[OF THE CONGRUITIE]
OF OUR BRITAN
TONGUE.
LIB. 2.
[ OF THE PERSON.]
Cap. 1.
1. Al wordes quhilk we use to expresse our mynde are personal or impersonal.
2. A personal word is quhilk admittes diversitie of person.
3. Person is the face of a word, quhilk in diverse formes of speach it diverselie putes on; as, I, Peter, say that thou art the son of God. Thou, Peter, sayes that I am the son of God. Peter said that I am the son of God.
4. Quherupon person is first, second, and third.
5. The first person is of him that speakes; as, I wryte.