Ye shal note lykewyse that in the indicative mode ye have for the moste
parte, foure preterites, that is to say, the imperfect, parfect and
indiffinitive with the plusperfect, whiche ben communely founde in all
verbes save in them that ben defectives, as it apereth by this verbe,
I say, thou sayest,
_je dis, tu dis,_
wherfore the preterit imperfyte is:
I dyde say;
_je disoie;_
the perfect,
I sayde
_je deis;_
the indiffynitive,
I have sayd;
_jay dit;_
the plusperfect,
I had sayd.
_jauoie dit._
Nevertheles for the most part there is no difference in englysshe
betwene the perf. and imperf. that is to say, betwene _I dyd say_, and
_I sayd:_ but bycause it is otherwise in french, I must use the said
difference.