[Rudimenta grammatices]

Generall cōstruction to all verbes.

Instrument.

SCripsi haec calamo. why is calamo the ablatiue case? For the worde that standeth as instrument, after al maner of verbes, shalbe put in the abla∣tiue with this preposition cum, vnderstande and ne∣uer expressed. as Alo te carne. Cedo te baculo.

Seruio tibi manibus. sto pedibus. video and videor oculis.

Price.

¶Emi librum decem denarijs. why is denarijs the ablatiue? For after all maner of verbes, the worde that standeth as price, shall be put in the ablatyue case, if it be a nowne appellatyue. as Vendidi auro. Emptus sū argento. Tacet magna mercede. Loqui∣tur

paruo. Dormit nullo precio.

Vigilat magno precio.

¶Diuerto extra muros. why hath the verbe after hym a preposicion with his case? For after al verbes maye be put some preposition with his case, if he sentence require it. as Sum or iaceo in suburbio, or extra muros, or prope flumen. Doceo or doceor in ••udo. Seruio ad molas.

Laetor iocor cum amicis, or sine inuidia.

Tyme.

¶Habitaui hic annum. why is annum here the ac∣cusatiue case? For after euery verbe, the worde that signifieth tyme, and answereth to this questiō, how longe, may be put in the accusatiue or ablatiue, wi∣thout a preposition. as Studui sex menses, or sex mensibus.

¶But the worde signifyenge tyme, that answereth to this question, whan, must be put in the ablatiue. as Veni hora prima. Except it haue before it any of these prepositions, ante, post, circiter, Intra, for than the preposition muste be expressed. as Ven•• post or ante coenam, et circiter horam sextam.

Absoluam opus intra paucos dies, or paucis diebus.

V••ni ad diem statutum, or in ipso tempore.