of them twyse
rehersed, and the verbe repeted ever in the preterit parfet, and the
fyrst and last goyng through all the modes and tenses: the whiche ben
thus. _Whan I se that I never saw, I thinke that I never thought._

Whan I se that whiche I never saw, I thinke that I never thought.
Quant je uoy ce que ne ueis jamais, je pense ce que ne pensay oncques.

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Whan thou seest that that thou, thou.
Quant tu uois ce que tu ne ueis jamais, tu pense ce que ne pensas
oncques.

Whan he seth, he thinke that.
Quant il uoit ce quil ne ueist jamais, il pense ce quil ne pensa
oncques.

Whan we se that that we, we.
Quant nous uoions ce que nous ne ueismes jamais, nous pensons ce que ne
pensames oncques.

Whan ye se that that ye never sawe, ye.
Quant uous uoyez ce que ne ueistes jamais, uous penses ce que ne
pensastes oncques.

Whan they se, they.
Quant ilz uoient ce quilz ne ueisent jamais, ilz pensent ce que ne
penserent oncques.

And so through till the imperatif, than ye may turne the verbes if ye
lyste, sayeng: "Whan I thinke that I never thought, I se that I never
sawe; _Quant je pense ce que ne pensay jamais, je uoy ce que ne ueis
oncques_," and so forth.

Another conjugation joynynge two verbes together.

Whan I am ydell, I worke nat, whan I worke, I am nat ydell.
Quant je chomme, je ne besongne pas, quant je besongne, je ne chomme
pas.

Whan thou art ydell, thou workest nat: whan thou workest, thou art nat
ydell.
Quant tu chomme, tu ne besongne pas: quant tu besongne, tu ne chomme
pas.

Whan he or she is ydell, he or she worketh nat: whan he or she
Quant il ou elle chome, il ou elle ne besongne pas: quand il ou elle

doeth worke, he or she is nat ydell.
besongne, il ou elle ne chomme pas.

Whan we be ydel, we do nat worke: whan we worke,
Quant nous chommons, nous ne beso