for the present, _sy je fuisse maintenant,
comme jay congneu, quant jeusse sentu._

The sayd conjunctyve hath two futures, the tone hath alwayes this worde
_mais_, goyng before the verbe, as _mais que je soie joieulz_, etc.

The tother is borowed of the potenciall mode, and hath for his
termynation, _roy, rois, roit: rions, ries, roient_, as _jaimeroie, tu
aimerois, il aimeroit, nous aimerions, uous aimeries, ilz aimeroient;_
and likewyse of all others. The termination of the infinityve shall
appere in the verbes here after folowyng, wherfore in eschewyng
prolixite, I will no further speke of it. The preterit must ever have
this verbe infynityve moode: _auoir_, before hym, as _auoir parle, auoir
dit, auoir mordz_, etc.

The gerundyve is formed of the infinityve, and of the participle present
tensis, as _de parler, pour conferer, en communicant_, etc. The
overthrowen or supins which ben called _reuerses_, ye shall ever put the
preterit parfit or the second futur of the conjunctive before him,
sayeng: _je te uoulsisse_, or _je te uouldroye bien aime de Dieu_, etc.

A RULE FOR TO MAKE PARTICIPLES, ADVERBES AND NOWNES OF THE VERBES
FOLOWYNGE.

All maner verbes infinitive mode endyng in _er_, takyng the _r_ away, ye
have the preterit masculin, and addyng an _e_ to the _e_ that remaine,
ye have the participle feminin of the preterit tensis, as in this verbe
_enseigner_, take away the _r_, ye have _enseigne_, which is masculin,
and addyng another _e_ to it, ye have _enseignee_, which is the preterit
feminin, soundyng the first _e_ as a uowel, and if ye adde _ment_ to it,
ye shal have _enseignement_, which is an adverbe, and puttyng both _es_
away, and addyng _ant_, ye have the participle present, whiche is
_enseignant_, and this rule is generall for the termination.

Also all verbes endyng in _ir_, as _uenir_, and such as come of him must
al change _ir _in _u_ for the preterit masculyn, and addyng an _e _to
the sayd _u_ for the feminin. Exemple for the masculin, if ye take _ir_
away from _uenir, tenir, souuenir, soubstenir, maintenir_, and adde _u_
for it, ye shall have, _uenu, tenu, souuenu, maintenu_, and addyng an
_e_ to it, ye shall have the feminin, whiche

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be, _uenue, tenue, souuenue, maintenue_, etc. and if ye put away the
sayd _u_ and _e_, and put _ant_ for it, ye shall have the participle
present tensis, as _uenant, tenant, souuenant, maintenant_. There ben
other verbes ending in _ir_, whiche must c