1 Chè, is sometimes a Pronoune Relatiue, both with and without an Article hauing reference vnto all Cases, Numbers, and Genders, signifying in English, that, who, whom, which or which thing, as for example, Il Dío ch'io adóro, la bontà chè ẻ in lúi, I ciẻlí chè s'aggírano, le stélle chè risplẻndono, la tẻrra chè scálda il sóle, Ciò chè non féce mái huómo, Égli díce di volér voláre, il chè dà marauíglia ad ogniúno, Di chè ciascúno si fa bẻffe, Al chè niúno consẻnte, Da chè ogniúno si guárda, Elle dícono cófe chè fánno stupíre ogniúno, a chè niúno dà féde, Chè niúno créde, Da chè ogniúno s'allontána, &c.
2 Chè, in the Nominatiue case without signe or Article serueth for the Interrogation, What? as for example, Chè fái? Chè vai cercándo? Chè te ne páre? &c.
3 Chè, serueth often for a beginning of a Narration or entrance into it after the Preface, as thus, Díco dúnque chè chi nón téme Dío non ẻ sauio, &c.
4 Chè, serueth sometimes for a clause preceding the Present or Perfect Tence of the subiunctiue Moode, signifying in English, That, That so, as thus, Ti prégo chè il túo nemíco del túo male non rida, óchè tù non sij burláto, &c.
5 Chè, serueth very often for an Aduerbe or Coniunction of yeelding reason of what hath beene said or done before, or that may be said and done heereafter, as also for continuing of sense and discourse, or for concluding of sense and reason, and serueth in stead of Pẻrchè, Pẻrciochè, Imperochè, or Conciosia chè, in English, For, Because, or Forsomuch as thus; L'ánima ché sola da Dío ẻ fátta gentíle, chè gia d'altrúi non può venír tál grátia, &c.
6 Chè, sheweth sometimes the clause of what may happen, and serueth for Affin chè, or Accio chè, That, To the end, Left that; but then commonly it requireth Non to follow it, as for example, Non fáre, chè non te ne auuẻnga male, ẻt chè non sij punito, ẻt chè non te nè pénti, &c.
7 Chè, is sometimes doubled, and serueth for Ciascúna cósa chè, what thing soeuer, whatsoeuer, or what euer, as thus; Cheche si díca, or Cheche ne sẻgua io lo vóglio púr fáre, &c.
8 Chè, is often placed for the beginning of Narrations, or Chapters, or Verses, importing in English, For, as thus; Chè il diamánte ẻ più dúro di tútte le gẻmme, Chè il ciẻlo ẻ più dúro ch'il diamánte, Chè l'óro ẻ incorrottíbile ab etẻrno, &c.
9 Chè, is often vsed for the signe of a comparison, in English, then, or then that, as for example. Augústo fù più felice chè Césare, Il diamánte ẻ più dúro ch'il fẻrro o che l'acciáio, being most vsed thus alone when the sentence hath but one Uerbe, for if it haue more, than the Italians vse Chè non, as hath before beene declared.
10 Chè is often found to serue for the Aduerbe of time, Quándo, when, or at what time, but then the diction or sentence must beginne with any present Participle, and Chè must immediately follow the same: as for example; Leuáto che sarò mi vẻstirò, Tornáto che sarái vienmi a trouáre, &c.