A RULE FOR TO MAKE PARTICIPLES, ADVERBES AND NOWNES
OF THE VERBES FOLOWYNGE.

All maner verbes infinitive mode endyng in er, takyng the r away, ye have the preterit masculin, and addyng an e to the é that remaine, ye have the participle feminin of the preterit tensis, as in this verbe enseigner, take away the r, ye have enseigné, which is masculin, and addyng another e to it, ye have enseignée, which is the preterit feminin, soundyng the first e as a uowel, and if ye adde ment to it, ye shal have enseignement, which is an adverbe, and puttyng both es away, and addyng ant, ye have the participle present, whiche is enseignant, and this rule is generall for the termination. Also all verbes endyng in ir, as uenir, and such as come of him must al change ir in u for the preterit masculyn, and addyng an e to the sayd u for the feminin. Exemple for the masculin, if ye take ir away from uenir, tenir, souuenir, soubstenir, maintenir, and adde u for it, ye shall have, uenu, tenu, souuenu, maintenu, and addyng an e to it, ye shall have the feminin, whiche

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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. 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.

HERE AFTER FOLOWETH SOME VERBES AFTER THE LETTERS OF THE A, B, C.


A.
to cast downe
abattre
to barke
abaier
to stoupe
abaisser
to araye
abiller
to bourde
aborder
 to water
abruuer
to make a fole or beest
abestir
to abuse
abuser
to leane the backe
adosser
to distroy
abolir
to make swete
adoulcir
 to dresse or to order
addouber
to warne
aduertir
to touche
adeser
to auowe
aduouer
to wyne or to adde
adjouter
to swere
adjurer

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to go out of the way
adirer
to clyppe
accoller
to pacifye
accoyser
to tryme a woman
achesmer
to agre
accorder
to aquent
accoynter
to gader
accumuler
to bow downe, croked
accroper
to accepte
accepter
to bye
acheter
to harken
accoupter
to certyfye
acertener
to cache with a hoke
acrocher
to directe
adrecer
to mynister
administrer
to ordre at pleasure
affaitter
to make one lame
affoller
to make sharpe
affiler
to put on a mantel
affubler
 to make fast
affycher
to make feble
affoyblir
to make fre
affranchir
to dresse
agencer
to tache with a hoke
aggrapper
to make more greuous
aggrauer
to tache
aggripper
to knele
agenouller
to flatter
alechier
to cherysshe
aloser
to gader
amasser
to wrappe
amallotter
to tye
amarer
to wake
ambuler
to leade
amener
to mende
amender
to love
aimer
to make lesse
amaindrir
to make softe
amollir
 to make leane
amesgrir
to make smale
amenuser
to heape
amonceler
to drye
adurer
to arnat or prepare
aourner
to gyve sucke
allaiter
to kyndel
alumer
to alter
alterer
to waste
anuller
to anounce
anoncer
to appere
apparoistre
to pacify
apaiser
to aparel
appareiller
to call
appeller
to perceyve
apercepuoir
to make redy
aprester
to learne
aprendre
to flatre with myrth
aploudir
to aproche
aprocher

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