A Little Book of French Grammar, Translated into Latin

same termination are masculine & feminine: such as Homme chaste (chaste man), Femme chaste (chaste woman), Vne chose possible (a possible thing), & Vng cas possible (a possible case): Vng homme aueugle (a blind man), Vne femme aueugle (a blind woman).* The feminine is more often made by adding e to the masculine: such as Constant, Constante: Heureux, Heureuse: Marchand, Marchande. Sometimes when we add this e, the preceding consonant is doubled: such as Bon, Bonne: Roux, Rousse: Gentil, Gentille: Bel, Belle: Net, Nette. The feminine is also made by adding this termination sse, or esse to the masculine: such as Maistre, Maistresse: Asne, Anesse: Larron, Larronnesse.

how plurals are made.

Nouns have two numbers, Singular and Plural. To words which terminate in e in the singular, which is pronounced with the mouth slightly open, an s must be added to make it plural: such as Pierre, Pierres: Homme, Homes: Table, Tables: Arbre, Arbres. But to those whose final e is pronounced with the mouth fully open in the singular, in almost all the times of our forefathers, a z was added in place of s to constitute the plural: such as Lettré, Lettrez: Aimé, Aimez. But to those which in the singular terminate in a consonant, an s is added so that it becomes plural: such as Grec, Grecs: Lac, Lacs: Long, Longs: Champ, Champs. Exceptions must be made for those which terminate in t or d, for in the plural that t & d are turned into s, or are rejected: such as Dent, Dens: Soudard, Soudars: Dart, Dars: Plaid, Plaus: although it would be better written Plaids, so that it might differ from Plais, which signifies Places, from Placeo.