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 chaunge the _r_ in _e_ for the
feminin, and without the _e_ for the masculin, as _benir_, take away the
_r_, ye have _beny_, which is preterit masculin, and adde an _e_ to it,
ye have _benie_, whiche is the feminin, and lykewyse of _bannir, banni,
bannie; rauy, rauie_, and adding _ssant_ to the masculin, ye have
_banissant, benissant, rauissant. Mourir_ and _querir_ must be excepted:
for _mourir_ hath _mort_ for his masculyn, and _morte_ for the femynyn,
and _querir, quis_ and _quise; mourant_ and _querant_ for the participle
present tense.
Also those wherof the infynityve termyne or ende in _tre_, or in _dre_,
the _e_ beyng a consonant, as _batre, abatre, combatre, rabatre,
debatre: pendre, fendre, deffendre, tendre, rendre, uendre_, must all
chaunge _re_ in _u_ for the masculyn, sayeng _batu, abatu, combatu,
pendu, fendu, deffendu, uendu, tondu_, addyng an _e_ to it for the
femynyn, sayeng _batue, uendue, fendue, tondue_; ye must except
_prendre_ with all his dirivatives, and make _pris, prise; repris,
reprise; compris, comprise; mespris, mesprise_. There ben other that
ende in _e_, as _mectre_, with all that of hym ben diryvate; whiche must
folowe the sayd rule, as _permis, permise; mis, mise; demis, demise;
commis, commise; promis, promise; remis, remise; compris_, etc. and
bycause they be noted for the most parte among the Catalogue of verbes,
and howe ye shall fourme lykewyse both nownes and adverbes: and also
that it is harde for to fynde a rule generall and infallyble, I do here
termyne the sayde rules.