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THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES 3

French grammars in mediaeval England--The use of the French language--Latin, French, and English vocabularies--French at the Universities--Popularity of French in the thirteenth century--Ceases to be a vernacular in England--Treatises for teaching French--A treatise on French verbs--The _Orthographia Gallica_--The _Tractatus Orthographiae_--T. H. Parisiis studentis--Walter de Bibbesworth--French in the schools and Universities--The fourteenth century--Treatises on French--The _Nominale_--Model letters--Recovery of English in the second half of the fourteenth century--Deterioration of Anglo-French--English in official documents and correspondence--Decline in use of French.