tens, tu tentens: il ou elle sentend,

we us understande, ye understande you, they understande.
nous nous entendons, uous uous entendes, ilz ou elles sentendent.

THE INTERROGATYVE.

Understand I me, understande thou, understande he or she: understande
Mentens je, tentens tu, sentend il ou elle: nous entendons

we us, understande ye you, understande they them.
nous, uous entendes uous, sentendent ilz ou elles.

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THE NEGATYVE.

I understande nat me, thou understande nat the,
Je ne mentens pas, tu ne tentens pas,

he or she understande nat him; we do nat understande us,
il ou elle ne sentend pas: nous ne nous entendons pas,

ye do nat understande you, they do nat understande them.
uous ne uous entendes pas, ilz ou elles ne sentendent pas.

THE INTERROGATYVE.

Do nat I understande me, do nat thou understande the,
Ne mentens je pas, ne tentens tu pas,

do nat he understande him or she: do we nat understande us,
ne sentend il ou elle pas: ne nous entendons nous pas,

do ye nat understande ye, do nat they understande them.
ne uous entendes uous pas, ne sentendent ilz ou elles pas.

Dyd I understande, understande I, I have understande,
entendoie, entendis, jay entendu,

I had understande, I shall understande.
jauoie entendu, entenderay.

Thus endeth the fyrst boke.

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An answere to the correcters and of all workes reprouers.
APOLOGIE AUX CORRECTEURS ET DE TOUTTES OUURES REPREUEURS.

GILES DU WES ALIAS DE VADIS.

Grose folke of rude affection
G rosses gens de rudes affections

dronkerdes, banysshed of trewe felyng
I urongnes, bannis de uray sentement

lubbers, knaves, private of understandyng
L ourdaultz, cocardz, priues dentendement

in their mouthfull takyng refection
E n leur gueulee prenant refections

fulfylled of oprobre and of detraction
S aoule doprobes et de detractions

Shall say of me as they do of other folkes
D iront de moy comme ilz font daultre gent

beholde here, what a maker fayre and gentyl
U oies icy, quel facteur bel et gent,

trewe it is for certayne, that I am ignorant
U ray est pour certain, que suis ignorant

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