Whan I shulde knowe, thou shulde, he shulde:
Quant je cognoistroye, que tu cognoistrois, quil cognoistroit:
we shulde, ye shulde, they shuld know.
que nous cognoistrions, que uous cognoistriez, quilz cognoistroient.
to know. to have knowen.
THE INFINITIVE, cognoistre. THE PRETERIT, auoir cogneu.
to know,
THE GERUNDIF, a cognoistre,
for to knowe, in knowyng.
pour cognoistre, en cognoissant.
I the wyshe
THE SUPIN or OVERTHROWEN, je te souhaite
knowen.
cogneu.
And so ende this conjugation.
Here doth folowe the conjugation of this verbe _am_, the which is as an
instrument wherby we do expresse by our wordes all verbes passives,
fewe except, and all that we do suffre, the whiche may be turned
lyke the verbe precedent, as _je me, je te, je le suis_.
But for to eschewe prolixite, we shal tourne
him but VI maner ways in
every persone.
I am, why am I.
Je suis, pourquoy suis je.
I am nat, why am nat I.
Je ne suis pas, come ne suis je pas.
Thou arte, why art thou.
Tu es, come es tu.
Thou art nat, why art nat thou.
Tu nes pas, pourquoy nes tu pas.