Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue: A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles — David Hume — John Shaqi
Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue: A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles
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3. The being of thinges is uttered be inquyring or avouing.
4. We inquyre of that we wald knaw; as, made God man w_i_thout synne;
and in this the supposit of the verb followes the verb.
5. We avoue that q_uhi_lk we knaw; as, God made man without sinne; and
in this the supposit preceedes the verb.
6. We utter our wil be verbes signifying the form of our wil, or
postposing the supposit.
7. We wish be wald god, god grant, and god nor; as, wald god I knew the
secretes of nature.
8. We permit the will of otheres be letting; as, let God aryse; let
everie man have his awn wyfe.
9. We bid our inferioures, and pray our superioures, be postponing the
supposit to the verb; as, goe ye and teach al nationes; here me, my God.
OF THE TYME OF THE VERB.
Cap. 9.
1. Tyme is an affection of the verb noating the differences of tyme, and
is either present, past, or to cum.
2. Tyme present is that q_uhi_lk now is; as, I wryte, or am wryting.
3. Tyme past is that q_uhi_lk was, and it is passing befoer, past els,
or past befoer.
4. Tyme passing befoer, q_uhi_lk we cal imperfectlie past, is of a thing
that was doeing but not done; as, at four hoores I was wryting; Quhen
you spak to me I was wryting, or did wryte, as Lillie expoundes it.
5. Tyme past els is of a thing now past, q_uhi_lk we cal perfectlie
past; as, I have written.
6. Tyme past befoer is of a thing befoer done and ended; as, at four
hoores, or quhen you spak to me, I had written.
7. Tyme to cum is of that q_uhi_lk is not yet begun; as, at four houres
I wil wryte.
OF THE POWER OF THE VERB.
Cap. 10.
1. A verb signifies being or doeing. Of being ther is onelie one, I am,
and is thus varyed.
2. In the present tyme, I am, thou art, he is; we are, ye are, they are.
3. In tyme passing befoer, I was, thou was, he was; we wer, ye wer, they
wer.
4. In tyme past els, I have bene, thou hes bene, he hes bene; we have
bene, ye have bene, they have bene.
5. In tyme past befoer, I had bene, thou had bene, he had bene; we had
bene, ye had bene, they had bene.
6. In tyme to cum, I wil be, thou wilt be, he wil be; we wil be, ye wil
be, they wil be.
7. Verbes of doing are actives or passives.
8. The active verb adheres to the person of the agent; as, Christ hath
conquered hel and death.
9. The passive verb adheres to the person of the patient; as, hel and
death are conquered be Christ.
10. These our idiom conjugates onelie in tuo tymes, the tyme present and
tym past; as, I wryte, I wrote; I speak, I spak; I here, I hard; I se, I
saw; I fele, I felt.
11. The other differences of tyme ar expressed be the notes of the verb
of being, or be the verb of being it self, and a participle; as, I was
wryting; I have written; I had written; I wil wryte.
OF THE ADVERB.
Cap. 11.
1. A word impersonal is q_uhi_lk in al formes of speach keepes one face,
and this is adverb or conjunction.