tendre age of ten yeer to conseyve. This tretis, divided in fyve
parties, wole I shewe thee under ful lighte rewles and naked
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wordes in English; for Latin ne canstow yit but smal, my lyte
sone. But natheles, [suffyse] to thee thise trewe conclusiouns in
English, as wel as suffyseth to thise noble clerkes Grekes thise same
conclusiouns in Greek, and to Arabiens in Arabik, and to Iewes in
Ebrew, and to the Latin folk in Latin; whiche Latin folk han hem
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furst out of othre diverse langages, and writen in hir owne tonge,