8. The dative is noated w_i_th 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 Aeneas.
11. The ablative is noated w_i_th prepositiones in, with, be, and sik
lyke; as, be god al thinges wer made; God w_i_th 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.
6. The superlative excedes the positive be most, and is formed of the
positive be adding est; as, softest, hardest; quhytest, blakest;
hoatest, caldest.
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