Quant je cognoistroye, que tu cognoistrois, quil cognoistroit:

we shulde, ye shulde, they shuld know.
que nous cognoistrions, que uous cognoistriez, quilz cognoistroient.

to know. to have knowen.
THE INFINITIVE, cognoistre. THE PRETERIT, auoir cogneu.
to know,
THE GERUNDIF, a cognoistre,

for to knowe, in knowyng.
pour cognoistre, en cognoissant.

I the wyshe
THE SUPIN or OVERTHROWEN, je te souhaite

knowen.
cogneu.

And so ende this conjugation.

Here doth folowe the conjugation of this verbe _am_, the which is as an
instrument wherby we do expresse by our wordes all verbes passives,
fewe except, and all that we do suffre, the whiche may be turned
lyke the verbe precedent, as _je me, je te, je le suis_.
But for to eschewe prolixite, we shal tourne
him but VI maner ways in
every persone.

I am, why am I.
Je suis, pourquoy suis je.

I am nat, why am nat I.
Je ne suis pas, come ne suis je pas.

Thou arte, why art thou.
Tu es, come es tu.

Thou art nat, why art nat thou.
Tu nes pas, pourquoy nes tu pas.

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He is, why is he.
Il est, pourquoy est il.

He is nat, why is he nat.
Il nest pas, come nest il pas.

THE PLURELL NOMBRE.

We be, why be we.
Nous somes, pourquoy somes nous.

We be nat, why be nat we.
Nous ne somes pas, pourquoy ne somes nous pas.

Ye be, why be ye.
Uous estes, pourquoy estes uous.

Ye be nat, why be ye nat.
Uous nestes pas, pourquoy nestes uous pas.

They be, why be they.
Ilz sont, pourquoy sont ilz.

They be nat, why be nat they.
Ilz ne sont pas, pourquoy ne sont ilz pas.

THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.

Note that the preterit imperfet and perfet have but one exposicion in
this verbe.

I was beyng, why was I.
Jestoie, pourquoy estoye je.

I was nat, why was nat I.
Je nestoy pas, pourquoy nestoy je pas.

Thou was, why was thou.
Tu estois, pourquoy estois tu.

Thou was nat, why was nat thou.
Tu nestois pas, pourquoy nestois tu pas.

He was, why was he,
Il estoit, pourquoy estoit il.

He was nat, why was nat he.
Il nestoit pas, pourquoy nestoit il pas.

THE PLURELL NOMBRE.

We were, why were we.
Nous estions, pourquoy estions nou