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

¶ Diffinicyon of modes.

¶ The shewynge mode sygnifyeth a thynge as told as I loue. I do loue / & requyreth a nomīatyf or a vo catyf case before hym / as ego lego. Uirgili lege.

¶ The askynge mode signifyeth a thȳge as questyō as loue I. do I loue / & comenly requyreth his noīa tyf or vocatyf after hym. Elles betwixte his sygne & hym both in comyn spcche / & also in latyn / as doost thou here hym? Audiuisti tu illum?

¶ The byddynge mode signifyeth a thynge as byd∣dynge or cōmaundȳge. And requyreth his nomīatyf case or vocatyf / lyke the askynge mode / as speke vir∣gyll. Loquere virgili. Here you. Audite vos.

¶ The wysshynge mode or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 signifyeth a thyn ge as desyred / & hath exprest or vnderstonde both in latyn & in englysshe. vt pri{us} in prima parte.

¶ The potencyall mode betokeneth a thynge as not

done / but that may or myght haue be done & hathas grete strength as one of these verbes Possum. volo. debeo. And the Infinityf mode of the verbe that he cometh of / and his sygnes in englysshe be these / may myght / wold / sholde / ought / must. & other lyke / as ra perem I wolde pulle. obtunderē I wolde knocke

This mode also is vsed comenly eyther with a nega tyf / or with an other condicyonall clause / as. Si hoc non possum. flumina amen. Non expectet

Si esset in his fides. non laboraremus

Some tyme he is vsed without negacyon or condicy on exprest / as videas 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dixerit aliquis.

Also this mode may be vsed in questyon / as quid igi tur faciam? Non eam. Quid agas iust &c. with suche condicyons as were shewed afore.

¶ The subiūctyf mode betokeneth a thynge / as ioy∣ned incertayne persone and certayne nombre to an other verbe / as Iubeo ne facias.

His sygnes in englysshe be these / yf / but / & when af∣ter that / and many other more.

And also these latyns may haue after them the sub∣iunctyf mode. Uersus

Si. {quam}uis. {quam}{quam}. tametsi. licet. at{que} prius{quam} Ante{quam}. an. donec. ve post{quam}. siue quous{que} Quū. nisi. quin. acsi. quando{que} iungis vbi.

¶ The infinityf mode betokeneth a thynge / as done or to be done / without other nombre or persone / and somtyme hath exprest these sygnes to / or to be / as to loue / or to be loued.