVES, WHERE THE LONGEST
OF TWO BEYNG LYKE IS FOR THE FEMYNYNE, AND THE TOTHER
MASCULYNE: AND BOTHE OF ONE SIGNIFYCATION.
UNG I
fyrst, fyrst,
emprent, premier
fyrstly, one
premierment, ung, une
onely, evyn,
unie, unicque, uniement, uny,
evenly,
union, unie, uniement, unite,
of one voyce, of variable signification.
uniuocque, equiuocque.
onely all onely
seul, seulle, seulement, seullet,
solytary.
seullette, solitaire.
DEUX II
seconde, seconde,
deusiésme: second, seconde,
double, doubled,
double, doublé, doublée,
doublenesse,
dualité, duplicité, doublement,
secondary, parted in two.
secondement, bipartit.
TROIS III
thyrde, thirdly,
tiers, tierce, tiercement,
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the thirde,
troisiéme, trinité,
all one,
ternil, triangle, triplicité,
triple, terciane, tripartit.
QUATRE IIII
fourth, the fourth,
quart, quarte, quatriesme,
fourthly,
quartement, quaternité,
the fourth parte, square,
quadril, quarré, quarrée,
foure cornarde,
quadrangle,
foure double, a crosse way,
quadruple, quarefour,
the quartayne, forthy,
quartaine, quarantaine,
forthy or lent, lent.
quadragesime, quaresme.
CINCQ V
fyfth, fyfthly,
quint, quinte, quintement,
the fyfth, of fyve,
cinquiesme, quintuplice,
pentecost, whit sonday.
cinquesme.
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SIX VI
the sixte sixtely
sixt, sixte, sixtement,
of sixe, sixe cornarde
sextil, sextangle, sisiéme, sexagesime.
SEPT VII
the seventh seventhly,
septiesme, septiesmement,
ones sevyn, in sevyn
septaine, septuplice,
sevyn corners.
septangle, septuagesime.
HUIT VIII
the eight
huitaine, huitiésme
huitiésmement
NEUF IX
the nynth nyne
neuuiésme, neuuayne,
nynthly
neuuiésmement
DIX X
tenne
dix, disiésme,
is he that hath charge of x men.
desinier, disayne.
ONSE XI
theleventh
onsiéme onsaine.
DOUSE XII
twelfthly
dousiéme, dousaine.
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TRAISE XIII
the thirtenth
traisiéme.
QUATORSE XIIII
the fourtenth
quatorsiéme
QUINSE XV
the fyftenth
quinsiéme.
SAISE XVI
the sixtenth
saisiéme
DIX SEPT XVII
the sevententh
dix septiésme
DIX HUIT XVIII
the eightenth
dishuitiésme.
DISNEUF XIX
the nyntenth
disneufiésme
VINGT XX
twenty the twenteth
vintaine, vingtiéme
TRENTE XXX
the thirteth, thirtie
trentiesme, trentaine
QUARANTE XL
the fourteth
quarantiésme
CINQUANTE L
acompte of fyftie the fyfteth
cincquantaine, cincquantiésme.
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SOISSANTE LX
the sixteth threscore.
soissantieme, soisantaine.
SEPTANTE LXX
the sevynteth
septantiésme
OCTANTE LXXX
the eighteth
octantiésme
NONANTE XC
the nynteth
nonantiésme
CENT C
hundreth, the hundreth,
centaine, centiésme,
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the hundredeth, lykewyse
centeniér, centurion.
DEUX CENS CC
TROIS CENS CCC
QUATRE CENTZ CCCC
CINQ CENTZ V. C.
SIX CENTZ VI. C.
SEPT CENTZ VII. C.
HUIT CENTZ VIII. C.
NEUF CENTZ IX. C.
MIL. A THOUSANDE
DIX MILE X. M.
CENT MILE C. M.
UNG MILION M. M.
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FORMATYON OF THE INDICATYVE PRESENT TENSE.
Here after foloweth the maner, howe one shall make and fourme the
present of the indicatyve or shewyng mode, of the verbes folowyng.
The maner to fourme the present of the verbes infynityve mode, here
after folowynge, is: that all those that ende in er, puttyng the r
away, and makyng the e a consonant, ye shall have the present of the
indicatyve, as in these wordes: parler, appeller, appaiser, appuier,
etc.; puttyng r away, ye have: parle, appelle, appaise; appuie:
sayeng, japelle, tu appelle, il appelle, nous appellons, vous appelles,
ilz appellent. Ye shall neverthelesse except some verbes defectyves, as
aller that do make, je voy, tu vas, in the present, and such lyke.
Also all suche as have d in the last syllable, ye shall leave all the
letters commynge after the d, and shall adde s, or z to it: ye
shall have the plurell nombre of them, as in those wordes tordre,
mordre, prendre, attaindre, auaindre, and such lyke, puttynge s or
z to the d: ye shall have tordz, mordz, prendz, attainz, auaindz:
howbeit that ye shall nat sounde the sayde d, accordynge to the sixte
rule in the begynnyng of this worke.
Also all those that doth ende in ir, as tenir, uenir, with all them
that be dirivate of them: as contenir, maintenir, soubstenir, preuenir,
reuenir, paruenir, deuenir, and such lyke, must be all ended in iens,
as tiens, viens, contiens,
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maintiens, soubstiens, preuiens, reuiens, paruiens, deuiens. Sayeng:
je tiens, tu tiens, il tient, nous tenons, vous tenes, ilz tienent.
There is another sorte endyng in ir, as conuertir, assoupir,
appourir, attendrir, benir, bannir, etc. the whiche chaungynge the r
in s, ye have conuertis, assoupis, appouris, benis, bannis; sayeng:
je bannis, tu bannis, il bannist, nous bannissons, vous bannisses, ilz
bannissent; and lykewyse of the tothers. Also there must be many
except, as consentir, assentir, mourir, querir, dormir, whiche do make
their present: je consens, je assens, je meurs, je quiers, je dors, tu
dors, il dort, nous dormons, vous dormes, ilz dorment.
Also there is two other that doth ende in oir, the tone hath an a, in
the penultyme syllable, as auoir and scauoir; whiche do make ay
and scay in the present. The tother maner hath lyke termynation
without an a, as apperceuoir, deuoir, pouruoir, concepuoir,
decepuoir, whiche do make their present, japercoy, je doy, je pouruoy,
je concoy, je decoy; how be it ualloir and uolloir must be except
which do make in the present je vaulz, and voulloir, je veulz, tu
ueulz, il ueult, nous uoulons, uous uoules, ilz ueulent.
Also there is another sorte endynge in e, in the infinitive, as,
saying, laughyng, redyng, frieng,
dire, rire, lire, frire, etc.
which make in their present, say, laugh, rede, frye;
dis, ris, lis, fris;
sayeng, je lis, tu lis, il list, nous lisons, vous lises, ilz lisent.
Also there ben others endyng in ore, as clore, shitte, with all his compost,
that is to saye, disclore, unshitte, forclore, shitte out, etc. whiche
do make in their present, clos, declos, forclos, etc. and for cause that rules
ben infinites, and that they ben more necessary for the teacher than for
the lernar, I suppose that those above sayd ben sufficyent for the indicative
present.
It is to be noted that in the frenche tongue is but two cojugacions: the
first shal be discerned and knowen by the first persone plurel nombre of the
present in the shewynge moode, for where the sayd fyrst persone hath no
s in the seconde sillable before his termination or ende, than it is of the
we love, we have, we bette, we gyve,
first, as in these verbes, aymons, auons, batons, donons,
with such lyke;
and where there is an s begynning the last syllable of the forsayd fyrst persone,
than it is of the second, as in these verbes, baisons, taisons, brisons,
faisons, disons, lisons, pensons, etc.
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Ye shal note lykewyse that in the indicative mode ye have for the moste
parte, foure preterites, that is to say, the imperfect, parfect and indiffinitive
with the plusperfect, whiche ben communely founde in all verbes save in
them that ben defectives, as it apereth by this verbe,
I say, thou sayest,
je dis, tu dis,
I dyde say;
wherfore the preterit imperfyte is: je disoie;
I sayde,
the perfect, je deis;
I have sayd;
the indiffynitive, jay dit;
I had sayd.
the plusperfect, jauoie dit.
Nevertheles for the most part there is no difference in englysshe
betwene the perf. and imperf. that is to say, betwene I dyd say, and
I sayd: but bycause it is otherwise in french, I must use the said
difference.
OF THE FORMATION OF THE PRETERIT IMPARFYTE.
Ye shall forme the preterit imperf. in all verbes of both conjugations
by the fyrst person plurell nombre, turnyng this syllable ons, whiche
is in every verbe, in oie for the fyrst conjugation: and sons in
soie, in the second, soundynge s, lyke a z, as zons, zoie.
Example for the fyrst conjugation as in this verbe aymons, whiche is
the fyrst person plurell nombre of jaime, chaungyng this syllable
ons in oie, ye have aimoie; of auons, ye have auoie; of
donnons, donnoie.
Example for the seconde conjugation, as in these worde: baisons,
turnynge the last syllable, whiche is sons in soie, ye have of
brisons, brisoie; of faisons, faisoie; of disons, disoie; and
the seconde persone shall termyne in ois, the thirde in oit; the
fyrst plurell nombre in ions for the fyrst, and sons for the
seconde, as it shall appere clerely in the conjugations herafter
folowing, and this rule is infallyble for all preterites imparfyte.
OF THE PRETERIT PARFYTE.
The preterit parfyte, as well of the fyrst as of the seconde conjugation
hath dyvers termynations, but there is four speciall, that is to say in
us, in is, in ins and in ay.
Example of us: as je bus, je fus, je leus, je congneus, etc.
of is: as je escripuis, je deis, je mis, je feis.
of ins: as je tins, je prins, je uins, japrins.
of ay: as jaimay, je donnay, je baisay, je prisay, je laissay.
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And so the verbe that ende in us shalbe, je bus, tu bus, il but, nous bumes,
vous butes, ilz burent.
Example
of is: as je feis, tu feis, il feist, nous fismes, vous feistes, ilz firent.
of ins: as je uins, tu uins, il uint, nous uimmes, uous uintes, ilz uindrent.
of ay: as je donnay, tu donnas, il donna, nous donnasmes, vous donnastes, ilz donnerent.
THE PRETERIT INDIFFYNITYVE.
Ye shall ever fourme the preterit indiffynityve with the thre persons,
both singuler and plurell nombres of this verbe (have) in the present
tensis, saying, jay aymé, I have loved; tu as aymé, thou hast loved;
il a aymé, nous auons, uous aues, ilz ont aymé; and likewise of all
other verbes with the sayd have, as jay dit, jay bu, jay lu, jay fait.
OF THE FORMATION OF THE PRETER PLUS PARFYTE.
The preterit most parfect is ever formed with the preterit imperfyte of
the foresayd verbe (have) as the indiffynityve is with the presente,
sayeng I have done, thou haddest done, that is to say, jauoie dit,
jauoie aymé, jauoie bus, jauoie requis; and so thorowe the thre
persons, never chaungynge the terminacion of the verbe, as jauoie dit,
tu auois dit, il auoit dit, nous auions dit, uous auies dit, ilz auoient
dit; and so of all other lyke.
THE FUTUR OF THE INDICATYVE.
Ye shall understande that all maner verbes in generall ben termyned in
their thre persons synguler and plurell nombres after this wayes: ray,
ras, ra: rons, res, ront, so that ye shall take the verbe in the
present, and put the s away at the later ende, if it be of the seconde
or the fyrst conjugacion, and adde therto the foresayd terminacyon: as
in this worde dis, I saye; ye shall take awaye s and adde ray,
sayeng diray, diras, dira, dirons, dires, diront. Jaimeray, tu aymeras,
il aymera, nous aymerons, uous aymeres, ilz aymeront. There be some
verbes must have more addicion, as dors, I slepe, whiche must have
mi, added unto it, sayeng, dormiray, and boy, drinke, which
sygnify I drinke; ye shal nat say boiray, but buueray, I shall
drinke; and so of some other, as doy, ought; and metre, I put. How
be it they be all termined with the above sayd termination.
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OF THE IMPERATIVE, WHICHE SIGNIFYETH COMMAUNDYNG.
The imperative for the most parte is ever lyke the verbe present tensis
of the indicatyve moode, leavyng the fyrst persone and puttyng the
pronowne after the verbe, for it differs nat: save in the thyrde persone
synguler, and plurell nombre of some verbes, as jay, whiche doth make
in the thirde person synguler, il a; and the thirde persone of the
imperatyve is quil ayt, or ayt cil, ou celuy; and lykewyse of
scay. But of the moste parte of others, it is lyke the present,
leavyng the fyrst persone, whiche is nat in the imperatyve synguler
nombre, as in this verbe jaime, tu aime, il aime, nous aimons,
uous aimes, ilz aiment; which his present is that is a lyke in the
imperatyve, leavynge the fyrst persone, sayeng aime tu, aime cil,
aimons nous, aimes uous, quilz aiment; puttyng ever the pronowne
after the verbe.
The sayde imperatyve hath two futures, the tone affyrmatyve, and the
tother negatyve, whiche have evermore these frenche wordes going before
every person:
do, kepe, se, Se that thou speke; loke that he move nat;
faitz, garde, voy, as in this example: Voy que tu parle; garde quil ne se meuue;
prenons garde que nous ne mouuons, que vous ne mouues; prenez garde
quilz ne se meuuent; and lykewise of the affyrmative, leavyng this
worde ne.
THE OPTATYVE.
After the olde grammer was wonte to be all one with his preterit imperf.
but we shall make hym different from hym, puttyng before the verbe this
worde oh, or je vous prie, sayeng, oh que je boiue, je te prie que tu boiue, etc.
The sayd optatyve hath thre preterites, that is to say, imperf., parfyte,
and plusperf., puttynge alwayes a ma uoullente, or plust a Dieu before the
verbe. The preterit imperf. is moost termyned in usse, inse, and in asse,
whiche may serve lykewyse for the present, as in these verbes: Pleust à
Dieu que jaimasse; a ma uoullente que tu me congneusse; pleust a Dieu que tu
prinsses courage. The parfyte is moche lyke the preterit indiffynityve of the
indicatyve, as a ma uoullente que jaie aimé. The plus perfyt hath ever this
verbe jeusse (I had) before hym, as jeusse aimé, jeusse dit, etc. His presente
doth serve for his future, addyng either tantost or demain, sayeng pleust a
Dieu que je uoise demain auec uous; a ma uoullente que deuiegne bon, a ma
uoullente quil soit tantost corrige.
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THE SUBJUNCTIVE OR CONJUNCTIVE.
The conjunctive is lyke the optative in his present and preterittes, save
that we say in stede of pleust a Dieu, a ma uoullente; sy, come, quant, or
ueu, sayeng for the present, sy je fuisse maintenant, comme jay congneu, quant
jeusse sentu.
The sayd conjunctyve hath two futures, the tone hath alwayes this worde
mais, goyng before the verbe, as mais que je soie joieulz, etc.
The tother is borowed of the potenciall mode, and hath for his termynation,
roy, rois, roit: rions, ries, roient, as jaimeroie, tu aimerois, il aimeroit,
nous aimerions, uous aimeries, ilz aimeroient; and likewyse of all others. The
termination of the infinityve shall appere in the verbes here after folowyng,
wherfore in eschewyng prolixite, I will no further speke of it. The preterit
must ever have this verbe infynityve moode: auoir, before hym, as auoir
parlé, auoir dit, auoir mordz, etc.
The gerundyve is formed of the infinityve, and of the participle present
tensis, as de parler, pour conferer, en communicant, etc. The overthrowen or
supins which ben called reuerses, ye shall ever put the preterit parfit or the
second futur of the conjunctive before him, sayeng: je te uoulsisse, or je te
uouldroye bien aimé de Dieu, etc.
A RULE FOR TO MAKE PARTICIPLES, ADVERBES AND NOWNES
OF THE VERBES FOLOWYNGE.
All maner verbes infinitive mode endyng in er, takyng the r away, ye
have the preterit masculin, and addyng an e to the é that remaine, ye have
the participle feminin of the preterit tensis, as in this verbe enseigner, take
away the r, ye have enseigné, which is masculin, and addyng another e to
it, ye have enseignée, which is the preterit feminin, soundyng the first e as
a uowel, and if ye adde ment to it, ye shal have enseignement, which is an
adverbe, and puttyng both es away, and addyng ant, ye have the participle
present, whiche is enseignant, and this rule is generall for the termination.
Also all verbes endyng in ir, as uenir, and such as come of him must al
change ir in u for the preterit masculyn, and addyng an e to the sayd u for
the feminin. Exemple for the masculin, if ye take ir away from uenir, tenir,
souuenir, soubstenir, maintenir, and adde u for it, ye shall have, uenu, tenu,
souuenu, maintenu, and addyng an e to it, ye shall have the feminin, whiche
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be, uenue, tenue, souuenue, maintenue, etc. and if ye put away the sayd u
and e, and put ant for it, ye shall have the participle present tensis, as
uenant, tenant, souuenant, maintenant. There ben other verbes ending in ir,
whiche must chaunge the r in e for the feminin, and without the e for the
masculin, as benir, take away the r, ye have beny, which is preterit masculin,
and adde an e to it, ye have benie, whiche is the feminin, and lykewyse
of bannir, banni, bannie; rauy, rauie, and adding ssant to the masculin, ye
have banissant, benissant, rauissant. Mourir and querir must be excepted:
for mourir hath mort for his masculyn, and morte for the femynyn, and
querir, quis and quise; mourant and querant for the participle present tense.
Also those wherof the infynityve termyne or ende in tre, or in dre, the
e beyng a consonant, as batre, abatre, combatre, rabatre, debatre: pendre,
fendre, deffendre, tendre, rendre, uendre, must all chaunge re in u for the
masculyn, sayeng batu, abatu, combatu, pendu, fendu, deffendu, uendu, tondu,
addyng an e to it for the femynyn, sayeng batue, uendue, fendue, tondue;
ye must except prendre with all his dirivatives, and make pris, prise; repris,
reprise; compris, comprise; mespris, mesprise. There ben other that ende in e,
as mectre, with all that of hym ben diryvate; whiche must folowe the sayd
rule, as permis, permise; mis, mise; demis, demise; commis, commise; promis,
promise; remis, remise; compris, etc. and bycause they be noted for the
most parte among the Catalogue of verbes, and howe ye shall fourme lykewyse
both nownes and adverbes: and also that it is harde for to fynde
a rule generall and infallyble, I do here termyne the sayde rules.
HERE AFTER FOLOWETH SOME VERBES AFTER THE LETTERS OF THE A, B, C.
A.
to cast downe
abattre
to barke
abaier
to stoupe
abaisser
to araye
abiller
to bourde
aborder
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to water
abruuer
to make a fole or beest
abestir
to abuse
abuser
to leane the backe
adosser
to distroy
abolir
to make swete
adoulcir
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to dresse or to order
addouber
to warne
aduertir
to touche
adeser
to auowe
aduouer
to wyne or to adde
adjouter
to swere
adjurer
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to go out of the way
adirer
to clyppe
accoller
to pacifye
accoyser
to tryme a woman
achesmer
to agre
accorder
to aquent
accoynter
to gader
accumuler
to bow downe, croked
accroper
to accepte
accepter
to bye
acheter
to harken
accoupter
to certyfye
acertener
to cache with a hoke
acrocher
to directe
adrecer
to mynister
administrer
to ordre at pleasure
affaitter
to make one lame
affoller
to make sharpe
affiler
to put on a mantel
affubler
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to make fast
affycher
to make feble
affoyblir
to make fre
affranchir
to dresse
agencer
to tache with a hoke
aggrapper
to make more greuous
aggrauer
to tache
aggripper
to knele
agenouller
to flatter
alechier
to cherysshe
aloser
to gader
amasser
to wrappe
amallotter
to tye
amarer
to wake
ambuler
to leade
amener
to mende
amender
to love
aimer
to make lesse
amaindrir
to make softe
amollir
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to make leane
amesgrir
to make smale
amenuser
to heape
amonceler
to drye
adurer
to arnat or prepare
aourner
to gyve sucke
allaiter
to kyndel
alumer
to alter
alterer
to waste
anuller
to anounce
anoncer
to appere
apparoistre
to pacify
apaiser
to aparel
appareiller
to call
appeller
to perceyve
apercepuoir
to make redy
aprester
to learne
aprendre
to flatre with myrth
aploudir
to aproche
aprocher
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to waxe poore
apourir
to tame
apriuoiser
to appoint
apointer
to leane upon
appuier
to go before
anticiper
to make propre
aproprier
to assemble
assembler
to assigne
assigner
to assure
asseurer
to kyl with a clubbe
assommer
to fulfyl
assouuir
to make one bownde
asseruir
to assople
assouldre
to make sadde
assoupir
to invade
assailir
to consent
assentir
to flatter
assotir
to make to swere
assermenter
to make subget
assubgetter
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to resemble
assimuller
to fall in company
associer
to helpe
assister
to reste a man
arester
to enquere one
araisonner
to come or to lande
arriuer
to ronde or go about
arondir
to water or sparcle water
arrouser
to fal in the company
arouter
to tye
atacher
to tary or abyde
attendre
to dresse
atourner
to catche subtelly
attraper
to hitte or ouertake
attaindre
to reche
auaindre
to take hede
auiser
to go about
auironner
to auance
auancer
to have
auoir
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to gyve auctorite
auctoriser
to somen
adjourner
to dawne
ajourner
to jeopard
aduenturer
to swalow or go downe
aualler
B
to bete
battre
to buylde
baatir
to cast butter upon rost
bastir
to banysshe
bannir
to bast the roste
bassér
to stoupe
baissér
to kysse
baisér
to mocke
bauér
to barre a dore
barrér
to barter
baretér
to gape
beer
to gape
ll. basllier
to blote
ll. barbouller
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to bable lyke a duck
barbottér
to plee the fole
baguenauder
to beate at ars
bacculer
to shake a sworde
brandir
to brew
brassér
to bragge
braguér
to stutte
begguér
to ete lyke a gote
broutér
to brawle or to wage
bransler
to rocke the cradel
berchér
to hunt beres
bersér
to blysse
benir
to begge
belistrér
to bourde or jape
bourdér
to bathe
baignér
to put
bouttér
to crye or wepe
braire
to breke
briser
to speke fayre
blandir
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to juste
behourdér
to bargayne
barguignér
to blame
blasmer
to swere
blasphemér
to yexe
ll. balliér
to bable
ll. babillér
to swepe
baliér
to stut
balbutér
to lyspe
besguér
to shave
barbiér
to blasonne
blassonnér
to drinke
boire
to eate gredely
briffér
to springe
bourjonér
to budde
bouttonnér
to set a broche
brochér
to bridel
brider
to worke
besongnér
to blotte
broullér
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to bribe
briber
to hurte
blesser
to sethe or boyle
boullonner
to delve
bescher
to tourne away
bestourner
to dounse
balloyer
to cut busshes
buissoner
to burne
brusler
to stutte
brettonner
to brunishe
brunir
C
to play at cardes
carder
to trifle
cabasser
to hide
cacer
to breke
casser
to hunte
chasser
to spit
cracer
to chope brede
chapler
to clatter
caqueter
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to rele
chanceler
to shake
canceler
to tickel
catouller
to danse
caroler
to cloute showes
carler
to charme
charmer
to hewe
charpenter
to carie
charier
to put on hoses
chausser
to caffe or warme
chauffer
to charge
charger
to do reverence
chaproner
to over charge
crauenter
to cherisshe
cherir
to shyfte
cheuir
to geder
ceullier
to certify
certifier
to walke
cheminer
to somme
citer
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to tame
cicurer
to take right away
ciffrer
to cleyme
clamer
to shit
clore
to halte
clocer
to cover
couurir
to guyde
conduire
to knowe
congnoistre
to runne
courrir
to counsell
consellér
to ronne togider
concourrir
to correcte
corrigér
to speke togider
conferér
to situat
colloquér
to stoupe
coytir
to constrayne
cohercér
to reduce narowly
coartér
to confounde
confoundre
to go about
costoiér
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to compasse
compasser
to nayle
clouér
to contryve
controuuér
to whelpe
chiennér
to tourne to a purpose
conuertir
to reken
comptér
to comprehende
comprendre
to strive
contendre
to make
composér
to compile
compilér
to discerne
concernér
to kepe
conseruér
to comaunde
comandér
to fortyfe
corroborér
to constrayne
contraindre
to graunt
consentir
to suffre
comportér
to forgyve
condonnér
to conceyve
concepuoir
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as liker throw a cloth
coulér
to corrumpe or corrupt
corompre
to shrive
confessér
to deffende
cohibér
to conforte
confortér
to ayde
consoler
to be ydel
connuér
to be suerte
caucionér
to sowe
coudre
to resyste
contrestér
to lye
couchér
to beshitte
conchiér
to winke
clignér
to drede
craindre
to feare
crennir
to burste
creuér
to farte or to burste
crepitér
to afferme
creancér
to crye
criér
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to bake
cuire
to smarte
cuyre
D
to dampne
damnér
to danse
dansér
to date
dattér
to cast a dart
darder
to aske
demander
to pay the costes
deffroiér
to disconfit
desconfire
to defende
deffendre
to unnayle
desclouér
to owe
debuior
to debate
debatre
to overcome
debellér
to juge
decidér
to begile
defraudér
to go out of the way
desuoiér
to denye
deniér
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to spende
despendre
to unhange
despendre
to dye
deuiér
to purpose
deliberér
to unbynde
desliér
to devore
deuorér
to take away
destituér
to distrempe
destrempér
to disloge
deslogér
to deuine
deuinér
to bacbite
detractér
to deceyve
decepuoir
to gyve sentence
determinér
to discusse
desrainér
to distroy
desmollir
to distourbe
destourber
to untrusse
destroussér
to deliver
deliurér
to unneste
deuisér
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to prejudice
deroguer
to put of rementes
ll. despoullér
to disprayse
desprisér
to devise
deuisér
to come downe
descendre
to unfolde
desuelopér
to deprave
deprauér
to put downe
deprimér
to make fowle
deturpér
to unknowe
descognoistre
to forsake
delaissér
to devoure
deglubér
to sease
desistér
to robbe
desrobér
to go out of order
desreglér
to temper
destrempér
to unbridel
desbridér
to discharge
deschargér
to discorde
descordér
|
to put downe
desmectre
to denye sayeng
desdire
to put out
deboutér
to uncover
descouurir
to take away lande
desterrér
to disenherite
desheritér
to breke faste
desunér
to distroy
destruire
to dishonoure
deshonorér
to defyle
deflorér
to go from merite
desmeritér
to unpurvey
despourueoir
to rele
desuidér
to discorage
descoragér
to put out of the place
desloquér
to distroy the people
depopulér
to take awaye maydenhed
despucelér
to spoyle
despredér
to set forth and go back
desmarchér
|
to unbende a crosbowe
descochér
to clatter out
descliquér
to unhose
deschaussér
to spoyle
despouller
to unbende
desbendér
to unlace
deslachér
to make myrth as byrdes
degoiger
to deserve
deseruir
to delate
delater
to distroy
dissiper
to dispute
discepter
to dispence
dispenser
to say
dire
to have lordeshippe
dominer
to gyve
donnér
to slepe
dormir
to tame
domptér
to display
despliér
to unarme
desarmér
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Page 943
E
to sporte
esbatre
to bashe
esbahir
to be bawlde
esbaudir
to blusshe
esblouir
to here or harken
escoutér
to set upon the spit
embrochér
to teche
endoctrinér
to kepe skowte wache
eschauguetér
to scarche
esgratignér
to make softe
emollir
to wexe harde
endurcir
to wrappe
enfardeler
to folde up
enueloper
to put in the ovyn
enfourner
to esteme
esmér
to cromme
esmiér
to spare
espargnér
to sparcle
espardre
|
to sparcle about
esparpilliér
to enforce
enforcér
to hunt away
enchassér
to lyghten
esclarcir
to hyde away
esconsér
to eschewe
escheoir
to shake of
excutér
to bringe to passe
executér
to be delivered of a childe
enfantér
to breke
enfraindre
to sinke
enfondrér
to sinke
enfonsér
to set togider narowly
enferrer
to go out of the way
escartér
to put or blot out
effacer
to go out of the way
egarér
to waxe great
engrossir
to move
esmouuoir
to clyppe
enbracér
|
to lyght
esclerér
to scape
eschappér
to skyrmysshe
escarmuchér
to quarter
escartelér
to mocke
escharmir
to make afrayde
espouentér
to be marveyled
esmerueillér
to gete corage
esuertuér
to prove
esprouuér
to spurre
esperonnér
to understande
entendre
to cancre
ll. enrouillér
to waxe madde
enragér
to waxe riche
enrichir
to breake
entamer
to put in prison
emprisonnér
to grynde
esmouldre
to stoupe
estoupér
to sette at large
eslargir
|
Page 944
to sette up
erigér
to exalte
exaltér
to styre one
exagitér
to put out of order
exorbitér
to be buse
exercitér
to take without ryght
extorquér
to distroy
exterminér
to excuse
excusér
to shake of
escussér
to say nay
escondire
to declare
explicquér
to declare
epiloquér
to go about
enuironnér
to serche nygh
expliquér
to poyson
empoysonnér
to wrappe
entortillér
to flee
escorchér
to spye
espiér
to pluc away
esraciér
|
to hope
esperér
to enmayle
esmaillér
to stere out the brain
esceruelér
to clene the nose
esmouchér
to waxe a slepe
endormir
to wake
esueillér
to invade
empaindre
to press on
espraindre
to kyndle
esprendre
to teche
enseignér
to launch a bote
esquipér
to shake
escouer
to set a thyng in the wynde
esuentér
to drye uppe
essuer
to be abasshed
estonnér
to put liker in a vessel
entonnér
to put in the case
estuyér
to quenche
estaindre
to stablisshe
establir
|
to strive
estriuér
to sparcle
estincilér
to inforce
enforcér
to take corage
encouragér
to encrease
encroistre
to set a stringe upon a bowe
encorder
to write
escripre
to curse
escomunier
to undertake
enprendre
to undertake
entreprendre
to stretche
estendre
to tye with a chayne
enchainér
to close
enclore
to mete
encontrér
to borowe
empruntér
to bury
ensepuelir
to move
esmouuoir
to waxe riche
enrichir
to put in the grounde
enterrér
|
Page 945
to stanche
estancer
to lede away
enmener
to eschew
euitér
to set upon a hepe
entassér
to cut
entaillér
to folow
ensuiuir
to dye
espirér
to kyndle
esprendre
to lette
empeschér
to enbrace
embrachér
to make thicke
espessir
to ladle
espuisér
to bere away
emportér
to exorte
enortér
to nese
estrenuér
to sende
enuoiér
to scratche
esgratignér
to geve the first hansel
estrinér
to stoppe
estanchér
|
to pluck up parforce
enrachér
to kyndle
embrasér
to waxe fayre
embellir
to spotte with myre
embouér
to beshytte
embrenér
to scalde
eschaudér
to chaffe
eschauffér
to pluc from the shelle
eschallér
to make worse
empirér
to set in presse
empressér
to except
exceptér
to banishe
exillér
to breke a dere
euiscerér
F
to talke
fabulér
to forge
fabricquér
to go about nought
fatroullér
to fantesy
fantasiér
to mow
faulchér
|
to penetre
faussér
to make false
falsifiér
to fayle
faillir
to do
faire
to paint as women do
farder
to wrappe
fardeler
to play or mocke
farcér
to stuffe mete
farsir
to feyne
faindre
to facion a thynge
fassonnér
to helpe
fauorisér
to make one wery
facér
to fawne
faonnér
to swadel
fachér
to make fertil
fecondér
to cleve
fendre
to strike
ferir
to make hay
fenér
to make feste
festoiér
|
Page 946
to put the levain
fermenter
to show horses
ferrér
to shytt
fermér
to forme or shape
figurér
to spinne
filér
to kasten a thynge on the grounde
fichér
to congele
foitir
to melte
fondre
to forge
forger
to hurte or to dresse cloth
fouller
to serche
ll. fouller
to furre
fourrer
to provaile
fourboullir
to go out of the way
fouruier
to waxe madde
forsener
to be killed with tempest
fouldroier
to play the fole
folloier
to confort a membre with a bathe
fomenter
to donge
fienter
|
to lay out
fonser
to shitte out
forclore
to furbisshe
fourbir
to banisshe
forbanir
to forfect
forfaire
to draw from another
fortraire
to forswere
forjurer
to scourge
fouetter
to fly
fouir
to fetche vitall
fourrager
to go from the lyne
forligner
to enforce
forcer
to shape
former
to use idel wordes
flagorner
to flatter
flatter
to smell
flairer
to tormente
flageller
to pipe
flajoller
to wade
flaistrir
|
to bow
fleschir
to florisshe
flourir
to haunte
frequenter
to quake
fremir
to frye
fricquassér
to frye
frire
to play the galant
fringner
to shake of the ague
frissonnér
to bruse
froiér
to rubbe
frotér
to breake
froissér
to ronne away
fouir
to assyst
fulcir
to thretten
fulminér
to fume
fumér
to disceyve
frustrér
G
to mocke
gabér
to lay a wayes
gagér
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Page 947
to gage a vessell
gaugér
to distroy any thyng
garconnér
to kepe
gardér
to garnysshe
garnir
to graunt
garantir
to galope a horse
galloper
to lette blode
garsér
to clatter
garrulér
to waste
gaistér
to rejoise
gaudir
to make mery, or to prike
gallér
to wynne
gaigner
to lye downe
gesir
to dresse
gencér
to frese
gellér
to turmente
gehinér
to confesse
gehir
to playne
gemir
to double
geminér
|
to tourne
gerér
to discryve the world or therth
geographer
to springe
germiner
to eate as a glotton
gourmander
to say meate
gouster
to droppe
goutter
to governe
gouuerner
to parbreke
gosiller
to barke as a fulmer
glatir
to gleane
glenner
to glorifye
glorifier
to glose
gloser
to folde togyder
glomerer
to glew
glutiner
to clawe
grater
to grave or sculpe
grauer
to noy
greuer
to grese botes
gresser
to hayle
gresler
|
to sclyde
ll. griller
to sclyde
glisser
to scratche
griffer
to grynne
gn. grigner
to gryppe or to clyme
gripper
to grudge
gn. grongner
to curle as a cattle
gruler
to heale
guerir
to rewarde
guerdonner
to forsake
guerpir
to caste
geler
to make warre
guerroier
to complayne
guermenter
to voyde
guenchir
to lyfte up
guinder
to gyde
guyder
to watche
guetter
to loke with one eye
guigner
|
Page 948
H
to leave alone
habandonner
to have plentie
habonder
to cutte small
hacher
to haunte
hanter
to be sonne burnde
hasler
to plucke up
ll. haller
to rele threde
hapler
to catche
happer
to harpe
herper
to hate
hair
to pyke a quarell
harceler
to pyke a quarell
harier
to ryse up
haulser
to play at dyce
hasarder
to harborowe
hebreger
to lodge
hosteler
to harowe
hercher
to ney as a horse
hennir
|
to succede to heritage
heriter
to move
hobber
to be wery
hoder
to spotte
honnir
to make one ashame
hontoier
to grudge
gn. hongner
to put on botes
houser
to wynde up
housser
to calle
hucher
to suppe
humer
to humme
huner
to stryke with horns
hurter
to be meke
humilier
to hurtel togider
hurteler
to make a creste lyke a coke fighting
hurer
to houle as a dogge
huler
to set up the heres as a hedge dog
herissonner
I
to boost
jacter
|
to chatter as byrdes
jargonner
to folowe
imiter
to trouble
infester
to say unto
inferer
to injury
injurier
to put upon
inculquer
to call
inciter
to bringe in
introduire
to stablysh a bisshop
introniser
to put in parforce
intruser
to enquere
interroguer
to teache
instruire
to attempte
inuestiguer
to finde
inuenter
to make unhappe
infortuner
to move
instiguer
to reprove
improperer
to wrappe
intriguer
to sacrify
immoler
|
Page 949
to invade
inuader
to intoxicat
infectioner
to be importunat
importuner
to require
implorer
to call
inuocquer
to gete
impetrer
to put on
imputer
to jeopart
ingerer
to inspire
inspirer
involver
to printe
imprimer
to cal to
inviter
to ordenne
instituer
to let
interpeller
to induce
induire
to teche or bringe in
introduire
to juste
jouster
to play
jouer
to joine
joindre
|
to fast
juner
to juge
juger
to swere
jurer
to justify
justifier
to do justice
justicier
to angre
irriter
to winter
iuerner
to go out
issir
to cut the trouth
juguler
to ronne upon one
irruer
to use dronkenship
iurongner
L
to labour
labourer
to lace
lacer
to lose or let go
lascer
to provoke
lacesser
to leave
laisser
to wery
lasser
to lance
lancer
|
to stele
larciner
to sile a wale
lambroisser
to complayne
lamenter
to drinke as a dogge
lapper
to wepe
larmoier
to wepe
lacrimer
to stone to deth
lapider
to larde
larder
to lathe with lathes
latter
to wache
lauer
to lyke
lescher
to lyfte
leuer
to lure, as a hawke
leurer
to tye
lier
to fyle as a smyte
limer
to deliver
liurer
to rede
lire
to here
louer
to lawde
loer
|
Page 950
to shine
luire
to wrestell
luiter
M
to chewe
macher
to mary
marier
to angre
marir
to blaspheme
maulgrier
to barguine
marchander
to martir
martirer
to martir
martiriser
to mastry
maistrier
to waxe leane
maigrir
to worke as a mason
massonner
to mainteyn
maintenir
to curse
mauldire
to handle
manier
to make foule
maculer
to make blacke
machurer
to trede
marcher
|
to marke
marquer
to hamer
marteler
to putte
mectre
to begge
mendier
to muse
mediter
to eate
menger
to thanke
mercier
to backebyte
mesdire
to medyll
mesler
to reken falce
mescompter
to do a mysse
mesprendre
to disprease
mespriser
to murdre
meurdrir
to lye
mentir
to deserve
meriter
to mysknowe
mescognoistre
to loke in a glasse
mirer
to dyg in the grounde
miner
to lede
mener
|
to asswage
metiguer
to shewe
monstrer
to mortifie
mortifier
to grounde
mouldre
to move
mouuoir
to make a molde
mouller
to wite
ll. mouller
to mue as a hawke
muer
to hide
mucer
to fortify
munir
to multiply
multiplier
to go to hervest
moissonner
all one
messonner
to playe the husbande
mesnager
to byte
mordre
to dye
mourir
to mounte
monter
to swepe the nose
moucer
to morfounde
morfoundre
|
Page 951
to mocke
mocquer
to put one yvell
maumectre
to mysdo
mesfaire
all one
mesprendre
N
to swym
nager
to shewe
narrer
to serve at tennes
nacqueter
to give posession
nantir
to wounde
naurer
to be borne
naistre
to make mattes
nater
to set sinewes on a sadle
neruer
to make clene
nettoier
to denye
nier
to bride
nidger
to snuf with the nose
niffler
to becke with hedde
niquer
to knytte
nouer
|
to swimme
noer
to drowne
noier
to nombre
nombrer
to notte
notter
to nourishe
norir
to shade
noncer
to make black
noircer
to certify
notiffier
to name
nommer
to hurt
nuyre
to strive
noisir
O
to obaye
obair
to be ocupyed
occuper
to darken
obscurer
to say yvell
obtrecter
to obtaine
obtenir
to bynde
obliger
to binde is all one
obliger
|
bloted forgotten
obliterer
to forgette
oublier
to withstande
obuier
to darken
obfusquer
to offende
offencer
to offrende
offrir
to kyll
occire
to hide
occulter
to make fole
ordoier
to ordayne
ordonner
to leve
obmectre
to hurte
oultrager
to uttre
oultrer
to obtaine
obtenir
to graunte
obtemperer
to constrayne
opprimer
to opose
oposer
to wene
oppiner
to oppresse
oppresser
|
Page 952
to dare
oser
to pray
orer
to enoisel as a hauke
oisiler
to warye
ourdir
to worke
ouurer
to open
ouurir
to take awaye
oster
to here
ouir
to graunte
ottroier
P
to forgyve
pardonner
to prepare
parer
to speke
parler
to painte
paindre
to forswere
parjurer
to parforme
parformer
to make an ende
parfaire
to lese
perdre
to passe
passer
|
to perce
percer
to perceyve
percepuoir
to suffre
permectre
to waye
peser
to thynke
penser
to do
perpetrer
to perysshe
pericliter
to synne
pecher
to fysshe
pescher
to preache
prescher
to penetre or throwe
penetrer
to presente
presenter
to contynew
preseruer
to lose
perdre
to farte
petter
to knede
pestrir
to warantise
pleuir
to bere
porter
to thynke
pourpenser
|
to walke
pourmener
to prove
prouuer
to wepe
plourer
to dowke
plonger
to lye down as a hore
prostituer
to brynge forthe
produire
to shuldre
pousser
to powte
poussir
to bowe
ploier
to fole as a mare
poulener
to pygge as a sowe
pourceler
to sette
planter
to playde
plaider
to please
plaire
to plane
planer
to make even
planier
to lay a thynge downe or to rest
poser
to combe the hedde
gn. pigner
to pysse
pisser
|
Page 953
to prycke
picquer
to stampe
piller
to robbe
ll. piller
to take awaye
priuer
to banysshe
prescripre
to presuppose
presuposer
to beare
perhiber
to defende
prohiber
to procure
procurer
to say before
predire
to prayse
priser
to make poudre
pulueriser
to multiply as birdes
pululler
to purchase
purchasser
to polisshe as silver
polire
to caste downe
precipiter
to publysshe
publier
to sounde
pasmer
to complayne
plaindre
|
to lade out water
puiser
to suffre
permectre
Q
to double furre
quadrupler
to square
quarer
to square
quadrer
to stoupe
quatir
to douke
ou coitir
to sertche or demande
querir
to pyke a quarell
quereller
to begge as a pardoner
quester
to move a questyon
questionner
to begge
quemander
to quyte
quitter
to begge
quoquiner
to play the fole
quocarder
R
to bring lower
rabaisser
to bate of a somme
rabattre
|
to bring agayne
ramener
to gyve yll wordes
ramponer
to ravysshe
rauir
to take away all
raser
to raunsome
ranconner
to overtake
rataindre
to rake with a rake
rateler
to rampe as a cat
ramper
to remembre agayne
ramenteuoir
to alowe it
ratifier
to refresshe
raffreschir
to recreate
recreér
to spyll
respandre
to answere
respondre
to rejoyce
resjouir
to refuse
refuser
to feare
resuer
to reduce
reduire
to refuce
recuser
|
Page 954
to lament
regretter
to restore
rendre
to rebounde
rebunder
to reprove
reprouuer
to rest
reposer
to grudge
gn. recigner
to eate at after noon
reciner
to restore
restituer
to reherce
recencer
to resygne
resigner
to go backe
reculer
to reforme
refermer
to shave
rere
to reherce
referer
to releve
releuer
to bewray
reueler
to reherce
reciter
to repete
repeter
to repugne
repugner
|
to revoke
reuocquer
to restore in agayne
restablir
to restrayne
restraindre
to robbe
rober
to cancre
ll. rouiller
to stare
ll. rouller
to role
rouller
to snore
ronfler
to gnawe
ronger
to ruffle
rouffler
to take all away
riffler
to ryme
rimer
to rowe
rymer
to woe a woman
rouuer
to speke in ones ere
runer
to use subtilte
ruser
to repete by him self
ruminer
to strike agayne
reuerberer
to shine
resplendir
|
to rewarde
remunerer
to reise agayn
resouldre
to bye agayne
racheter
S
to salte
saller
to salute
saluer
to lepe
saulter
to ken
scauoir
to blede
saigner
to yelke
sangloutir
to save
sauluer
to tast
sauuorer
to heale
saner
to halowe
sainctifier
to sacrify
sacrifier
to wede yvel herbes
sarcler
to grave
sculper
to saciate
saouler
to satisfie
satisfaire
|
Page 955
to saw
semer
to somme
semondre
to serve
seruir
to preche
sermonner
to sojourne
sojourner
to devide
segreger
to devyde
separer
to gyve jugement
sentencier
to signe
signer
to sporte
solager
to suffre
souffrir
to suspecte
soupeconner
to sawe
soier
to wysshe
souhaiter
to overcome
sourmonter
to subdue
soubmectre
to dreame
songer
to slombre
sommeiller
to assoyle
souldre
|
to syghe
soupirer
to beare or staye
soubstenir
to remembre
souuenir
to come sodenly
souruenir
to swete
suer
to set
seoir
to sowke
sucher
to folow
suiuir
to succede
succeder
to take sodenly
surprendre
to ayde
suffulter
to rone over
suronder
to soupe
soupper
to kare
soucier
to surname
sournommer
to helpe up
sustenter
to strayne
serrer
to flater
sugerer
to over wene
surcuider
|
to be sodenly afraide
soursaillir
to suffice
suppeter
to withdrawe
soubstraire
to begyle
suplanter
to calcule or nombre
supputer
to be delygent
songnier
T
to blot or spote
tacher
to go about
tacer
to tabure
tabourer
to prike with heles
tallonner
to syfte
tamisser
to dye
taindre
to dresse ledder
tanner
to pike quarel
tarier
to grope or taste
taster
to taxe
taxer
to cut
ll. tailler
to taxe
tausser
|
Page 956
to bende or go about
tendre
to shere
tondre
to ley a tente
tenter
to tempte
tenter
to abide
temporiser
to make besynesse
tempester
to tempre
temprer
to holde
tenir
to make one wery
tenner
to vade
ternir
to ende
terminer
to karve
trancher
to chide
tencer
to plat heres
trescher
to draw
tirer
to styrre the fyre
tiser
to dresse a woman
tiffer
to clyppe heares
touser
to tourne
tourner
|
to swepe
torcher
to bete
torcer
to take away
tollir
to medle
ll. touller
to coughe
toussir
to wip
teurdre
to traite
traiter
to go overthwarde
trauerser
to forshape
transmuer
to trace, as a hare
tracér
to strike or blot out
tracér
to sounde
transir
to sende
transmectre
to transporte
transporter
to betray
trahir
to tremble
trembler
to draw
trainer
to find
trouuer
to travayle
ll. trauailler
|
to begyle
tromper
to trusse
trousser
to cut in gobettes
tronchonner
to falle
tumber
to kylle
tuer
to mocke
trouffer
to tormente
tourmenter
to just or fyght
tournoier
to begge
truander
to go thorow
trespercher
to expownde
tropographer
to drawe or to milke a cowe
traire
to crye
crier
U
to varye
uaciller
to vayncquysshe
uaincre
to be worthe
ualloir
to fanne corne
uaner
to boste
uanter
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Page 957
to varye
uarier
to be avenged
uenger
to go aboute
uacquer
to selle
uendre
to comme
uenir
to fysel
uener
to uernysshe
uernir
to boxe
uentouser
to verifye
uerifier
to make verses
uersifier
to serche the uttermoste
uentiler
|
to lye on the bely
uentrouller
to fil the cup
uerser
to make wynde
uenter
to shyt the bolte
uerrouller
to make grene
uerdoier
to shame
uergonder
to fysell
uessir
all one
uesner
to watche
ll. uellier
to se
ueoir
|
to muse
uiser
to vysyte
uiseter
to live
uiure
to turne
uirer
to shame
uituperer
to pisse
uriner
to put out
uoyder
to devoure
uorrer
to gather grapes
uendenger
to make shadowe
umbroier
|
Here consequently foloweth the conjugations wherof the fyrst shalbe
tourned in one tens, synguler nombre and plurell, sixe and thirty maner
awaye, every person sixe maner wayes, that is to say, the affyrmatyve thre
wayes and the negatyve lykewise; as whan I say: I have, which is affyrmation
or grauntyng, if ye do turne it, ye shall have, have I. And if ye put
this worde, why, before it, ye shall have a questyon, as: why have I, and
lykewyse of the negation or denying, whiche is, I have nat; turne it, ye
have, have nat I: and puttyng why before it, ye have a question, whiche
is: why have nat I. And in lyke maner thorowe every persone synguler
and plurell; and so shall it be sixe and thirty wayes in one tens, and this
rule is generall for every verbe.
Also there is another maner, whiche shall serve for every verbe lykewyse,
and shalbe turned in one tens an hundred and eyght wayes, with thre pronownes,
that is to say: me, the, hym.
Example for the fyrst persone: I have me, I have the, I have hym. And
Page 958
we tourne it, we shall have: have I me, have I the, have I hym. Than
puttyng why before it, we shall have: Why have I me, why have I the,
why have I hym; and this is nyne wayes in the affyrmatyve.
Nowe, if ye do lykewise in the negatyve, ye shall have other nyne
wayes, as whan ye say: I have nat me, I have nat the, I have nat him, and
tournyng it, ye have: have I nat me, have I nat the, have I nat hym; and
puttyng why before, I have: why have nat I me, why have nat I the, why
have nat I hym. And doynge lykewise of the seconde persone and the
thyrde, and consequently with the plurell nombre, ye shall have syx tymes
eightene variable and sondry wayes, which do amount to an hundred and
viii wayes in one tense, and may be lykewise of every verbe; and if ye do
take but the fyrste worde of every persone, ye shall have a syngle conjugacion,
as: I have, thou hast, he hath: we have, ye have, they have, etc.
Page 959
Here after foloweth the fyrst conjugation whiche is sixe and thyrty wayes
in the presente, and lykewyse of every preteryte and future,
in every tense and mode, except all the imperatyves the
present of the optatyves. And bycause we can nat specifye
by our wordes any of our dedes, signyfyeng action,
without this verbe (have) we shall begyn with
the same, addyng to it a worde or two for
to shewe an example, howe one may
make dyverse and many sentences
with one worde, and percon-
sequent come shortely
to the french
speche.
Page 960
THE INDICATYVE PRESENT.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
I have
jay
have I
ay je
have I
ay je
I have nat
je nay pas
have nat I
nay je pas
have nat I
nay je pas
|
great desyre
grant desir
great desyre
grand desir
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
thou hast
tu as
hast thou
as tu
hast thou
as tu
thou hast nat
tu nas pas
hast thou nat
nas tu pas
hast thou nat
nas tu pas
|
good appetyte
bon appetit
good appetyte
bon appetit
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
he hath
il a
hath he
a il
hath he
a il
he hath nat
il na pas
hath he nat
nas tu pas
hath he nat
nas tu pas
|
sorowe
deul
sorowe
deul
|
|
Page 961
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
we have
nous auons
have we
auons nous
have we
auons nous
we have nat
nous nauons mie
have nat we
nauons nous mie
have nat we
nauons nous mie
|
joye
joie
joye
joie
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
ye have
uous auéz
have we
auons nous
have we
auons nous
ye have nat
uous nauéz point
have ye nat
nauéz uous point
have ye nat
nauéz uous point
|
right
droit
right
droit
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
they have
ilz ont
have they
ont ilz
have they
ont ilz
they have nat
ilz nont pas
have they nat
nont ilz pas
have they nat
nont ilz pas
|
shame
honte
shame
honte
|
|
Page 962
THE PRETERIT IMPARFYTE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
I dyd have, or I was havyng, or I had
jauoy
had I
auoy je
had I
auoy je
I had nat
je nauoy point
had nat I
nauoy je point
had nat I
nauoy je point
|
good hope
bonne esperance
good hope
bonne esperance
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
thou haddes
tu auois
haddest thou
auois tu
haddest thou
auois tu
thou haddest nat
tu nauois mie
haddest thou nat
nauois tu mie
haddest thou nat
nauois tu mie
|
great feare
belle peur
great feare
belle peur
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
he dyd have or had
il auoit
had he
auoit il
had he
auoit il
he had nat
il nauoit pas
had nat he
nauoit il pas
had nat he
nauoit il pas
|
understandyng
entendement
understandyng
entendement
|
|
Page 963
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
we had
nous auions
had we
auions nous
had we
auions nous
we had nat
nous nauions pas
had nat we
nauions nous pas
had nat we
nauions nous pas
|
layser
loisir
layser
loisir
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
they had
ilz auoient
had they
auoient ilz
had they
auoient ilz
they had nat
ilz nauoient pas
had they nat
nauoient ilz pas
had they nat
nauoient ilz pas
|
well sayd
bien dit
well sayd
bien dit
|
|
Page 964
THE PRETERIT PARFYTE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
I had
je eus
had I
eus je
had I
eus je
I had nat
je neus pas
had nat I
neus je pas
had nat I
neus je pas
|
fayre pastyme
beau passe temps
fayre pastyme
beau passe temps
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
thou haddest
tu eus
haddest thou
eus tu
haddest thou
eus tu
thou haddest nat
tu neus point
haddest nat thou
neus tu point
haddest nat thou
neus tu point
|
moche a do
a besongnier
moche a do
a besongnier
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
he had
il eust
had he
eust il
had he
eust il
he had nat
il neust pas
had nat he
neust il pas
had nat he
neust il pas
|
that that he sought
ce quil cerchoit
that that he sought
ce quil cerchoit
|
|
Page 965
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
we had
nous eusmes
had we
eusmes nous
had we
eusmes nous
we had nat
nous neusmes pas
had nat we
neusmes nous pas
had nat we
neusmes nous pas
|
good corage
bon courage
good corage
bon courage
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
ye had
uous eustes
had ye
eustes uous
had ye
eustes uous
ye had nat
uous neustes pas
had nat ye
neustes uous pas
had nat ye
neustes uous pas
|
the prise
le pris
the prise
le pris
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
they had
ilz eurent
had they
eurent ilz
had they
eurent ilz
they had nat
ilz neurent pas
had they nat
neurent ilz pas
had they nat
neurent ilz pas
|
the aduauntage
laduantage
the aduauntage
laduantage
|
|
Page 966
THE PRETERIT INDIFFYNITYVE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
I have had
jay eu
have I had
ay je eu
have I had
ay je eu
I have nat had
je nay pas eu
have nat I had
nay je pas eu
have nat I had
nay je pas eu
|
to drinke
a boire
to drinke
a boire
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
thou hast had
tu as eu
hast thou had
as tu eu
hast thou had
as tu eu
thou hast nat had
tu nas pas eu
hast thou nat had
nas tu pas eu
hast thou nat had
nas tu pas eu
|
thurst
soif
thurst
soif
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
he hath had
il a eu
hath he had
a il eu
hath he had
a il eu
he hath nat had
il na pas eu
hath he nat had
na il pas eu
hath he nat had
na il pas eu
|
to eate
a manger
to eate
a manger
|
|
Page 967
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
we have had
nous auons eu
have we had
auons nous eu
have we had
auons nous eu
we have nat had
nous nauons pas eu
have we nat had
nauons nous pas eu
have we nat had
nauons nous pas eu
|
patience
pacience
pacyence
pacience
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
ye have had
uous auez eu
have ye had
auéz uous eu
have ye had
auéz uous eu
ye have nat had
uous nauéz pas eu
have ye nat had
nauéz uous pas eu
have ye nat had
nauéz uous pas eu
|
nede
necessite
nede
necessite
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
they have had
ilz ont eu
have they had
ont ilz eu
have they had
ont ilz eu
they have nat had
ilz nont pas eu
have they nat had
nont ilz pas eu
have they nat had
nont ilz pas eu
|
their wages
leur gages
their wages
leur gages
|
|
Page 968
THE PRETERIT MOST PARFYTE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
I had had
jauoy eu
had I had
auoy je eu
had I had
auoy je eu
I had nat had
je nauoy pas eu
had nat I had
nauoy je pas eu
had nat I had
nauoy je pas eu
|
the payne
la paine
the payne
la paine
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
thou haddest had
tu auois eu
haddest thou had
auois tu eu
haddest thou had
auois tu eu
thou haddest nat had
tu nauois pas eu
haddest thou nat had
nauois tu pas eu
haddest thou nat had
nauois tu pas eu
|
profyte
prouffit
profyte
prouffit
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
he had had
il auoit eu
had he had
auoit il eu
had he had
auoit il eu
he had nat had
il nauoit pas eu
had he nat had
nauoit il pas eu
had he nat had
nauoit il pas eu
|
damage
domage
damage
domage
|
|
Page 969
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
we had had
nous auions eu
had we had
auions nous eu
had we had
auions nous eu
we had nat had
nous nauions pas eu
had we nat had
nauions nous pas eu
had we nat had
nauions nous pas eu
|
wynnyng
gagnage
wynnyng
gagnage
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
ye had had
nous auions eu
had ye had
auions nous eu
had ye had
auions nous eu
ye had nat had
nous nauions pas eu
had ye nat had
nauions nous pas eu
had ye nat had
nauions nous pas eu
|
losse
perte
losse
perte
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
they had had
ilz auoient eu
had they had
auoient ilz eu
had they had
auoient ilz eu
they had nat had
ilz nauoient pas eu
had they nat had
nauoient ilz pas eu
had they nat had
nauoient ilz pas eu
|
their pleasure
pleur plaisir
their pleasure
leur plaisir
|
|
Page 970
THE FUTURE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
I shall have
je aray
shall I have
aray je
shall I have
aray je
I shall nat have
je naray pas
shall nat I have
naray je pas
shall nat I have
nanaray je pas
|
better fortune
meilleur fortune
better fortune
meilleur fortune
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
thou shalte have
tu aras
shalte thou have
aras tu
shalte thou have
aras tu
thou shalte nat have
tu naras pas
shalte thou nat have
naras tu pas
shalte thou nat have
naras tu pas
|
moche a do
bien a faire
moche a do
bien a faire
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
he shall have
il ara
shall he have
ara il
shall he have
ara il
he shall nat have
il nara pas
shall he nat have
nara il pas
shall he nat have
nara il pas
|
a strawe
ung festu
a strawe
ung festu
|
|
Page 971
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
we shall have
nous arons
shall we have
arons nous
shall we have
arons nous
we shall nat have
nous narons pas
shall we nat have
narons nous pas
shall we nat have
narons nous pas
|
that that we wene
ce que nous cuidons
that that we wene
ce que nous cuidons
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
ye shall have
uous aréz
shall ye have
aréz uous
shall ye have
aréz uous
ye shall nat have
uous naréz point
shall ye nat have
naréz uous point
shall ye nat have
naréz uous point
|
your purpose
uostre purpose
uostre purpose
ce que nous cuidons
|
|
why
pourquoy
why
pourquoy
|

---
|
they shall have
ilz aront
shall they have
aront ilz
shall they have
aront ilz
they shall nat have
ilz naront pas
shall they nat have
naront ilz pas
shall they nat have
naront ilz pas
|
the goyng for the comming
laler pour le uenir
the goyng for the comming
laler pour le uenir
|
|
Page 972
THE IMPARATYVE WHICHE IS SYNGLE.
Have thou selfe, have the selfe, have he
Ay tu mesme, ay toi mesme, ayt il,
Have him, have she.--have we, have ye.
Ayt celuy, ayt celle.--aions nous, aiéz uous.
Have they.
Aient ceulz, ou celles.
THE FUTURE.
Loke that thou have, that he have, that we have, that ye have, that they have.
Garde que tu aye, quil ait, que nous aions, que uous aiéz, quilz aient.
THE SECONDE FUTURE NEGATYVE.
Do that thou have nat, do that he have nat, do that we have nat, that ye have nat,
Fais que tu naye point, quil nait pas, que nous naions mie, que uous naiéz pas,
that they have nat.
quilz naient pas.
The optatyve whiche is syngle lykewyse, the which shall serve for a future,
with an addicion of the tyme to come, as tantost or demain, etc.
I praye you that I have, that thou have, that he have,
Je uous prie que jaye, que tu aie, quil ayt,
With my wyll that we have, that ye have, that they have.
A ma uoullenté que nous ayons, que uous aiéz, quilz aient.
The preterit imparfyte, whiche may serve lykewyse for the present,
after the olde grammer.
Wolde God that I had, that thou hadest, that he had.
Pleust a Dieu que je eusse, que tu eusse, quil eust.
Wolde God that we had, that ye had, that they had.
Pleust a Dieu que nous eussions, que uous eussiéz, quilz eussent.
THE PRETERIT PARFYTE.
Wolde to God that I have had, that thou, that he.
A ma uoullenté que jaye eu, que tu aie eu, quil ait eu.
Wolde to God that we have had, that ye have had, that they have had.
A ma uoullenté que nous aions eu, que uous aiez eu, quilz aient eu.
Page 973
THE PRETERIT MOST PARFYTE.
O if I had had, thou hadest had, he had had.
O sy jeusse eu, tu eusse eu, il eust eu.
O if we had had, ye had had, they had had.
O sy nous eussions eu, uous eussiés eu, ilz eussent eu.
The subjunctyve is lyke the optatyve save the future sayeng, comme or
quant.
I have
jaye
thou have of custome
Comme tu aye de coustome
he have
il ayt
we have, ye have they have.
Comme nous aions, uous aiéz, ilz ayent.
THE PRETERITE IMPARFYTE.
As I had or dyd have, as thou haddest, as he had, as
Comme jeusse ou jauois, comme tu eusses ou auois, comme il eust ou auoit, comme
we had or dyd have, as ye had, as they had.
nous eussons ou auions, comme uous eusséz ou auyés, comme ilz eussent ou auoient.
THE PRETERITE PARFYTE.
As I have had, as thou hast had, as he hath had, as we have had,
Comme jaye eu, comme tu aye eu, comme il ayt eu, comme nous ayons eu,
as ye have had, as they have had.
comme uous ayéz eu, comme ilz ayént eu.
THE PRETERITE PLUSPARFYTE.
If I had had, if thou hadest had, if he had had, if we had had, if ye had
Se jeusse eu, se tu eusse eu, se il eust eu, se nous eussions eu, se uous eussiez
had, if they had had.
eu, se ilz eussent eu.
The fyrst future, which may be tourned XXXVI maner of wayes as the
indicatyve.
As I shulde have, thou he we
Comme jaroie, tu arois, il aroit, nous arions,
ye shulde have, they shulde have.
uous ariez, ilz aroient.
Page 974
THE SECONDE FUTURE.
So that I have, that thou have, that he have, that we have, that ye have,
that they have.
Mais que jaye, que tu aye, quil ayt, que nous aions, que vous ayes,
quilz ayent.
THE INFINITIF.
To have.
Auoir.
THE PRETERIT. To have had.
Auoir eu.
GERUNDIVES. To have, for to have, in havynge.
Dauoir, pour auoir, en ayant.
THE OVERTHROWEN or I you wolde had, I you desire had.
SUPINS. Je uous uouldroie eu, je vous desire eu.
And thus endeth the conjugation of this verbe, have.
Here foloweth a conjugation of an hundred and eight wayes in one
tence onely, wher ye shall reherce twise the interrogatyves
of bothe the affirmatyve and negatyve: the fyrst
tyme as it standeth written, and the seconde tyme,
puttinge outher why or howe before it.
THE FYRST PERSONE.
I knowe me, I knowe the, I knowe hym.
Je me congnoy, je te congnoy, je le congnoy.
Why knowe I me, why knowe I the, why knowe I hym.
Pourquoy me congnoy je, pourquoy te congnoy je, pourquoy le congnoy je.
I knowe nat me, I knowe nat the, I knowe nat hym.
Je ne me congnoy pas, je ne te congnoy pas, je ne le congnoy pas
Howe knowe nat I me, howe knowe nat I the, howe knowe nat I hym.
Come ne me congnoy je pas, come ne te congnoy je pas, come ne le congnoy je pas
THE SECOND PERSONE.
Thou knowest me, thou the, thou him.
Tu me congnois, tu te congnois, tu le congnois.
How knowest thou me, how thou the, howe thou hym.
Come me congnois tu, come te congnoys tu, come le congnoys tu.
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Thou knowest nat me, thou nat the, thou nat hym.
Tu ne me congnois pas, tu ne te congnois pas, tu ne le congnois pas.
Howe knowest thou nat me, howe thou nat the, howe thou nat hym.
Come ne me congnoys tu pas, come ne te congnois tu pas, come ne le congnois tu pas.
THE THIRDE PERSON.
He knewe me, he the, he him.
Il me congnoit, il te congnoit, il le congnoit.
Howe knewe he me, howe he the, howe he him.
Come me congnoit il, come te congnoit il, come le congnoit il.
He knewe nat me, he nat the, he nat him.
Il ne me congnoit pas, il ne te congnoyt pas, il ne le congnoit pas.
How knewe nat he me, howe nat he the, howe nat he him.
Come ne me congnoit il pas, come ne te congnoit il pas, come ne le congnoit il pas.
THE PLUREL NOMBRE.
We knowe us, we you, we them.
Nous nous congnoissons, nous uous congnoissons, nous les congnoissons.
How know we us, how we you, how we them.
Come nous cognoissons nous, come uous cognoissons nous, come les cognoissons nous.
We know us nat, we you nat, we them nat.
Nous ne nous cognoissons pas, nous ne uous cognoissons pas, nous ne les cognoissons pas.
Why do we nat know us, why do we nat you,
Pourquoy ne nous cognoissons nous pas, pourquoy ne uous cognoissons nous pas,
why do we nat them.
pourquoy ne les congnoissons nous pas.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye us know, ye you know, ye them know.
Uous nous cognoissés, uous uous cognoissés, uous les congnoissés.
Howe know ye us, how you us, how they us.
Come nous congnoissés uous, come uous congnoissés uous, come les congnoissés uous.
Ye know us nat, ye you nat, you them
Uous ne nous congnoissés pas, uous ne uous congnoissés pas, uous ne les congnoissés
nat.
pas.
How know ye nat us, how ye nat you, how
Come ne nous cognoissés uous pas, come ne uous congnoissés uous pas, come ne les
ye nat them.
cognoissés uous pas.
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THE THYRDE PERSONE.
They know us, they you, they them.
Ilz nous congnoissent, ilz uous congnoissent, ilz les congnoissent.
How know they us, how they you, how they them.
Come nous congnoissent ilz, come uous congnoissent ilz, come les congnoissent ilz.
They dyd nat know us, they dyd nat you, they dyd nat them.
Ilz ne nous cognoissent pas, ilz ne uous congnoissent pas, ilz ne les congnoissent pas.
How know they nat us, how they nat you,
Come ne nous cognoissent ilz pas, come ne uous cognoissent ilz pas,
howe they nat them.
come ne les cognoissent ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
I dyd know me, I dyd the, I dyd him.
Je me cognoissoie, je te cognoissoie, je le cognoissoie.
How dyd I know me, how dyd I the, how dyd I him.
Come je me cognoissoye je, come te cognoissoie je, come le cognoissoie je.
I dyd nat knowe me, I dyd nat the, I dyd nat him.
Je ne me cognoissoie pas, je ne te congnoissoie pas, je ne le congnoissoie pas.
Why dyd nat I know me, how dyd I nat you,
Pourquoy ne me cognoissoie je pas, pourquoy ne te cognoissoie je pas,
how dyd nat I him.
pourquoy ne le congnoissoie je pas.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Thou dydest knew me, thou dydest the, thou dydest him.
Tu me cognoissois, tu te cognoissois, tu le cognoissois.
How dydest thou know me, howe dydest thou the, how dydest thou him.
Come me cognoissois tu, come te cognoissois tu, come le congnoissois tu.
Thou dydest nat know me, thou dydest nat the, thou dydest nat him.
Tu ne me cognoissois pas, tu ne te cognoissois pas, tu ne le cognoissois pas.
How dydest thou nat know me, how dydest thou nat the, how dydest thou nat him.
Come ne me congnoissois tu pas, come ne te congnoissois tu pas, come ne le congnoissois tu pas.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
He dyd know me, he dyd the, he dyd hym.
Il me cognoissoit, il te cognoissoit, il le cognoissoit.
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Howe dyd he knowe me, how dyd he the, howe dyd he hym.
Come me cognoissoit il, come te cognoissoit il, come le congnoissoit il.
He dyd nat knowe me, he dyd nat the, he dyd nat hym.
Il ne me cognoissoit pas, il ne te cognoissoit pas, il ne le cognoissoit pas.
How dyd nat he know me, howe dyd nat he the, how dyd nat he him.
Come ne me congnoissoit il pas, come ne te congnoissoit il pas, come ne le congnoissoit il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We dyd knowe us, we dyd you, we dyd them.
Nous nous congnoissions, nous uous congnoissions, nous les congnoissions.
Howe dyd we knowe us, howe dyd we you, how dyd we them.
Come nous congnoissions nous, come uous congnoissions nous, come les congnoissions nous.
We dyd nat know us, we dyd nat you, we dyd nat them.
Nous ne nous congnoissions pas, nous ne uous congnoissions pas, nous ne les congnoissions pas.
Why dyd nat we know us, why dyd nat we know you,
why dyd nat we know them.
Pourquoy ne nous congnoissions nous pas, pourquoy ne uous cognoissions nous pas,
pourquoy ne les congnoissions nous pas.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye dyd knowe us, ye dyd knowe you, ye dyd knowe them.
Uous nous cognoissés, uous uous cognoissés, uous les cognoissés.
Howe dyd ye knowe us, howe dyd ye knowe you, how dyd ye know them.
Come nous cognoissés uous, come uous cognoissés uous, come les congnoissés uous.
Ye dyd nat know us, ye dyd nat know you, ye dyd nat know them.
Uous ne nous congnoissés pas, uous ne uous cognoissés pas, uous ne les congnoissés pas.
Howe dyd ye nat knowe us, how dyd ye nat know you,
how dyd ye nat know them.
Come ne nous cognoissés uous pas, come ne uous cognoissés uous pas,
come ne les cognoissés uous pas.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
They dyd know us, they dyd you, they dyd them.
Ilz nous cognoissoient, ilz uous cognoissoient, ilz les cognoissoient.
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How dyd they know us, how dyd they you, how dyd they them.
Come nous congnoissoient ilz, come uous congnoissoient ilz, come les cognoissoient ilz.
They dyd nat know us, they dyd nat you, they dyd nat them,
Ilz ne nous cognoissoient pas, ilz ne uous cognoissoient pas, ilz ne les cognoissoient pas.
How dyd they nat know us, how dyd they nat you, how dyd they
Come ne nous cognoissoient ilz pas, come ne uous cognoissoient ilz pas, come ne les
nat them,
cognoissoient ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
I knew me, I the, I him.
Je me cogneus, je le cogneus, je le cogneus.
How knew I me, how I the, how I him.
Come me cogneus je, come te cogneus je, come le cogneus je.
I knewe nat me, I nat the, I nat him.
Je ne me cogneus pas, je ne le cogneus pas, je ne le congneus pas.
Howe knew nat I me, howe nat I the, howe nat I him.
Come ne me cogneus je pas, come ne te congneus je pas, come ne le cogneus je pas.
THE SECONDE PARSONE.
Thou knewest me, thou the, thou him.
Tu me cogneus, tu te cogneus, tu le cogneus.
Why knewest the me, why the the, why the him.
Pourquoy me cogneus tu, pourquoy te cogneus tu, pourquoy le cogneus tu.
Thou knewest nat me, thou nat the, thou nat him.
Tu ne me cogneus pas, tu ne te cogneus pas, tu ne le cogneus pas.
How knewest thou nat me, how thou nat the, how thou nat him.
Come ne me cogneus tu pas, come ne te congneus tu pas, come ne le cogneus tu pas.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
He knew me, he the, he him.
Il me congneut, il te congneut, il le cogneut.
How knew he me, how he the, how he him.
Come me cogneut il, come te cogneut il, come le cogneut il.
He knew nat me, he nat the, he nat him.
Il ne me congneut pas, il ne le congneut pas, il ne le cogneut pas.
Why knew nat he me, why nat he the, why
Pourquoy ne me cogneut il pas, pourquoy ne te cogneut il pas, pourquoy ne le
nat he him.
cogneut il pas.
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THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We knew us, we you, we them.
Nous nous cogneusmes, nous uous cogneusmes, nous les cogneusmes.
How knew we us, how we you, how we
Come nous cogneusmes nous, come uous cogneusmes nous, come les cogneusmes
them.
nous.
We knew nat us, we nat you, we nat
Nous ne nous cogneusmes pas, nous ne uous cogneusmes pas, nous ne les cogneusmes
them.
pas.
How knew we nat us, how we nat you, how
Come ne nous cogneusmes nous pas, come ne uous cogneusmes nous pas, come ne
we nat them.
les cogneusmes nous pas.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye knew us, ye you, ye them.
Uous nous cogneustes, uous uous cogneustes, uous les cogneustes.
How knew ye us, how ye you, how ye them.
Come nous cogneustes uous, come uous cogneustes uous, come les cogneustes uous.
Ye knew nat us, ye nat you, ye nat
Uous ne nous congneustes pas, uous ne uous congneustes pas, uous ne les cogneustes
them.
pas.
How knew ye nat us, how ye nat you, how
Come ne nous cogneustes uous pas, come ne uous cogneustes uous pas, come ne
ye nat them.
les cogneustes uous pas.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
They knew us, they you, they them.
Ilz nous cogneurent, ilz uous cogneurent, ilz les cogneurent.
How knew they us, how they you, how they them.
Come nous cogneurent ilz, come uous cogneurent ilz, come les cogneurent ilz.
They knewe nat us, they nat you, they nat them.
Ilz ne nous congneurent pas, ilz ne uous congneurent pas, ilz ne les cogneurent pas.
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Howe knewe they nat us, how they nat you, how
Come ne nous cogneurent ilz pas, come ne uous cogneurent ilz pas, come ne les
they nat them.
cogneurent ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT INDIFFINITIF.
I have knowen me, I have the, I have him.
Je may cogneu, je tay cogneu, je lay cogneu.
How have I knowen me, how have I the, howe have I him.
Come may je cogneu, come tay je congneu, come lay je cogneu.
How have nat I knowen me, how have nat I the, how have nat I him.
Come ne may je pas congneu, come ne tay je pas cogneu, come ne lay je pas cogneu.
THE SECONDE PARSONE.
Thou hast knowen me, thou hast the, thou hast him.
Tu mas cogneu, tu te as cogneu, tu las cogneu.
How hast thou knowen me, how hast thou the, how hast thou him.
Come mas tu congneu, come tas tu congneu, come las tu cogneu.
Thou hast nat knowen me, thou hast nat the, thou hast nat him.
Tu ne mas pas cogneu, tu ne tas pas cogneu, tu ne las pas cogneu.
How hast nat thou knowen me, how hast nat thou the, how hast nat thou him.
Come ne mas tu pas cogneu, come ne las tu pas cogneu, come ne las tu pas cogneu.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
He hath knowen me, he hath the, he hath him,
Il ma congneu, il ta congneu, il la congneu.
How hath he knowen me, how hath he he, how hath he him.
Come ma il cogneu, come ta il cogneu, come la il cogneu.
He hath nat knowen me, he hath nat the, he hath nat him.
Il ne ma pas congneu, il ne ta pas congneu, il ne la pas congneu.
How hath nat he knowen me, how hath nat he the, how hath nat he him.
Come ne ma il pas cogneu, come ne ta il pas cogneu, come ne la il pas cogneu.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We have knowen us, we have you, we have them.
Nous nous auons cogneu, nous uous auons cogneu, nous les auons cogneu.
Howe have we knowen us, how have we you, how have we
Come nous auons nous cogneu, come uous auons nous cogneu, come les auons
them.
nous cogneu.
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We have nat knowen us, we have nat you, we have nat
Nous ne nous auons pas cogneu, nous ne nous auons pas cogneu, nous ne les auons
them.
pas cogneu.
How have we nat knowen us, how have we nat you, how
Come ne nous auons nous pas cogneu, come ne uous auons nous pas cogneu, come
have we nat them.
ne les auons nous pas cogneu.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye have knowen us, ye have you, ye have knowen them.
Uous nous aues cogneu, uous uous aues cogneu, uous les aues cogneu.
Howe have ye knowen us, have ye you, have ye
Come nous aues uous cogneu, come uous aues uous cogneu, come les aues uous
them.
cogneu.
Ye have nat knowen us, ye have nat you, ye have nat
Uous ne nous aues pas cogneu, uous ne uous aues pas cogneu, uous ne les aues
them.
pas cogneu.
How have nat you knowen us, how have nat ye you, how
Come ne nous aues uous pas congneu, come ne uous aues uous pas congneu, come
have nat ye them.
ne les aues uous pas cogneu.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
They have knowen me, they have you, they have them.
Ilz me ont cogneu, ilz te ont cogneu, ilz les ont cogneu.
How have they knowen me, how have they the, how have they them.
Come mont ilz cogneu, come te ont ilz cogneu, come les ont ilz cogneu.
They have nat knowen me, they have nat you, they have nat them.
Ilz ne mont pas cogneu, ilz ne tont pas cogneu, ilz ne les ont pas cogneu.
How have they nat knowen me, how have they nat you, how have they nat
Come ne mont ilz pas cogneu, come ne tont ilz pas cogneu, come ne les ont ilz pas
them.
cogneu.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET.
I had knowen me, I had the, I had him.
Je mauoy cogneu, je tauoy cogneu, je lauoy cogneu.
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How had I knowen me, how had I the, how had I him.
Come mauoy je cogneu, come tauoy je cogneu, come lauoy je cogneu.
I had nat knowen me, I had nat the, I had nat him.
Je ne mauoy pas congneu, je ne tauoy pas cogneu, je ne lauoy pas cogneu.
How had nat I knowen me, how had nat I the, how had nat I him.
Come ne mauoy je pas cogneu, come ne tauoy je pas cogneu, come ne lauoy je pas cogneu.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Thou hadest knowen me, thou hadest the, thou hadest him.
Tu mauoys cogneu, tu tauoys cogneu, tu lauoys congneu.
How hadest thou knowen me, how hadest thou the, how hadest thou him.
Come mauoys tu cogneu, come tauoys tu cogneu, come lauoys tu cogneu.
Thou hadest nat knowen me, thou hadest nat the, thou hadest nat him.
Tu ne mauoys pas cogneu, tu ne tauoys pas cogneu, tu ne lauoys pas cogneu.
How hadest thou nat knowen me, how hadest thou nat the, how hadest thou nat him.
Come ne mauois tu pas cogneu, come ne tauoys tu pas cogneu, come ne lauoys tu pas cogneu.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
He had knowen me, he had the, he had him.
Il mauoit cogneu, il tauoit cogneu, il lavoit cogneu.
How had he knowen me, how had he the, how had he him.
Come mauoit il cogneu, come tauoyt il cogneu, come lauoyt il cogneu.
He had nat knowen me, he had nat the, he had nat him.
Il ne mauoit pas cogneu, il ne tauoyt pas cogneu, il ne lauoyt pas cogneu.
How had nat he knowen me, how had nat he the, how had nat he him.
Come ne mauoyt il pas cogneu, come ne tauoit il pas cogneu, come ne lavoit il pas cogneu.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We had knowen us, we had you, we had him.
Nous nous auions cogneu, nous uous auions cogneu, nous les auious cogneu.
How had we knowen us, how had we you, how had we them.
Come nous auions nous cogneu, come uous auions nous cogneu, come les auions nous cogneu.
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We had nat knowen us, we had nat you, we had nat them.
Nous ne nous auions pas cogneu, nous ne uous auions pas cogneu, nous ne les auions pas cogneu.
Howe had nat we knowen us, how had nat we you,
how had nat we them.
Come ne nous auions nous pas cogneu, come ne uous auions nous pas cogneu,
come ne les auions nous pas cogneu.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye had knowen us, ye had you, ye had them.
Uous nous auies cogneu, uous uous auies cogneu, uous les auies cogneu.
How had ye knowen us, how had ye you, how had ye them.
Come nous auies uous cogneu, come uous auiez nous cogneu, come les auies uous cogneu.
Ye had nat knowen us, ye had nat you, ye had nat them.
Uous ne nous auies pas cogneu, uous ne uous auies pas cogneu, uous ne les auies pas cogneu.
How had nat ye knowen me, how had nat ye you,
Come ne nous auies uous pas cogneu, come ne les auies uous pas cogneu,
how had nat ye them.
come ne uous auies uous pas cogneu.
THE THYRDE PERSONE.
They had knowen us, they had you, they had them.
Ilz nous auoient cogneu, ilz uous auoient cogneu, ilz les auoient cogneu.
How had they knowen us, how had they you, how had they them.
Come nous auoient ilz cogneu, come uous auoient ilz cogneu, come les auoient ilz cogneu.
They had nat knowen us, they had nat you, they had nat them.
Ilz ne nous auoient pas cogneu, ilz ne uous auoient pas cogneu, ilz ne les auoient pas cogneu.
How had they nat knowen us, how had they nat you,
how had they nat them.
Come ne nous auoient ilz pas congneu, come ne uous auoient ilz pas congneu,
come ne les auoient ilz pas cogneu.
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THE FUTURE.
I shall know me, I shall the, I shall him.
Je me cognoistray, je te cognoistray, je le cognoistray.
How shall I know me, how shall I the, how shall I him.
Come me cognoistray je, come te cognoistray je, come le cognoistray je.
I shall nat know me, I shall nat the, I shall nat him.
Je ne me congnoistray pas, je ne te congnoistray pas, je ne le congnoistray pas.
How shall nat I know me, how shall nat I the, how shall nat I him.
Come ne me cognoistray je pas, come ne te cognoistray je pas, come ne le cognoistray je pas.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Thou shalt know me, thou shall the, thou shalt him.
Tu me cognoistras, tu te cognoistras, tu le cognoistras.
How shalt thou knowe me, how shalt thou the, how shalt thou him.
Come me cognoistras tu, come te cognoistras tu, come le cognoistras tu.
Thou shalt nat knowe me, thou shalt nat the, thou shalt nat him.
Tu ne me cognoistras pas, tu ne te cognoistras pas, tu ne le cognoistras pas.
How shalt thou nat knowe me, how shalt thou nat the, how shall thou nat him.
Come ne me cognoistras tu pas, come ne te cognoistras tu pas, come ne le cognoistras tu pas.
THE THIRDE PERSONE.
He shall know me, he shall the, he shall him.
Il me cognoistras, il te cognoistras, il le cognoistras.
How shall he knowe me, how shall he the, how shall he him.
Come me cognoistra il, come te cognoistra il, come le cognoistra il.
He shall nat knowe me, he shall nat the, he shall nat him.
Il ne me cognoistras pas, il ne te cognoistras pas, il ne le cognoistras pas.
How shall nat he knowe me, how shall nat he the, how shall nat he him.
Come ne me cognoistra il pas, come ne te cognoistra il pas, come ne le cognoistra il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We shall know us, we shall you, we shall them.
Nous nous cognoistrons, nous uous cognoistrons, nous les cognoistrons.
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How shall we know us, how shall we you, how shall we them.
Come nous cognoistrons nous, come uous cognoistrons nous, come les cognoistrons nous.
We shall nat knowe us, we shall nat you, we shall nat them.
Nous ne nous cognoistrons pas, nous ne uous cognoistrons pas, nous ne les cognoistrons pas.
How shall nat we knowe us, how shall nat we you,
Come ne nous cognoistrons nous pas, come ne uous congnoistrons nous pas,
how shall nat we them.
come ne les congnoistrons nous pas.
THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye shall know us, ye shall you, ye shall them.
Uous nous cognoistres, uous uous cognoistres, uous les cognoistres.
How shall ye know us, how shall ye you, how shall ye them.
Come nous cognoistres uous, come uous cognoistres uous, come les cognoistres nous.
Ye shall nat knowe us, ye shall nat you, ye shall nat them.
Uous ne nous cognoistres pas, uous ne uous cognoistres pas, uous ne les cognoistres pas.
How shall ye nat know us, how shall ye nat you,
how shall ye nat them.
Come ne nous cognoistres uous pas, come ne uous cognoistres nous pas,
come ne les congnoistres uous pas.
THE THIRDE PARSONE.
They shall know us, they shall you, they shall them.
Ilz nous cognoistront, ilz uous cognoistront, ilz les cognoistront.
How shall they know us, ow shall they you, how shall they them.
Come nous cognoistront ilz, come uous congnoistront ilz, come les congnoistront ilz.
They shall nat know us, they shall nat you, they shall nat them.
Ilz ne nous cognoistront pas, ilz ne uous cognoistront pas, ilz ne les cognoistront pas.
How shall they nat know us, how shall they nat you,
Come ne nous cognoistront ilz pas, come ne uous cognoistront ilz pas,
how shall they nat them.
come ne les cognoistront ilz pas.
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THE IMPERATYVE.
Know thou, know he or him, know we, know ye know they.
Cognoys toi, cognoisse soy, cognoissons nous, cognoisses uous, cognoissent eulz ou elles.
THE FUTURE.
Loke that thou know the, that he himselfe, that we know us,
Garde que tu te cognoisse, quil se cognoisse, que nous nous cognoissons,
That ye you, that they themselfe.
que uous uous cognoissez, quilz se cognoissent.
THE FUTUR NEGATYVE.
Do that thou knoweth nat, that he knoweth nat, that we knoweth nat,
Faitz que tu ne cognoisse, quil ne cognoisse, que nous ne cognoissons,
that ye nat, that they nat.
que uous ne cognoissez, quilz ne cognoissent.
THE OPTATIVE FUTUR.
I pray you that I may knowe, that thou know.
Je uous prie que je congnoisse, que tu congnoisse, etc. lyke the imperatyve.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
O yf I knew, yf thou, yf he, yf we knew,
O se je cogneusse, se tu congneusse, se il cogneusse, se nous cogneussions,
yf you , yf they knew.
se uous cogneussies, se ilz cogneussent.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
With my wyll that I have knowen, that thou hast , that he hath , that we have,
A ma uoullente que jaye cogneu, que tu aye cogneu, quil ayt cogneu, que nous ayons cogneu,
that ye have , that they have knowen.
que uous ayez cogneu, quilz ayent cogneu.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET.
Wold to God that I had knowen, that thou hadest , that he had ,
Pleust a Dieu que jeusse cogneu, que tu eusse cogneu, quil eust cogueu,
that we had , that ye had , that they had knowen.
que nous eussions cogneu, que uous eussiez cogneu, quilz eussent cogneu.
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The subjunctive present and thre preterites is lyke the optative, puttyng
before the verbe, ueu, or come, etc.
THE FYRST FUTURE OF THE CONJUNCTYVE.
Whan I shall knowe, thou shall, he shall know: we shall,
Mais que je cognoisse, que tu , quil cognoisse; que nous cognoissons,
ye shall , they shall know.
que uous cognoisses, quilz cognoissent.
THE SECONDE FUTURE.
Whan I shulde knowe, thou shulde , he shulde: we shulde,
Quant je cognoistroye, que tu cognoistrois, quil cognoistroit: que nous cognoistrions,
ye shulde , they shuld know.
que uous cognoistriez, quilz cognoistroient.
to know. to have knowen. to know,
THE INFINITIVE, cognoistre. THE PRETERIT, auoir cogneu. THE GERUNDIF, a cognoistre,
for to knowe, in knowyng. I the wyshe knowen.
pour cognoistre, en cognoissant. THE SUPIN or OVERTHROWEN, je te souhaite cogneu.
And so ende this conjugation.
Here doth folowe the conjugation of this verbe am, the which is as an
instrument wherby we do expresse by our wordes all verbes passives,
fewe except, and all that we do suffre, the whiche may be turned
lyke the verbe precedent, as je me, je te, je le suis.
But for to eschewe prolixite, we shal tourne
him but VI maner ways in
every persone.
I am, why am I.
Je suis, pourquoy suis je.
I am nat, why am nat I.
Je ne suis pas, come ne suis je pas.
Thou arte, why art thou.
Tu es, come es tu.
Thou art nat, why art nat thou.
Tu nes pas, pourquoy nes tu pas.
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He is, why is he.
Il est, pourquoy est il.
He is nat, why is he nat.
Il nest pas, come nest il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We be, why be we.
Nous somes, pourquoy somes nous.
We be nat, why be nat we.
Nous ne somes pas, pourquoy ne somes nous pas.
Ye be, why be ye.
Uous estes, pourquoy estes uous.
Ye be nat, why be ye nat.
Uous nestes pas, pourquoy nestes uous pas.
They be, why be they.
Ilz sont, pourquoy sont ilz.
They be nat, why be nat they.
Ilz ne sont pas, pourquoy ne sont ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
Note that the preterit imperfet and perfet have but one exposicion
in this verbe.
I was beyng, why was I.
Jestoie, pourquoy estoye je.
I was nat, why was nat I.
Je nestoy pas, pourquoy nestoy je pas.
Thou was, why was thou.
Tu estois, pourquoy estois tu.
Thou was nat, why was nat thou.
Tu nestois pas, pourquoy nestois tu pas.
He was, why was he,
Il estoit, pourquoy estoit il.
He was nat, why was nat he.
Il nestoit pas, pourquoy nestoit il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We were, why were we.
Nous estions, pourquoy estions nous.
We were nat, why were we nat.
Nous nestions pas, pourquoy nestions nous pas.
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Ye were, why were ye.
Uous estiez, pourquoy estiez uous.
Ye were nat, why were ye nat.
Uous nestiez pas, pourquoy nestiez uous pas.
They were, why were they.
Ilz estoient, pourquoi estoient ilz.
They were nat, why were they nat.
Ilz nestoient pas, pourquoy nestoient ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
I was, why was I.
Je fus, pourquoy fus je.
I was nat, why was nat I.
Je ne fus point, pourquoy ne fus je point.
Thou was, why was thou.
Tu fus, pourquoy fus tu.
Thou was nat, why was nat thou.
Tu ne fus pas, pourquoy ne fus tu pas.
He was, why was he.
Il fust, pourquoy fust il.
He was nat, why was nat he.
Il ne fust pas, pourquoy ne fust il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We were, why were we.
Nous fusmes, pourquoy fusmes nous.
We were nat, why were nat we.
Nous ne fusmes pas, pourquoy ne fusmes nous pas.
Ye were, why were ye.
Uous fustes, pourquoy fustes uous.
Ye were nat, why were nat ye.
Uous ne fustes pas, pourquoy ne fustes uous pas.
They were nat, why were they nat.
Ilz ne furent pas, pourquoy ne furent ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT INDIFINITYF.
I have ben, why have I ben.
Jay esté, pourquoy ay je esté.
990
I have nat ben, why have nat I ben.
Je nay pas esté, pourquoy nay je pas esté.
Thou hast ben, why hast thou ben.
Tu as esté, pourquoy as tu esté.
Thou hast nat ben, why hast nat thou ben.
Tu nas pas esté, pourquoy nas tu pas esté.
He hath ben, why hath he ben.
Il a esté, pourquoy a il esté.
He hath nat ben, why hath nat he ben.
Il na pas esté, pourquoy na il pas esté.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We have ben, why have we ben.
Nous auons esté, pourquoy auons nous esté.
We have nat ben, why have we nat ben.
Nous nauons pas esté, pourquoy nauons nous pas esté.
Ye have ben, why have ye ben.
Uous auez esté, pourquoy aués-uous esté.
Ye have nat ben, why have nat ye ben.
Uous naués pas esté, pourquoy naués uous pas esté.
They have ben, why have they ben.
Ilz ont esté, pourquoy ont ilz esté.
They have nat ben, why have nat they ben.
Ilz nont pas esté, pourquoy nont ilz pas esté.
THE PRETERIT MOST PARFET.
I had ben, why had I ben.
Jauoy esté, come auoy je esté.
I had nat ben, why had nat I ben.
Je nauoys pas esté, come nauoy je pas esté.
Thou hadest ben, why hadest thou ben.
Tu auoys esté, come auois tu esté.
Thou hadest nat ben, why hadest nat thou ben.
Tu nauois pas esté, come nauois tu pas esté.
He had nat ben, why had nat he ben.
Il nauoit pas esté, come nauoit il pas esté.
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THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We had ben, why had we ben.
Nous auions esté, pourquoy auions nous esté.
We had nat ben, why had nat we ben.
Nous nauions pas esté, pourquoy nauions nous pas esté.
Ye had ben, why had ye ben.
Uous auiez esté, pourquoy auiez uous esté.
Ye had nat ben, why had nat ye ben.
Uous nauiez pas esté, pourquoy nauiez uous pas esté.
They had ben, why had they ben.
Ils auoient esté, come auoient ilz esté.
They had nat ben, why had they nat ben.
Ilz nauoient pas esté, come nauoient ilz pas esté.
THE FUTURE.
I shall be, why shal I be.
Je seray, come seray je.
I shall nat be, why shall nat I be.
Je ne seray pas, come ne seray je pas.
Thou shalt be, why shalt thou be.
Tu seras, pourquoy seras tu.
Thou shalt nat be, why shalt thou nat be.
Tu ne seras pas, pourquoy ne seras tu pas.
He shalbe, why shall he be.
Il sera, pourquoy sera il.
He shall nat be, why shall nat he be.
Il ne sera pas, pourquoy ne sera il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We shalbe, why shall we be.
Nous serons, pourquoy serons nous.
We shall nat be, why shall we nat be.
Nous ne serons pas, pourquoy ne serons nous pas.
Ye shalbe, why shall ye be.
Uous seres, pourquoy seres uous.
Ye shall nat be, why shall nat ye be.
Uous ne serés pas, pourquoy ne serés uous pas.
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They shall nat be, why shall nat they be.
Ilz ne seront pas, pourquoy ne seront ilz pas.
THE IMPERATYVE.
Be thou, be he, be we, be ye, be they.
Sois toy, soit il, soions nous, soiéz uous, soient ilz.
BOTH THE FUTURES.
Do that thou be, that he be, that we be, that ye be, that they be.
Fais que tu sois, quil soyt, que nous soions, que uous soyez, quilz soient.
Do that thou be nat, that he be nat, that we be nat, that ye be
Fais que tu ne sois pas, quil ne soit pas, que nous ne soyons pas, que uous ne
nat, that they be nat.
soiez pas, quilz ne soient pas.
THE OPTATYVE.
I pray you that I be, that thou be, that he be, that we be, that ye be,
Je uous prie que je soie, que tu sois, quil soit, que nous soions, que uous soyez,
that they be.
quils soyent.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFIT.
Wold to God that I were, that thou , that he ,
Pleust a Dieu que je fusse, que tu fusse, quil fusse.
That we , that ye , that they were.
Que nous fussions, que uous fussés, quilz fussent.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
With my wyll that I have ben, that thou, that he, that we,
A ma uoullenté que jaye esté, que tu aye esté, quil ayt esté, que nous ayons esté,
that ye , that they have ben.
que uous ayez esté, quilz ayent esté.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFYTE.
Oh if I had ben, if thou haddest ben, if he , if we had ben ,
O sy jeusse esté, se tu eusse esté, sil eust esté, se nous eussons esté,
if ye , if they .
se uous eusses esté, silz eussent esté.
The conjunctive is both in the present and preterites, lyke the optatyve.
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Whan I shalbe, thou, he: we,
THE FYRST FUTURE. Mais que soie, que tu sois, quil soit: mais que nous soyons,
ye, they shalbe.
que uous soyéz, quilz soient.
THE FUTURE BOROWED OF THE POTENCIALL MODE.
I shulde be, thou shulde be, he shuld be: we shulde be, ye shulde be, they shulde be.
Je seroye, tu serois, il seroit: nous serions, uous seriés, ilz seroient.
to be. haue ben. for to be, in beyng.
THE INFINITYVE, estre. THE PRETERIT, avoir esté, GERUNDIF, pour estre, en estant, etc.
And thus finishe this conjugation.
Also it is to be noted that there ben certayne answeres bothe in the
affyrmatyon, and negation of a thyng: as whan one doth say, I am: and
they may say, ye be nat: where he may answere agayne, I am: and the
other grauntyng the same shall say, so are ye. And lykewise whan one
doth affirme a thyng by way of negation: as whan he doth say, I am nat,
if any wyll deny the same, he shall saye, ye be, and if he wyll graunt unto
it, he shall saye, no more are ye. For example of the whiche I wyll make
therof a conjugation full requisyte and necessary to the frenche tonge. But
ye shall understande that thre verbes onely shall serve you to this purpose:
that is to say, have, do, and am: for if one say I am, ye may say, ye
be nat: I have, ye have nat: and I do, ye do nat: the whiche thre ben principall
in this rule.
THE INDICATIVE OF AFFIRMATION.
I am, thou art, he is.
Je suis, tu es, il est.
I am nat, thou art nat, he is nat.
Non suis, non es, non est.
But I am, But thou arte, but he is.
Sy suis, Sy es, sy est.
So am I, So arte thou, so is he.
Ce suis mon, ce es mon, ce est mon.
We be, ye be, they be.
Nous sommes, uous estes, Ilz sont.
We be nat, ye be nat, they be nat.
Non sommes, non estes, non sont.
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But we be, but ye be, but they be.
Sy sommes, sy estes, sy sont.
So we be, so be ye, so be they.
Ce sommes mon, ce estes mon, ce sont mon.
And so forth thorow al the tenses and modes of all the tother twayne, as:
I was, I was nat, but I was: so was I. I sayde, I dyd nat,
but I dyd,
Jestoye, non estoye, sy estoie: cestoie mon. Je dysoie, non faisoie,
sy faisoie,
so dyd I. I had, I had nat, but I had, so had I:
ce faisoie mon. Jauoie, non auoie, sy auoie, ce auoie mon: je eus, non eus:
I shal have, I shall nat, but I shall, so shall I.
jaray, non aray, sy aray, ce aray mon.
Which thre wordes shall serve you to any verbes signifieng either doing
or suffryng.
EXAMPLE FOR NEGATION.
I am nat: but I am. I am nat: no more I am.
Je ne suis pas: sy suis. non suis: ce ne suis mon.
I do nat: but I do. I do nat: no more do I.
Je ne fay pas: sy fay. non fay: ce ne fay mon.
I have nat: but I have. I have nat: no more have I.
Je nay pas: sy ay. non ay: ce nay mon.
Thou hast nat: but thou hast. thou hast nat: no more hast thou.
Tu nas pas: sy as. non as: ce nas mon, etc.
Touchyng the conjugation interrogative, as,
Am I: do I: have I: or no,
Suis je: fays je: ay je: ou non,
ye shall answere, ouy, nenny, non: and to the interrogation negatyve, as,
Am nat I, do nat I, have nat I,
Ne suis je pas, ne fay je pas, nai je pas,
ye shal answer as is said before in thexample of the negation, wherfore
this is sufficient for this present rule.
Another conjugation of these two verbes in latyn uado and eo, whiche
both verbes of one signifycation signifyeth in englyssh, I go, the which go
is defectyve in the frenche tonge, wherfore the tone must helpe the other.
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THE PRESENT OF THE SHEWYNG MOODE.
I go, why go I.
Je uoy, pourquoy uoy je.
I go nat, why go nat I.
Je ne uoy poynt, pourquoy ne uoy je point.
Thou goest, why goest thou.
Tu uas, pourquoy uas tu.
Thou goest nat, why goest thou nat.
Tu ne uas pas, pourquoy ne uas tu pas.
He goeth, why goeth he.
Il ua, pourquoy ua il.
He goeth nat, why goeth nat he.
Il ne ua pas, pourquoy ne ua il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We go, why go we.
Nous allons, pourquoy allons nous.
We go nat, why go nat we.
Nous nallons pas, pourquoy nallons nous pas.
Ye go, why go ye.
Uous alles, pourquoy alles uous.
Ye go nat, why go nat ye.
Uous nalles point, pourquoy nalles uous point.
They go, why go they.
Ilz uont, pourquoy uont ilz.
They go nat, why go nat they.
Ilz ne uont mie, pourquoy ne uont ilz mie.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
I dyd go, why dyd I go.
Jallois, pourquoy allois je.
I dyd nat go, why dyd nat I go.
Je nallois pas, pourquoy nallois je pas.
Thou dydest go, why dydest thou go.
Tu allois, pourquoy allois tu.
Thou dydest nat go, why dydest thou nat go.
Tu nallois point, pourquoy nallois tu point.
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He dyd go, why dyd he go.
Il alloit; pourquoy alloit il.
He dyd nat go, why dyd nat he go.
Il nalloit pas, pourquoy nalloit il pas.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We dyd go, why dyd we go.
Nous allions, pourquoy allions nous.
We dyd nat go, why dyd nat we go.
Nous nallions mie, pourquoy nallions nous mie.
Ye dyd go, how dyd ye go.
Uous alliéz, coment alliéz uous.
Ye dyd nat go, how dyd nat ye go.
Uous nalliés point, coment nalliéz uous point.
They dyd go, how dyd they go.
Ilz alloient, come alloient ilz.
They dyd nat go, how dyd they nat go.
Ilz nalloient pas, come nalloient ilz pas.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
I went, how went I.
Jalay, coment alay je.
I went nat, how went nat I.
Je nallay pas, coment nallay je pas.
Thou wenst, how wenst thou.
Tu alas, come alas tu.
Thou wenst nat, how wenst nat thou.
Tu nalas mie, come nalas tu mye.
He went, how went he.
Il ala, coment ala il.
He went nat, how went nat he.
Il nala point, coment nala il point.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We went, how went we.
Nous alasmes, come alasmes nous.
We went nat, howe went we nat.
Nous nalasmes point, come nalasmes nous point.
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Ye went, why went ye.
Uous alastes, pourquoy alastes uous.
Ye went nat, why went ye nat.
Uous nalastes pas, pourquoy nalastes uous pas.
They went, why went they.
Ilz allérent, pourquoy allérent ilz.
They went nat, why went nat they.
Ilz nallérent mie, pourquoy nallérent ilz mye.
THE PRETERIT INDIFINITIF.
I have gone, how have I gone.
Jay allé, coment ay je allé.
I have nat gone, how have nat I gone.
Je nay pas allé, coment nay je pas allé.
Thou hast gone, why hast thou gone.
Tu as allé, pourquoy as tu allé.
Thou hast nat gone, why hast thou nat gone.
Tu nas pas allé, pourquoy nas tu pas allé.
He hath gone, why hath he gone.
Il a allé, pourquoy a il allé.
He hath nat gone, why hath nat he gone.
Il na point allé, pourquoy na il point allé.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We have gone, why have we gone.
Nous auons allé, pourquoy auons nous allé.
We have nat gone, why have we nat gone.
Nous nauons pas allé, pourquoy nauons nous pas allé.
Ye have gone, why have ye gone.
Uous aues allé, pourquoy aues uous allé.
Ye have nat gone, why have nat ye gone.
Uous naués pas allé, pourquoy naues uous pas allé.
They have gone, how have they gone.
Ilz ont allé, come ont ilz allé.
They have nat gone, how have they nat gone.
Ilz nont pas allé, come nont ilz pas allé.
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THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET.
I had gone, how had I gone.
Jauoy allé, coment auoy je allé.
I had nat gone, how had nat I gone.
Je nauoy point allé, coment nauoy je point allé.
Thou hadest gone, why hadest thou gone.
Tu auois allé, pourquoy auois tu allé.
Thou hadest nat gone, why hadest thou nat gone.
Tu nauois point allé, pourquoy nauois tu point allé.
He had gone, how had he gone.
Il auoit allé, come auoit il allé.
He had nat gone, how had nat he gone.
Il nauoit pas allé, come nauoit il pas allé.
THE PLURELL NOMBRE.
We had gone, how had we gone.
Nous auions allé, coment auions nous allé.
We had nat gone, how had we nat gone.
Nous nauions point allé, coment nauions nous point allé.
Ye had gone, why had ye gone.
Uous auiez allé, pourquoy auiez uous allé.
Ye had nat gone, why had nat ye gone.
Uous nauiez mie allé, pourquoy nauiez uous mie allé.
They had gone, why had they gone.
Ils auoient allé, pourquoy auoyent ilz allé.
They had nat gone, why had they nat gone.
Ilz nauoient point allé, pourquoy nauoient ilz point allé.
THE FUTURE
I shall go, why shall I go.
Je yray, pourquoy yray je.
I shall nat go, why shall nat I go.
Je nyray pas, pourquoy niray je pas.
Thou shalt go, howe shalt thou go.
Tu yras, coment yras tu.
Thou shalt nat go, howe shalt nat thou go.
Tu niras pas, coment niras tu pas.
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He shall go, howe shall he go.
Il yra, coment yra il.
He shall nat go, howe shall nat he go.
Il nira point, comment nyra il point.
THE PLURELL.
We shall go, why shall we go.
Nous yrons, pourquoy yrons nous.
We shall nat go, why shall nat we go.
Nous nirons pas, pourquoy nirons nous pas.
Ye shall go, why shall ye go.
Uous yrés, pourquoy yrés uous.
Ye shall nat go, why shall nat ye go.
Uous nirés pas, pourquoy nirés uous pas.
They shall go, howe shall they go.
Ilz yront, coment yront ilz.
They shall nat go, howe shall they nat go.
Ilz niront mie, coment niront ilz mie.
THE IMPERATYVE.
Go thou, go he, all one; go we, go ye, go they.
Ua toy, aylle luy, uoise luy; alons nous, allés uous, uoisent ou aillent eulx.
THE FYRST FUTURE.
Do that thou go, that he go, that we go, that ye go,
Fais que tu uoyse ou aylle, quil uoise ou aille, que nous allons, que uous allés,
that they go.
quilz uoisent ou aillent.
THE SECOND FUTURE NEGATIF.
Kepe that thou go nat, all one, that he go nat,
Garde que tu ne aylle point, que tu ne uoise point, quil naile poynt,
all one: that we go nat, that ye go nat, that they go nat,
quil ne uoise point: que nous nallons, que uous nallés, quilz ne aillent point,
all one.
uilz ne uoisent point.
THE OPTATIF.
Wold to God, or I pray you that I go, that thou go, that he go:
Pleust a Dieu, ou je uous prie que jaille ou uoise, que tu aille, que il aille:
that we go, that ye go, that they go.
que nous allons, que uous allés, quilz aillent ou uoisent.
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THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
With my wyll that I went, that thou went, that he went: that we went,
A ma uoullenté que jallasse, que tu allasse, que il allast: que nous allissions,
that ye went, that they went.
que uous allissiez, quilz allassent.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
Wolde to God that I have gone, that thou have gone, that he have gone:
A la mienne uoullenté que jay allé, que tu aie allé, quil ayt allé:
that we have gone, that ye have gone, that they have gone.
que nous ayons allé, que uous ayés allé, quilz ayent allé.
PRETERIT PLUSPARFYTE.
O if I had gone, if thou had gone, if he had gone, if we had gone,
O sy jeusse allé, se tu eusse allé, se il eust allé, se nous eussons allé,
if ye had gone, if they had gone.
se uous eussés allé, se ilz eussent allé.
Ye may make a future of the present, sayenge:
With my wyll that I may go anone, etc. all one.
A ma uoullenté que je aylle tantost, etc. que je uoise tantost, etc.
The conjunctif present and thre preterites is lyke the optatif, sayeng:
as whan wolde to God
come or quant, before the verbe, leuyng a ma uoullenté, etc.
The future boroweth of the potentiall moode whiche may be tourned
six maner of wayes after the indicatif, or elles XVIII, after the seconde
conjunction:
I shuld go, thou , he : we shuld go, ye shuld go, they shuld go.
Je yroie, tu yrois, il yroit: nous yrions, uous yriez, ilz yroient.
THE SECONDE FUTURE.
Whan I shall go, all one, whan thou shalt go, all one, whan he shuld go,
Mais que je aille, que je uoise, que tu aille, que tu uoise, que il aille,
all one, whan we shuld go, whan ye shall go, whan they shal go, all one.
quil uoise, que nous allons, que uous allés, quilz aillent, quilz uoisent.
to go. to be gone. goyng.
THE INFINITYVE, aller. THE PRETERIT, estre allé. THE GERUNDIF, allant.
Finis.
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Here foloweth another conjugation, whiche may be turned
XXXVI maner wayes lyke the precedent, or els XII in every
person, addyng me, te, le: lyke the fyrst conjugation,
but for to eschewe prolixite
it shalbe syngle.
I se, thou seest, he seeth, we se, ye se, they se.
Je uoy, tu uois, il uoit nous ueons, uous uoiez, ilz uoient.
PRETERIT IMPARF.
I dyd se, thou dedest se, he dyd se: we dyd se, ye dyd se, they dyd se.
Je uéoie, tu uéois, il uéoit: nous uéions, uous uéiez, ilz uéioient.
PRETERIT PARF.
I saw, thou saw, he saw: we saw, ye saw, they saw.
Je ueis, tu ueis, il ueist: nous ueismes, uous ueistes, ilz ueirent.
PRETERIT INDIFFINIT.
I have sene, thou hast sene, he hath sene: we have sene, ye have sene,
Jay ueu, tu as ueu, il a ueu: nous auons ueu, uous aués ueu,
they have sene.
ilz ont ueu.
PRETERIT MOST PARFET.
I had sene, thou hadest , he had : we had sene, ye had ,
Jauoie ueu, tu auois ueu, il auoit ueu: nous auions ueu, uous auiez ueu,
they had sene.
ilz auoient ueu.
THE FUTURE.
I shall se, thou shalt, he shall: we shall se, ye shall , they shall se.
Je uoiray, tu uoiras, il uoira: nous uoirons, uous uoirés, ilz uoiront.
THE IMPERATIF.
Se thou or he, se we, se ye, se they.
Uois toy ou luy, uoions nous, uoiés uous, uoient eulx, elles, celles.
BOTH FUTURES, AFFIRMATIF AND NEGATIF.
Do that thou seest, or that thou sest nat, that he seeth or that he seeth nat: that
Fais que tu uoie, ou que tu ne uoie point, quil uoie ou quil ne uoie point: que
we se, or that we se nat, that ye se or that ye se
nous uoions, ou que nous ne uoions point, que uous uoiéz ou que uous ne uoiez
nat, that they se, or that they seeth nat.
point, quilz uoient, ou quelles ne uoient point.
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THE OPTATIF PRESENT.
Wolde to God, or I pray you that I may se, that thou mayst se, that he may se:
A la mienne uoullenté, ou je uous prie que je uoie, que tu uoie, quil uoie:
that we may se, that ye may se, that they may se.
que nous uoions, que uous uoiez, quilz uoient.
PRETERIT IMPARFET.
Wold to God that I coud se, that thou , that he : that we coude se,
Pleust a Dieu que je ueisse, que tu ueisse, quil ueisse: que nous ueissions,
that ye , that they .
que uous ueissiez, quilz ueissent.
PRETERIT PARFYTE.
With my wyll that I have sene, that thou , that he : that we have sene,
A ma uoullenté que jaie ueu, que tu aie ueu, quil aie ueu: que nous aions ueu,
that ye , that they .
que uous aiéz ueu, quilz aient ueu.
PLUSPARF.
O if I had sene, if thou hadest, if he had sene: yf we had, if ye had,
O se jeusse ueu, se tu eusse ueu, sil eusse ueu: se nous eussions, se uous eussiez,
if they had sene.
silz eussent ueu.
The subjunctif is lyke the optatif.
The fyrste future of the subjunctyve is:
I shulde,
Je uoiroie, uoirois, uoiroit, uoirions, uoiriéz, uoiroient.
whan I shall se thou he we
THE SECONDE FUTUR: mais que je uoie, que tu uoie, quil uoie: que nous uoions,
you they.
que uous uoiés, quilz uoient.
to se. to have sene, seyng.
THE INFINITIF: ueoir. PRETERIT: auoir ueu, uoiant.
Another conjugation upon howe do you, and how do ye fare: and if ye do
take the verbe after the fyrst conjugation, sayeng: je porte, porte je, pourquoy
porte je, etc. and lykewise of je fay, fay je, etc. ye shal tourne it XXXVI
wayes in one tense, and if ye turne it after the seconde conjugacion, ye
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shall have an hundred and VIII wayes in one tense, addyng to it me, te, le,
nous nous, uous uous, ilz se.
Howe do I fare, or beare me, how dost thou fare, or bere the, howe dothe he fare:
Coment me porte je, coment te porte tu, coment se porte il:
howe do we fare, howe do ye fare, howe do they fare,
coment nous portons nous, coment uous portés uous, coment se portent ilz.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
Howe dyd I , howe dedest thou , howe dyd he , howe dyd we
Coment me portoy je, coment te portois tu, coment se portoit il, coment nous
bere us, how dyd ye , howe dyd they .
portions nous, coment uous portiez uous, coment se portoient ilz.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
Howe dyd I , howe dedest thou , howe dyd he , howe dyd we
Come me portay je, coment te portas tu, coment se porta il, coment nous
beare us, how dyd ye beare you, how dyd they beare them.
portasmes nous, coment uous portaste uous, coment se portérent ilz.
THE PRETERIT INDIFINITIF.
Howe have I borne me, howe have I , howe hath he : howe have
Coment may je porté, coment tay je porté, coment sa il porté: coment nous
we borne us, howe have ye borne you, howe have they borne them.
auons nous porté, coment uous aués uous porté, coment se sont ilz porté.
THE PRETERIT MOST PARFYTE.
Howe had I borne me, howe hadest thou , howe had he borne him, howe
Coment mauoy je porté, coment tauois tu porté, coment se auoit il porté, coment
had we borne us, howe had ye borne you, howe had they borne them,
nous auions nous porté, coment uous auiéz uous porté, coment se auoient ilz porté.
THE FUTURE.
Howe shall I beare me, howe shalt thou bere the, howe shall he beare hym: howe shall
Coment me porteray je, coment te porteras tu, coment se portera il: coment nous
we beare us, howe shall you beare you, howe shall they beare them.
porterons nous, coment uous porterés uous, coment se porteront ilz.
The imperatyve, optatyve, and conjunctyve may nat serve with this
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worde, coment, save onely the future of the potentiall mode, whiche is:
I shulde beare, thou shuldest, he shulde: we shulde bere, ye shuld, they shulde bere.
Porteroie, porterois, porteroit: porterions, porteriez, porteroient.
And if ye wyll go thorowe the sayd modes, ye shall folowe the termination
of this verbe, I go, whiche is sette before.
And touchyng, howe do you, ye shall ever put le before the verbe,
sayeng:
Howe do I, howe dost thou, howe dothe he: howe do we,
Coment le fay je, coment le fais tu, coment le fait il: coment faisons nous,
do ye, do they.
faictes uous, font ilz ou elles.
And lykewise of all the preterites, sayeng:
Howe dyd I, etc. howe dyd I, howe have I done, howe had I done,
Coment le faisoi je, etc. coment le feiz je, coment lay je fait, coment lauoy je fait,
howe shall I do, howe shulde I do, etc.
coment le feray je, coment le feroy je, etc.
Finis.
Here foloweth the conjugation of a verbe defectyve in frenche,
whiche is I am wont, because it is a verbe rare
and syldome used.
I am wont, thou art, he is wont: we be wonte, ye be wonte, they be wonte.
Je seulz, tu seulz, il seult: nous seulmes, uous seultes, ilz seulent.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
I was , thou , he : we , ye, they.
Je soulloie, tu soullois, il soulloit: nous soulions, uous souliez, ilz souloient.
I was ,
Je seulz, tu seulz, il seult: nous seulmes, uous seultes, ilz seulrent.
There is nomore of this verbe, for if we procede any further, we do say:
I have , I had customed, I shall custome.
je ay de coustume, jauoy de coustume, and jaray de coustume, and so forth.
Anoder verbe defectif which is, it is lawful to me; this verbe may be
turned XXXVI wayes, accordyng to the fyrst conjugation.
It is to me laufull, it is to the, it is to him, it is to us, it is to you, it is to them laufull.
Il me loise, il te loise, il luy loise, il nous, il uous, ilz leur loise.
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PRETERIT IMPARFET.
It was to me laufull, to the, to him laufull: to us, to you, to them laufull or licite.
Il me loisoit, il te, il luy loisoit: il nous, il uous, ilz leur loisoit.
PRETERIT PARFET.
It was ,
Il me loisit, il te, il luy loisit: il nous, il uous, ilz leur loisit.
THE INDIFFINITIF.
It hath ben to me laufull, to the, to him, to us, to you, to them laufull, or behovable.
Il ma esté loisible, il ta esté, il luy a, il nous a, il uous a, ilz leur a esté loisible.
THE PLUS PARFET.
It had ben to me, or els it had behoved me.
Il mauoit esté loisible, il tauoit esté loisible, il luy auoit esté loisible,
il nous, il uous, ilz leur auoit esté loisible.
It shalbe to me,
THE FUTURE is: Il me loysera, ou il me sera loisyble.
Loke that it be nat laufull to the.
THE FUTURE OF THE IMPERATIF, whiche is negatif is: Garde ou faitz quil ne te loise.
That it were to me laufull.
THE OPTATIF. Quil me fust loisible.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET. Quil me loisisse.
That it have ben to me, that it have ben to him.
THE PARFET. Quil maie esté, quil luy ayt esté loysible, and so forth.
That it had ben to me laufull.
THE PLUS PARFET. Quil meust esté loysible.
THE SUBJUNCTIF, is lyke the optatyve, taking the present for the seconde future.
How it shulde be laufull to me,
THE FYRST FUTURE. Come il me loiseroit, come il te loyseroit, come il luy loyseroit:
come ilz nous loiseroit, come ilz uous loiseroit, come ilz leur loiseroit.
Finis.
A conjugation of this verbe care, which for the most parte is negatyve,
as I care nat, and if ye wyll adde this worde it unto the same, sayeng:
I care nat for it: ye shall put an n after every pronoun, as: il ne men chault,
il ne ten, il ne luy en, il ne nous en, il ne uous en, il ne leur en chault.
I care nat, thou carest nat, he we ye they.
Il ne me chault, il ne te chault, il ne luy: il ne nous, il ne uous, ilz ne leur chault.
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PRETERIT IMPARFYTE.
I dyd nat care, ye they
Il ne me, il ne te, il ne luy chaloit: ilz ne nous, ilz ne uous, ilz ne leur chaloit.
PRETERIT PERFECT.
I cared nat,
Il ne me, il ne te, il ne luy chalut: ilz ne nous, ilz ne vous, ilz ne leur chalut.
THE PRETERIT INDIFFINITIF.
I have nat cared.
Il ne ma chalu, etc.
PRETERIT PLUS PERFET.
I had nat cared. ye they
Il ne mauoit, il ne tauoit, il ne luy auoit: ilz ne nous, ilz ne uous, ilz ne leur
avoit chalu.
THE FUTURE.
I shall nat care.
Il ne me chauldra, il ne te, il ne luy: ilz ne nous, ilz ne uous, ilz ne leur chauldra.
IMPERATIFE.
Care thou nat, him : care we nat, care ye, care they nat.
Ne te, ne luy chaille: ne nous, ne uous, ne leur chaille.
BOTH FUTURES.
Se that thou care, that thou care nat. Se we that we care, that we nat
Garde quil te chaille, quil ne te chaille. Gardons quil nous chaille, quil ne nous
care. Se ye that ye care, that ye nat care. Let them se that they care.
chaille. Gardés quil uous chaille, quil ne vous chaille. Gardent quil leur chaille,
that they nat care.
quil ne leur chaille.
OPTATIF.
With my wyll that I care, that thou care, that he care: that we care,
A ma uoullenté quil me chaille, quil te chaille, quil luy chaille: quil nous chaille,
that ye care, that they care.
quil uous chaille, quil leur chaille.
THE IMPARFET.
Wold to God that I care, that thou , that he , that we,
Pleust a Dieu quil me chalusse, quil te chalusse, quil luy chalusse, quil nous
that ye, that they care.
chalusse, quil uous chalusse, quil leur chalusse.
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PRETERIT PARFET.
With my wyll that I have , that thou hast , that he hath care: that we,
A ma uoullenté quil maie chalu, quil taie chalu, quil luy ayt chalu: quil nous,
that ye , that they have care.
quil uous, quil leur ayt chalu.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET.
O if I had care, if thou hadest, if he had care: if we, if ye, if they
O sil me eust, sil teust, sil luy eust chalu: sil nous, sil uous, sil leur
had care.
eust chalu.
The futur is lyke the present as:
I praye to God that I care nat, or that I care.
Je prie a Dieu quil ne me chaille, ou quil me chaille.
The subjunctif is lyke the optatif.
Whan I shall care.
THE FUTURE: Mais quil me chaille, and so forth.
I shulde nat care, thou shuld nat care, he shuld nat care.
THE SECONDE FUTURE: Il ne me chauldroit, il ne te chauldroit, il ne luy chauldroit, etc.
It maketh no matter, or it skylleth nat.
THE INFINITIVE: Il ne peult chaloir.
Note that if ye leve this worde, ne, whiche is before every pronowne,
it is affirmative, and if ye do put it unto the sayd pronowne it is negative.
Another conjugation of two verbes together, that is to say, I serche in
englishe, and because I wyll eschewe prolixite, I wyll touche but the synguler
nombre of every tense.
I seke, all one, thou , he : we serche,
Je cerche, je quiers, tu cerche, tu quiers, il cerche, il quiers: nous cerchons,
ye they
nous quierons, uous cerchés, uous quierés, ilz cerchent, ilz quierent.
PRETERIT IMPARFET.
I dyd seke, or serche.
Je cerchoie, ou querois.
I sauht.
THE PRETERIT PARFET. Je cerchay, ou quis.
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I have sought.
THE PRETERIT INDIFFINITIF. Jay cerché, ou quis.
I had sought.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET. Jauoie cerché, ou quis.
I shall serche.
THE FUTURE. Je cercheray, ou quereray.
Seke thou, or seke the, seke we,
THE IMPERATIVE. Cerche toy, ou quiers toy, querons nous, cerchons nous,
seke ye, seke they.
querés uous, cerches, quierent eulz, cerchent eulz.
Se that thou seke, that thou serche.
THE FUTURE. Garde que tu cerche, que tu quiere.
Loke that thou serche nat.
THE SECOND FUTUR. Garde que ne cerche, ou quiere.
With my wyll, that I serche or seke.
THE OPTATIF. A ma uoullenté, que je cerche ou quiere.
Wold to God that I dyd serche.
PRETERIT IMPARFET. Pleust a Dieu que je cerchasse, pleust a Dieu que je quisse.
With my wyll that I have sought.
THE PRETERIT PARFET. A ma uoullenté que jaie cerché ou quis.
O if I had sought, if thou had, if he had, etc.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET. O se jeusse cerché ou quis, se tu eusse, sil eust, etc.
The subjunctif is lyke the optatif, with his thre preterites.
Whan I shall serche,
THE FYRST FUTURE. Mais que je cerche, ou quiere.
I shulde serche
THE SECONDE FUTURE. Je cercheroie, ou quereroie, quererois, roit: rions, riéz, roient.
To seke and to serche.
THE INFINITIF. Cercher et querir.
Note that this conjugation may be turned six and thirty maner wayes
I seke, seke I: why seke I: I seke nat,
after the fyrst sayenge: je cerche, cerche je: pourquoy cerche je: je ne cerche
seke nat I, why seke nat I.
pas, ne cerche je pas, pourquoy ne cerche je pas, etc. or elles an hondred and
I seke me, I
VIII wayes in one tense, sayeng after the II conjugation: je me quiers, je te
seke the, I seke him
quiers, je le quiers, and so forth, turninge it with the questions. (Loke upon
the seconde conjugation.)
Finis.
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A conjugation of a verbe that must be pronounced with double ll, accordyng
to the seventh rule that is immediatly after the prologue whiche
shalbe a patron and example for all suche verbes, the which conjugation
may be turned syx and thirty wayes after the fyrste, or an hundred and
VIII after the seconde.
I knele, I blotte, I wyte, make foule,
The verbes ben je mengenoulle, je broulle, je toulle, je moulle, je soulle,
I stare I cut, I gyve, I gape,
je roulle, je catoulle, je fatroulle, je barboulle, je talle, je balle, je baslle,
I rayle.
je ralle, and suche lyke.
I knele, thou knele, he knele: we knele,
Je mengenoulle, tu tengenoulle, il sengenoulle: nous nous engenoullons,
you knele, they knele.
uous uous engenoullés, ilz sengenoullent.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
I dyd knele, thou , he : we ,
Je mengenoulloie, tu tengenoullois, il sengenoulloit: nous nous engenoullions,
you , they .
uous uous engenoulliez, ilz sengenoulloient.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
I dyd knele, thou , he : we ,
Je mengenoullay, tu tengenoullas, il sengenoulla : nous nous engenoullames,
you , they .
uous uous engenoullates, ilz sengenoullerent.
PRETERIT INDIFFINITIF.
I have kneled, thou hast kneled, he hath : we have,
Je may engenoullé, tu tas engenoullé, il sa engenoullé: nous nous auons
you , they .
engenoullé, uous uous aues engenoullé, ilz se sont engenoullé.
THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET.
I had kneled, thou , he : we ,
Je mauoie engenoullé, tu te auois engenoullé, il se auoit engenoullé: nous nous
you , they .
auions engenoullés, uous uous auiez engenoullé, ilz se auoient engenoullés.
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THE FUTURE.
I shall knele, thou , he : we ,
Je mengenoulleray, tu tengenoulleras, il sengenoullera: nous nous engenoullerons,
you , they .
uous uous engenoullerés, ilz sengenoulleront.
THIMPERATIF.
Knele thou or he, knele we, knele ye, let them knele.
Engenoulle toy ou soy, engenoullons nous, engenoullés uous, quilz sengenoullent.
BOTH FUTURS NEGATIF AND AFFIRMATIF.
Se that thou knele, that thou knele nat: that he knele, that he
Garde que tu tengenoulle, que tu ne tengenoulle pas: quil sengenoulle, quil ne
knele nat. That we knele, that we knele nat,
sengenoulle pas. Que nous nous engenoullons, que nous ne nous engenoullons pas,
that ye do knele, ye do nat knele. Do that they
que uous uous engenoullés, que uous ne uous engenoullés pas. Faictes quilz
knele, do that they knele nat.
sengenoullent, faictes quilz ne sengenoullent pas.
THE OPTATIF.
With my wyll, or I pray you that I may knele, that thou ,
A la mienne uoullenté, ou je uous prie que je mengenoulle, que tu tengenoulle,
he or she : that we , you ,
quil ou quelle sengenoulle: que nous nous engenoullons, que uous uous engenoulléz,
they .
quilz ou quelles sengenoullent.
THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
Wold to God that I dyd knele, that , that:
Pleust a Dieu que mengenoullasse, que tu tengenoullasse, quil ou quelle sengenoullast:
that we , that ye , that
que nous engenoullissions, que uous uous engenoullissiéz, quilz ou
they .
quelles sengenoullassent.
THE PRETERIT PARFET.
That I have kneled, that thou , that he:
A ma uoullenté que maie engenoullé, que taie engenoullé, que laie engenoullé:
that we , that ye , that they .
que nous aions engenoullés, que uous aiés engenoullés, quilz se aient engenoullés.
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THE PRETERIT PLUSPARFET.
O and I had kneled, if thou hadest , if he had :
O se je meusse engenoullé, se tu te eusse engenoullé, se il se eust engenoullé:
if we , if you , if they.
se nous nous eussions engenoullés, se uous uous eussés engenoullés, silz se
eussent engenoullés.
The subjunctif is lyke the optatif, saieng come or quant before the verbe.
THE FYRST FUTURE.
Whan I shall knele, thou , he : whan we ,
Mais que je mengenoulle, que tu tengenoulle, quil sengenoulle: mais que nous
whan ye , whan they .
nous engenoullons, que uous uous engenoullés, quilz sengenoullent.
THE SECONDE FUTURE.
I shuld knele, thou , he : we,
Je mengenoulleroie, tu tengenoullerois, il sengenoulleroit: nous nous engenoullerions,
ye , they .
uous uous engenoulleriéz, ilz sengenoulleroient.
To knele. To have kneled. For
THE INFINITIF. Engenouller. THE PRETERIT. Auoir engenoullé. THE GERUNDIF. Pour
to knele, in knelyng.
mengenoullér, de mengenoullér, en mengenoullant.
I wysshe the kneled.
THE OVERTHROWEN OF SUPIN. Je te souhaite engenoullé.
And lyke wyse of all the other verbes above rehersed.
Finis.
A conjugacion combinyng or joynyng two verbes togyder, that is to say
I am and I do, takynge the present onely, in eschewyng prolyxite.
Whan I am at scole, I do my deuer to lerne my lesson.
Quant je suis a lescole, je fais mon debuoir daprendre ma lesson, ou lecon.
Whan thou art at scole, thou doest thy deuer to lerne thy lesson.
Quant tu es a lescole, tu fais ton debuoir daprendre ta lesson, ou lecon.
Whan he is at scole, he doeth his dever to lerne his lesson.
Quant il est a lescole, il fait son debuoir daprendre sa lesson.
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Whan we be at scole, we do our dever to lerne our .
Quant nous sommes a lescolle, nous faisons nostre deuoir daprendre nostre lecon.
Whan ye be at scole, ye do your dever to lerne your .
Quant uous estes a lescole, uous festes uostre deuoir dapprendre uostre lesson.
Whan they be at scole, they do theyr dever to lerne theyr .
Quant ilz sont a lescolle, ilz font leur deuoir dapprendre leur lecon.
And so forth thorow al the conjugation of I am, above written, and of
this verbe I do, whiche is in the preterit imparfet je faisoie.
I dyd.
PARFET. Je feis.
I have done.
THE PRETERIT INDIFINITIF. Jay fait.
I had done.
PLUS PARFET. Jauoie fait.
I shall do.
THE FUTURE. Je feray.
Do thou.
THE IMPERATIF. Faitz.
Loke that thou do.
THE FUTURE. Garde que tu face.
Let me do.
THE OPTATIF. Que je face.
Thad I dyd.
IMPARFET. Que je feisse.
That I have done.
THE PRETERIT PARFET. Que jaye faict.
That I had done.
PLUS PARFET. Que jeusse fait.
THE SUBJUNCTYF. Whan I shall do lyke the optatyf.
THE FIRST FUTURE. Mais que je face.
I shuld do,
THE SECONDE. Je feroye, rois, roit: ferions, riéz, roient.
To do.
THE INFINITIF. Faire.
To have done.
PRETERIT. Auoir fait.
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In doyng, to do, for to do.
GERUNDIF. En faisant, a faire, pour faire.
THE OVERTHROWEN. To be done.
LE RENUERSE. Estre fait.
Note that for to lerne frenche quickely, ye must turne the sayd conjugation
iiii maners of wayes, tat is to say affirmatyve, and interrogatyve,
and negatyve, and interrogatyve, as it hath ben plainly shewed here before.
Finis.
Another conjugation by way of combination lyke the tother before
rehersed. And fyrst of the present.
Whan I repute me vile and unclene, by humilite, I am clene and pure
Quant je me repute uil et ord, uile et orde, par humilité, je suis nect et pur, necte et
by goodnes.
pure, par bonté.
Whan thou repute the , by goodnes, thou art ,
Quant tu te repute uil et ord, uile et orde, par bonté, tu es nect et pur, necte et pure,
par humilité.
Whan he him repute , he is ,
Quant il se repute uil et ord, uile et orde, par bonté, il est pur et nect, pure et necte,
par humilité.
Whan we us repute , we be
Quant nous nous reputons uilz et ordz, uiles et ordes, par humilité, nous sommes purs
et nectz par bonté.
Whan ye you repute , ye be
Quant uous uous reputez uilz et ordz, uiles et ordes, par humilité, uous estes purs et
nectz, etc. par bonté.
Whan they them repute , by mekenes, they
Quant ilz ou elles se reputent uilz et ordz, uiles et ordes, par humilité, ilz ou elles sont
purs et nectz, pures et nectes, par bonté.
And so forth unto the imperatif, makyng other verbes by patron of
the same.
Also another conjugation with two verbes togeder every of them twyse
rehersed, and the verbe repeted ever in the preterit parfet, and the fyrst
and last goyng through all the modes and tenses: the whiche ben thus.
Whan I se that I never saw, I thinke that I never thought.
Whan I se that whiche I never saw, I thinke that I never thought.
Quant je uoy ce que ne ueis jamais, je pense ce que ne pensay oncques.
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Whan thou seest that that thou , thou .
Quant tu uois ce que tu ne ueis jamais, tu pense ce que ne pensas oncques.
Whan he seth , he thinke that .
Quant il uoit ce quil ne ueist jamais, il pense ce quil ne pensa oncques.
Whan we se that that we , we .
Quant nous uoions ce que nous ne ueismes jamais, nous pensons ce que ne pensames
oncques.
Whan ye se that that ye never sawe, ye .
Quant uous uoyez ce que ne ueistes jamais, uous pensés ce que ne pensastes oncques.
Whan they se , they .
Quant ilz uoient ce quilz ne ueisent jamais, ilz pensent ce que ne penserent oncques.
And so through till the imperatif, than ye may turne the verbes if ye
lyste, sayeng: «Whan I thinke that I never thought, I se that I never
sawe; Quant je pense ce que ne pensay jamais, je uoy ce que ne ueis oncques,»
and so forth.
Another conjugation joynynge two verbes together.
Whan I am ydell, I worke nat: whan I worke, I am nat ydell.
Quant je chomme, je ne besongne pas: quant je besongne, je ne chomme pas.
Whan thou art ydell, thou workest nat: whan thou workest, thou art nat ydell.
Quant tu chomme, tu ne besongne pas: quant tu besongne, tu ne chomme pas.
Whan he or she is ydell, he or she worketh nat: whan he or she doeth worke, he or
Quant il ou elle chome, il ou elle ne besongne pas: quand il ou elle besongne, il ou
she is nat ydell.
elle ne chomme pas.
Whan we be ydel, we do nat worke: whan we worke, we be
Quant nous chommons, nous ne besongnons pas: quant nous besongnons, nous ne
nat ydel.
chomons pas.
Whan ye be ydel, ye worke nat: whan ye worked, ye be nat
Quant uous chommés, uous ne besongnés pas: quant uous besongnés, uous ne chomés
ydel.
pas.
Whan they ben ydel, they worke nat: whan they worke,
Quant ilz ou elles chomment, ilz ou elles ne besongnent pas: quant ilz ou elles besongnent,
they be nat ydel.
ilz ou elles ne chomment pas.
I was ydel,
And so forth till the imperatif, saieng in the preterit imparfet: chomoie,
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I dyd worke. I was ydel whan I
besongnoie, etc.; in the parfet: chommay, besongnay; the indifinitif: quant jay
had ben ydel, I had nat worked. whan I had ben ydel, I had nat
chommé , je nay pas besongné; the plus parfet:quant jauoie chomé, je nauoie
worked. whan I shalbe ydel, I shall nat worke.
pas besongné; the future: quant je chommeray, je ne besongneray pas.
Another conjugation accordynge to the precedent.
Whan I am possessed, I have good earnes: whan I have non earnes, I am nat
Quant je suis nantis ou nantie, jay bonnes arres: quant je nay nulles arres, je ne suis
possessed.
point nantie.
Whan thou art possessed, thou hast good earnes: whan thou hast non earnes, thou art nat
Quant tu es nantis, tu as bonnes arres: quant tu nas nulles arres, tu nes point
possessed.
nantis.
Whan he hath good earnes, he is : whan he is nat possessed, he hath none earnes.
Quant il a bonnes arres, il est nantis: quant il nest point nantis, il na nulles arres.
Whan we be possessed, we have good earnes: whan we have good earnes,
Quant nous sommes nantis, nous auons bonnes arres: quant nous auons bonnes arres,
we be possessed.
nous sommes nantis.
Whan ye be , ye have good : whan ye have , ye
Quant uous estes nantis, uous aues bonnes arres: quant uous aues bonnes arres, uous
be.
estes nantis.
Whan they be , they have : whan they have , they be.
Quant ilz sont nantis, ilz ont bonnes arres: quant ilz ont bonnes arres, ilz sont nantis.
I am
and so forth after the verbe, je suis, sayeng in the preterit imparfet,
whan I was
quant jestois, etc. (Loke above.)
I understande, thou understande, he or she understandeth, we us understande,
Jentens, je mentens: tu entens, tu tentens: il ou elle sentend: nous nous entendons,
ye understande you, they understande.
uous uous entendes, ilz ou elles sentendent.
THE INTERROGATYVE.
Understand I me, understande thou, understande he or she: understande we us,
Mentens je, tentens tu , sentend il ou elle: nous entendons nous,
understande ye you, understande they them.
uous entendes uous, sentendent ilz ou elles.
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THE NEGATYVE.
I understande nat me, thou understande nat the, he or she understande nat him; we do
Je ne mentens pas, tu ne tentens pas, il ou elle ne sentend pas: nous ne
nat understande us, ye do nat understande you, they do nat understande them.
nous entendons pas, uous ne uous entendés pas, ilz ou elles ne sentendent pas.
THE INTERROGATYVE.
Do nat I understande me, do nat thou understande the, do nat he understande him or she:
Ne mentens je pas, ne tentens tu pas, ne sentend il ou elle pas:
do we nat understande us, do ye nat understande ye, do nat they understande
ne nous entendons nous pas, ne uous entendes uous pas, ne sentendent ilz
them.
ou elles pas.
Dyd I understande, understande I, I have understande, I had understande, I shall understande.
entendoie, entendis, jay entendu, jauoie entendu, entenderay.
Thus endeth the fyrst boke.
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An answere to the correcters and of all workes reprouers.
APOLOGIE AUX CORRECTEURS ET DE TOUTTES OUURES REPREUEURS.
GILES DU WES ALIAS DE VADIS.
Grose folke of rude affection
G rosses gens de rudes affections
dronkerdes, banysshed of trewe felyng
I urongnes, bannis de uray sentement
lubbers, knaves, private of understandyng
L ourdaultz, cocardz, priues dentendement
in their mouthfull takyng refection
E n leur gueulée prenant refections
fulfylled of oprobre and of detraction
S aoule doprobes et de detractions
Shall say of me as they do of other folkes
D iront de moy comme ilz font daultre gent
beholde here, what a maker fayre and gentyl
U oies icy, quel facteur bel et gent,
trewe it is for certayne, that I am ignorant
U ray est pour certain, que suis ignorant
wyllyng I ought nat to leave therfore
U oulloir je ne doy pas laisser pour tant
to undertake thyng that ought to be prayse
E mprendre chose qui fait a priser
without takyng hede to their disprayse.
S ans garde prendre a leur despriser.
Some shall say this is yvell writte
A ulcun diront cecy est mal escript
the others aftervarde, bendyng the browes
L es aultres appres, bandant lez sourcilz
shall there fynde right great faute of spirite
I trouueront tresgrant faulte desprit
other shall wey all, as folkes subtyles
A ultres peseront tout, comme gens subtilz.
upon this gyveng their sentence and advyse.
S ur ce donnant leur sentence et aduis.
Say every one what so ever he wyll
D ie ung chescun ce que dire uouldra
in the spite of the dyvell, and of yvel wyll.
E n despit du diable, et de mal uoulloir.
Se they may, that I have put me in dever
U eoir ilz pouront, que ma mis en debuoir
to do well, do better that can
A bien faire, face mieulz qui scara
of me certes nat reproved he shalbe.
D e moy certes ja reprins nen sera.
Jesus than us graunt well to do
I hesus doncques nous ottroy bien faire
without willyng, neither him nor other displease.
S ans uoulloir, na lui na aultre desplaire.
ENDE OF THE FYRST BOKE.
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HERE FOLOWETH THE SECONDE BOOKE
of this lytell worke, in the whiche
shalbe treated of communyca-
tions, and other thynges
necessary to the lernyn
of the sayd French
tonge.
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A LAUDE AND PRAYSE
TO THE KYNGE, THE QUENE, AND TO THE PRINCESSE
NOBLE GRACE, FOR A PREAMBLE OR
PROLOGUE TO THE SAYD
BOKE.
To the right hye, right chrìsten, and most redouted imperiall myght, and
A la treshaulte, trescrestien, et tresredoutée imperialle puissance, et
soverayne majesty of you, Henry by the grace of God, lyveng kyng victorious,
souueraine maiste de uous, Henry par la grace de Dieu, uiuant roy uictorieux,
and monarcion of all Englande, the VIII of that name: be
et monarque de toute Engleterre, huitiesme de ce nom: soit
laude everlastyng, honour without ende: alwayes lastynge lyfe prosperous
louenge perpetuélle, honneur sans fin: tousjours durant uie prospére
and good felicite.
et bien heurée.
And to you most illustre, right excellente, and right magnanime lady and
Et a uous tresillustre, tresexcellente, et tresmagnanime dame et
princesse, my lady Anne by the grace of God quene of Englande and of
princesse, ma dame Anne par la grace de Dieu royne dEngleterre et de
France: with right noble and most vertuouse yours right dere and well beloved
Fraunce: auec tres noble et tres uertueuse uostre tres chiére et bien aimée
doughter Elizabeth, princesse of Englande and of Wales: be lyfe everlastynge
fille Elizabeth, princesse dEngleterre et de Galles: soit uie pardurable
and joye without ende. Amen amen.
et joye sans fin. Amen amen.
Ee dicat omnis populus amen.
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Wolde to God
A ma uoullenté
that the Godheed
que la deité,
full of goodnesse
plaine de bonté
had graunted to me
sy meust ottroié
whiche am counterfait
qui suis contrefait
of ignorancy, and undone
dignorance, et desfait
koning and knowledge
science et scauoir
with the power
auecques pouoir
can declare
scavoir declarér
and to manyfeste
et manifestér
after my power
selon mon possible
the grace that can nat be saide
la grace indicible
of the right christen kyng
du trescrestien roy
whiche in noble aray
qui en noble aroy
is this day lyvyng
est aujourdhuy uiuant
prosperous and reignyng
prospereus et regnant
whiche all the men
qui tous les hommes
howe great that we ben
come grans que sommes
as well clerkes and lays
et clercz et laiz
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by his faire dedes
par ses beaulz faitz
hath over comen
a surmontés
and excelled
et excellés
wherfore the most
pourquoy le plus
parfait here beneth
parfait ca jus
having power
ayant pouoir
and the knowyng
et le scauoir
shulde fayle right well
il fauldroit bien
that his mainteynyng
que son maintien
that his sperit
que son esprit
of wyt kyndled
de sens esprit
might ones begyne
peult entamér
for to declare
pour declarér
as it hapened
comme il aduient
whan a man doth come
quant homme uient
to the great see
a la graunt mér
for to lade it
pour lespuisér
incontinently
incontinent
that he doth se
quil uoit comment
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his entreprise
son entreprise
whiche to that him tychyt
que ce latise
hath made him do amysse
la fait mesprendre
willyng to take in hande
uoulloir emprendre
a thinge unpossible
chose impossible
he that right feble
luy qui debile
is, and fraile
est, et fragille
and lytell able
et peu abille
as a man dronke
comme ung homme yvre
whiche lytell to lyve
quy guere uiura
naturally
naturellement
may nat goodly
ne peult bonnement
he him withdraweth
il se retire
pluckyng him selfe
et se detire
him complainynge
soy doulousant
that nat knowyng
que non scauaunt
he hath undertake
il a empris
to wyn the prise
gagner le pris
wyllyng for to do
pour uoulloir faire
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the whiche to parforme
ce que parfaire
no man might
nul ne poulroit
where he nover
tant ne seroit
man so myghty
home puissant
alwaies livyng
tousjours uiuaunt
neither more nor lesse
ne plus ne moins
to put his handes
mectre ses mains
or besy him selfe
ou sempeschér
wyllyng to prayse
uoulloir prisér
prince without pere
prince sans pér
and nat to erre
sans point errér
shuld be to lade
seroit puisser
the water out of the se
leaue hors la mér
wherfore in now
pourquoy a tant
me withdrawyng
me retirant
of myn enterpryse
de mon emprise
I say without fiction
dis sans faintise
during my lyfe.
durant ma uye.
Be it sadde or mery
Soit triste ou lye
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I shall never cease
ne cesseray
nor shall leave
ne laysseray
in every place
en chascun lieu
to laude God
de louér Dieu
and also to crie
et de criér
and to supply
et supliér
his magestie
sa magesté
and godheed
et deité
to be wyllyng to kepe
uoulloir gardér
and to preserve
et preseruér
the noble lorde
le noble seigneur
from all unhap
de tout malheur
also the lady
aussi la dame
whiche lyved without blame
que uist sans blame
I understande the quene
jentens la royne
whiche never doth ende
qui point ne fine
to do honour
de faire honneur
to the maker
au createur
with she
auec[que] celle
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that hath no pere
qui non pareille
in this worlde
est en ce monde
right pure and clene
trespure et monde
it is the princesse
cest la princesse
halfe a goddesse
demie deesse
leavyng them to us
les nous laissans
here lyvyng
icy uiuans
right longe space
tres longue espace
with his grace
avec sa grace
than whan shall come
puis quand uiendra
that it shall nede
quil conuiendra
at the later ende
a la parfin
that they take an ende
quilz prengnent fin
without bytternesse
sans amertune
or payne any
ne paine aulcune
they be sette
ilz soient posés
and bestowed
et colocqués
in Heven
en Paradis
where as ever
la ou toudis
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they may laude
puissent louér
and exalte
et exaltér
with the saintes
auec les sainctz
wherof there is many
dont y a maintz
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the blessed Trinite
la benoite Trinité
thre persones in unite
trois personnes en unité
the whiche for ever without decline
laquelle a jamais sans declin
reigne alwayes without ende.
regne a tousjours sans prendre fin.
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Finis.
Mary.
From wens come you, my frende.
Dou uenes uous, mon amy.
The messanger.
I come from the court.
Certes, madame, je uiens de la court.
Mary.
How doth fare the Kyng my father and the good lady my mother.
Coment se porte le Roy mon pere et la bonne dame ma mere.
The messanger.
In truthe, madame, they dyd right well at my partyng, or whan
En uerité, madame, ilz se portoient tresbien a mon departement, ou quant
I came thens.
je men partis.
Ma.
I am right glad of their good prosperite, and pray Our Lorde always so
Je suis tresjoieuse de leur bonne prosperité, et prie Nostre Seigneur tousjours
to maintene them: do nat you bryng me some remembraunce or token
ainsy les maintenir: ne maportés uous quelque souuenance ou enseigne
from them.
de par eulz.
Le mes.
I do presente unto you, in the name of the good grace of the Kyng your father, this
Je uous presente, ou nom de la bonne grace du roy uostre pere, ce
herte of golde, amelde of trewe hope, whiche is russet couller, and from
ceur dor, esmaillé de uray esperance, qui est coulleur grise, et de par
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the good lady your mother, a flour of forget me nat, with the
la bonne dame uostre mére, une fleur de ne moubliez mye, auec la
blessyng of God, gyven to Jacob.
benediction de Dieu donnée a Jacob.
Mary.
What blessyng do ye speke to me of.
Quelle benediction me mectés uous en termes.
Le mes.
The same that Abraham gave to Isaak, and Isaak to Jacob, and Jacob to Judas,
Celle que Abraham donna a Isaak, et Isaak a Jacob, et Jacob a Judas,
the whiche is suche that all they that shall blesse you, shalbe blessed.
laquelle est telle que tous ceulx qui uous benyront seront benyes.
Ma.
Blessed be God and blessed be the Kyng and the Quine and all creatures
Benoit soit Dieu et benoitz soient le Roy et la Royne et touttes creatures
of good wyll: now tell me what newes bringe ye to me.
de bonne uoullenté: orsus die moy quelles nouuelles maportés uous.
Le mes.
Trewly ma dame, I do know none other thyng that I may say openly,
Ueritablement, ma dame, je ne scay aultre chose que puisse dire en appert,
but that the Kyng is a knyght.
sinon que le Roy est cheuallier.
Ma.
For soth, or in my God: ther be fayre tidynges, ye may go whan
En mon Dieu, vas les belles nouuelles, uous uous poués en allér
shall please you.
quant uous playra.
Le mes.
Wherfore madame.
Pourquoy, madame.
Ma.
Because that ye have done your arande.
Pource que fait aués uostre message.
I pray you how do myne uncle, myne ante, my lorde,
Je uous prie comment se porte, se portent mon oncle, ma tante, monsieur,
my lady, my my
madame, maistre, maistresse; mon cousin, mes cousins, ma cousine,
neigh bour, my
mes cousines, mon uoisin, mes uoisins, ma uoisine, mes uoisines, mon
God father, my God mother, gospy,
parin, ma marine, mon compére, ma commére, maistre, maistresse,
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women, the men: and all my
les damoiselles, les gentilz femmes, les gentilz hommes: et tous mes
good fryndes.
bons amis.
Le mes.
He or she they an hondred times,
Il ou elle se recommande, ilz ou elles se recommandent cent fois,
a thousand times, to your good grace, to your highnesse, to your excellency,
mille fois, a uostre bonne grace, a uostre haultesse, a uostre excellence,
to your lordshyppe.
a uostre seigneurie.
Ma.
I am glad, that he do well, that she that
Je suis joieus, je suis joieuse, quil se porte bien, quelle le fait bien, quilz
they do.
le font bien, quelles se portent bien.
Whan shall ye retourne, whan pretende you or purpose ye to
Quant retournerés uous, quant pretendés uous, quant proposés uous de
returne toward the court, toward the Kyng, the Quene, my lorde,
retourner deuers la court, deuers le Roy, deuers la Royne, devers monsieur,
my lady.
devers madame, etc.
Le mes.
Certainly to morow, after to morow, within this two dayes, within
Certainement, madame, demain, appres demain, dicy a deux jours, dicy a
viii daies, within this moneth: will it please you to commande me any
huit jours, dicy a ung mois: uous plaist il me commander aulcun
servyce.
seruyce.
Ma.
I you pray to do my most humble recommendations to the good grace
Je uous prie de fayre mes tres humbles recommandations à la bonne grace
of the Kyng my father, and the good lady my mother, and to saye to them
du Roy mon pere, a la bonne dame ma mere, et leur dire
that I them pray alwayes of their blessynges.
que je les prie tousjours de leurs benedictions.
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I you have herde say
Madame, je uous ay ouy dire
that by the towne gothe here say
que par uille ua ouyr dire
wherfore I you say, and for trouth
pourquoy je uous dis, et pour uray
that if ye ne do other dever
que sy ne faictes aultre debvoir
ye shall fynd that one hath missaide
uous trouuerés quon a mesdict
in that which of you one hath saide
en ce que de uous on a dit
that you dyd speke ryght good frenche
que uous parliéz tresbon francois
passed allredy more than six monethes
passes desja plus de six mois
wherfore, for the love that I you owe
pourquoy pour lamour que uous doy
and that to you have gyve my fayth
et que uous ay donné ma foy
I you requyre and monishe
je uous requier et admoneste
as she whiche is redy
comme celle qui est preste
to serve you and worshyppe
de uous seruir et honorer
that it please you to remember
quil uous plaise rememorer
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that whiche more touche your honour
ce qui plus touche uostre honeur
for if it dyd please our lorde
car sil plaisoit nostre seigneur
that you might ones come to
que uous peussiéz ja paruenir
where your hert hath his desire
ou uostre coeur a son desir
without knowyng the frenche speche
sans sauoir parler francois
ye shulde be forced to take by election
il uous faudroie prendre par chois
a faire lady and mynyon
une belle dame et mignonne
for to assiste your persone
pour assistér uostre personne
and also for to interprete
et aussy pour interpreter
that whiche it shulde please you to declare
ce quil uous plairoit declarér
to your husbande and lorde,
a uostre mary et seigneur,
were he either kyng or emperour,
fust il ou roy ou empereur,
whiche might be occasyon
qui poulroit estre occasyon
to gyve you suspicion
de uous donner suspicion
puttyng you in jalousye
uous mectant en jalousie
wherfore howe be it that I am nat
pourquoy combien que ne soie mye
wise ynough nor discrete
asses sage ne discréte
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for of you to be secrete
pour de uous estre secréte
faithfulnes nevertheles bynde me
loiaulté neantmoins me lie
the whiche humbly supplye
le quel humblement suplie
to your hygh excellency
a uostre haulte exellence
to do dever and delygence
de faire debuoir et diligence
to lern of all your power
daprendre de tout uostre pouoir
to the ende that ye may can
affin que uous puisses scauoir
at the commyng of your father
a la uenue de uostre pére
speke frenche in suche wyse
parler francois de telle maniére
that Jesu be therof worshypped
que Jesu en soit honoré
and the noble Kyng contented
et le noble Roy contenté
and that it tourne you to honour
et quil uous tourne a honeur
and in proffit to the servant
et a prouffit au seruiteur
whiche for to serve your grace
qui pour seruir uostre grace
nothyng is possyble that he ne do
nest rien possible quil ne face
the whiche God be wyllyng to kepe
laquelle Dieu ueulle gardér
and in suche wyse to enlumine
et tellement enluminér
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that you may have at the later ende
que uous puisses auoir en fin
the joy that last without ende.
la joie qui dure sans fin.
Amen.
God save you good life and honour gyve you God.
The mes. Dieu uous sauue, madame, bonne uie et honneur uous doint Dieu, madame.
Ye be welcome my frende, my lorde.
Mary. Bien soiez uenu, mon amy, mamie, monsieur.
The empereur your cosin recommende to your good grace, to your
The mes. Lempereur uostre cousin se recommande a uostre bonne grace, a uostre
or the Kyng my maistre or your father grete you well.
celsitude, ou majesté, le Roy mon maistre ou uostre pére uous salue.
How doth his good grace, his lordshyp.
Ma. Comment le fait sa bonne grace, sa seigneurie.
he doth as the prince of this worlde, that most desyre
Le mes. Certes, madame, il se porte come le prince de ce monde qui plus desire
your welth, your honour, and for the maintenyng of the whiche he wolde
uostre bien, uostre honeur, et pour le maintenement du quel il uouldroit
bestow body and richesse, or richesse.
emploiér corps et auoir, ou cheuance.
I thanke him hertely, for I do holde him for suche, and
Ma. Certes je le mercie de tresbon coeur, car je le tiens pour tél, et
I do certifye you that of my parte I wolde do lykewyse
uous certifye que de ma parte je uouldroie fayre le pareil, le semblable
for him. Now rise up I shall beholde your letters, than I shall
pour luy. Or sus levés uous, je regarderay uos lettres, puis je uous
gyve you an answere.
donerai responsse.
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At your good pleasure. Wyll it please your grace, your highnesse,
Le mes. A uostre bon playsir, madame. Plaist il a uostre grace, a uostre haultesse,
to comande me any servyce to the of your cosin the Emperour,
me comandér aulcun seruice a la majesté de uostre cousin lempereur,
or of the Kyng my maistre.
ou du Roy mon maistre.
I praye you to recomende me to his majestie, as she that is glad
Ma. Je uous prie de me recomandér a sa majesté, come celle qui seroit joieuse
of his welth, honour and prosperite. And for the which or to encrease
de son bien, honneur et prosperité. Et pour laquelle ou lequel encoistre
I wolde do my power.
je uouldroie faire mon pouoir.
I shall fulfyll your commandement with the helpe of God, madame.
Le mes. Jacomplyray uostre commandement a laide de Dieu, madame.
I pray you therof my frende: and fare well.
Ma. Je uous en prie, mon amy, et a Dieu soiez, etc.
A PRESENT SENDE TO THE LADY MARY.
God save you or preserve you from evyl and mishap
Le mes. Dieu uous garde ou preserue de mal et dencombrier, ma dame.
Ye be right well come, my gentylman.
Mary. Vous soiéz le tresbien uenu, mom gentilhomme.
My lorde of Worcestre and my lady his wyfe recomende them
Le mes. Monsieur de Worcestre et ma dame sa femme se recomandent
humbly, mekely, to your good grace, and doth send you this lytell present
humblement a uostre bonne grace, et uous enuoient ce petit present
of suche comodities that it hath pleased Our Lorde to send them.
de telles comodités quil a pleu Nostre Seigneur leur envoiér.
Forsoth I thanke them hertely: it is nat the fyrst
Ma. En bonne uerité je les mercye de bonne amour: ce nest pas la premiére
goodnesse and courtesy that they have done to me: how doth he,
bonté et courtoisie quilz mont faicte: comment se porte il,
I pray you, and how doth the good lady his wyfe.
je uous prie, et comment le fait la bonne dame sa femme.
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Certaynly, madame, they do, or they fare, as they that ben
Le mes. Certainement, madam, ilz se portent, or ilz le font come ceulz qui sont
all yours.
tous uostres.
Forsoth I am glad therof, for he is a noble lorde,
Ma. En mon Dieu, jen suis bien joieuse, car il est noble personne, seigneur,
man: and she is a good, and vertuouse lady, trewe,
homme: et elle est bonne et uertueuse dame, honeste, preude, gentille
lady, woman, I pray you
dame, damoisel, femme de bien, je uous prie ou requier de
to thanke her, to thanke them, and to them say that I
me la remercier, de me les regraciér, et leur ou luy dictes que je
shalbe glade, to remembre the honour that he they
seray joieuz, joieuse de recognoistre lhoneur quil ou quelle, quilz ou
do to me when oportunite or tyme shalbe.
quelles me fait ou font quant temps oportun ou oportunité en sera.
I shall endever me with all my power to fulfyll your comandement, madame.
Le mes. Je menploiray de tout mon pouer a accomplir uostre commandemant, madame.
Tresourer.
Ma. Tresoriér.
Madame.
Le tres. Madame.
Gyve him fifty crownes.
Mar. Dones luy cinquante escus.
It shalbe done, madame.
Le tres. Il sera fait, madame.
Hussher.
Mar. Hussher.
What please your grace.
Lhus. Que plait il a uostre grace.
Go and brynge this gentilman to the seller and make him good chere, and
Ma. Allés et menés ce gentil homme au celiér et luy faictes bonne chière, et
loke that he lake no thinge.
regardés que riens ne luy faille.
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I shall fulfyll your pleasure, madame.
Lhus. Jaccompliray uostre plaisir, madame.
Here lyeth the frenche ouerthrowen
Cy gist le francois renuersé
as ye se and cast downe
come uous uoiéz et abatu
the whiche is more than a yere a gone
lequel plus dung an a passé
that he came among us;
quauec nous sest embatu;
wold to God that he had lyved
pleust ore a Dieu quil eust uescu
reignyng alwayes as he was wont
regnant tousjours come il soulloit
sith that no man he wolde none yvell
ueu qua nulluy mal ne uoulloit
Alas, at his begynnyng
Helas, a son commencement
he was so right well accepted
il fust sy tresbien accepté
of his lady and of her people,
de sa dame et de sa gent,
but at the ende dere it hath coste
mais en la fin chiere a cousté
for he hath ben slayne
car il a esté assomme
and cast downe by stronge warre
et rues jus par forte guerre
and now lyeth deed in the grounde
et maintenant gist mort en terre
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In dyeng made his complainte
En se mourant fist sa complainte
against thre man of this house
contre trois hommes de ceans
wherof one of them hath deceived many
dont lung diceulz a diceu maintes
as ben customed all phisiciens
come seulent tous phisiciens
for I have herde say to the ancientes
car jay ouy dire aux anciens
that with our peril they lerne,
qua nos perilz font discipline,
that which may be proved by Plyny.
ce qui se peult prouuer par Pline.
The other whiche was his enemy
Laultre qui fust son ennemy
is called maistre amener,
sapelle monsieur laumosnier,
whiche at the fyrst to him was lovyng
qui au premier luy fust amy
cherisshyng him as a frynde dere,
le festoiant come amy chiér,
but at the ende of a hert of stele
mais en la fin dung coeur daciér
him renouncynge put him in oblivion,
le renoncant mist en oubly,
wherof he died for great thought.
dont il mourust par grant soucy.
The thirde that best him dyd mainten
Le tiers qui mieulz le maintenoit
had it nat ben for his absence
se neust este pour son absence
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one him dyd name
Jehan ap Morgan on le nonmoit
the whiche hath him put in forgetyng,
lequel la mis en non chalance,
for howbeit that great knowyng
car combien que grant science
to him mainteyn he had nat,
a le soubstenir point nauoit,
by him nevertheles over al he dyde lyve.
par luy neantmoins sur tous uiuoit.
But sith that it is so hapned,
Mais puis quainsy est aduenu,
it must be take paciently
prendre le fault paciamment
prayeng for him and his salvation
priant pour luy et son salu
sens that it may nat be otherwyse.
ueu questre ne peult aultrement.
that it please to God almyghty
quil plaise a Dieu omnipotent
of him and us to have mercy
de luy et nous auoir mercy
whan by the deth we shalbe passed.
quant par la mort serons transy.
Amen.
To my lady, my lady Mary of Englande, doughter of the most cristen Kyng,
Madame, madame Marye dEngleterre, fille du roy trescrestiien,
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my most redoubted lady and mastresse, gretyng with renowne immortall.
ma tresredoubtée dame et maistresse, salut auec renommée immortelle.
Consideryng that here before I have advertysed you, most
Considerant que deuant ores, ou par ca deuant uous ay aduerty, tres
illustre and right excellent lady, how we have the deth before us,
illustre et tres excellente dame, coment nous auons la mort deuant nous,
to the whiche by the wyll of God we haste us of all our strength
a la quelle par le uouiloir diuin nous nous hastons de touttes nos forces
to come. The whiche in my memory revolving about my partyng,
parvenir. Ce quen ma memoire reuoluant enuiron mon partement,
nat knowyng if I shall have grace to retourne in your servyce or no:
ignorant se jaray grace de retourner en uostre seruyce ou non:
have advised me of herte trewe and contrit in all mekenesse to requyre
me suis aduisé de coeur loyall et contrit en toutte humilité uous requerir
you forgyvenes and pardon of the rudenesse that I yvel manerd have used toward
mercy et pardon de la rudesse que (je mal morigére) ay usé enuers
your hyghnesse, administryng you my pore and unworthy servyce,
uostre haultesse, uous administrant mon poure et indigne seruyce,
supplyeng you humbly that specially for the love of him
uous supliant humblement quespeciallement pour lamour de celluy
please you to pardone me, for the whiche willyng to serve, I have right often passed
me ueulles pardoner, pour lequel uoulloir seruir jay souuent transgressé
the markes and lymytes of reason, having confidence assuredly that the syngular
les limites et bournes de raison, me confiant asseuréement que la singuliere
mekenes of your excellency, joined with the fulfullyng of all other
benignité de uostre excellence conjoincte auec le comble de toutes aultres
graces shall nat rejecte nor refuse this my lyttell request, and for a token
graces ne rejectera ne refusera ceste ma petitte requeste, et pour signe
of the graunt of the same, shal please you benignely to rede and understande this
de lotroy dicelle uous plaira benignement lire et entendre ceste
rude and unworthy letters, the whiche (as I hope) shall nat do you lytell
rude et indigne lettres, la quelle (come jespoir) ne uous sera point petit
proffit with that that by this meane ye shall restore and excuse myn
de prouffit auec ce que par ce moien uous suplérés et excuserés mon
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absence, prayeng our Lorde thus most hye, most illustre, and most
absence, priant nostre Seigneur a tant tres haulte, tres illustre, et tres
excellente lady, to gyve you rest pleasant and slepe delicat.
excellente dame, uous donner repos plaisant et sompne delicieuz. Amen.
Written by your unworthy servant the nyght that he toke leve of your
Escript par uostre indigne seruiteur la nuyt que prins congie de uostre
grace.
grace.
To the right hygh, right excellente and right magnanyme my right redouted
A tres haulte, tres excellente et tres magnanime ma tres redoubtée
lady my lady Mary of Englande, my lady and mastresse, grettyng with joye
dame ma dame Marye dEngleterre, madame et maistresse, salut auec joye
everlastyng.
sans fin.
The tribulations of this worlde most grevous and most intollerable to
Les tribulations de ce monde plus angoisseuses et plus intollerables a
bere and suffre, right illustre and prosperous lady, ben whan a
comporter et souffrir, tres illustre et bien heurée dame, sont quant une
body desiryng to satisfie and to obtemperate to his pleasur and affection is
persone desirant de satisfaire et obtemperér a son plaisir et affection est
contrained by strength and inforced to the contrary, wherof I may of my
contrainte par uiue force et efforcée au contraire, de quoy je puis de ma
part bere trew witnesse, for of the one side I am holde and bounde after
part portér uray tiesmoygnage, car dung coste je suis tenu et obligé selon
the lawe divyne to entertaine my wyfe and espouse, nat onely of the lytell
la loy diuine dentretenir ma femme et espouse, non seullement des petis
goodes temporals that it hath pleased to God to sende me, but also of my
biens temporélz quil a pleu a Dieu menuoyér, mais aussy de mon
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owne body in all her necessities and busenes, to ayde and lene unto: with
corps mesme en toutes ses negoces et affaires, suffultér et assistér: auec
that that of the other part your excellency, to the whiche I am bounde by nature
ce que daultre part uostre excellence, a laquelle je suis obligé par nature
and by othe, doth styre and move me continually to desyre the of
et par serment me instique et esmeult incessament desirer la fruicion de
your presence for the more and more to consider and beholde the indicible
uostre presence pour de plus en plus ruminér et speculér les inconprehensibles
vertues, of the whiche our Lorde of his grace infinit hath
uertus, desquelles nostre Seigneur de sa grace inmense uous
you above all other ladyes of this worlde, as the sone above
a pardessus touttes aultres dames de ce monde, come le soleill par dessus
all the sterres of Heven made to shine and glistre: but sens that none
touttes les estoilles du ciel fait luire et resplendir: mais ueu que nul
may to the Creatour satisfy without kepyng the faith promised, I have suche
ne peult au Createur satisfayre sans garder la foy promise, jay tél
hope and trust in your hygh that this mekely
espoir et confidence en uostre haulte circonspeccion, que ce bénignement
considred, shall holde me in myne absence for excused: certifyeng you
consydéré, me tiendra en mon absence pour excusé: uous certifiant
trewly that it were nat for to pray and requyre our lady of Matheley
ueritablement que se ne fust pour prier et requerir nostre dame de Matheley
that it please her to sende you or to gyve to fare well again and helth
qui luy plaise uous donér conualescence et santé
to recover, with longe youth and age of Nestor, I had lefte my
recouvrér, auec longue jeunesse et uiellesse Nestorienne, jeusse laissé mon
hert all togyder with you, as in the place of this worlde, where lieth all
coeur totallement auec uous, come ou lieu de ce monde ou gisent touttes
his thoughtes and affections most desired, praieng the swete Jesu thus, moste
ses pensées et affections plus desiréez, priant le doulz Jhesus a tant, tres
hygh, most illustre and most excellente lady Mary, to gyve you the hole fulfillyng
haulte, tres illustre et tres excellente dame Mary, uous donér lentiér
of your nobles desirs.
de uos nobles desirs. Amen.
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Mary.
How ye shew well that ye have great cure and care to
Comment, Giles, uous montrés bien quaués grant cure et soing de
teche me when ye do you absente se from me.
maprendre quant uous uous absentés ainsy de moy.
Gyles.
Trewly me thinke that I am continually here.
Certes, madame, il me semble que suis continuellement icy.
Ma.
Ye, and where were ye yester day at soupper, I praye you.
Uoire, et ou estiés uous hier a soupper, je uous prie.
Gyles.
Trewly ye have reason, for I forgate myselfe yester night,
Ueritablement, madame, uous aues raison, car je mentroubliay ersoir
bycause of company and of
a cause de compagnie et de communication.
Mar.
I pray you, faire sir, make us partener of your
Je uous prie, beau sire, faictes nous parconniere de vostre communication,
for I suppose that it was of some good purpos.
car jestime quelle estoit de quelque bon purpos.
Gyl.
Trewly it was of the peas, the whiche (as they sayde) is proclamed
Certes, madame, elle estoit de la paix, laquelle (come on disoit) est proclamée
by all this realme.
par tout ce royaume.
Mar.
Of what maner, I praye you, and of what lastyng.
De quelle maniere, je uous prie, et de quelle durée.
Gyl.
Of the lastyng shall God answere you, but of the forme and maner
De la durée uous respondera Dieu, madame: mais de la forme et maniere
can I shew and report, the whiche is cried as wel in this realme of England
uous scay je bien rapporter, laquelle est criée tant en ce royaume dEngleterre
as of France, so longe as the noble Kyng your father
come de France, et tant que le noble roy Henry uostre pere
(whiche God preserve) shall lyve and the frenche Kynge lykewyse with
(que Dieu ueulle garder) uiura et le roy Francois pareillement auec
the addicion of a day.
laddicion dung jour.
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Ma.
Must that day be anexed to it and comprehended.
Fault il que ce jour y soit anexé et compris.
Gil.
Ye verily
Ouy certes, madame.
Ma.
Wherfore me thynke that it is but
Pourquoy il me semble que ce nest que superfluité.
Gil.
Nat so, save your for the addicion of a day yelde the tyme infinit,
Non est, sauue vostre grace, car laddiction dung jour rent le terme infiny,
for the lastyng of the worlde is but a day.
car la durée du monde nest qung jour.
Ma.
I wolde fayne understande how that may be, how be it I love better
Jentenderoie uoullentiér coment cela peult estre, toutesuoies jayme mieulx
that for this tyme you do declare unto me what is of peas.
que pour le present uous me declarés que cest que paix.
Gil.
Well I shall kepe to you the exposicion of that day for whan I shall
Bien, madame, je uous garderay lexposicion de ce jour pour quant uous
teche you the spere the whiche parteine and serve to that purpos, and touchyng
apprendray lespére laquélle duit et sert a ce propos, et touchant
the peas, howbeit that, after the holy lectres, it excede and surmonte
la paix, combien que, selon la saincte lectre, elle excéde et sourmonte
all the wyttes, I shall recite you neverthelesse that that of it saint
tous les sens, je uous reciteray nonobstant ce que dict monsieur saint
Austin sayth, spekyng of the worde of God, in his nynty and seven omelye,
Augustin parlant de la parolle de Dieu, en sa nonante septiesme homelie,
howbeit that it shulde be necessary to make you understande first
combien quil seroie necessaire uous donnér a entendre premiérement
how many kyndes or maner of warres ben.
quantes espéces ou maniére de guerres sont.
Ma.
How is there more than one maner.
Coment, en est il plus dune maniére.
Gil.
there is warre betwene reame and reame, betwene town and
Certes, madame, il y a guerre entre royaume et royaume, entre uille et
towne, betwene parishe and parishe, betwene linages, betwene neygbours, betwene
uille, entre paroisse et paroisse, entre lignages, entre uoisins, entre
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the man and the wyfe, and betweene the body and the soule, the whiche is the
lhome et la femme, et entre le corps et lame, laquelle est la
worste, and more dangerous of the others, but touchyng the peas, saint
pire, et plus dangereuse des aultres, mais quant est de la paix, saint
Austin, in the place above alleged, sayth that it is clennesse of thought,
Augustin, ou lieu dessus allegué, dict que cest serenité de pensée,
peas of corage, simplenesse of hert, bonde of love, feliship of
tranquilité de courage, simplesse de coeur, lien damour, compagne de
charite, breker of strife, pacifier of molifiyng of
charyté, destruiseresse destrif, apaiseresse de batailles, mollifieresse de
angre, vainquisshyng proude men, love of humilite, asswagyng
couroux, uainqueresse des orguilleus, amour dhumilité, en mitigant
discorde, and agreyng ennemys, nat sekyng but his, that can nat
les discordz, et concordant ennemis, non cerchant laultruy, non scachant
hate, callyng nothyng his, that can nat exalte him nor be proude,
hair, rien ne reputant sien, non scauant soy exaultér ne enorgueillir,
techyng to love, pleasante to every body, he that had it let him kepe it,
ensegnant aimér, plaisante a chescun, quil la tient sy la garde,
he that lese it let him seke it, for he that in it shall nat be founde, God the father
qui la pert sy la cerche, car qui en elle trouué ne sera, Dieu le pére
him shal pluck out of his roote, and the Sonne him shal disenherite, and of the Holy
le disracinera, et le Filz le deshéritera, et du Saint
Goost shalbe unknowen, wherof the same be willyng us to defende and
Esprit sera descongneu, dont icelle Trinité nous ueulle deffendre et
kepe.
gardér.
Ma.
In my God it is a great thyng of peas; I requyre the swete Jhesus
En mon Dieu, cest grand chose que de paix; je requiér le doulz Jhesus
to mainteyne it to us.
la nostre uoulloir maintenir.
Amen.
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To you, most soverayn,
A uous, tressouueraine maistresse,
I sende these vers, wyllyng to signifie
jenvoy ces uerse, uoullant sinifiér
my great dolour and that more me oppresse
ma grand doulleur et que plus mopresse
that I may nat you serve and teche
ne uous pouoir seruir et enseygnér
than for to suffre sekenesse and danger
que de souffrir maladie et dangiér
wherfore, if it please so moche do to your grace
pourquoy, sil plaist tant faire a uostre grace
them for to rede some lyttell space
les uoulloir lire quelque petitte espace
my hope is that better therof ye shalbe
mon espoir est que mieulz uous en vauldrés
and by that point also shall excuse me.
et par ce point aussi mescuserés.
Me thinketh that other than you ought nat
Il me semble quaultre que uous ne doibt
to be judge of my greuous payne
estre juge de ma griéfue payne
bycause also that other myght nat
pource aussy quaultre ne pouroit
nat knowyng the whiche lede me
non congnoisant la cause qui me maine
but as for you, I know that ye be
mais quant a uous, say questes certaine
of the good wyll and great
du bon uoulloir et grande affection
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that I have to serve, and the
quay de seruir, et la déuocion
to fulfyll of hert and of power
pour accomplir de coeur et de pouoir
all that whiche please to the noble kynge to wyll.
tout ce quil plaist au noble roy uoulloir.
Amonge the monethes which fulfyll the yere
Entre les mois qui accomplissent lan
two there ben specially
deux en y a espéciallement
whiche have done me yvell, great sorowe and harme
qui mont fait deul, grant ennuy et ahan
it may nat be that I say otherwyse
estre ne peult que je die aultrement
often I have sene theyr maner and how
souvent ay ueu leur maniere et comment
they me have entreated, without any deservyng
ilz mont traicte, sans lauoir deseruy
bycause they ben of courage bounded
pour ce quilz sont de courage asseruy
never lovyng the workes of the springe of the yere
naimant jamais les oeuures de printemps
rather without cesse than doth yvell at all tymes.
ains sans cessér leur font mal en tous temps.
The principall of the whiche more I me complayne
Le principal duquel plus je me plains
in his blason him doth name
en son blason se fait nommér Décembre
by him I have made weppyng and syghes many
par luy ay fait pleurs et soupirs mains
never shall it be but I shall
ja ne sera que ne men remembre
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he and me have ravyshed a
luy et Januiér mont tollu ung membre
whiche me shall make that so longe as I shall lyve
qui me fera que tant que je uiuray
in great sorow fromhensforth shall go
en grant doulleur doresnauant iray
wherfore I drede that in great melancoly
pourquoy je crains quen grant merencolie
at the latter ende shall behove that therof I lose my lyfe.
en fin fauldra que jen perde la uie.
If it hap nat that the springe
Sansy naduient, que printempz gracieuz
to his commyng the whiche is nygh
a sa uenue laquelle est prouchaine
beholdyng me and seyng so pitious
me regardant et uoiant sy piteuz
to heale me, put him nat in paine
de me guerir ne se mecte en paine
for trewly, I know well that he love me
car pour certain, bien je scay quil mayme
by him first in this worlde was I put
par luy primiér en ce monde fus mys
with that always he hath him indever
auec ce tousjours sest entermys
duryng his tyme, to do me somme good
son temps durant, de me faire du bien
wherof from ever I shall yelde me for his.
dont a jamais je me tiendray pour sien.
Whiche I requyre that it may hap
Ce que requiér ainsy puist aduenir
to the ende that to God I may crie mercy
affin qua Dieu puisse criér mercy
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of my synnes, and to go and come
de mes pechéz, et allér et uenir
in servyng you, for to satisfie also
en uous seruant, pour satisfaire aussy
to your good dedes, that do entreate me so
a uos biens faitz, qui me traictéz ainsy
wherfore next Good, I am more bounde
dont appres Dieu, je suis plus obligéz
to your grace, than to any under heven
a uostre grace, qua nul dessoubz les cielz
wherfore in the meane tyme that I shalbe in this worlde
pourquoy tandis que seray en ce monde
I shall him requyre to kepe you pure and clene.
luy requerray uous garder pure et monde.
Amen.
Mary.
Ah, maister Amener, I had nat wened that ye had so forgotten
Ha, monsieur lAumosnier, je neusse pas cuidé que meussés ainsy mise
me.
en oubly.
Laum.
Howe, madame.
Coment, madame.
Ma.
Bicause that ye well knowe that I solytarie and of all company destytute,
Pource que bien scaués que moy solitaire et de toutte compagnie destituée,
ye have me forsaken and lefte.
uous maués relenquie et laissée.
Lau.
God forbede, madame, that it be as ye say, for it is nat to you
Ja Dieu ne ueulle, madame, que soit come uous dictes, car il ne uous est point
unknowen that I must nede be with your counsayle, leavyng to them of
incongneu quil ne me faulte estre auec uostre conseil, les assistant de
my power.
mon pouoir.
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Ma.
I had wened neverthelesse that for the regarde of me and of your profyte,
Jeusse cuide toutesfois que pour le regard de moy et de uostre prouffit,
ye had made you dispensed.
uous uous eussés fait dispensér.
Lau.
Trewly, madame, there is nothyng in my power that I ne dyd for the honour
Certes, madame, il nest chose en mon pouoir que je ne feisse pour lhonneur
of you, how be it that I do nat understande well what thyng ye do thynke,
de uous, combien que je nentens pas bien quelle chose uous pensés
spekynge of dispence and of profyte.
parlant de dispense et de prouffit.
Mar.
I understande by the dispence, that ye myght excuse you from the counsayle for
Jentens par la dispense, que uous uous pouiéz escusér du conseil pour
a tyme, and touchyng the profyte, ye knowe that whan I dyd prayse
ung temps, et touchant le prouffit, uous scaués que quand je prisoie
your frenche, ye dyd warant me that whithin a yere I shulde speke as
uostre francois, uous masseuriez que dedans ung an le parleroye aussy
good or better than you, wherfore by suche condycion that so
bon ou meilleur que uous, pourquoy par telle condicion quainsy
myght be, trusting more of the power of the Kyng my father, and of the good
peult estre, me confiant plus du pouoir du Roy mon pére, et la bonne
lady my mother than of myn owne, dyd promis you a good benefyce, for
dame ma mére que du mien, uous promis ung bon bénéfice, pour
the impetration of the whiche me thynketh that ye ought to do some dylygence.
lympetracion duquel il me semble que deueriez faire quelque diligence.
Lau.
Trewly, madame, that whiche me moved so to assure you was especially
Certes, madame, ce que me meult a uous ainsy asseurér fut especiallement
by cause of your synguler undentandyng, for the whiche ye ought well
a cause de uostre singuliér entendement, pour lequel uous debuéz bien
to thanke God, and for that also that after the phylosopher, the soule of the
Dieu remerciér, et pour ce aussy que selon le philosophe, lame de la
person is as the table planed, or as the perspectif or glasse
persone est come la table rasée, ou come le perspectif ou mirouer
in the whiche the kindnes and symilitudes of thynges ben shewed,
ouquel les especes et similitudes des choses sont representées,
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spiritually duryng the tyme that the sayd glasse or table is nat
signanment durant le temps que le dict mirouer ou table nest point
infected, deturpat, nor made foule by synne, wherfore contemplyng
contaminée, deturpée, ne maculée par peché, pourquoy contemplant
the same similitude to have confirmite and agreyng, to your grace, might
icelle similitude auoir conformité et conuenience a uostre grace, ne peuz
nat say that that I sayd.
non dire ce que je diz.
Ma.
In good fay I thanke our Lorde and shall thanke duryng my lyfe
En bonne foy je mercye nostre Seigneur et merciray tant que uiuray
of all the that it hath pleased to him to gyve me, howbeit that
de touttes les graces qui luy a pleu me donnér, combien que
of suche wherof ye me praise I have no knowlege, but
de telles dont uous me louéz nay je point de congnoissance, mais
all suche wordes set asyde, I shall nat be nevertheless of
toutes telles parabolles arriere mises, je ne seray touttes uoiez ja de
you content without mende.
uous contente sans amende.
Lau.
Without faute, ma dame, the mende shalbe made at your jugement, for
Infailliblement, ma dame, lamende sera faicte a uostre arbitrement, car
I have me exyled and banyshed from all lybertie for the love of
je me suis exillé et banny de toutte liberté pour lamour de
your service, wherfore nothynge to me shalbe possible, that hayyng your
uostre service, pourquoy rien ne me sera possible, que aiant uostre
I do nat fulfyll to my power.
comandement, je nacomplisse a mon pouoir.
Mar.
Trewly, I thanke you, mayster Amener, certifyeng you surely
Certes, je uous mercye, monsieur lAumosnier, uous asseurant tresacertes
that suche is my trust in you.
que telle est ma fiance en uous.
Lau.
Trewly, madame, ye may therof well be assured,
Pour certayn, madame, uous en pouéz bien estre asseurée.
Mar.
Now than I comande you that ye visite me as often as
Or bien doncques je uous comande que me uisités le plus souuent que
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goodly and conveniently may do, and specially at dinner,
bonnement et licitement faire poulrés, et especiallement a disnér,
to the ende to talke and to speke with me.
affin de confabulér et comunicquér auec moy.
Lau.
It shalbe done, madame, if it please God.
Il sera fait, madame, se Dieu plaist.
Ma.
Se than that there have no faute.
Uoiéz doncques quil ny ait point de faulte.
Lau.
Nomore shall have.
Non ara il, madame.
Finis.
Amour. Of love.
Marye.
In good faith, my husband, I can nat me mervaile ynough, how I have
En bonne foy, mon mary, je ne me puis asses esbahir coment je nay
no more comfort of you, for in that that I may se, ye take great
plus de confort de vous, car en ce que je puis veoir, vous vous souciez
care of your goute the whiche one hath tolde me that ye have, than ye
plus de vostre goute (la quelle on ma dit que vous avés) que ne
do of your wyfe.
faictes de vostre femme.
Le tre.
Certainly, ma dame, your grace hath sayd truthe, howbeit that it is agaynst
Certes, ma dame, vostre grace a dit uerité, combien que ce soit contre
my wyll and by force.
ma voullenté et par force.
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Ma.
In my God with great payne may I beleve that the goute myght withholde
En mon Dieu, a grant paine puis je croire que la goute peult retenir
a good husbande havyng some love to his wyfe, specially
ung bon mary aiant quelque amour a sa femme, especiallement
beyng so nygh of her, but he shulde more oftener to visyte her.
estant sy pres delle, qui ne la uinst plus souuent uisyter.
Le tre.
Without faulte it is an harde thyng and dyffuce to go to hym that hath neither
Infailliblement cest chose ardue et difficile dallér a qui na ne
fote nor legges, nevertheles as your grace hath sayd, love
piedz ne jambes, nonobstant que comme uostre grace a dit, amour
dothe moche.
fait moult.
Ma.
I pray you, good syr, to declare me what it is of love. For ye
Je uous prie, beau sire, declarés moy que cest que damour. Car uous
be a doctour and well lettred, with that that a good husbande ought to teche
estes docteur et bien lettres, avec ce que ung bon mary doibt endoctriner
his wyfe, wherfore I pray you to do your devour to teche
sa femme, pourquoy je uous prie de faire [uostre] debuoir dendoctriner
yours.
la uostre.
Le tre.
Infallibly, madame, the mater is to hyghe for my symplenesse, but
Sans faulte, madame, la matiere est trop haulte pour ma simplesse, mais,
for nat be wyllyng to disobey you, with my power I shall shewe you of it
pour non uous uoulloir desobair a mon pouoir je uous en diray
willyngly that I therof can.
uolentier ce que jen scay.
Ma.
I requyre you therof, my good husbande, for I knowe you suche that ye cannat
Je vous en requier, mon bon mary, car je vous congnis tel que ne scariez
say ywell.
mal dire.
Le tre.
Now than sith that it please you so, trew it is that I fynde thre
Or sus doncques, puis quainsy vous agrée, il est vray que je treuue trois
maners of love, that is to say and the
manieres damour, cest a scavoir filialle, matrimonialle, et animalle: a
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is that same which the father and the mother have to their chylde, the whiche
filialle est celle que le pére et la mére ont a leur enfant, laquelle
is nat nor easy to your grace to understande, unto
nest pas facile ne aysée a uostre grace dentendre, jusques a
that that he please God that ye understande it by experiens, for the childe
ce quil plaise a Dieu que lentendes par experience, car lenfant ne
know never the love that the father and mother have toward him, unto
cognoist jamais lamour que le pére et mére ont vers luy, jusques à
the tyme that he be made father or mother, bycause that suche love is nat reciprocque
ce quil soit fait pére ou mére, pour ce que telle amour nest pas reciproque,
or retorning, but rather comyng from God to the firste father or prothoplauste
ains uenant de Dieu au premiér pére ou prothoplauste
it goeth and retourne to God from father to the sonne. The seconde
sen va et retourne à Dieu de pére en filz. La seconde
love is called matrimoniall the whiche is of mervellouse strength and
amour est dicte matrimonialle, la quelle est de merveilleuse energie et
vertu, specially whan the mariages ben made after the ordynance of
vertu, especiallement quant les mariages sont faitz selon lordonance de
God, that is to say, by true love and, if it were nat to eschewe prolixite,
Dieu, cest a dire par uray amour, et, si ce nestoit pour non estre prolix,
I myght recite you of many women whiche ben deed
je vous poulroie recitér de pluisieurs femmes qui sont mortes
and perished for the love of their husbandes, and many men lykewyse
et perie pour lamour de leur maris, et pluisieurs hommes semblablement
for the love of their wyves. And touchyng to the thirde, that is sayde
pour lamour de leur femmes. Et quant a la tierce qui est dicte
animalle, she is without conparacion stronger than the others, bycause
animalle, elle est sans comparacion plus forte que les aultres, pour ce
it is the love that the soule hath to his body the whiche is so great that
que cest lamour que lame a a son corps, laquelle est sy grande que
nothyng is so moche loved in this worlde, that the man ne renounce and refuse,
riens nest tant aymé en ce monde que lhomme ne renounce et refuse,
first that he suffre his soule to departe from his body, nor nothing
premier quil souffre son ame departir de son corps, ne riens
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is so terrible painful nor dangerous, that the man ne shulde suffre,
nest sy terryble, penible ne dangereus, que lhomme ne tollerast,
before or rather than to suffre devorce or departyng betwene his soule and his
auant souffrir diuorce ou separation entre son ame et son
body, bycause that nothyng is so more to be drede than the deth: nevertheles
corps, pour ce que rien nest plus a craindre que la mort: neantmoins
all these premisses set aside, God the creatour hath loved us
toutes ces premisses, madame, Dieu le createur nous a aimé
above all the above sayd loves. For touchyng the filiall, he
par dessus toutes les dessus dictes amours. Car touchant la filialle, il
hath sende his dere sonne here beneth, for to redeme us and from the paines
a envoie son chier filz ca bas pour nous redimér et des paines
of hell to deliver, makyng him of a lorde a servant and of immortall mortall,
denfer deliurer, le faisant de seigneur serf et de immortel mortel,
suffring him rather to dye for us than in havyng pyte of him
le souffrant plus tost mourir pour nous que en aiant pité de luy
to leve us in periclitation. And touchyng the howbeit
nous laisser en periclitation. Et touchant la matrimonialle, combien
that he had love inestimable to his swete mother the virgyn Mary, that
quil eubt amour inestimable a sa doulce mére la vierge Marie, ce
natwithstandyng he hath chosen rather to dye for us, leavyng her
nonobstant il a préesleu plus tost mourir pour nous, la laissant
desolat and desconforted than in her comfortyng to leave us in perdicion.
desolée et desconfortée que en la consolant nous laisser en perdicion.
And as touching to the animalle, what so ever great feare that he have had to
Et quant a lanimalle, quelque grant pour quil ayt eubt de
dye and what so ever love that he hath had to his soule, yet hath he nevertheles
mourir et quelque amour quil ayt eu a son ame, sy sest il touttes fois
made himselfe for us obedient unto the deth of the crosse: ther is,
faict pour nous obedient jusques a la mort de la croix: vesla,
madame, that that I can of love: howbeit nevertheles that the worlde
madame, ce que je scay damour: combien touttes fois que le monde
doth use of dyverse other maner of love, as of richesses and
use de dyuerses aultres manieres damours, come de richesses et biens
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temporall goodes and other folishe love whiche do merite bettre to be called
temporelz et aultres folles amours qui meritent mieulz destre appellées
folyes than love, wherfore I love them, so prayeng your noble grace
foliez quamour: pourquoy je men passe, a tant priant uostre noble grace
to pardone me in that that I have sayd.
me pardonner en ce que jen ay dict.
Ma.
In good soth my husbande, I thanke you of good hert, for ye
En bonne uerité, mon mary, je uous mercie de bon coeur, car uous
have you ryght truly acquited toward your wife.
uous estes tresloiallement acquité enuers uostre femme.
Le tre.
I requere to God, madame, that it may to you in suche wyse proffite that
Je requier a Dieu, madame, quil uous puisse tellement prouffitér que
in lovyng God above all thynges, and the good grace of the Kyng
en aymant Dieu par dessus touttes choses et la bonne grace du Roy
your father, and the good lady your mother of trewe love filiall
uostre pére, et la bonne dame uostre mére de uraie amour filialle,
ye may love your husband whan God shall gyve you one, of
uous puissés aimer uostre mary, quant Dieu uous en donra ung, de
good and trew love in suche wyse that it may be to the
bonne et loialle amour matrimonialle, de sorte que ce soit au
helth of your soule.
salut de uostre ame.
Ma.
So pleased our Lord by his goodnes to graunt me.
Ainsy le me ueulle nostre Seigneur par sa bonté ottroiér.
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Anima quid.
Mary.
After that well I me remembre, I have herde here above speke of the soule,
Selon que bien me recorde, je uous ay ouy cy dessus parlér de lame,
but neverthelesse ye have nat declared what it is, wherfore I wolde of it
mais toutes fois uous naues point declaré que cest, pourquoy jen uouldroie
faine here somwhat.
bien ouir quelque chose.
Gil.
Trewly, madame, it shuld be necessary to be better lerned in good lettres
Certes, madame, il seroit necessaire destre mieulz qualifiéz ez bonnes lettres
than I am for to satisfy to your question.
que ne suis pour satisfaire a uostre question.
Ma.
It is nat to me unknowen that ye be nat of the best lettred of the worlde,
Il ne mest point incongneu que nestes pas des mieulz lectrés du monde,
howbeit that I doubt nat but of it ye can somwhat, wherfore
combien que point ne doubte que nen scaues quelque chose, pourquoy
take hede that the lytell that ye therof can, be nat hydde to me.
gardés que le petit que uous en scaués ne me soit point celé.
Gyl.
Trewe it is that the philosophers have spoken therof, albeit that it hath nat ben
Il est bien uray que les philosophes en ont parlé, ja soit que pas na esté
sufficiently specially touchyng the soule resonable, for some
souffisanment, especiallement touchant lame rationnelle, car aulcuns
of them have it esteme mortall, as Pliny among other that sayth that suche
deulz lont estimé mortelle, come Pline entre aultres qui dit que tel
shalbe the soule after the dethe of the body, as she was before the lyfe
sera lame appres la mort du corps, quelle elle estoit deuaunt la uie
of the same, and it is nat yet come to my knowlege that
dicelluy, et il nest point encore uenu a ma congnoissance que
the holy scripture doth make of it any mention; but syth that your
lescripture saincte en face mention aulcune; mais puisque uostre
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pleasure is suche, I shall recyte you (submyttyng me to the correction of
plaisir est tel, je uous réciteray (me soubmetant a la correction de
your grace, and of all persons connyng) that whiche I have therof gathered
uostre grace, et de toute persone scauante) ce que jen ay peu ceulliér
from the philosophers, and of the holy s. Isodore, wherfore it shall please you to knowe
des philosophes, et de saint Isidore; pourquoy il uous plaira scauoir
that all thynges created of God under the moone ben or elemented
que touttes choses créez de Dieu soubz le globe lunaire sont ou ellementées
onely, as precious stones and other with all mettalles, or
seullement, come pierres precieuses et aultres auec tous metaulz, ou
be elemented and vegetables, as herbes, trees, and all maner
sont ellementées et uegetables, come herbes, arbres, et touttes manieres
of plantes, or ben elemented vegetables and sensytyves, as ben
de plantes, ou sont elementées uegetables et sensitiues, come sont
all beestes, byrdes, fyshes, reptyll them movyng from place to other,
touttes bestes, oiseaulz, poissons, reptiles se mouuant de lieu a aultre,
or ben elemented vegetables sensytyves and reasonable, as ben the
ou sont elementées uegetables sensitiues et racionelles, come sont les
men whiche have in them all the fours proprietees above sayd;
hommes lesquelz ont en eulz touttes les quatre proprietes dessus dictes;
for as touchyng the body (which is a masse elemented) it is but a
car quant au corps (qui est une masse elementée) ce nest que une
conglutination and combination of the foure elementes in the whiche our
conglutination, et combination des quatre elementes ezquelz nostre
Lorde hath planted the soule vegetable by the whiche it groweth in length,
Seigneur a planté lame uegetable par laquelle il croist en longeur,
largenes, and depnes (whiche one calle thre dimensions) by cause that the
largeur et profundité (quon dit trois dimensions) a cause que la
sayd vegetable hath in her foure vertues, by the whiche she subsiste and
dicte uegetable a en soy quatre uertus, par lesquelles elle subsiste et
groweth, that is to saye, the atractyve or appetityve, the retentyve, the digestyve,
croist, cest a scauoir, latractiue ou appetitiue, la retentyue, la degestiue,
and expulsive; a body may nat ete without appetit, nor may nat
et expulsiue; une personne ne peult menger sans appétit, ne ne peult
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degeste without holdyng that mete, or keping in his stomake that which is eten,
degérér sans retenir ce qui est menge,
nor may nat grow by the vertue of such degestion without expulsion or
ne ne peult croistre par la uertu de telle degestion sans expulsion ou
evacuation, for it is nede or to destroy the meate receyved in
euaccuacion, car il est de necessité ou de destruire la uiande receue en
the stomake, or to be destroied by the same; but to be wyllyng to warne your
lestomac, ou estre destruit par icelle; mais uouloir aduertir uostre
grace of all that which doth depend to this purpos, shulde be to be wyllyng to declare
grace de tout ce qui depend a ce pourpos, seroit uoulloir declarér
all the philosophy naturall withe all phisyque and astrologie
toutte la philosophie naturelle auec toutte phisycque et astrologie
in shewyng with all all the movyng of nature, wherof procede
en comprenant tous les mouuemens de nature, dont procedent
and sprynge all corruption and generation expoundyng what it is of the XII
et pulullent toutte corruption et generation declarant que cest des douse
signes of the Zodiacque with the seven planettes and all the starres
signes du Zodiacque auec les sept planettes et touttes les estoielles
fixe, and to shew how the sayd XII signes havyng relacion, and similitude
fixe, et monstrér comment lesdictz douse signes aiantz relacion, et similitude
to the foure ben devided by foure triplicites the whiche
aux quatre elementz sont distinguez par quatre triplicités lesquelz
up holde and kepe up the fore sayd foure might and
suffultent et maintiennent les deuant dittes quatre puissances et
to the whiche one ought to have recourse for to put them agayn in ordre by medecyne
auxquelz on doibt auoir recours pour les remectre en ordre par medecine
whan by some accident they ben alterat. But for to eschew so
quant par alcun accident ilz sont altérés. Mais pour euitér sy
wondrefull prolixite and that I have hope here and there therof to talke
enorme prolixité et que jay espoir cy et la den communiquer
somtyme with your grace, with that that of it ye have somwhat tasted
alcune fois auec uostre grace, auec ce quen aues quelque petit gousté
in lernyng the Ephemerides I shall passe it so.
en apprenant lEphémérides je men passeray a tant.
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Now turnyng agayn to our porpos the soule vegetable, as I have tolde you, is
Or retournant a nostre pourpos lame uegetable, come je uous ay dit, est
setted within the myght elemented, the whiche doth upholde her as the
plantée dedans la puissance ellementée, la quelle la soubstient come le
vessell doth the lyker, and the sensytyve nother more no lesse is setted within
uaisseau fait la liqueur, et la sensitiue ne plus ne moins est plantée dedens
the vegetable, as the ratyonell is within the sensytyve, the whiche ye may
la uegetable, come la racionelle est dedens la sensitiue, ce que pouéz
clerely parceyve by that that whan the body begynneth to fayle
clerement apercepuoir par ce que quant le corpz commence a deffaillir
by age or otherwyse, the vegetable lyfe herselfe by and by, bycause
par uiellesse ou aultrement, la uegetable se pert incontinent, pour ce
that thappetite begyn to fayle whith retayning and voyding, which make to perish
que lappetit se pert auec retencion et euacuacion, qui fait perir
the sensytyve, for as the persone lese the luste, and the dygestion, also soone
la sensitiue, car come la persone pert lappetit et le degérér, tout aussy tost
begynne he to juge the switte bytter, and the bytter swete, and say that he seeth
commence il a jugér le doulz amér, et lamér doulz, et dit quil uoit
that whiche other may nat se, and also of all his fyve wyttes, and
ce que les aultres ne peuuent ueoir, et ainsy de tous ses cincq sens, et
lykewyse thintellectyve lese the reason and the jugement of thynges,
par consequent lintellectiue pert la reason et le discernement des choses,
for she beynge in the body humayne can nat attayne to any knolege
car elle estant ou cors humain ne peult paruenir a aulcune cognoissance
(nat beyng inspyred ghostly) without it be by the meane of the fyve
(selle nest inspirée diuinement) ce se nest par le moien des cincq
wyttes aparteyning to the sensytyve, for before that ye do understande any
sens apartenant a la sensitiue, car deuant que uous entendez aulcune
thyng, it behoved fyrst that it be to you shewed by the syght, by
chose, il faut premiérement quil uous soit monstré par la ueue, par
meane of colours, or by the hering by the meane of sound or voise, or by
moien de coulleur, ou par louye moiennant son ou uoix, ou par
smelyng, goustyng and tastyng, the whiche thyng so perceved by the fyve
flairér, goustér et tastér, laquelle chose ainsy aperceue par les cincq
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wyttes, is sende to the comon witt which lieth in the formest parte of the
sens, est enuoiée au commun sens qui gist en la partie anteriore du
braine, the whiche goeth incontinently to the memory in the whiche he
cerueau, lequel sen ua incontinent a la remembrance en laquelle il
fynde what thynge it is after that one have him somtyme sayd and thought,
treuue quelle chose cest selon quon luy a autfrefois dit et appris,
wherfore it appere clerly that these thre myghtes beyng in man
pourquoy il appert clérement que ces trois puissances estant en lhome
and named onely by the name of soule resonable, in takynge denomination
et nommée sullement par le nom de ame raisonable, en prenant denomination
of the most noble, that is to understande of her which doth discesse,
de la plus noble, qui est a entendre de celle qui discerne,
ben hankyng the one of the others, and we juge clerely that the
sont dependantes les unes des aultres, et dijudicons clérement que la
sayd intellectyve or resonable is without comparation more excellent than
dicte intellectiue ou racionelle est sans comparation plus excellente que
the others, wherfore we juge her a thought or understandynge incarnate,
les aultres, pourquoy nous la jugeons une pensée ou intelligence incarnée,
the whiche is perpetuell and immortall, by cause that she is created to
laquelle est perpétuelle et inmortélle, pource quelle est crée a
thymage of God almighty, and if you aske me of what substaunce
limage de Dieu tout puissant, et sy uous me demandés de quel matiére
she is, I may say that it is fyre spirituell as ben the angels of God,
elle est, je puis dire que cest feu espirituél come sont les angeles de Dieu,
the whiche shalbe in her hyghe strength and prosperitie, whan she shalbe separate
laquelle sera en sa haulte uigueur et prosperite, alors quelle sera separée
from her body, by the meane of the whiche she is infatuate, for by
de son corps, par le moien duquel elle est infatuée, car par
the vegetable myght, with the whiche she is bounde, she thynketh day
la uegetable puissance, auec laquelle elle est liée, elle pense jour
and nyght to serve her body of drinke and meat, and by cause of the sensityve,
et nuyt a seruir son corps de boire et menger, et a cause de la sensitiue,
with the whiche she is lykewyse alyed, she hath her syght to
auec laquelle elle est semblablement aliée, elle a son respect a
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generation, to pride of lyfe, and to all lyfe sensyble, the whiche yelde her
generacion, a orgeul de uie, et a toutte uie sensuelle, qui la rend
blunt, rude and forgetefull, and by the whiche she becomed spotted and cancred,
obtuse, rude et ygnorante, et pourquoy elle deuient tachée et enroullé,
as a harneys or clere glasse doth cancre by humydite of
come ung harnois ou clér mirouer senroullist par humidité de
rayne or other moystnesse, in suche wyse that by this meane she is all togeder
pluie ou aultre moisteur, tellement que par ce moien elle est du tout
blynded, and hath no knowlege of her pasture wherby she becometh
aueuglée, et na nulle cognoissance de sa pasture par quoy elle deuient
lene and folyshe; for as the wyse man saith, truth is the fote of the
mesgre et ignorante; car come dit le sage, uerité est le past de
soule. Aristotel saith that the soule is as a table made euyn and clere,
lame. Aristotle dit que lame est come une table rase et clére,
polished, in the whiche all maner shape and effigiation doth shyne clerely so
polie, en laquelle toutes formes et effigie reluysent clérement sy
well corporates as incorporates, by cause therof we understande with
bien corporéez come incorporéez, a cause de quoy nous entendons auec
the angels, that is to saye, in the meane tyme that she is nat cancred by
les angeles, cest a dire tandis quelle nest pas enrouyllée par
synne, as I have sayd before. Here myght I open unto you, what it is
peché, come jay dit deuant. Icy uous poulroy je ouurir que cest
of understandyng actyve and passyble, but in this doyng I shulde be to tedyous.
dentendement agent et passyble, mais en ce faisant je seroie trop tedieus.
Ma.
Trewly, Gyles, I laude your persuacion, for by that that ye have sayde of it
Certes, Giles, je los uostre parsuasion, car par ce quen aués dit
I parceyve clerelye that it is nat possyble to declare it, the whiche one may
japarcoy clérement quil nest possible a la declarér, ce quon peult
conjecte by that that she doth resemble unto God and to be wyllynge
conjecturér parce quelle resemble a Dieu et uoulloir
to declare his ymage shalde be wyllyng to do a thyng impossyble, bycause that he is
declarér son image seroit uoulloir faire impossible, pource quil est
uncomprehensyble.
incomprehensyble.
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Gil.
Trewly, madame, ye saye the truthe, neverthelesse that the scriplure wytnessed,
Certes, madame, uous dicte la uerité, nonobstant que lescripture tiesmoigne
that Moyses by the graunt of God dyd merit to se his posterioritie, the whiche is
que Moyse par lotroy de Dieu merita de ueoir sa posteriorité, qui est
to understande his workes, of the whiche knowlege, the cabalystes doth make
a entendre ses oeuures, de la quelle cognoissance les cabalistres font
fyftie gates that they name of intelligence, sayeng that the sayd
cinquante portes quilz sournomment dintellygence, disant que le dit
Moyse had nat but fourty and nyne, by cause that the first is to knowe
Moyse nen eust que quarante neuf, parce que la premiere est congnoistre
God from the begynnyng, which is impossyble: but he may be knowen
Dieu par prius, ce qui est impossible: mais il est bien cognoissible
by posterius, whiche is to understande by his operacions, as knowlege
par posterius, qui est a entendre par ses operacions, come cognissance
comunely cometh unto us for bycause that we do serche the causes by
comunement nous uient pour ce que nous perscrutons les causes par
the dedes of them, and nat to the contrary. From hensforth I shall tell you
les effectz dicelles, et non point au contraire. Desormais je uous diray
of the philosophers of the whiche some have sayd that it is nombre movyng him
des philosophes desquelz les ungz ont dit que cest nombre soy mesme
selfe others that it is made of atmos which ben parties nat possible to divide
mouuant les aultres quelle est faicte de atmos qui sont partiez indiuiduez
or indivisible: others that it is fyre, the others that it is ayr, the
ou indiuisyble: aultres que cest feu, les aultres que cest air, les
others have sayd that it is a maner of armonie with others infinites
aultres ont dit que cest une maniere darmonie auec daultres infiniez
opinions: but levyng them there, the prophete spekyng in our Lorde
opinions: mais les laissant la, Isaie le prophete parlant en nostre Seigneur
sayd: All brethyng have I made, whiche is to understande of the soules that our
dit: Omne flatum ego feci, qui est a entendre des ames que nostre
Lorde have all created, and the spekyng of those soules sayth:
Seigneur a touttes créez, et le psalmistre parlant dicelles dit:
He that created all hertes: whiche is to understande the soules, for the hert is
Qui finxit singulatim corda: cest a dire les ames, car le coeur est
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the principall membre of the man, the whiche is the candelstyke of the soule
le principall membre de lhomme, lequél est le chandeliér de lame
susteynyng her by maner of spekyng, as the candelstyke doth the candell,
la soustenant par maniere de parlér, come le chandeliér fait la chandelle,
the whiche beyng racionelle and quycke dothe quicken invisible and
la quelle estant racionelle et sensible uiuifie inuisiblement,
spiritually and mervellously all the membres and inward of the
spirituellement et merueilleusement tous les membres et entrailles du
body by the comandement of the , as well by within as by without,
corpz par le comandement du canter, tant par dedens come par dehors,
in ministring of onespecable maner to the fyve wyttes their power, for she
en administrant de maniere indicible aux cincq sens leur pouoir, car elle
seeth by the eyen and heer by the eeres, she mel (smele) and by the nosse trilles,
uoit par les yeulz et oyt par les oreilles, odore et flaire par les narilles,
and discerne the savours by the , by the feelyng she reule and governe
et discerne les scaueurs par le goust, par le tacte elle regle et gouuerne
all the membres of the body in generall, she and stande by
tous les membres du corps en generall, elle subsiste et demeure par
foure maner of reasons, by wit, sapience, and wyll,
quatre manieres de raisons, par sens, sapience, cogitacion et uoullenté,
the wit doth parteyne to the lyfe, the sapience to the understandyng, the cogitation
le sens appartient a la uie, la sapience a lentendement, la cogitacion
to the counsel, the wyll to the defence. And howbeit that the sayd soule
au conseil, la uoullenté a la deffence. Et combien que la dicte ame
be one, she hath nevertheles many kyndes and rayment in her,
soit unicque, elle a touttes fois plusieurs especes et aornament en soy,
for wher she doth brethe she is called sperit, whan she fele one
car la ou elle espire elle est appelée esperit, quant elle sent on la
do call her wit, and whan she take strength one call her corrage, whan she
nomme sens, et quant elle prent uigueur on la dit courrage, quant elle
understande, she is named understandyng, whan she discusse, one call her
entend, elle est nommée entendement, quant elle discerne, on lapelle
reason, whan she consente, one call her wyll, and whan she
raison, quant elle consent, on la nomme uoullenté, et quant elle
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remembre she is sayde memory, and whan she doth grow and encrease
remembre elle est dicte memoire, et quant elle uegéte et croist en multipliant
the vertue, she is called the soule, the whiche lyveng justely is
la vertu, elle est appellée lame, laquelle uiuant loiallement est
the ymage of God, so pleasant that he of her make is chare and his temple,
limage de Dieu, tant pleasant quil en fait sa chare et son temple,
as wytnesseth my lorde saynt Poule sayeng.
come le tiesmoigne monsieur saint Paul disant: Templum Dei quod estis vos.
The beautie or raymentes of her ben, that by heryng she beleveth, she sercheth
Les aornementz dicelle sont que par louye elle croist, elle cerche
by desyre, and fynde by sapyence, she aske by prayers, and receyve
par desir, et treuue par sapience, elle demande par oraison, et recoit
by grace, she kepe by mekenes, and helpe by mercy, by
par grace, elle garde par humilité, et sequeure par misericorde, par
benignite forgyve, and aquiere by teachyng, she worke by penaunce,
benignité pardonne, et acquiert par doctrine, elle compose par penitence,
by examples, the faire thynges, and by connyng the clere and fayre, she
par exemples, les belles choses, et par sciences les cléres et nectes, elle
is fre by onely goodnes, and by softnes, mansuetude, and swetenes
est franche par seulle bonté, et par leintz mansuetude et doulceur
plaine, she is by prudence discrete, and by symplenes hoole, by
playne, elle est par prudence circonspecte, et par simplicité entiére, par
subtiltie sobre, and by justice ryghtfull, she is nat hasty by impacience,
subtilité sobre, et par justice droituriére, elle est longanime par pacience,
and by obedience redy, by good doyng pure and clene, and by hope
et par obedience preste, par bien faire pure et monde, et par esperance
abydyng, by abstinence temperat, and by chastyte holy, by rejoissyng
attendable, par abstinence attrempée, et par chasteté saincte, par resjouissement
spirituall and mery, and by confession open, by martirdom
spirituelle et joieuse, et par confession ouuerte, par martire
aornat, and by unite catholicque, by concorde peasyble: and by love
aournée, et par unité catolicque, par concorde pacificque, et par amour
and deleccion of her neyghbour large and lyberalle: by charite parfect
et deleccion de son prouchain large et lyberalle, par charité parfaite.
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Ma.
Trewly I am ryght glade to here you, and you have gyve me
En bonne uerité, Giles, je suis tresjoieuse de uous auoir ouy, et maués donnés
in your wordes solas and recreation: but I praye you, good syr, tell
en uos parolles soulas et recréation: mais je uous prie, beau sire, dites
us somwhat of the body and of his worckes.
nous quelque chose du corps et de ses operations.
Gil.
Certainly the body, as I have tolde you here before, is the
Certainement, madame, le corps, come je vous ay dit cy deuant, est le
vessell of the soule, and doth serve of none other thynge but to beare the soule,
uaisseau de lame et ne sert daultre chose que de porter lame,
howbeit that some sayen that the soule doth beare him, by cause that without
combien que alcun dient que lame le porte, pour ce que sans
her, he his deth and may nat styre ne move. But settyng asyde
icelle il est mort et ne se peult bouger ne mouuoir. Mais postposant
suche reasons, trew it is that in his necessite he must be holpen by him
telles raisons, il est ueray quen ses necessités le fault secourir
that wyll kepe the soule hole in a hole body, in his hungre one must
qui ueult garder lame saine en ung corps sain, en sa fain lui fault
gyve him meate, and in his thurst drinke, in labour rest, slepe in
donnér uiande, et en sa soif a boire, en labeure repos, sompne en
werinesse, in tristes and hevynesse myrth, in sorow confort and
fatigacion, en tristesse et ennuy armonie, en doulloir comfort et
helth, in sekenesse strength and vertue, in drede socour and in darkenes
salut, en foiblesse force et uertue, en crainte refuge et en tenebres
lyght, and in bataill peas, and lykewyse as the body may nat
lumiére et en bataille paix, etc. et tout ainsy que le corps ne peult
lyve without that whiche to him is necessary, nother more nor lesse may
uiure sans ce qui luy est necessaire, ne plus ne moins ne
nat the soule by proces of tyme contynewe without her propre norsinge,
peult lame par diuturnité de temps subsistér sans sa propre nourriture,
for her meate his the dyvyn commandement, her drinke is
car sa uiande est le diuin comandement, son beuurage est
pure praier, her bath is fastyng trew and ryghtwyse, her clothyng
oraison pure, son baing est june legitime et droituriére, ses uestementz
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almesses of her propre goodes, her songe and melody is the
sont aulmosne de son propre, son chant et melodie est la
contynuall laude of God, her rest is parfait poverte, her helth
continuelle louenge de Dieu, son repos est parfaitte poureté, sa santé
is the sekenes of the body, her socour is pure penaunce, her peace is
est la maladye du corps, son refuge est pure penitence, sa paix est
charite plentyfull, wherfore we ought well to folow our creatour
charité habondante, pourquoy nous debuons bien ensuiuir nostre creatour
Jesu Christ, and the saintes fathers whiche have ben before us in
Jhesu Crist, et les saintz peres qui nous ont précédés en
lernyng mekeness of Jesu Christ, devotyon of saynt Peter, charitie
apprenant humilité de Jhesuh Crist, deuotion de saint Pierre, charité
of saynt Johan, obedyence of Abraham, hospitalytie of Loth, longe abidyng
de saint Jehan, obedience dAbraham, hospitalité de Loth, longanimité
of Isaac, sufferaunce of Jacob, pacience of Job, chastitie of Joseph,
de Isaac, tolerance de Jacob, pacience de Job, chasteté de Joseph,
softnesse of Moyses, stedfastnesse of Josue, benignytie of Samuell,
mansuetude de Moyse, constance de Josue, benignité de Samuel,
mercy of Davyd, almysdede of Tobye, abstynence of Danyell,
misericorde de Dauid, aulmosne de Tobie, abstinence de Daniel,
speculation of Hely, experience of saynt Paule, penaunce soroufull of
theoricque de Helié, practicque de saint Pol, penitence lacrimeuse de
Mary Magdaleyne, pure confessiyon of the thefe, martiyrdome of saynt
Marie Magdalaine, pure confessyon du laron, martire de saint
Stephane, and lyberalytie of saynt Laurence. Ye may se, right noble lady, all
Estienne et liberalité de saint Laurens. Vesla, tres noble dame, tout
that I have founde so well of the soule resonable, as of the vegetable
ce que jay peu trouuer tant de lame raisonable come de la uégétable
and sensytyve, howbeit that I have here touched no thyng but the outside,
et sensitiue, combien que nay icy rien touché sinon la superficie,
for I to you dare well say, that every worde here doth comprehende
car je uous ose bien dire que chescune parolle icy comprent
a great boke in his declaration, trustyng that whiche rudely I have
ung grant liure en sa declaracion, esperant que ce que rudement jay
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here putte in termes shalbe occasyon that in tyme to come ye shalbe
icy mis en termes sera occasion que ou temps aduenir uous seres
moved for to serche the remenaunt, prayeng the swete Jesus, that it
instiguée de perscrutér le demourant, priant le doulx Jhesuh que ce
be to the honour of God and to the helth of your soule.
soit a lhonneur de Dieu et au salut de uostre ame.
Ma.
God graunt that so may it happen.
Dieu ueulle que ainsy puist aduenir.
Amen.
Mary.
I have good memory, maistre Amnere, how ye sayd one day that
Jay bonne memoire, monsieur lAumosnier, coment uous disiéz ung jour que
we ought nat to pray at masse, but rather onely to here and
ne debuons point orér ne priér a la messe, ains seullement ouir et
harken, and dyd prove it by that one say comunely: I go here
accoutér, et le prouuez par ce quon dit comunement: je men uoy ouir
masse, whiche my lorde the President fortifyng sayd that we be nat
messe, ce que monsieur le President corroboroit disant que ne sommes point
bounde by the lawe to say, but onely to here, is it nat trewe?
obligés par la loy de dire, mais seullement douir, nest il pas uray?
Lau.
Ye, verely, madame.
Ouy, certes, madame.
Ma.
Wherfore than sayth the preest after the offytorie, in hym tournyng to the
Pourquoy doncques dit le prestre apres loffertoire, en soi tournant au
people, pray for me, etc. and our Lorde at his passyon sayd to
peuple, priez pour moy, etc. et Nostre Seigneur a sa passion disoit a
his discyples, watch and pray, that ye entre nat in temptation, with that
ses disciples, ueillés et orés, affin que nentrés en temptation, auec ce
that if our Lorde wolde nat our prayers, why had he made
que sy Nostre Seigneur ne uoulloit nos priérez, pourquoy eust il fait
the
le Pater noster.
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Lau.
Certaynely that whiche I shewed you was nat onely but for
Certainement, madame, ce que uous disoie nestoit seullement que pour
to shew you how you ought to maintene you at the masse, specyally
uous monstrer coment uous uous debués contenir a la messe, especiallement
unto that that one monysshe you for to pray.
jusques a ce quon uous admoneste de priér.
Ma.
In my God, I can nat se what we shall do at the masse, if we pray nat.
En mon Dieu, je ne puis uéoir que nous ferons a la messe se nous ne prions.
Lau.
No.
Non, madame.
Ma.
No, trewly.
Non, certes.
Lau.
Ye shall thynke to the mystery of the masse and shall herken the wordes that
Uous penserés au mistére de la messe et accouterés les parolles que
the preest say.
le prestre dit.
Ma.
Yee, and what shall do they whiche understande it nat.
Uoir, et que feront ceulz qui point ne lentendent.
Lau.
They shall beholde, and shall here, and thynke, and by that they shall understande.
Ilz regarderont, et accoutteront, et penseront, et par ce lentenderont.
Ma.
I pray you, good syr, tell me what they shall thynke, so that I may
Je uous prie, beau sire, dictes moy a quoy ilz penseront, affin que puisse
se where lyeth that that ye tell me.
ueoir ou gist ce que me dictes.
Lau.
I shall shewe it you of good herte but if it please you
Je le uous diray de bon coeur, madame, mais sil uous uient a plaisir
it shalbe at soupper, for your diner is ended.
ce sera a souppér, car uostre disnér est acheué.
Ma.
Well at soupper be it.
Bien a souppér soit.
COMMUNICATION AT SOUPER TO THIS PURPOS.
Mary.
Now, maistre Amener, I have herd say that promysse is dette.
Or sus, monsieur lAmosniér, jay ouy dire que promesse est debte.
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Lau.
Trewly it his trew, specially of the mouth of a faithfull man.
Certes, madame, il est certain, especiallement de bouche de fidél.
Ma.
Do ye nat holde you for suche?
Ne uous tenes pas itél?
Lau.
Ye verely.
Sy fay certes, madame.
Mar.
Now acquite you than and kepe promis, for to kepe promys cometh of
Or uous acquités doncques et tenés promesse, car tenir promesse vient de
noblenesse.
noblesse.
Lau.
Well, sith it is so that ye do comande it, it shall please you to know that the
Bien puisquainsy est que le comandés, il uous plaira scauoir que la
masse is the testament, the which our Lorde made before
messe est le testament, le quel Nostre Seigneur Jhesu Christ fist deuant
his deth and passyon, whiche is none other thynge (as ye well know) but the
sa mort et passyon, que nest aultre chose (come bien scaués) que la
laste wyll of a parson, touchyng the disposicion of is goodnes
darniére uoullenté dune parson, quant a la disposition de ses biens
after his deth, wherfore our Lorde wyllyng to dye for the humaine
appres sa mort, pourquoy Nostre Seigneur uoullant mourir pour lhumain
kyndred, dyd ordayne that his precious body shuld be put to deth for
legnage, ordonna que son precieuz corps seroit mis a mort pour
our synnes, in memory and wytnesse therof he lefte us and ordayned
nos péchés, en mémoire et tiesmoing de quoy il nous laissa et ordonna
us the sacrament of theaulter in remembraunce of his sayd passyon, to the ende
le sacrement de lautél en commemoracion de sa dicte passion, affin
that every one whyche shal beleve in the sayd mistery, that is to know in his
que chescun que croira ou deuant dit mistére, cest a scauoir en son
incarnation, passyon and resurrection represented in the foresayde sacrament
incarnation, passion et resurection representez ou deuant dit sacrement
shuld be made partener of the merite of the same, which is our redemption.
seroit fait participant du merite dicelle, qui est nostre redemcion.
Now it is so that we may make no greatter honour to God
Or est il ainsy que ne pouons faire plus grand honneur a Dieu
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than to estymat him trew, vhere as he is trew lyfe, nor greatter dishonour
que lestimér uéritable (la ou il est uray uerité) ne plus grand deshonneur
than to mystrust hym. He hath left us the sayd sacrament by way of
que de le mescroire. Il nous a laisse le dit sacrement par maniére de
testament, to the ende that every one of us may be proved by his fayth:
testament, affin que ung chescun de nous soit prouué par sa foy:
for so moche as the parsone beleved, so moch she shall receyve: the masse
car autant que la personne croyt, tant elle rechoit: la messe
than is rehersyng of his glorious passyon, in the whiche lyeth the
doncque est recapitulation de sa glorieuse passyon, en laquelle gist la
remyssyon of synnes, and where one ought to seke it, and nat elswhere, for
remission des pechez, et la ou on la doibt cerchér, et non ailleurs, car
the gyveng remyssyon doth ratify and approve the repentaunce and contrityon
le donnant remission ratisfie et approuue la compunccion et contricion
of the synner, askyng pardone by the meryte of the said passion, the whiche
du pecheur, demandant pardon par le merite dicelle passion, la quelle
is nat goten in angre agaynst Anna, Caiphas, Pylate, Herode
ne saquiert pas en ce courouceant encontre Anne, Caiphe, Pilate, Herode
and the turmentours whiche dyd put our Lorde to dethe, and to be
et satellites qui meirent Nostre Seigneur a mort, et destre
soroufull that our Lorde hath so moche suffred for us, rather is all
desplaisant que Nostre Seigneur a tant souffert pour nous, ains est tout
the contrary, for he it defended, where he said: doughter of Jerusalem
le contraire, car il le defendist, ou il dist: fille de Jhrusalem
wepe nat upon me, but rather upon you and your chyldren, as
ne plourés point sur moy, mais sur uous et sur uos enfans, come
he wolde have sayd: ye and they ben cause of my deth, for I dye in
sil uoulsist dire: uous et eulz sont cause de ma mort, car je meurs en
satisfaccion of your synnes. In approbation of the whiche our mother holy
satisfaction de uos pechéz. En approbacion de quoy nostre mére saint
Churche make myrth and her rejoyse in suche wyse, that she is nat aferde to say:
Eglise exulte et se resjouist tellement quelle ne craind point a dire:
O happy synne, which hath deserved suche a redemer! Ye, and that more
O heureulz pechez, qui a merité tél redempteur! Voire, et qui plus
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is, she doth call the crosse swete, and the nayles the whiche were ryght swete
est, elle appelle la croix doulce, et les clouz lesquelz furent bien doulz
for us, but nat for hym, for they hym peerced his glorious fete
pour nous, mais non mie pour luy, car ilz luy percérent ses glorieus piédz
and handes, in shedyng his sacred and blessed blode, with inestymable
et mains, en respandant son tressacre et benoit sang, auec inestimable
payne and sorowe. We shall leave here tyll to morowe or another tyme,
paine et doulleur. Nous laisserons icy jusques a demain ou une aultresfois,
if it so please to your good grace.
sy ainsy plaist a uostre bonne grace.
Ma.
The pleasure of God be done, maister amner, the whiche wyll rewarde you
Le plaisir de Dieu soit, monsieur laumosnier, lequel uous ueulle remunerer
of your good wordes.
de uos beaulz diz, etc.
The amener.
Your hignes was wont here before to begynne altercation betwene
Uostre celsitude souloit par cy deuant commencer laltercation entre
us twayne, but bycause that I se you sadde and hevy more than
nous deux, mais pource que uous uoy pensive et remyse plus que
ye have of custome, I shall inhardysshe and put me in prease at this tyme
naués de coustome, je menhardiray et ingereray a ceste fois
to move you and provoke to wyllyng to here thexposition of the ceremonyes
de uous instiguér et prouocquér a uoulloir ouir lexposition des cerimoniez
of the masse.
de la messe.
Ma.
Without falte ye shall do to me servyce agreable, wherfore begynne
Infalliblement uous me ferés seruice agreable, pourquoy comencés
whan ye shall thinke best.
quant bon uous semblera.
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Lau.
I suppose that your hath nat forgotten that which here before
Je suppose que uostre grace na point oublié ce que par cy deuant
I have shewed you of the masse, wherefore in procedyng further, it is
uous ay dit de la messe, pour quoy en procedant plus oultre, il est
trew that the cloth or the first lynyne that the preest put upon
bien uray que le uoille ou la primiér linge que le prestre mect sur
his heed in makyng him redy at the masse, doth signifie the cloth wherof our
sa teste en se preparant a la messe, signifie le drap dont Nostre
Lorde had his eyen bynded, whan the tormentours gyvyng him
Seigneur eubt les yeulx bendés, quant les satellites luy donnant
blowes dyd say: prophecy who hath stroke the. Than he put on
des buffes et souffletz disoient: prophetise qui ta frappé. Puis il veste
the aube white that signifye the gowne whiche gave him reputyng him
laube blance qui signifie la robbe que Herode lui donna lestimant
a fole, bycause that he beyng in his presence wold nat do some
fol, pour ce que luy estant en sa presence ne uoullut faire aulcun
miracle. She do sygnifye also that so well the herer of the masse as
miracle. Elle signifie aussy que sy bien lauditeur de la messe come
the saier, ought to be chaste, or they be nat worthy to be to
le diseur, doibuent estre chaiste, ou ilz ne sont point dignes destre a
suche misteris. The gyrdell lykewyse sygnifye chastité, for our
tel mistére. La chainture pareillement signifie chasteté, car Nostre
Lorde in apperyng to his prophetes was wont to say: gyrte thy
Seigneur en apparoissant a ses prophétes seult dire: chains tes
raynes as a man, for the vertu of the man lyeth in his rains;
rains come ung homme, car la vertu de lhome gist ez rains;
than the stole that he put about his necke and of his body, signifieth
puis lestolle que mect entour de son col et de son corps, signifie
the corde wherof his precious body was tyed to the pylar by Pylate. The
la corde dont son precieus corps fut lie au piliér par Pilate. Le
manypule doth sygnifye the same wherof his preciouse handes were bounde,
manipule signifie celle dont ses precieuses mains furent léez,
and the cheasuble doth represente the pylard and the crosse that Pylate dyd
et le chasuble represente le pilier et la croix que Pilate luy
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charge upon his precious sholdres after that he had juged him to be
chergea sur ses espaules precieuses appres lauoir jugés destre
for us crucified; than after in lyke maner as in beryng
pour nous crucifiéz; puis appres ne plus ne moins come en portant
the same crosse, he went to his deth and passyon, in lyke wyse come
icelle crois, il alloit a sa mort et passion, tout ainsy uient
the preest for to begynne the memory of the same, in himselfe
le prestre pour comencér la remembrance dicelle, en se
fyrst shrivyng to us, where as prayeng to God to be wyllyng him
premierement confessant a nous, la ou priant Dieu luy uoulloir
to forgyve, we confesse us to him lykewyse, the whiche praieng
pardonnér, nous nous confessons a luy pareillement, le quel priant
for us, doth gyve us absolucion, than goth he to the auter. I
pour nous, nous donne absolucion, puis sen ua a lautél, etc. Je
have declared to you the signification of the raymentes belongyng to the servyce
uous ay declarés les signifiances des abillementz appartenant au seruice
of the masse, unto the introite of the same, the whiche with the
de la messe, jusques a lintroite dicelle, le quel auec le
overplus shalbe to you declared an other tyme at your good pleasure and
sourplus uous sera epilogué ung aultre fois a uostre bon plaisir et
commandement.
commandement.
Ma.
I agre therto, maistre amener, thankyng you with all my herte
Je my acorde, monsieur laulmosniér, uous remerciant de tout mon coeur
of your good techyng.
de uostre bonne doctrine.
Lau.
To good and honour may it tourne to you, madame.
A bien et honneur uous puist il tournér, madame.
Finis.
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Lau.
Moche good do it you, madame.
Bon prew uous face, madame.
Ma.
Ye be well come, maistre Amener.
Bien soiéz uenu, monsieur lAumosniér.
Lau.
What? is it so late. Trewly I thought nat that the borde was
Comment? est il sy tard. Certes je ne cuidoie point que la table fust
covered nor the clothe layde, and ye have alredy eaten your porage.
couuerte ne la nappe mise, et uous aués desja mengé uostre potage.
Ma.
How knowe ye the same, paraventure that I have nat.
Coment le scaues uous, peult estre que non ay.
Lau.
It is well possyble, how be it that I wolde parswade you to eate of it
Il est bien possible, combien que uous uouldroie persuadér den mengér
somwhat.
quelque petit.
Ma.
Why, I pray you.
Pourquoy, je uous prie.
Lau.
Bycause that physicions ben of opynyon that one ought to begyn the meate
Parce que les medecins sont dopinion quon doibt comencér le mengér
of vitayle to thende that by that meane to gyve direction
de uiandes liquides affin de par ce moien donnér direccion
to the remenant.
au sourplous.
Ma.
How are you a physicion, I thought that ye had been a lawyer.
Coment estes uous medecin, je cuidoye que vous fusses legiste.
Lau.
Trewly men ben wont to say every man to be a phisycion, but he
Certes, madame, on seult dire ung chescun estre medecin, synon le
that is sycke.
malade.
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Ma.
And ye be nat sicke, wherfore ye have concluded you a phisycion,
Et uous nestes point malade, pourquoy uous uous estes conclud medecin,
declare me therfore the qualyties and properties of these meates
declarés moy doncques les qualités et propriétés de ces uiandes
that I may knowe the whiche ben most holsome for me, and
que puisse congnoistre lesquelles sont les plus saines pour moy, et
I shall alowe your phisycke.
japprouueray uostre medecine.
Lau.
Certaynly, madame, I shall shewe you gladlye all that I can. I have
Certes, madame, je uous en diray uoullentiér ce que jen scay. Je vous
tolde you alredy myne advyse of the porage, and touchyng the befe: I
ay desja dit mon aduis du potage, et touchant le beuf: je
do estymate him of nature melancolyke and engendre and produce grose
lestime de nature melancolyque et engendre et produit gros
blode well norisshyng folkes and of stronge complexion, whiche
sang bien nourissant gens robustes et de forte complexion, qui
occupy them in great busynesse and payne; the moton boyled is of
se exercent en grand trauaill et labeurs; le mouton bouilly est de
nature and complexion sanguyne, the whiche, to my jugement, is holsome
nature et complexion sanguine, lequel a mon jugement est sain
for your grace; capons boyled and chekyns ben lykewyse
pour uostre grace; chappons boullis et poucins sont semblablement
of good nourysshyng and doth engender good blode, but whan they ben
de bonne nourriture et engendrent bon sang, mais quant ilz sont
rosted, they ben somwhat more colloryke, and all maner of meates
rostiz, ilz sont ung tantet plus colericques, et toutte maniéres de uiandes
rosted the tone more the tother lesse. And all foules and byrdes
rostiez lune plus laultre mains. Et toutz uollatilles et oyseaulz
of water as ben swannes, gese, malardes, teales, herons, bytters,
de riuiéres come sont cignes, oiez, malartz, cercelles, hairons, butors,
and all suche byrdes ben of nature melancolyke, lesse neverthelesse
et tous telz oyseaulz sont de nature melancolicques, moins touttesfois
rosted than boyled. And conys, hares, rabettes, buckes, does, hartes,
rostis que boullis. Et conins, lieures, laperaus, dains, daines, cerfs,
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hyndes, robuckes or lepers holde also all of melancoly, but
biches, cheureus ou saillantz tiennent aussy tous de melencolie, mais
of all meates the best and most utille to the body of man is of
de touttz uiandz la meillure et plus utille a corps homain est de
capons, chyckyns, faisantes, partriches, yonge partriches,
chappons, poucins, faisans, perdris, perdreaus, plouuiers, pigeons,
quailles, suites, wodcockes, turtell doves, knyghtes, stares,
calles, becasses, uidecocz, tourterelles, cheualiers, estourneauz,
sparows, or , finches, , gold finches,
moinons, ou passeriauz, pinchons, uerdieres, frions, cardinotes, linotes,
thrushe felde fare, and all kyndes of small byrdes, (wherof the
maluis griues, et touttes espéces de petis oiseletz, (desquelz les
names ben without nombre) ben metes norisshyng and of litell degestion,
noms sont infinitz) sont uiandes nourrissantes et de facille digestion,
and that engendre good blode, howbeit that in Spaine and in
et qui engendrent bon sang, combien quen Espagne et en
Fraunce the use of suche metes is more to be commended than ours.
France lusage de télz uiandes est plus comendable que le nostre.
Ma.
Why, I pray you, have ye nat haboundance of suche game in this
Pourquoy, je uous prie, nauons nous pas plenté de tél gibiér en ce
realme as they have there.
roialme come ilz ont la.
Lau.
Ye forsoth, madame, but we do nat use it so well, for they begynne
Sy auons certes, madame, mais nous nen usons point sy bien, car ilz commencent
alwayes with the best and ende with the most grosse whiche they
tousjours la meillure et finissent a la plus grosse quilz
leave for the servantes, where as we do al the contrary.
laissent pour les seruiteurs, la ou nous faisons tout le contraire, et cetera.
If it please to your grace, we shall make ende of our comunication,
Sil plaist a uostre grace, nous ferons fin de nostre comunicacion,
unto soupper, at the whiche, if ye thynke best, we shall make an ende.
jusques a souppér, auquél, se bon uous semble, nous paracheurons.
Ma.
Se be it as ye wyll.
Ainsy soit come le uoullés.
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THE COMMUNICATION AT SOUPER.
Mary.
Do ye remembre, maistre amener, that ye have nat yet satisfied of the
Uous souuient il, monsieur laumosnier, que naues pas encore satisfait des
complexions and propertes of meates that whiche have begonne, and nat
complexions et nature de uiandes que uous aues entaméez, et non
finished.
acheuéez.
Lau.
Trewly, madame, ye have reason, wherfore in fulfyllyng that whiche I have
Certes, madame, uous auéz rayson, pourquoy en accomplissant ce que jay
begon, I do warne you that all maner meates sodden what
encomencé, je uous aduertis que touttes uiandes bouilliez quelles
so ever it be, holde more of the ayre and of the water (whiche ben two
quelles soient, tiennent plus de lair et de leau (qui sont deulx
elementes wherof doth come and springe blode and fleame: understande
elementz dont procedent et pullulent sang et fleugme: nentendes
nat neverthelesse but all maner of meate holde of the foure complexions,
pas touttes fois que touttes uiandes ne tiennent des quatre complexions,
the one more and the other lesse, for if I be well enformed, the complexion
les unes plus et aultres moins, car se je suis bien aduerty, la complexion
of thynges take denomynation of the qualytes principall domynant in
des choses prent denomination de la qualyté principalle dominant en
the same) than they do of the other twayne. But of all maner of meate,
icelle) quelles ne font des aultres deux. Mais de touttes uiandes,
the moost daungerous it that whiche is of fruites, as cheres, small cheryse,
la plus dangereuse est celle de fruitz crudz, come cherises, guingues,
great cherise, strauberis, fryberis, mulberis, preunes, chestaynes nuttes,
gascongnes, freses, framboises, moures, cornelles, prunes, chastaignes,
fylberdes, walnuttes, cervyse, medlers, aples,
nois franches, grosses nois, cerues, mesles, pommes,
peres, peches, melons, and all other kyndes of
poires, pesches, melons, concombres, et touttes aultres espéces de
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fruites, howbeit that youth, bycause of heate and moystnesse, doth dygest them
fruitz, ja soit que jeunesse, a cause de challeur et moisteur, les digére
better than age dothe.
mieulz que uiellesse ne fait.
Ma.
Howe, mayster amener, this meate that we do eate do they engendre
Coment, monsieur laumosnier, ces uiandes que nous mengeons engendrent-elles
the blode; I thought that we had our blode from our
le sang; je cuydoie que nous eussions nostre sang des nostre
byrthe.
naissance.
Lau.
Trewly, madame, so have we, but we do norysshe hym and encrease
Ueritablement, madame, sy auons nous, mais nous le nourissons et encroissons
of meate, for as a phylosopher sayth: suche as the
des uiahdes, car come dit ung philosophe: quelles sont les
mete is, suche is the blode, and suche as the blode is, suche is the sprit,
uiandes, tél est le sang, et quél est le sang, quel est lespérit,
and suche as the sprit is suche is the wyt, and suche as the wyt is suche is the
quel est lespérit, tél est le sens, et quél est le sens, telle est la
reason. Wherfore ye se clerely that the good mete cause
rayson. Par quoy uous uoiez manifestement que la bonne uiande faict
the good understandyng and good reason; holde you than to the
le bon entendement et bonne rayson; tenés uous doncques a la
beste and take nat to moche therof.
meilleure et nen prenés pas trop.
Ma.
In my God, I wene that my physicion whan I shall have one
En mon Dieu, je cuide que mon medecin quant jen auray ung
shall scante mende your reasons, wherfore I pray you to procede
pouldra a paine amender uos raysons, pourquoy je uous prie de procéder
that I may knowe my complexion,
que puisse congnoistre ma complexion.
Lau.
If it please you, madame, we shall abyde tyll another tyme,
Sil uous uient a plaisir, madame, nous differerons jusques a une aultre fois,
bycause that your supper is almost ended.
pource que uostre souppér est quasy acheué.
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Ma.
Well, to morowe be it.
Bien, a demain soit.
THENDE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
Mary.
Trewly, mayster amener, I thinke it longe to here the ende of our begonne
Certes, monsieur laulmosnier, il me tarde douir la fin de nostre encomencée
communycation.
comunicacion.
Lau.
In good soth, madame, I am redy to acquyte me, howbeit that I make protestation
En uerité, madame, je suis prect de me acquictér, combien que je proteste
before your grace that I shall speke therof as a clerke of armes,
deuant uostre grace que jen parleray come ung clerc darmes,
for I knowe nothyng of it but by here say.
car je nen scay rien que par ouir dire.
Ma.
Well, well, care ye nat.
Bien, bien, ne uous chaille.
Lau.
It is trouth, madame, that there is foure elementes, that is to say: the
Il est bien uray, madame, que sont quatre elementz, cest a scauoir: la
erthe, the water, thayre, and the fyre, the whiche have eche one a qualytie proper
terre, leau, lair, et le feu, lesquelz ont chescun une qualité propre
and one folowyng. The erthe is drie of her proper qualytie, and colde
et une cocomitante. La terre est seiche de sa propre qualité, et froide
by nature folowynge, the whiche cometh of the water that to her is nyghe:
par nature cocomitante, laquelle uient de leaue qui luy est prouchayne:
the water is colde of his ppopertie, but for the neighbourhode that she hath of
leau est froide de sa propriété, mais par la contiguité quelle a de
the ayre, she is moyst: the ayre of his proper qualytie is moyst, but by the
lair, elle est moiste: lair de sa propre qualité est moist, mais par la
concordence that he hath to the fyre, he is hote: the fyre is hote of his
simbolisacion quil a au feu, il est chault: le feu est chault de sa
proper nature and drie by the erthe, to the whiche he is very nyghe; of the whiche
propre nature et sec par la terre, a laquelle il est concomitant; desquelles
foure qualyties naturall and folowyng dothe springe to us
quatre qualités naturelles et concomitantes nous resultent
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foure complexions, for of heate doth springe the colerike whiche is hote
quatre complexions, car de challeur pululle collericque qui est chault
and drie, of moystnesse is sayde the sanguyne hoote and moyst, of colde,
et sec, de humidité est dit sanguine chault et moiste, de froydure,
and flumatyke colde and moyst, of drinesse, the melancolyke colde and drie.
le flegmaticque froit et moiste, de seicheur, le melancolicque froit et sec.
Ma.
Trewly, if I have well remembred, ye have sayde here above that all thynges
Certes, se jay bien retenu, uous aués dict cy dessus que touttes choses
elemented have all the foure complexions.
elementéez ont toutte les quatre complexions.
Lau.
There is nothyng more trewe, madame.
Il nest riens plus uray, madame.
Ma.
Than have I foure complexions.
Doncques ay je quatre complexions.
Lau.
It is so, but as I have sayde to you here before, they take ever the
Il est ainsy, mais come je uous ay dit cy deuant, on prent tousjours la
denomination of the qualytie principall and havyng domynion.
denomination de la qualité principalle et dominante.
Ma.
Of what complexion do ye take me by your fayth.
De quelle complexion me dictes uous par uostre foy.
Lau.
In good fayth, madame, of the best.
En bonne foy, madame, de la meilleure.
Ma.
Ha, beware of flatery, for howbeit that I am yonge of yeres, yet have
Ha, gardes uous dadulation, car combien que soye jeune de ans, sy ay
I herde say neverthelesse that every body hath a frende that dare him shewe his
je ouy dire toutesfois que chescun a ung amy qui luy ose dire ses
fautes, save princes and princesses, for the most parte dothe synge of placebo,
faultes, synon princes et princesses, car la plus part jouent de placebo,
and few of dilexi.
et bien peu de dilexi.
Lau.
Trewly, madame, your reason is good and trewe: natwithstandyng all
Certes, madame, uostre rayson est bonne et uraye: nonobstant toutte
flatery and adulation sette a syde, I have sayd the truthe, for to the reporte of
adulacion et flaterie ariere mise, jay dit la uerité, car au report de
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any connynge man ye have complexion sanguyne, whiche is the best
tout homme scauant uous aués complexion sanguine, qui est la meilleure
of the four, bycause that the others holden more of extermites, for in
des quatre, a cause que les aultres tiennent plus dextermités, car en
hete and moisture lyeth the lyfe of the man, and the more that he declyne to
challeur et moisteur gist la uie de lhome, et quant plus quil decline a
coldenes and drinesse, whiche ben diametrally opposite and contrary to
froideur et seicheur, qui sont diamétrallement opposite et contraire a
hete and moisture, the more he goeth to corrupcion, whiche is the deth: I
chaleur et moisture, tant plus il ua a corrupcion, qui est la mort: je
myght prove to you by reason unpossible to withstande that this your
uous poulroie prouuér par irrefragable et solides oppinions que ceste uostre
complexion is the beste, but for nat to be tedious nor malpleasant, I
complexion est la meilleur, mais pour non estre tedieus ne facheus, je
remitte it to an other tyme.
le remectz a une aultre fois.
Ma.
Forsoth it displease me that my dyner is ended, for I have taken great
Certes il me desplaist que mon disner est acheué, car jay priens grand
pleasure to your communication, and howbeit that my body is sufficiently
plaisir a uostre communicacion, et combien que mon corps est suffisamment
saciate and fedde, yet remayne my soule nevertheles hongry
refocillé et repus, sy demeure mon ame touttes fois familleuse
and full of appetit of suche metes as ye have here administred.
et esuriente de telles uiandes que luy aués administré.
Lau.
In good trewth I do rejoise me to se your grace so inclined
En bonne uerité, madame, je me resjouis de ueoir uostre grace tant propense
and disposed to be wyllyng to knowe and can, wherfore I shall be glad
et procliue a uoulloir scauoir et cognoistre, pourquoy je seray joieulz
to fulfyll your good wyll where it shall please you to commande me.
daccomplir uostre uoulloir la ou vous plaira me comander.
Ma.
I praie to God to rewarde you of your labour and good instruction, maistre
Je prie a Dieu uous remunerér de uostre paine et bonne doctrine, monsieur
amener.
laumosnier.
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Lau.
God preserve you in all good prosperite.
Dieu uous maintiegne en toutte bonne prosperité, madame. Amen.
THE DEVISION OF TYME.
Of atmos ben made the momentes, of momentes ben made the mynutes,
Des atomos se font les momentz, des momentz se font les minutes,
of mynutes ben made the degrees, of degrees the quarters of houres, of quarters
des minutes se font les degrés, des degrés les quartz dheures, des quartz
of houres the half houres, of half houres the houres, of the houres the
dheures les demye heures, des demy heures les heures, des heures les
dayes and the nyghtes of the whiche ben made wekes, of wekes the monthes,
jours et les nuitz desquelles se font les sepmaines, des sepmaines les mois,
of the monthes the foure tymes of the yere whiche ben the springe, somer, harvest,
des mois les quatre temps de lan qui sont printemps, este, autumne
and wynter. Of the foure tymes ben made the yeres, of yeres ben made the whiche
et iuer. Des quatre temps se font les ans, des ans se font les
last four yeres and lustres fyve, of lustres ben made the fyfteene yeres, of
olimpiades et lustres, des lustres se font les indicions, des indicions
ben made the c. yeres, of ben made the tyme, whiche is sayd a m. yeres.
se font les siecles, des siecles se fait le temps, qui est dict evum.
Of is made the tyme wiche is sayd xv thousande yeres.
De evum se fait le temps qui est dict parigeneses.
The tyme is none other thyng but nombre of movyng, movyng
Le temps nest aultre chose que nombre de mouuement, mouuement
is cause of lyfe worldly, and lyfe everlastynge is our Lorde Jesu Christ; for
est cause de uie, et uie pardurable est Nostre Seigneur Jesu Crist; car
who so ever shall worshyppe hym and drede perpetually, in the lande of lyvers
quiconques lhonorera et craindra a perpetuite, en la terre des uiuantz
shall lyve.
uiura.
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This letter A, in latyn, is as moche to saye as without, and tomos is
divysyon, than Atomos is without divisyon.
Ye shall note, that atmos is a thyng so lytell that can nat be devyded,
as a letter whiche is atmos, in grammer, out, is atmos in arismetry, a pricke
is atmos in geometry, and the duste that flyeth in the sonne beame ben
atmos, and a twynclyng of an ey whiche may be taken here for atmos.
The Greeks were wont to reken by Olympiades, whiche ben four yere;
the Romayns by lustres, whiche ben fyve yeres: and by indicions that ben
made of thre lustres, which ben fyftene yeres: a secle is an hundred yere,
and somtyme taken for a mannes lyfe. Evum is take lykewyse for a mannes
age, and for a thousande yeres, and Parigeneses for fyftene thousande yeres,
and tyme is taken for the lastyng of all the worlde.
Thus endeth the seconde and laste boke of this introduction.
Printed at London by Thomas Godfray.
CUM PRIUILEGIO A REGE INDULTO.
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