8. The dative is noated with to, and for; as, geve libertie evin to the best youth and it wil luxuriat. Al men doeth for them selves; few for a frende.
9. The accusative hath noe other noat then the nominative; as, the head governes the bodie.
10. The vocative is the person to quhom the speach is directed; as, quhence cumes thou Æneas.
11. The ablative is noated with prepositiones in, with, be, and sik lyke; as, be god al thinges wer made; God with his word his warkes began; in my father’s house are manie mansiones.
[ OF THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON.]
Cap. 6.
1. Al nounes that wil join with a substantive ar called adjectives; as, gud, high, hard, sueet, sour.
2. These, and al that wil admit mare and mast, are compared be degrees; as, sueet, more sueet, most sueet.
3. Of comparison ther be thre degrees: the positive, comparative, and superlative, if the first may be called a degre.
4. The positive is the first position of the noun; as, soft, hard; quhyte, blak; hoat, cald.
5. The comparative excedes the positive be more, and is formed of the positive be adding er; as, softer, harder; quhiter, blaker; hoater, calder.