Of the comparatyue.
¶Minor fratrum. why is fratrum the genityue af∣ter a nowne comparatiue? For nownes comparati∣ues of the worde plurell, that hath this signe of be∣fore it, wyll haue the genityue, lyke partitiues. as, The more of the .ij. bretherne.
Maior duorum fratrum.
Peritior nostrum duorum.
¶Paulo altior patre. why is paulo the ablatyue case, where the comparatyue hath an other ablati∣ue patre? For all the comparatyue degrees, besyde theyr ablatyue, that was spoken of in the rudimen∣tis: may haue an other ablatiue, of the worde that betokeneth the measure of theyr excesse. as Multo fortior. Paulo altior.
And this ablatiue is cōmune to superlatiues also. as, Multo iucundissimus.
And to receyue verbes, that betoken preferryng or excedynge. as Multo praestat. praeualet. superat. or vincit.
Also to .iiij. aduerbes, Secus, aliter, ante, post. as, Multo secus. Multo post.
And the genityue after comparatiues may be resol∣ued into an ablatiue, with the preposition e or ex. as, Maior iuuenum, maior ex iuuenibus.