it, we shall have: Why have I me, why have I the, why
have I hym; and this is nyne wayes in the affyrmatyve.

Nowe, if ye do lykewise in the negatyve, ye shall have other nyne wayes,
as whan ye say: I have nat me, I have nat the, I have nat him, and
tournyng it, ye have: have I nat me, have I nat the, have I nat hym; and
puttyng why before, I have: why have nat I me, why have nat I the, why
have nat I hym. And doynge lykewise of the seconde persone and the
thyrde, and consequently with the plurell nombre, ye shall have syx
tymes eightene variable and sondry wayes, which do amount to an hundred
and viii wayes in one tense, and may be lykewise of every verbe; and if
ye do take but the fyrste worde of every persone, ye shall have a syngle
conjugacion, as: I have, thou hast, he hath: we have, ye have, they
have, etc.

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Here after foloweth the fyrst conjugation whiche is sixe and thyrty wayes
in the presente, and lykewyse of every preteryte and future,
in every tense and mode, except all the imperatyves the
present of the optatyves. And bycause we can nat specifye
by our wordes any of our dedes, signyfyeng action,
without this verbe (have) we shall begyn with
the same, addyng to it a worde or two for
to shewe an example, howe one may
make dyverse and many sentences
with one worde, and percon-
sequent come shortely
to the french
speche.

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THE INDICATYVE PRESENT.

I have great desyre
[Symbol: hand] jay grant desir

have I
ay je

why have I
pourquoy ay je

I have nat
--- je nay pas

have nat I great desyre
nay je pas grand desir

why have nat I
pourquoy nay je pas

thou hast
[Symbol: hand] tu as

hast thou good appetyte
as tu bon appetit

why hast thou
pourquoy as tu

thou hast nat
--- tu nas pas

hast thou nat good appetyte
nas tu pas bon appetit

why hast thou nat
pourquoy nas tu pas

he hath
[Symbol: hand] il a