Giles Du Wés

“ I shuld do, THE SECONDE. Je feroye, rois, roit: ferions, riéz, roient. To do. THE INFINITIF. Faire. To have done. PRETERIT. Auoir fait.
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In doyng, to do, for to do. GERUNDIF. En faisant, a faire, pour faire. THE OVERTHROWEN. To be done. LE RENUERSE. Estre fait.
Note that for to lerne frenche quickely, ye must turne the sayd conjugation iiii maners of wayes, tat is to say affirmatyve, and interrogatyve, and negatyve, and interrogatyve, as it hath ben plainly shewed here before.
Finis.
Another conjugation by way of combination lyke the tother before rehersed. ”

“ We be, why be we. Nous somes, pourquoy somes nous. We be nat, why be nat we. Nous ne somes pas, pourquoy ne somes nous pas. Ye be, why be ye. Uous estes, pourquoy estes uous. Ye be nat, why be ye nat. Uous nestes pas, pourquoy nestes uous pas. They be, why be they. Ilz sont, pourquoy sont ilz. They be nat, why be nat they. Ilz ne sont pas, pourquoy ne sont ilz pas. THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.
Note that the preterit imperfet and perfet have but one exposicion in this verbe.
I was beyng, why was I. Jestoie, pourquoy estoye je. I was nat, why was nat I. Je nestoy pas, pourquoy nestoy je pas. ”

“ THE SUBJUNCTIF, is lyke the optatyve, taking the present for the seconde future. How it shulde be laufull to me, THE FYRST FUTURE. Come il me loiseroit, come il te loyseroit, come il luy loyseroit: come ilz nous loiseroit, come ilz uous loiseroit, come ilz leur loiseroit.
Finis.
A conjugation of this verbe care, which for the most parte is negatyve, as I care nat, and if ye wyll adde this worde it unto the same, sayeng: I care nat for it: ye shall put an n after every pronoun, as: il ne men chault, il ne ten, il ne luy en, il ne nous en, il ne uous en, il ne leur en chault. ”

“ God be within, God be your helpe, God be wyllynge to helpe you, Dieu soit ceans, Dieu vous soit en aide, Dieu vous veulle aider, God kepe you from yvell and trouble, I bydde you farwell, God be with you, Dieu vous garde de mal et dencombrier, a dieu vous dis, a dieu soiez, I take my leave of you, farwell tyll we se agayne. ”

“ La chainture pareillement signifie chasteté, car Nostre Lorde in apperyng to his prophetes was wont to say: gyrte thy Seigneur en apparoissant a ses prophétes seult dire: chains tes raynes as a man, for the vertu of the man lyeth in his rains; rains come ung homme, car la vertu de lhome gist ez rains; than the stole that he put about his necke and of his body, signifieth puis lestolle que mect entour de son col et de son corps, signifie the corde wherof his precious body was tyed to the pylar by Pylate. ”

“ And if any word endyng with an s, have the next worde folowyng begynning with a uowell, than shall ye sounde the said s, lyke a z, as in these wordes jamais aultres ye shal rede jamaiz aultre (never others) , as it were but one worde, but if the next worde commyng after the s be a consonant, than shall the said s remayne unsounde, as in these wordes jamais narés, (never shall ye have) the s of jamais shall nat be sounde. Provyded alwayes, as is sayde before, that ye do nat pause nor rest upon the worde, for so doyng ye must sounde it parfitely. ”

“ Quant ilz uoient ce quilz ne ueisent jamais, ilz pensent ce que ne penserent oncques.
And so through till the imperatif, than ye may turne the verbes if ye lyste, sayeng: «Whan I thinke that I never thought, I se that I never sawe; Quant je pense ce que ne pensay jamais, je uoy ce que ne ueis oncques,» and so forth.
Another conjugation joynynge two verbes together.
Whan I am ydell, I worke nat: whan I worke, I am nat ydell. Quant je chomme, je ne besongne pas: quant je besongne, je ne chomme pas. Whan thou art ydell, thou workest nat: whan thou workest, thou art nat ydell. ”

“ Another conjugation accordynge to the precedent.
Whan I am possessed, I have good earnes: whan I have non earnes, I am nat Quant je suis nantis ou nantie, jay bonnes arres: quant je nay nulles arres, je ne suis possessed. point nantie. Whan thou art possessed, thou hast good earnes: whan thou hast non earnes, thou art nat Quant tu es nantis, tu as bonnes arres: quant tu nas nulles arres, tu nes point possessed. nantis. Whan he hath good earnes, he is : whan he is nat possessed, he hath none earnes. Quant il a bonnes arres, il est nantis: quant il nest point nantis, il na nulles arres. ”

“ Quant je suis a lescole, je fais mon debuoir daprendre ma lesson, ou lecon. Whan thou art at scole, thou doest thy deuer to lerne thy lesson. Quant tu es a lescole, tu fais ton debuoir daprendre ta lesson, ou lecon. Whan he is at scole, he doeth his dever to lerne his lesson. Quant il est a lescole, il fait son debuoir daprendre sa lesson. ”

“ Howe dyd I, etc. howe dyd I, howe have I done, howe had I done, Coment le faisoi je, etc. coment le feiz je, coment lay je fait, coment lauoy je fait, howe shall I do, howe shulde I do, etc. coment le feray je, coment le feroy je, etc.
Finis.
Here foloweth the conjugation of a verbe defectyve in frenche, whiche is I am wont, because it is a verbe rare and syldome used.
I am wont, thou art, he is wont: we be wonte, ye be wonte, they be wonte. Je seulz, tu seulz, il seult: nous seulmes, uous seultes, ilz seulent. ”

“ With my wyll that I have knowen, that thou hast , that he hath , that we have, A ma uoullente que jaye cogneu, que tu aye cogneu, quil ayt cogneu, que nous ayons cogneu, that ye have , that they have knowen. que uous ayez cogneu, quilz ayent cogneu. THE PRETERIT PLUS PARFET.
Wold to God that I had knowen, that thou hadest , that he had , Pleust a Dieu que jeusse cogneu, que tu eusse cogneu, quil eust cogueu, that we had , that ye had , that they had knowen. que nous eussions cogneu, que uous eussiez cogneu, quilz eussent cogneu. ”

“ Certainly the body, as I have tolde you here before, is the Certainement, madame, le corps, come je vous ay dit cy deuant, est le vessell of the soule, and doth serve of none other thynge but to beare the soule, uaisseau de lame et ne sert daultre chose que de porter lame, howbeit that some sayen that the soule doth beare him, by cause that without combien que alcun dient que lame le porte, pour ce que sans her, he his deth and may nat styre ne move. ”

“ These fyve uowels be consonantes when they receyve nat their full sounde, as in this worde jamais the fyrst a is a uowell, and the seconde is a consonant.
Example of e, as déité and magesté, where bothe ees of deite be uowels, and the fyrst of magesté is a consonant and the seconde is a uowell. Wherfore ye shall understande that the moste parte of ees in french be consonantes, save fewe with suche wordes as come out of latyn. Example of consonantes
me, the, hym, that, of, the, do, to say, to put, oure, your, me, te, se, que, de, le, faire, dire, mectre, nostre, vostre,
wher is never a uowel. ”

“ Of the foure tymes ben made the yeres, of yeres ben made the whiche et iuer. Des quatre temps se font les ans, des ans se font les last four yeres and lustres fyve, of lustres ben made the fyfteene yeres, of olimpiades et lustres, des lustres se font les indicions, des indicions ben made the c. yeres, of ben made the tyme, whiche is sayd a m. yeres. se font les siecles, des siecles se fait le temps, qui est dict evum. Of is made the tyme wiche is sayd xv thousande yeres. De evum se fait le temps qui est dict parigeneses. ”

“ Trewly, Gyles, I laude your persuacion, for by that that ye have sayde of it Certes, Giles, je los uostre parsuasion, car par ce quen aués dit I parceyve clerelye that it is nat possyble to declare it, the whiche one may japarcoy clérement quil nest possible a la declarér, ce quon peult conjecte by that that she doth resemble unto God and to be wyllynge conjecturér parce quelle resemble a Dieu et uoulloir to declare his ymage shalde be wyllyng to do a thyng impossyble, bycause that he is declarér son image seroit uoulloir faire impossible, pource quil est uncomprehensyble. ”

“ In my God with great payne may I beleve that the goute myght withholde En mon Dieu, a grant paine puis je croire que la goute peult retenir a good husbande havyng some love to his wyfe, specially ung bon mary aiant quelque amour a sa femme, especiallement beyng so nygh of her, but he shulde more oftener to visyte her. estant sy pres delle, qui ne la uinst plus souuent uisyter. ”

“ Aristotel saith that the soule is as a table made euyn and clere, lame. Aristotle dit que lame est come une table rase et clére, polished, in the whiche all maner shape and effigiation doth shyne clerely so polie, en laquelle toutes formes et effigie reluysent clérement sy well corporates as incorporates, by cause therof we understande with bien corporéez come incorporéez, a cause de quoy nous entendons auec the angels, that is to saye, in the meane tyme that she is nat cancred by les angeles, cest a dire tandis quelle nest pas enrouyllée par synne, as I have sayd before. ”

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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. ”

“ The preterit parfyte, as well of the fyrst as of the seconde conjugation hath dyvers termynations, but there is four speciall, that is to say in us, in is, in ins and in ay.
Example of us: as je bus, je fus, je leus, je congneus, etc. of is: as je escripuis, je deis, je mis, je feis. of ins: as je tins, je prins, je uins, japrins. of ay: as jaimay, je donnay, je baisay, je prisay, je laissay.
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And so the verbe that ende in us shalbe, je bus, tu bus, il but, nous bumes, vous butes, ilz burent. ”

“ We knowe us, we you, we them. Nous nous congnoissons, nous uous congnoissons, nous les congnoissons. How know we us, how we you, how we them. Come nous cognoissons nous, come uous cognoissons nous, come les cognoissons nous. We know us nat, we you nat, we them nat. Nous ne nous cognoissons pas, nous ne uous cognoissons pas, nous ne les cognoissons pas. Why do we nat know us, why do we nat you, Pourquoy ne nous cognoissons nous pas, pourquoy ne uous cognoissons nous pas, why do we nat them. pourquoy ne les congnoissons nous pas. THE SECONDE PERSONE.
Ye us know, ye you know, ye them know. ”

“ I have sene, thou hast sene, he hath sene: we have sene, ye have sene, Jay ueu, tu as ueu, il a ueu: nous auons ueu, uous aués ueu, they have sene. ilz ont ueu. PRETERIT MOST PARFET.
I had sene, thou hadest , he had : we had sene, ye had , Jauoie ueu, tu auois ueu, il auoit ueu: nous auions ueu, uous auiez ueu, they had sene. ilz auoient ueu. THE FUTURE.
I shall se, thou shalt, he shall: we shall se, ye shall , they shall se. Je uoiray, tu uoiras, il uoira: nous uoirons, uous uoirés, ilz uoiront. ”

“ Wherfore me thynke that it is but Pourquoy il me semble que ce nest que superfluité. Gil. Nat so, save your for the addicion of a day yelde the tyme infinit, Non est, sauue vostre grace, car laddiction dung jour rent le terme infiny, for the lastyng of the worlde is but a day. car la durée du monde nest qung jour. Ma. I wolde fayne understande how that may be, how be it I love better Jentenderoie uoullentiér coment cela peult estre, toutesuoies jayme mieulx that for this tyme you do declare unto me what is of peas. que pour le present uous me declarés que cest que paix. ”

“ France lusage de télz uiandes est plus comendable que le nostre. Ma. Why, I pray you, have ye nat haboundance of suche game in this Pourquoy, je uous prie, nauons nous pas plenté de tél gibiér en ce realme as they have there. roialme come ilz ont la. Lau. Ye forsoth, madame, but we do nat use it so well, for they begynne Sy auons certes, madame, mais nous nen usons point sy bien, car ilz commencent alwayes with the best and ende with the most grosse whiche they tousjours la meillure et finissent a la plus grosse quilz leave for the servantes, where as we do al the contrary. ”

“ Puis il veste the aube white that signifye the gowne whiche gave him reputyng him laube blance qui signifie la robbe que Herode lui donna lestimant a fole, bycause that he beyng in his presence wold nat do some fol, pour ce que luy estant en sa presence ne uoullut faire aulcun miracle. She do sygnifye also that so well the herer of the masse as miracle. Elle signifie aussy que sy bien lauditeur de la messe come the saier, ought to be chaste, or they be nat worthy to be to le diseur, doibuent estre chaiste, ou ilz ne sont point dignes destre a suche misteris. ”

“ The sayd optatyve hath thre preterites, that is to say, imperf., parfyte, and plusperf., puttynge alwayes a ma uoullente, or plust a Dieu before the verbe. The preterit imperf. is moost termyned in usse, inse, and in asse, whiche may serve lykewyse for the present, as in these verbes: Pleust à Dieu que jaimasse; a ma uoullente que tu me congneusse; pleust a Dieu que tu prinsses courage. The parfyte is moche lyke the preterit indiffynityve of the indicatyve, as a ma uoullente que jaie aimé. ”

“ Without faulte it is an harde thyng and dyffuce to go to hym that hath neither Infailliblement cest chose ardue et difficile dallér a qui na ne fote nor legges, nevertheles as your grace hath sayd, love piedz ne jambes, nonobstant que comme uostre grace a dit, amour dothe moche. ”

“ Of the lastyng shall God answere you, but of the forme and maner De la durée uous respondera Dieu, madame: mais de la forme et maniere can I shew and report, the whiche is cried as wel in this realme of England uous scay je bien rapporter, laquelle est criée tant en ce royaume dEngleterre as of France, so longe as the noble Kyng your father come de France, et tant que le noble roy Henry uostre pere (whiche God preserve) shall lyve and the frenche Kynge lykewyse with (que Dieu ueulle garder) uiura et le roy Francois pareillement auec the addicion of a day. laddicion dung jour. ”