If the humayne inclynation, whiche is wont for the most parte to
refuse that
Se lhumaine propension, qui seult pour la plus part
refuser ce
which one to him doth ministre for most necessary, is nat somwhat
restrayned,
quon luy administre pour plus necessaire nest aulcunement
cohibee,
scante shalbe able in any scyence to profyte.
a paine pourra en aulcune science prouffiter.
We be right nygh clevyng the one to the other, bycause of
naturall
Nous sommes de pres adherentes les ung des aultres, a cause de
naturalle
inclynation, specially havyng symilytude of maners togyder.
procliuite, signament aiantz confirmite de meurs ensemble.
Those whiche by dignyties ben shewed above others ought
to then sample
Ceulz qui par dignites sont preeminence par dessus les aultres
deueroient selon
of God, to put downe their pride and highnesse.
Dieu, rabaisser leur crestes et haultesses.
To do the contrary is an infortunate accident springyng of malyce,
and
Faire au contraire est ung fortuit accident procedant de malice,
et
yeldyng a man right dull, wherfore for nat to be gainsayeng and
rendant ung homme fort empos, pour quoy pour non estre restif et
refusyng good counsayle: it is farre better to sustayne a good
quarell,
oppugnant bon conseil, trope mieulx vault soubstenir bonne
querelle,
than to yelde hymselfe in suche trouble.
que de soy rendre en telle berelle.
Pronownes devyded by the sixe articles of declynation, both synguler and
plurell nombre. And these that ende in _a_, as _ma, ta, sa, la,_ ben all
feminyn. And all those that dothe ende in _on_, and in _e_, as _mon,
ton, son; me, te, se, le,_ ben all masculyne. And _mien, tien, sien,_
synguler nombre and masculyn, _miens, tiens, siens; mes, tes, ses,_
plurell nombre and masculyn. _Mienne, tienne, sienne, singuler; miennes,
tiennes, siennes,_ plurell nombre and feminyn. But there ben certayne
names of the femynyn, whiche do requyre the pronownes masculyns that
must be excepted, as _mon ame, mon hotesse,_ and suche lyke: where both
_ame_ and _hotesse_ ben femynyn gender, and _mon_ he (she) masculyn. And
_me, te, se,_ ben indifferent, as in these wordes: _il, (elle) sayth to
me, he (she) saith to the, he (she) saith to him; me dit, il (elle) te
dit, il (elle) se dit;_ where _me, te, se,_ serve
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bothe for the masculyn and femynin. I, of me, to me, at me, o me, _Je,
de moy, a moy, a me, a moy, o moy_, for me, to me, of me. _pour moy, a
moy, de moy._ our, we, ours; of ours, to us, by Plurell, _nos, nous,
nostres; les nostres, a nous, par_ our. for Thou, of the, to the; by
the: o thou, _nos. O nous, o nos, pour nous. Tu, de toy, a toy; par te,
par toy: o tu, o toy:_ by the. your, you, of yours; to you, by your, o
ye: by you. He _par toy._ Plurell, _vos, vous, des vostres; a vous, par
vos, o vous: pour vous. Il_ she, he, him; that same the same, that same,
that or this. They, they, _elle; cil, luy; celuy, celle, icelle,
icelluy, cestuy, ceste. Ilz, ceulx, elles_, them, those. What, howe,
which, the which, of whom, to have. _celles, icelles, eulz, iceulz. Que,
qui, quel, lequel, laquelle, de qui, a cui,_ by whom, the whiche. My,
myne: to my, of my, myne: for _par quel, quelz, laquelle, lesquelles.
Mon, mien: a mon, de mon, mien: pour_ me, for my: for myne: o my, o
myne, for me, for _me, pour mon: pour le mien, par le mien: o mon, o my,
o mien: pour me, pour_ myne, for Plurell nombre, Thy, my, his: thy, my,
his: _mien, pour mon. Mes, miens, mienne, miennes, Ta, ma, sa: tes, mes,
ses:_ thyne, myne, his: _tiens, miens, siens: miennes, tiennes,
siennes._
Example for the femynin:
_Ma mere, ma seur, ma maistresse, ma cousine:_
_Ta mere, ta seur, ta maistresse, ta cousine:_
_Sa mere, sa seur, sa maistresse, sa cousine:_
_La mere, la seur, la maistresse, la cousine._
Example howe the pronowne masculyne shal be applyed as
_Mon pere, mon frere, mon maistre, mon cousin:_
_Ton pere, ton frere, ton maistre, ton cousin:_
_Son pere, son frere, son maistre, son cousin:_
_Le pere, le frere, le maistre, le cousin_,
and _mes, tes, ses, les_, for bothe plurell.
Also there be two pronownes, that ben pronounced in french by
syncopation, the same and that same: for the femynine: as _cestuy cy_ et
_cestuy la: ceste cy_ et _ceste la:_ where ye shall take but the last
syllable of them, sayeng _stuicy, stuyla: stecy, stela._