OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE PERSON.

Cap. 3.


1. A personal word is a noun or a verb. A noun is a word of one person
w_i_th gender and case; as, I is onelie of the first person; thou is
onelie of the second; and al other nounes are onelie the third person;
as, thou, Thomas, head, hand, stone, blok, except they be joined with I
or thou.

2. The person of a noun singular is determined or undetermined.

3. The determined person is noated with the, and it is determined either
be an other substantive; as, the king of Britan; or be an adjective; as,
the best king in Europ; or be a relative; as, God preserve the king
quhom he hath geven us.

4. The undetermined noun is noated with an befoer a voual; as, an ald
man sould be wyse; and with a befoer a consonant; as, a father sould
com_m_and his son.




OF THE GENDER OF A NOUN.