Lac puero[rum]. M. holti mylke for chyldren

¶ Diffinicyon of tenses.

¶ The presentens betokeneth a thynge that is in do ynge now / and hath expressed or vnderstonde this englysshe sygne do / in all verbes transityues / as I loue or do loue.

The p̄terim{per}fytens betokeneth a thynge as late be gonne / but not yet {per}fytly ended or fynysshed & hath exprest or vnderstonde w^t y^t condicōn afore sayd this englysshe sygne dyde / as I loued / or dyde loue.

The preterper. betokeneth a thynge as perfytly finis shed & hath alwaye expressed or vnderstonde this en∣glysshe sygne haue / as I haue loued. I haue taught The p̄terplu. betokeneth a thynge that was perfytly past / of longe tyme agone / and he hath alwaye ex∣pressed or vnderstōde this englysshe sygne had as I had loued. I had taught.

The future betokeneth a thynge that is to come and euermore hath exprest vnderstonde one of these en∣glysshe sygnes / wyll or shall. as I wyll loue / or shall loue. I wyll teche / or I shall teche.

¶ Here is to be noted that yf the verbe may receyue in his englysshe this sygne. haue after to / as misere∣or misereris. to haue mercy or pyte. Abūdo das. I ha ue ynough.

Than must I altre some of my sygnes / & some must I double in this wyse.

In the present haue. In the preterin. hadde. In the p̄terper. haue had. In the p̄terplu. had had. In y^t fu∣ture. wyll haue or shall haue.