I shulde be, thou shulde be, he shuld be, we shulde be, ye shulde be,
they shulde be.
Je seroye, tu serois, il seroit, nous serions, uous series,
ilz seroient.
to be. haue ben. for to be,
THE INFINITYVE, estre. THE PRETERIT, avoir este, GERUNDIF, pour estre,
in beyng.
en estant, etc.
And thus finishe this conjugation.
Also it is to be noted that there ben certayne answeres bothe in the
affyrmatyon, and negation of a thyng: as whan one doth say, _I am_: and
they may say, _ye be nat_: where he may answere agayne, _I am_: and the
other grauntyng the same shall say, _so are ye_. And lykewise whan one
doth affirme a thyng by way of negation: as whan he doth say, _I am
nat_, if any wyll deny the same, he shall saye, _ye be_, and if he wyll
graunt unto it, he shall saye, _no more are ye_. For example of the
whiche I wyll make therof a conjugation full requisyte and necessary to
the frenche tonge. But ye shall understande that thre verbes onely shall
serve you to this purpose: that is to say, _have_, _do_, and _am_: for
if one say _I am_, ye may say, _ye be nat_: _I have_, _ye have nat_: and
_I do_, _ye do nat_: the whiche thre ben principall in this rule.