The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.

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The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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London :: Printed by J. Macock for R. Lownds, and are to be sold at his shop at the white Lyon in Paul's Church-yard,
1656.
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Latin language -- Grammar
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Indicative Mood.

Present tense.
Singulariter.Pluraliter.
Amor I am lovedAmamur we are
Amaris vel amare thou artAmamini ye are
Amatur he isAmantur they are

Preterimperfect tense.
Singulariter.Pluraliter.
Amabar I was lovedAmabamur we were
Amabaris vel amabare thou wertAmabamini ye were
Amabatur he wasAmabantur they were

Verbs in [or] have no Preterperfect tenses, nor Preterplu∣perfect tenses, nor the Future tenses of the Subjunctive or Infi∣nitive Mood, but these are supplied by the Participles of the Preter tense (which admit of several genders) and the Verb Sum in the several tenses, or by the first Supine, and the Pas∣sive Infinitive [iri] as when you would say, I have been lo∣ved, it is expressed by amatus fum vel fui, or sim vel fuerim;

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she had been admonished, monita erat vel fuerat, or esset vel fuisset, It shall or will be read; lectum erit vel fuerit, so amatum esse vel fuisse, me, te, aut illum, that I, thou, or he hath been loved; amatum iri, me, te, aut illum, that I, thou, or he are to be loved. Post quam audierat non Satum iri uxorem filio, after he heard a wife was not to be given to his son, which may be resolved by the Participle in [dus] and [esse] as postquam audierat non dandam esse uxorem filio. The like circumlocution is allowed to the Participles in [rus] and [dus.]

Future tense.
Singulariter.Pluraliter.
Amabor I shall or will be lovedAmabimur we shall or will
Amaberis vel amabere thouAmabimim ye shall or will
Amabitur he shall or willAmabuntur they shall

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