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A▪ nominatyf else a vocatyf may nat stonde with oute a verbe finite set oute. or vnderstonde

Nor lyke wyse a verbe finite wythout a nomina tif or vocatyf case

A verbe is called finite in al modes. Excepte the ī¦finityf. Also euery Infinityf mode may haue an accu satif case set byfore hym expressyd or vnderstonde. as for such maner of spech. Cui nunc cognomeē Iulo. Is more after vse than crafte

Nor an aduerbe may nat stonde wythout a ver∣be. Not a coniuncuō wyth oute two clauses. and two verbes set ou••e. as Ego lego. & tu legis. Or vnderstō de. as Lego virgilium & ciceronem for lego virgilium & lego ciceronem

Nor two clauses. or two verbes withoute a cōiū∣ctyon. Excepte that one be an Infinityf mode, or else

ioyned with a relatyf

Nor a preposicyon without a case. Not an adiec¦tyf without a substantyf. Nor a relatyfe withoute so¦me worde rehersed. of y^e reason afore. the which may be called the antecedent

Not a relatif without a verbe diuerse from the v{er}be of the antecedent. yf the relatyf be a nowne

Whan wordes must be construed togydre beto∣kenynge thynges that be as one persone. they must agree in as many accydentes as they may

A persone is called in gramer. the beer. the doer. the sufferer. the hauer. the thynge that is had. that. y^t groweth to. as auauntage.. or hurt. angre. or plesu∣re. Also pryce. tyme. instrumente. & other lyke

Accidentes I calle. Case. Gendre. Noūbre Per∣sone. Mode. & Tens. &c

This infinityf mode Esse. when he cometh after ony of these v{er}bes. Volo soleo. cupio. incipio. disco. or ony other lyke standynge personally wyll haue after hym a nominatyf case. after the use of greekes what so euer be vnderstond afore. as Volo esse rex. Soleo esse amicus. Cupio esse doctus. Disco esse pater. &c.

But and if the verbe that cometh afore esse be im¦personall. the worde that foloweth shall somtyme be the datyue case. Licet mihi esse bono. Placet tibi esse regi

¶The wythspe kynge though it be approued by the vse of Greekes. and latyns. yit it is nat after the crafte

Nownes of the cōparatyue degre wil haue after

theym an ablatif case, whā this signe than. foloweth theym. as I am wyser than these Sum doctior ijs. And a genityf whan this signe of foloweth theim. as This is the wyser of yout••••yne. Hic est doctior ve¦strum duorum

The superlatyue wyl haue a genityf plurell of all wordes. excepte the nowne of multitude. of who¦me he is contente. wyth a genityf case singuler. as Virgi¦lius erat doctissimus poetarum. Troiane gentis for∣tissimus erat Hector

Euerry verbe is construed with case after his sig¦nificacyon. Therfore if it be nat englysshed after hys constructyon. it is nat englysshed after his significa∣cyon Wherfore these verbes Noceo and placeo. and such other the wyth haue after theym adatyue case. must haue these englysshes I do greue. I do plesure. and contrary wyse ••edo and offendo. I hurte and of∣fende rather than I do hurte. or offence. and lyke wy¦se in one verbe. as Vaco tibi. I take hede to the.Va∣co doctrine. I lacke konnynge But where it is harde to englyssh theym after their constructyon. We mu∣ste go as nygh as we may, and for their construction to be knowen say generally that all verbes actyues. deponentes and communes may haue after theym an accusatyf case. or somwhat sette in the stede of it. as Amo Loquor Veneror orationē. Amo legere. Cu∣pio vt legas. & so they haue the nature of actyues.

(Al verbes may haue after theym a da••yf case to the thynge the which is gyuynge. sendinge. vaunta¦ge. or damage. or such other lyke. of the same strēgthe

be all verbes that be token proferrynge or compary¦son. as Homo prestat homini

Euery v{er}be adiectif that hath no passif signe with his englyssh. may haue after hym an accusatif case. of a worde that is of the same significacyō. or else that mesureth his significacyon. and so is as an actyf. as Curro cursum. or stadium. or multum. Viuo vitam infelicem

Euery verbe may haue after hym an ablatyf ca∣se that standeth as pryce. dotynge. or armare

And generally of all verbes that be as instrumēt as Emi equum centum nummis. Induo te tunica Percussus pugione

Oute of this rule be excepte adiectiues of vncertē pryce the which shal euer be put in the genitif case sin¦guler. & neutre gendre substantyuate if they be with substantyues. as Magni iuterest. parui constat

But and if the substantyf be exprest. they shal both be put in the ablatif as Penus emitur magno p••ecio vel multa pecunia

To these be reduced verbes be tokenynge. lacking as Careo Vaco

Also such verbes Exulo. Spolio. Nubo. Priuo Also verbes be tokenyng inouynge wyl haue after them the first supine. or else the gerundiue in dū with this preposicion ad. as. Eo cubitum. vel ad cubandū

And where this generall rule wil nat satisfye. we must say specially. that some verbes wyll haue after them a genityf case. as In••••••••lo. accuso. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 re∣cordor. potior. and misereor. Some wyth the ablatyf

〈…〉〈…〉 passiue wyth the accusatyf. as Grauor. doceor. postulor. To these be re¦duced two particyples. Exosus. and percesus. as Ex¦osus contubernium. pertesus ignauiam