How beit that I do nat, nat knowe how that many as well lerned in
good
Combien que ne ignore point que pluisieurs tant qualifiez es
bonnes
lettres as also well spoken in the frenche tonge (at the lest nat
beyng
lectres come aussy elegant en la langue francoise (au moins pour non
estre
naturall and borne of the lande and countrey) have composed, and written
rules and
naturel et natif du territoire et pais) ont composes et escripz
regles et
principles for introduction in the sayd tonge the whiche par aventure, as
principes pour introduction en la dicte langue les quelz peult estre, come
witnessed saint Hierome to Paulin, have tought before that they have ben
tiesmoigne saint Hierome a Paulin, ont ensegnes auant que auoir este
conynge, for how beit that arte is folower of nature folowyng her
right nygh,
scauantz, car ja soit que art soit imitatrice de nature lensuiuant de
bien pres,