Sample Texts

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Introduction

In his "Lingua Universalis" Labbé gave some specimen texts, namely: the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, the "Five Commandments of the Church", the first fourteen verses of St John's Gospel and part of the Catechism of the Jesuit priest, Peter Canisius.

Dr Outis was a 17th century Englishman and member of the Church of England, so we should not expect the Hail Mary, the "Five Commandments of the Church" or any part of a Jesuit catechism. He did give us the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments and, although he was of Latitudinarian inclination, he did also include the Apostles' Creed, presumably because it is part of the Anglican services of Morning and Evening Prayer in the "Book of Common Prayer." (BCP), the opening verses of St John's Gospel and and part of the Catechism of the BCP.

Below we give his version of the Lord's Prayer and of the Apostles' Creed. It is intended to give the other texts at a later date.

The notes on the right of the texts are not intended to be full explanations or glosses. It is assumed that you will have some knowledge of the morphology and of the vocabulary given on those pages.

1. The Lord's Prayer

For interest's sake, we give Labbé's version, which does not have the doxology, from his contemporary auxlang:

Oh Fat asa, u eno ni cels. Nom ee santur. Regn ee venu. Vol ee facur, tou ni cel te ni ter.
Donu mo da as li pan de oms dies. Te parcu da as li debs asas, tou te as parcos da debans asas.
Te ne ducu as ne tentag. Pa libu as ba mali.
Enu.
 

2. The Apostles' Creed

For interest's sake, we give Labbé's version from his contemporary auxlang:

A credo ne Deo ompata, crean de cel te de ter. Te ne Iesu Crist ungenar fil de i. U alfetor de Spir santì, natto de Mari virgen. Pastor bou Pons Pilat: figtor ni cruc: mortito te sepultor. dedcandeto ne bouìs: resurto de mort ni sii die. Scandeto ne cels: sido fa dex de Pat. De u venso iude vifas te mortiats.
A credo ne Spir santì: li Eccle santì: li counag de santis: li parcag de pecs; li resurag de carn, te vif sempì.
Enu.
 

3. The Ten Commandments