FOOTNOTES:
[221] First edition. Printed at London, by Th. Godfray, c. 1534. Sig. A-Ea in fours.
[222] Both these grammars were reprinted by Génin, in the Collection des documents inédits sur l'Histoire de France. II. Histoire des lettres et sciences. Paris, 1852.
[223] By Andrew Baynton, in a letter prefixed to Palsgrave's grammar.
[224] Palsgrave in his grammar.
[225] Both Palsgrave's and Duwes's observations on the pronunciation of French are utilized by M. Thurot: De la prononciation française depuis le commencement du 16e siècle d'après les témoignages des grammairiens. 2 tom. Paris, 1881.
For further treatment of Palsgrave's grammar, see A. Benoist, De la syntaxe française entre Palsgrave et Vaugelas. Paris, 1877.
[226] The second book begins on folio xxxi. and ends on folio lix. In the third book the pagination begins anew: folio 1 to folio 473.
[227] Four hundred and seventy-three folios, while the first and second books together occupy only fifty-nine folios.
[228] The fulness, originality, and exhaustive character of the work may be illustrated by the treatment of such a point as the agreement of the past participle with its subject, when used with the auxiliary avoir. "... yet when the participle present followeth the tenses of Je ay, it is not ever generall that he shall remain unchaunged, but ... yf the tenses of Je ay have a relatyve before them or governe an accusative case eyther of a pronoune or substantyve, the participle for the most part shall agree with the sayd accusatyve cases in gendre and nombre, and in such sentences not remayne unchaunged. Helas, I have loved her, helas je l'ay aimée ..." etc.