Of the Imperatiue moode or Commanding manner of speech.
| Habbiámo nói. | |
| Hábbi tù. | Habbiáte vói. |
| Hábbia lúi. | Hábbiano or Hábbino lóro. |
Of the vse of this tence, and what may be obserued by it.
Concerning this moode no other rule can be giuen, but that it hath euer correspondency with the Present tences of of the optatiue and subiunctiue moodes, as being in a manner all one with them, sauing that the Imperatiue hath most commonly the Pronoune after the verbe, and they haue it before, except in questions, and that the Imperatiue moode wanted euer his first person singular. The terminations are all one, and therefore he that knowes the Present tence of the Optatiue of any verbe, knowes the same of the Imperatiue and Subiunctiue thereof, as elsewhere shall more particularly be showen.
Note also that Imperatiuely and in commanding wise you may liew of this tence vse the Infinitiue of any verbe speaking to an equall or inferior person, or the second person plurall of the Present tence of the Indicatiue moode, speaking to one whom you will seeme to respect with this particle, Nón, before it. Whereas the English put euer the word Not, after the verbe, as for example.
| Non hauére a mále | Non habbiáte a mále. |
| Non dormíre così tósto. | Non dormíte così tósto. |
| Non andáre vía. | Non andáte via. |
| Non ti scordáre di me. | Non vi scordáte di me. |
| Non te ne andáre. | Non ve ne andáte. |
With some few verbes as namely Hauére, and Volére, you must in liew of the second person plurall of the Present tence of the Indicatiue moode, vse the second person plurall of the present tence of the Optatiue moode, and say thus. Non habbiáte paúra. Non vogliáte partíre, &c.
Note also that the second person singular of all verbes of the first Coniugation in this tence, end euer in A. and the third in I. as for example. Ama tù. Cánta tù. Sálta tù. Mángia tù. &c. Ami lúi. Cánti lúi. Sálti lúi. Mángi lúi. &c. except the foure Irregular, as you shall perceiue in them. Whereas the second persons singular of the same tence of all verbes of the second, third, and fourth coniugations endeth euer in I. and the third in A. as for example. Védi tù. Córri tù. Lẻggi tù. Scríui tù. Dórmi tù. &c. Véda lúi. Córra lúi. Lẻgga lúi. Scríua lúi. Dórma lúi. &c. Of the three persons plurall of this tence I will speake in the Present tence of the Optatiue moode.