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

¶ Note well.

A noīatyf els̄ a vocatyf may not stande withoute a verbe finite sette out / or vnderstonde.

Nor lyke wyse a verbe finite without a noīatyf or vo catyf case.

A verbe is called finite in all modes / excepte y^e Infi∣nityf. Also euery Infinityf mode may haue an accu∣satyf case sette before hym expressyd or vnderstonde as for suche maner of speche. Cui nūc cognomen Iu lo. Is more after vse than crafte.

Nor an aduerbe may not stonde without a verbe.

Nor a coniunction without. ii. clauses / and. ii. verbes set out / as Ego lego. & tu legis. or vnderstode / as Le go Uirgilium et Ciceronem. for Lego Uirgilium et. lego Ciceronem.

Nor. ii. clauses or. ii. verbes without a cōiunction ex∣cept that one be an Infinityf mode or els Ioyned w^t a relatyf.

Nor a preposicyon withoute a case. Nor an adiectyf withoute a substantyf. Nor a relatyf withoute some worde rehersed of the reason afore / the whiche may be called the anteccdente.

Nor a relatyf without a verbe dyuers from the ver∣be of the antecedēt / yf the relatyf be a nowne.

¶ Whan wordes must be construed togyder betoke nynge thynges that be of one {per}sone / they must agree in as many accidētes as they may.

A persone is called in gramer the beer / the doer / the

suffrer / the hauer / the thynge that is had / that / that groweth to / as auaūtage / or hurte / angre / or pleasu∣re. Also pryce / tyme / Instrument / & other lyke

Accidentes I calle case / gendre / nōbre / persone / mo∣de / and tense &c:

This Infinityf mode esse whan he cometh after ony of these verbes Uolo. soleo. cupio. īcipio. disco. or ony other lyke stondynge personally wyll haue after hȳ a noīatyf case / after esse vse of grekes what soeuer be vnderstonde afore / as volo esse rex. Soleo esse amic{us} cupio esse doctus. disco esse pater.

But and yf the verbe that cometh afore esse. be im{per}∣sonall / the worde that foloweth shall some tyme be y^e datyf case / as Licet michi esse bono. Placet tibi esse regi.

The whiche spekynge though it be approued by the vse of Grekes & latynes / yet it is not after the crafte Nownes of the comparatyf degre wyll haue after them an ablatyf case / whā this sygne than. foloweth them. as I am wyser than these. Sum doctior his. And a genityf whan this sygne of foloweth them as this is the wyser of you tweyne. Hic est doctior vest{rum} duorum.

The superlatyf wyll haue a genityf plurell of allwor des / except the nowne of multytude / of whome he is contente with a genityf case synguler / as Uirgilius erat doctissimus poetarum. Troiane gentis fortissi∣mus erat. Hector.

Euery verbe is construed with case after his 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Therfore yf it be not englysshed after his

construccyon / it is not englysshed after his significa∣cyon / wherfore these verbes Noceo and placeo / and suche other the whiche haue after theym a datyf case must haue these englysshes. I do greue I do pleasu∣re / & contrary wyse. Ledo & offendo. I hurte or offen de rather than I do hurte / or offence / & lyke wyse in one verbe / as Uaco tibi. I take hede to the. Uaco do∣ctrina I lacke connynge. But where it is harde to en glysshe theym after theyr construccyon / we must go as nyghe as we may / and for theyr construccyon / to be knowen saye generally y^t all verbes actyues. depo nentes. and cōmunes / may haue after theym an ac∣cusatyf case / or some what sette in the stede of it / as. Amo. Loquor. Ueneror orationē. Amo legere. cupio vt legas. & so they haue the nature of actyues.

All verbes may haue after theym a datyf case to y^t thynge the wiche is gyuynge / sendynge / vauntage / or domage / or suche other lyke of thesame strengthe / be all verbes that betoken preferrynge or cōparyson as Homo prestat homini.

Euery verbe adiectyf that hath no passyf signe with his englysshe / may haue after hym an accusatyf ca∣se of a worde that is of the same significacyon / or els that mesureth his significacyon / and so is as an actyf as Curro cursum. or stadiū. or multum. viuo vitam infelicem.

Euery verbe may haue after hȳ an ablatyf case that standeth as pryce / clothynge / or armure

And generally of all verbes that be as instrumente as emi equū centum uummis. Induo tetunica. per∣cussus

pugione.

Out of this rule be excepte adiectyues of vncertyn pryce / the whiche shall euer be put in the genityf ca∣se synguler / and neutre gendre substātyuate yf they be without substantyues / as magni interest / parui constat.

But & yf the substantyf be exprest / they shall both be put in the ablatyf / as Penus emitur magno precio vel multa pecunia.

To these be reduced verbes betokenynge lackynge / as Careo. vaco.

Also suche verbes Exulo. spolio. nudo. priuo.

Also verbes betokenynge mouynge wyll haue after them the fyrste supyne / or els the gerundyf in dum. w^t this p̄posicyon ad as eo cubitū vel ad cubandum And where this generall rule wyll not satysfye we must saye specyally that some verbes wyll haue after them a genityf case / as Insimulo. accuso. memini. re cordor. potior. and misereor. Some w^t the ablatyf ca∣se / as Dignor indignor. Some passyues with the ac cusatyf / as grauor. doceor. postulor To these be redu ced two particyples Exosus. & pertesus. as exosus cō tubernium. pertesus ignauiā.