l say, _so are ye_. And lykewise whan one
doth affirme a thyng by way of negation: as whan he doth say, _I am
nat_, if any wyll deny the same, he shall saye, _ye be_, and if he wyll
graunt unto it, he shall saye, _no more are ye_. For example of the
whiche I wyll make therof a conjugation full requisyte and necessary to
the frenche tonge. But ye shall understande that thre verbes onely shall
serve you to this purpose: that is to say, _have_, _do_, and _am_: for
if one say _I am_, ye may say, _ye be nat_: _I have_, _ye have nat_: and
_I do_, _ye do nat_: the whiche thre ben principall in this rule.

THE INDICATIVE OF AFFIRMATION.

I am, thou art, he is.
Je suis, tu es, il est.

I am nat, thou art nat, he is nat.
Non suis, non es, non est.

But I am, But thou arte, but he is.
Sy suis, Sy es, sy est.

So am I, So arte thou, so is he.
Ce suis mon, ce es mon, ce est mon.

We be, ye be, they be.
Nous sommes, uous estes, Ilz sont.

We be nat, ye be nat, they be nat.
Non sommes, non estes, non sont.

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But we be, but ye be, but they be.
Sy sommes, sy estes, sy sont.

So we be, so be ye, so be they.
Ce sommes mon, ce estes mon, ce sont mon.

And so forth thorow al the tenses and modes of all the tother twayne,
as:

I was, I was nat, but I was: so was I. I sayde,
Jestoye, non estoye, sy estoie: cestoie mon. Je dysoie,

I dyd nat, but I dyd,
non faisoie, sy faisoie,

so dyd I. I had, I had nat, but I had, so had I:
ce faisoie mon. Jauoie, non auoie, sy auoie, ce auoie mon:
je eus, non eus:

I shall have, I shall nat, but I shall, so shall I.
jaray, non aray, sy aray, ce aray mon.

Which thre wordes shall serve you to any verbes signifieng either
_doing_ or _suffryng_.

EXAMPLE FOR NEGATION.

I am nat: but I am. I am nat: no more I am.
Je ne suis pas: sy suis. non suis: ce ne suis mon.

I do nat: but I do. I do nat: no more do I.
Je ne fay pas: