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Commynes Mémoires. t.2. (1498-1491). p. 74<br />
b. ...que l’on<br />
...that the one<br />
pouvait<br />
could<br />
peu faire de chose dont ils ne fussent<br />
few do of thing which they neg were<br />
avertiz<br />
warned<br />
‘...that one could do few things of which they were not warned’<br />
Olivier LaMarche. Mémoires. t2. (c. 1470) p. 291<br />
At this point, beaucoup has entered the language, and we find similar QAD sentences<br />
with this quantifier.<br />
(30) a. depuis<br />
since<br />
mon<br />
my<br />
partement,<br />
departure,<br />
ilz auront beaucoup aprins de nouvelles<br />
they have a lot learned of<br />
news<br />
‘Since my departure, they would have learnt a lot of news’<br />
de Bueil. Le Jouvencal t.2. (1461-1466). p. 126<br />
b. Et peu l’en beaucoup donner de aide et de secours<br />
and can <strong>to</strong> him/<strong>to</strong> it a lot give of<br />
aid and of<br />
help<br />
‘And he can give him a lot of aid and of help ’<br />
de Bueil. Le Jouvencal. t.1. (1461-1466) p. 142<br />
We additionally find splits with both peu and beaucoup over a [+Tense] element.<br />
(31) a. Mais peu y treuvent de confort<br />
but little there find of comfort<br />
‘But they find little comfort there’<br />
Christine de Pizan. Le Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune t.1. (1400). p.<br />
85<br />
b. Beaucoup<br />
a lot<br />
y a de païs en nostre Europe<br />
there have of countries in our Europe<br />
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