¶ Diffinicyon of Preposicyon
A Preposicyon is se••t before al other partes of spe¦che in apposicyon or in composicyon
A preposicyon stondeth in apposicyon. whenne he is put byfore a parte declynable. and gouuerneth hym in case. as ad dn̄m. a dn̄o. Indn̄o
A preposicyon stondeth in composicyon. whēne he is ioyned to another preposicyon or to any other {per}¦rte of speche. And of them two partes remayne but o∣ne named after the last. as Peramo a verbe. and pre clarus a nowne
¶ To a preposicyon longeth but one thynge. case only. or power to gouerne case only
(Of preposicyons. some be separable. as the thre forsayde sortes. and only. vi. be vnseparable. as Di. Dis. Re. Se. Con. an
All preposicyōs separable of the fyrst sorte. with a▪ ue after them an accusatyf case
All preposicyons of the secounde sorte. an ablatyf Preposicyons of the thyrde sorte. somtyme an accusa tyf. and somtyme an ablatyf