OF THE IMPERATIVE, WHICHE SIGNIFYETH COMMAUNDYNG.
The imperative for the most parte is ever lyke the verbe present tensis of the indicatyve moode, leavyng the fyrst persone and puttyng the pronowne after the verbe, for it differs nat: save in the thyrde persone synguler, and plurell nombre of some verbes, as _jay_, whiche doth make in the thirde person synguler, _il a_; and the thirde persone of the imperatyve is _quil ayt_, or _ayt cil_, ou _celuy_; and lykewyse of _scay_. But of the moste parte of others, it is lyke the present, leavyng the fyrst persone, whiche is nat in the imperatyve synguler nombre, as in this verbe _jaime_, _tu aime_, _il aime_, _nous aimons_, _uous aimes_, _ilz aiment_; which his present is that is a lyke in the imperatyve, leavynge the fyrst persone, sayeng _aime tu_, _aime cil_, _aimons nous_, _aimes uous_, _quilz aiment_; puttyng ever the pronowne after the verbe.
The sayde imperatyve hath two futures, the tone affyrmatyve, and the tother negatyve, whiche have evermore these frenche wordes going before do, kepe, se, every person: _faitz_, _garde_, _voy_, Se that thou speke; loke that he move nat; as in this example: _Voy que tu parle_; _garde quil ne se meuue_; _prenons garde que nous ne mouuons_, _que vous ne mouues_; _prenez garde quilz ne se meuuent_; and lykewise of the affyrmative, leavyng this worde _ne_.
After the olde grammer was wonte to be all one with his preterit imperf. but we shall make hym different from hym, puttyng before the verbe this worde _oh_, or _je vous prie_, sayeng, _oh que je boiue_, _je te prie que tu boiue_, etc.
The sayd optatyve hath thre preterites, that is to say, imperf., parfyte, and plusperf., puttynge alwayes _a ma uoullente_, or _plust a Dieu_ before the verbe. The preterit imperf. is moost termyned in _usse, inse_, and in _asse_, whiche may serve lykewyse for the present, as in these verbes: _Pleust à Dieu que jaimasse_; _a ma uoullente que tu me congneusse_; _pleust a Dieu que tu prinsses courage_. The parfyte is moche lyke the preterit indiffynityve of the indicatyve, as a _ma uoullente que jaie aimé_. The plus perfyt hath ever this verbe _jeusse_ (I had) before hym, as _jeusse aimé_, _jeusse dit_, etc. His presente doth serve for his future, addyng either _tantost_ or _demain_, sayeng _pleust a Dieu que je uoise demain auec uous; a ma uoullente que deuiegne bon, a ma uoullente quil soit tantost corrige_.