Ped. Stand forth: repeat your lesson without book.
Bat. A noun is the name of a thing that may be seen, felt, heard, or understood.
Ped. Good boy: on, on.
Bat. Of nouns some be substantives and some be substantives. 10
Ped. Adjectives.
Bat. Adjectives. A noun substantive either is proper to the thing that it betokeneth—
Ped. Well, to numbers.
Bat. In nouns be two numbers, the singular and the plural: the singular number speaketh of one, as lapis, a stone; the plural speaketh of more than one, as lapides, stones.
Ped. Good child. Now thou art past lapides, stones, proceed to the cases. Nous, say you next, Nous. Where’s your lesson, Nous? 21
Nous. I am in a verb, forsooth.