ve in the thyrde persone
synguler, and plurell nombre of some verbes, as _jay_, whiche doth make
in the thirde person synguler, _il a_; and the thirde persone of the
imperatyve is _quil ayt_, or _ayt cil_, ou _celuy_; and lykewyse of
_scay_. But of the moste parte of others, it is lyke the present,
leavyng the fyrst persone, whiche is nat in the imperatyve synguler
nombre, as in this verbe _jaime_, _tu aime_, _il aime_, _nous aimons_,
_uous aimes_, _ilz aiment_; which his present is that is a lyke in the
imperatyve, leavynge the fyrst persone, sayeng _aime tu_, _aime cil_,
_aimons nous_, _aimes uous_, _quilz aiment_; puttyng ever the pronowne
after the verbe.

The sayde imperatyve hath two futures, the tone affyrmatyve, and the
tother negatyve, whiche have evermore these frenche wordes going before
do, kepe, se,
every person: _faitz_, _garde_, _voy_,
Se that thou speke; loke that he move nat;
as in this example: _Voy que tu parle_; _garde quil ne se meuue_;
_prenons garde que nous ne mouuons_, _que vous ne mouues_; _prenez garde
quilz ne se meuuent_; and lykewise of the affyrmative, leavyng this
worde _ne_.

THE OPTATYVE.

After the olde grammer was wonte to be all one with his preterit imperf.
but we shall make hym different from hym, puttyng before the verbe this
worde _oh_, or _je vous prie_, sayeng, _oh que je boiue_, _je te prie
que tu boiue_, etc.

The sayd optatyve hath thre preterites, that is to say, imperf.,
parfyte, and plusperf., puttynge alwayes _a ma uoullente_, or _plust a
Dieu_ before the verbe. The preterit imperf. is moost termyned in _usse,
inse_, and in _asse_, whiche may serve lykewyse for the present, as in
these verbes: _Pleust a Dieu que jaimasse_; _a ma uoullente que tu me
congneusse_; _pleust a Dieu que tu prinsses courage_. The parfyte is
moche lyke the preterit indiffynityve of the indicatyve, as a _ma
uoullente que jaie aime_. The plus perfyt hath ever this verbe _jeusse_
(I had) before hym, as _jeusse aime_, _jeusse dit_, etc. His presente
doth serve for his future, addyng either _tantost_ or _demain_, sayeng
_pleust a Dieu que je uoise demain auec uous; a ma uoullente que
deuiegne bon, a ma uoullente quil soit tantost corrige_.

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THE SUBJUNCTIVE OR CONJUNCTIVE.

The conjunctive is lyke the optative in his present and preterittes,
save that we say in stede of _pleust a Dieu, a ma uoullente; sy, come,
quant,_ or _ueu_, sayeng