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¶ De formatione comparatiui.
¶ The cōparatif is formed of is positif of his fyrste case that endeth in i. by puttynge to this terminaciō or / els us as doctus cta ctum. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 us. tenuis te nuis tenui tenuior us. felix cis ci. felicior ue.
¶ Out of this rule ben excepte these. vi. nownes fo∣lowynge the whiche make both the comparatyf and supcrlatyf out of rule / as Bonus melior optim{us}. ma lus peior pessimus. magnus maior maximus. paru{us} minor minimus: & paruissimus. multus plus pluri∣mus. nequam nequior nequissimus. Also iuuenis ma keth 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Senex senior. and lacketh the neutre in us and also the superlatyf degre.
¶ Suche adiectyues that ende in us & haue a vowel before us. haue now no cōparatyf in or. but al waye this worde magis / and the posityf shall supplye the rowme of the comparatyf / as piue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 pius. per∣petuus magis perpetuus. extraneus magis extrane us. In suche the supcrlatyf foloweth the rule / as pi{us} pussimus strenuus issimus. Yf thou fynde ony other wyse / it is excused by antiquyte.
¶ All nownes that maketh theyr comparatyf in or may make the com{per}atyf with magis or min{us}. & the posityf. ¶ Buth suche yt ende in us with the vowell &c. may no wyse make the comparatyf in or.
¶ Other partes of reson make comparyson as this verbe detero maketh deterior for his cōperatyf & de terrimus for his superlatyf. Also participles goynge in to nownes / as amans amantior tissimus
¶ These aduerbes and preposicyons in these verses