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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	principal_a	sentence_n	verb_n	162	4	17.3310	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12988	A plaine and easie laying open of the meaning and vnderstanding of the rules of construction in the English accidence appointed by authoritie to be taught in all schooles of hir Maiesties dominions, for the great vse and benefite of yoong beginners: by Iohn Stockwood sometime schoolmaster of Tunbridge.	Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1590 (1590)	STC 23280; ESTC S103473	81,005	98

English in their seuerall places as may well appeere vnto so manie as binding the English accidence with this shall take pains to compare the rules of the one with the other As many as shall reape commoditie heereby as I hope all those youthes especially shall the which with diligence shall be occupied in the same let them giue vnto God alone all the glorie and in consideration of my paines afoord me their earnest and faithfull praiers that whilest I liue I may alwaies carrie a minde continuallie to do good in his church and common-wealth to his praise and benefit of my countrie From my studie at Tunbridge the 14. of Ian. 1588. Thy poore brother in Christ vnfeinedlie tendring thy good wherein he may IOHN STOCKWOOD RVLES OF CONSTRVCTION made plaine for yoong beginners in the Grammar schoole Question WHat is next to be done after that you haue once perfectly learned the eight parts of spéech set downe in your Accidence Answer We do then commonly and for the most part vse to enter into the rules of construction that we may be able to learne some easy Autor in the Latin toong méetest for the capacitie and vnderstanding of yoong beginners Quest. To what end do these rules of construction principally and especially serue The vse of the rules of construction An. To teach which of these eight parts of spéech may most aptly and fitly in making of Latin or construing of Autors be ioined togither and agrée the one with the other in some certaine properties or else be gouerned and as it were ruled the one of the other Rules of concord and rules of gouerning Qu. It séemeth then by this your answer that for teaching sake all your rules of construction may be in such sort diuided as that they may be referred vnto either concord and agréeing or else vnto ruling and gouernment An. So it is indéed and so far foorth as is sufficient for the Punies and Petites in the Grammar schoole to know reseruing the more curious diuisions for such as are of riper and further yéeres Qu. Tel me therefore how many things are chiefly to be marked in these your English rules of construction Two things to be marked in construction An. There are two things especially to be regarded and considered Qu. What are they An. The concord and agréeing of words togither and the gouerning or ruling one word of another Qu. What call you a Concord What a concord is An. A Concord is the agréeing and ioining togither of two Latin words at the least in certaine conditions and properties the which of the Grammarians are called accidents as of the verbe personall and his nominatiue case in number and person of the substantiue and the adiectiue in case gender and number of the relatiue and antecedent in gender number and person Qu. How many concords are there Three concords properly An. There be thrée concords Qu. Which be they An. The first betwéene the nominatiue case and the verb the second betwéene the substantiue and the adiectiue the third betwéene the antecedent and the relatiue Vnto these som do adde two other that is two substantiues when they be ioined togither in one case and the agréeing togither of the word that asketh a question and the word that answereth vnto the same question the which they call the interrogatiue and his redditiue But bicause these are not so properly concords we will follow our owne Accidence and content our selues with the thrée first named Qu. Wherefore were these concords at the first inuented The vse of the concords An. They do serue as we are taught in the very first words of our English rules to learne vs how to ioine words duly and orderly togither in construction Qu. Is there then any order to be kept in the ioining of words togither in construction What order is to be kept in construing An. If there be a vocatiue case in the sentence you must first begin your construing with it next must follow the nominatiue case with such other words as are to be ioined with it after the nominatiue case commeth the principall verbe with such words in the same sentence as he doth gouerne or do depend vpon him wherewith by the helpe of your master and often practise in construing you shall easily be acquainted Qu. What is first to be done then in turning an English into Latin or in construing of your lesson The principall verbe An. First of all the principall verbe must be sought out bicause without the verbe the sentence is vnperfect Qu. How shall you find out the principall verbe How he is to be found out An. Our booke doth teach vs that if there be but one verbe in the sentence the same is the principal verbe but if there be more verbs than one in the sentence the first is the principall verbe except it be the infinitiue moode or haue before it a relatiue as that whom which and in Latin qui quae quod or a coniunction as vt that cum when si if and such others or else some aduerbe of wishing as vtinam I would to God o si ô that and such like Qu. After that you haue the principall verbe what must next be done The nominatiue case An. I must séeke out his nominatiue case vnles it be a verbe impersonall which will haue no nominatiue case Qu. By what meanes may the nominatiue case be found out How he is to be found out An. By asking this question who or what for the word that answereth to this question shall be the nominatiue case to the verbe Qu. Shew me this by some example An. When I say in English God is good if I would know which word in this sentence is the nominatiue case I shal find it by putting this question who or what before the verbe is after this maner saying who or what is good and the answer is God the which héerby I know to be the nominatiue case so in this sentence Good schollers vse diligence if I aske who vse diligence the answer is Good schollers which is the nominatiue case And so foorth in the like Qu. How must the nominatiue case be placed in making or construing of Latin The ordinarie place of the nominatiue case in construction An. He must be set next before the verbe except a question be asked Qu. What if a question be asked 1 The first exception altering the place of the nominatiue case An. Then the nominatiue case is to be set after the verbe or after the signe of the verbe Qu. Shew me this by the examples set downe in your Accidence An. Amas tu louest thou In this question the word tu thou being the nominatiue case is set after the verbe Amas. In the other example venitne rex doth the king come the word rex the king being the nominatiue case is in the English set after this word doth which is in

this place the signe of the verbe come Qu. How shall I know the signe of the verbe from the verb it selfe How the signe of the verbe is to be knowen from the verb it selfe An. That is well asked of you bicause it is not expressed in the Accidence and yet may be some trouble vnto a yoong beginner Qu. Let me sée then what you can answer vnto this questiō An. There be diuers words in English the which sometimes are signes of a verbe and somtimes they are verbs themselues Qu. Which be they Words that somtimes are signes of the verbe and somtimes verbs themselues and when they be so or not so An. These among the rest Do doest doth did diddest haue hast hath had haddest shall shalt will wilt may can might would should ought oughtest am art are was wast bin be and such like the which being set before other verbs are but signes of the verbe and somtimes are tokens of the tense of the verbe and somtimes are tokens of the voice of the verbe as namely whether he be actiue passiue or neuter And sometimes they are verbs themselues and that for the most part being set alone Qu. Giue me one or two examples of this and so shall I know that you vnderstand what you say An. When I say in English I do loue thou doest loue he doth loue c. these words do doest doth are signes of the verbe loue and tokens of the present tense But in these sayings I do thou doest he doth these words do doest doth are verbes themselues and the like is to be said of all the rest for the most part Qu. Are there no more exceptions causing the nominatiue case to be set after the verbe An. Yes there are two other Qu. Rehearse them The second exception altering the place of the nominatiue case An. If the verbe be of the imperatiue moode the nominatiue case shall be set after the verbe or after the signe of the verbe as Ama tu loue thou where the nominatiue case tu thou is set after the verbe ama loue Amato ille let him loue in which example the nominatiue case ille in Latin is set after the verbe amato and in English after this word let being the signe of the imperatiue moode before the verbe loue Qu. What is the third exception The third exception altering the place of the nominatiue case An. Sometime when this signe it or there commeth before the English of the verbe the nominatiue case shall be set after the verbe as Est liber meus It is my booke where this word liber booke is set after the verbe est is bicause this signe it is placed before the verbe Againe Venit ad me quidam There came one vnto me in which example quidam one is set after the verbe venit came bicause this signe there commeth before it Words placed one way in Latin and another way in construing the same into English Further it is to be noted that oftentimes in Latin the nominatiue case for elegancie sake is set after the verbe with a far better grace than it could be set before the verbe the which notwithstanding in construing of the same into English is to be set before the verbe Qu. You haue said that the word the which in construing commeth before the verbe is the nominatiue case and that his most vsuall place is to be set before the verbe but what case shall that word be the which in Latin making and in construing commeth next after the verbe The vsual place of the accusatiue case An. If it be a casuall word that is such a word as is declined with case and answereth to this question whom or what made by the verbe it shall commonly be the accusatiue case vnles the verbe do require some other case to be gouerned withall as Deum cole Worship God Aske this question whom or what saying Worship whom you answer God which héereby you know to be the accusatiue case Qu. Yea but you said me thought Deum cole where the word Deum which you say signifieth God and is also the accusatiue case the which should follow the verbe is placed notwithstanding as you sée before the verbe Note An. Albeit that in the words as they ly in Latin Deum be set before the verbe cole yet in construing it commeth after the verbe as cole worship thou Deum God And héere you must marke that like as many times in Latin as it was said immediately before the nominatiue case is set after the verbe and yet in construing is to be placed before the verbe so contrarywise the accusatiue case is often in Latin set before the verbe when as notwithstanding in construing it must be placed after the verbe Qu. Now recite the example of your booke where the word following the verbe is not the accusatiue case but is put in some other case and shew me withall the reason of the same An. Si cupis placere magistro vtere diligentia nec sis tantus cessator vt calcaribus indigeas If thou couet to please the master vse diligence and be not so slacke or so great a sluggard that thou shalt need spurres Please Whom The master Vse What diligēce Need What spurs In this example there be thrée seuerall casuall words following thrée seuerall verbs and answering to the question whom or what to be made by the verbe as placere magistro please the master vtere diligentia vse diligence calcaribus indigeas need spurres and yet neither of them are the accusatiue case but magistro the datiue case bicause placere will haue a datiue case diligentia the ablatiue case bicause vtere will haue an ablatiue case calcaribus also the ablatiue case bicause the verbe indigeas doth gouerne an ablatiue case by such rules as follow héerafter And the like is to be answered for other casuall words in this maner following after verbs and yet being not put in the accusatiue but in some other cases The first Concord The first concord Qu. THese things in your Accidence are set downe as necessarie points generally to be knowen before you come vnto the concords the which being after this plaine and easie maner run ouer tell me now which is the first concord Betweene the nominatiue case and the verbe They agree An. The first concord is betwéene the verbe personall and his nominatiue case Qu. In how many things doth a verbe personall and his nominatiue case agrée In number and person An. They agrée in these two things that is in number and person Qu. In this maner of speaking what meane you by this word Agrée What is meant by this word Agree in the rules of the three concords An. Where my rule saith that A verbe personall agréeth with his nominatiue case in number and person the meaning is that looke what number and person the nominatiue case is of the same number and