And ceꝛtes, if itneꝛe too long to heeꝛe, / I wold have told you fully the manneꝛe / How wonnen was the regne of Femenye / By Theſeus and by his chivalrye,[…] / But all that thing Imot as now foꝛbeꝛe.
And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry,[…] / But Imust leave all that alone for now.
As in Modern English, what are historically the past forms of this verb are frequently used with present or even future semantics; see the conjugation table.