Pueriles confabulatiunculæ: or Childrens dialogues Little conferences, or talkings together, or little speeches together, or dialogues fit for children.

Childrens Dialogues

A generall salutation at any time .

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God saue you [ or God speed you . ]

2. Be you safe .

3. I bid you to be safe [ or well . ]

4. All haile , [ or rest you merry , God speed . ]

God saue you .

Wee speake to many * * Plurally . in the plurall number .

The answere .

* * I haue [ or giue ] thanks to you , [ or I giue you thanks . * * Thanks is ha● [ or giuen ] from me to you , [ or I giue you thank● ] I thank● you .

God saue you also . And you .

r r When one departeth or goeth from another . In departure at any time .

God be with you , or fare you well . Farewell .

Farewell . r r Fortunately , or prosperously . happily .

Farewell .

The answere .

r r God be with you also . Fare you well also .

* * We salute thus in the morning . In the morning we salute thus .

* * A Good morrow . [ be to you , ] viz. God giue you good morrow . Good morrow .

* * In the day time [ we salute ] thus . In the day time thus .

* * A good day [ be to you . ] God giue gou good day . [ Or good day . ]

At euening [ wee salute ] thus .

* * A good euen . [ be vnto you . ] Good euen . [ viz ] God giue you * * A good late ●●ime ] or euening time be to you . good euen .

A little before night [ or in the beginning of the night . ]

* * I pray [ or wish for ] a happy night vnto you . God giue you good night .

* * This night be prosperous to you [ or let this night be prosperous . ] God giue you good night .

* * It is said [ of vs ] [ or we say . ] It is said [ thus ] [ to one ] sneezing .

* * Let it be happy . God help you , [ or God blesse you . ]

* * Let it profit you . Let it be safe .

r r We say . It is said * * to any one . to one doing any worke .

* * It profit you . God speed you .

[ It is said ] to one dining or supping . r r We vse to say .

* * Let your banket be happy . Much good doe it you .

When * * it is drunken before . we drinke to any .

I drinke to you a whole cup.

r r I drink to you halfe . I drinke to you halfe a cruse .

The answere .

* * I take it gladly . I pledge you .

r r Drinke a health to me . Let it be for a health .

When wee refuse meate or drinke . [ we say . ]

r r Truely . In good sooth I cannot drink so much .

r r Truely . Surely I am not able to answere you .

r r I pray you spare mee . I beseech you that you spare mee .

r r I cannot eate any more . I haue not any list to eate any more .

* * In good sooth . Indeed I haue eaten * * how much is enough . as much as is sufficient .

* * It is satisfied to my appetite . I haue satisfied [ my ] appetite .

● require * * nothing beyond . no more at this time .

It is said [ or we vse to say ] to one returning home returning out of a strange countrie .

* * I congratulate [ your comming [ or returne . ] I am glad for your comming .

* * I reioyce . I am glad * * you to come . that you are come safe .

I reioyce * * you to haue returned . that you haue returned safe .

A common answere .

You are r r kinde or courteous . bountifull , [ viz. I thank you for your kindnes . ]

* * I giue you thanks , or I giue thanks to you . I thanke you .

* * The Gods do well vnto you . God requite you .

When be●re or wine is brought to the table .

I pray ] that this beere may be good for you .

I pray that this beere may doe you good .

I pray ] [ that ] the wine which I bring may be * * wholesome or healthfull . a health vnto you .

God grant that this wine may be wholesome vnto you .

When any one is * * called , viz. inulted . bidden to dinner or supper .

[ My ] father r r bade . commanded me to com hither , to * * aske or request you . desire you that you would be his guest to day .

●y Master hath commaunded [ mee ] * * to pray you greatly . to entreate you earnestly , that you would dine * * at him viz. at his house . with him to day .

* * O Master worthy to be obserued . Reuerend Master , my Host ●●treateth you , that you would ●ome to him to supper at eue●ing , if you be not * * called or bidden . inuited o●herwise .

My parents haue * * called . inuited som ●riends to supper , they desire you to be present * * to them . with them , ●herefore you shall gratifie them * * in a maruelous manner . maruelously , if so that you doe not refuse to come .

Then * * it shall be lawful we may answer thus .

My son * * I haue great thanks . I giue your father great thanks , but for my * * aduerse . bad ●ealth I cannot be present at a●y banket .

* * Thou againe shalt doe . You shall againe giue great ●hanks to your Master in my name : but * * thou shalt say me not to be able to come . you shal tell [ him ] ●hat I cannot come at this time .

I would not suffer my selfe ●o be * * asked . requested , if other businesse did not * * keep me back . hinder me .

I refuse not , especially sith I see nothing to bee * * ready . prepared heere .

* * Shew againe [ or relate ] to your parents me to be about to come quickly . Tell your parents that I wil come by and by .

How a guest is to be r r intertain●d or welcommed . receiued .

r r you are welcom . Your comming is acceptable vnto me .

r r I am glad that you are comme . It is acceptable to mee that you are come .

You come wished for .

How leaue is to be asked .

* * Master giue me leaue I pray you . I pray you Master giue me leaue .

* * Master worthy to be obserued . Reuerend Master I pray you * * make me or grant me power or licence . giue me leaue ,

That I may purge my belly .

That I may r r That I may ease me or go to Campo . vnlode my belly .

That I may goe to the * * seret or remote pl●ce . priuie .

That I may goe to make water .

* * Th●t I may make w●ter . Th●● I may lighten [ my ] bladder .

That I may r r driue out . fetch out kine .

That I may bring back the kine .

That I may goe home .

That I may fetch paper books .

That I may buy quils .

That I may * * keep garments . tend cloathes .

That I may r r feed . tend swine . hogges , sheep .

Little * * manners , examples , or directions . formes of accusing any one .

Andrew honoured not the [ mas●● ] Priest .

Peter hath beaten mee with [ his ] fists .

Iohn * * hath vsed the English tongue . spake English .

This [ boy ] * * hath not vncou●red . vncouered not his head when hee passed by the Magistrate .

He hath * * spoken ill to me or reuiled me . railed vpon me .

He hath r r ●aunted vs . reuiled vs .

* * No man , or no body . No one will repeate [ his ] lesson .

Iames neuer salutes [ his ] parents .

He talks of a scurrilous matter .

Hee will not depart out of my place .

Hee hath made water vpon my shooes .

He hath r r blu●red or matted . blotted my paper .

He r r permitteth me not , or will not let me . suffereth me not to study .

He r r mocks me , or scoftes at me . derideth me .

He suffereth me not to write .

He * * hath plucked me by the haire . plucked me by the haire .

Some questions .

What is [ your ] name ?

How are you called ? Peter , Paul , &c.

How many yeares * * are you borne . old are you ?

One , two , three , six , eight , ten , eleuen , twelue .

Of how many yeares [ of age ] are you ?

Of one [ yeare ] of two [ yeares ] of ten , &c.

* * How many , or which in number . What yeare * * doe you . goe you on ?

The first [ yeare ] the second .

* * What houre in number is it . What a clock is it ? * * The first [ houre ] the second . One , two .

Aemilia , Bat. Ae.

BAt my son , my son Bat.

What will you ?

Ae.

It is time to rise .

Suffer me , I pray [ you ] as yet to rest a little .

Ae.

* * It is slept enough [ of thee . ] Thou hast slept enough .

* * My sonne rise . Rise my sonne .

How many houres haue I slept ?

Ae.

Almost ten , r r too long . ouer-long .

* * I wold to God it may be lawfull to sleep to [ my ] fill . I would r r it might be lawfull . I might sleep my fill .

Ae.

Onely open [ thine ] eyes .

In truth I cannot .

Ae.

See how r r cleare [ heauen . ] faire weather it is abroad .

What r r concerneth it me . doth it belong to me whether it be * * a cleare heauen or cloudy . cleare or cloudie ?

Ae.

r r Loe or see . Beholde euen the sun hath * * visited thee . shined vpon thee .

Is it risen now ? Is [ the sun ] now risen .

Ae.

A good while agoe .

I can hardly driue away sleep .

Ae.

Lift vp [ thy ] body . Sleepe will depart away by & by .

Where is [ my ] shirt ?

Ae.

* * Beholde it . Loe , it lieth vnder the r r pillow . bolster .

Mother depart , I will rise by and by .

Ae.

Doe not sleep againe .

* * I will not do it . I will not , r r now . onely goe your way .

Ae.

I goe .

Cornelius , Dorothee . C.

MOther what a clock is it ?

* * What saiest thou ? art thou so taught . What say you ? Are you so taught ?

What am I taught ?

Ought you not to r r to haue saluted . salute me before ?

* * A goo● morrow [ be to you . ] Good morrow [ to you ]

And to you . Now ask * * what thou wilt ? what you will ?

My mother t●ll me * * of all loue . I pray you .

What wil you that I tel [ you ? ]

What a clock it is .

* * The sixt houre is at hand . It is almost six .

* * hath it sounded , or not yet ? Hath the clock smitten , or no ?

I doe not think * * it to haue smitten . that it hath smitten .

I would * * that may be true . that were true .

* * I t●uly haue n●t . In truth I haue not r r heard it strike . heard the sound .

* * I feare euilly the hand of our master . I much feare [ our ] masters hand .

You may preuent [ your ] master , if you loiter not .

* * I deem it to be done so to me , or that I must or may doe so . I thinke that I am to doe so .

But so , that you go not hence vncommed or vnwashen .

* * I will wash then when I shall returne . When I shall return , then will I wash .

Yea rather wash now .

* * My mother I pray you suffer me to goe away now , lest I b●e beaten . I pray you my mother , let me goe my way now , that I be not beaten .

Goe thy way * * with thine own perill . at thy perill .

Eualdus . Francis . E.

r r Hoe sirra . HOe you , from whence come you so late ?

From our house .

* * Haue you not heard ? Heard you not the sound of the bell ?

* * O master to be obserued . O reuerend master I could not heare .

What ? * * Not ? whether hast thou been deafe . could you not hear ? were you deafe ?

* * Not at all . No.

How * * therefore . then could you not heare the bell ?

I slept * * deep●y . soundly .

* * What doe I What heare I ?

* * Neither my mother had waked me . Neither had my mother wakened me .

Can you not awake , vnlesse you be * * stirred vp . raised vp ?

Will you not * * disdaine or take it ill . be angry , if I confesse the truth ?

No , vnlesse you vtter * * a false thing . some falshood .

Vnlesse some one raised me , I beleeue * * I cannot awake . I should not awake before noon , I slept so sweetly .

Will you rise hereafter more early ?

Indeed I will do my indeuor .

Doe so : * * It is pardoned to you to day . viz. I pardon you to day . you are pardoned to day , because you haue confessed the truth . Get you hence to your fellowes .

Most reuerend master , I giue you immortall thanks .

Gerarde . Henry . G.

* * Depart , or sit a little further . GIue place a little .

Hast thou not place ● . enough there ?

No.

Neither can I giue place any thing at all .

But where shall I sit ?

Where thou wilst .

I sit here very fitly .

But I admonish thee , that thou depart quickely out of my r r lappe . bosome .

But shew thou me , where I may sit otherwhere .

Sit where dogs sit .

And where do dogs sit ?

Vpon their buttocks .

I doe r r so likewise . in like manner .

But * * knowest thou . doest thou knowe how thou sittest ?

Like a man .

And knowest thou where ?

In thy r r bosome . lap .

But now thou * * liest vpward to me . viz. I will smite vp thy heeles . liest me with thy face vpward .

Thou shalt neuer doe this to me * * without p●nishment . scot-free .

I weigh not thy threats of a r r flock of woole . lock of woole .

Be not ouer saucy .

Begin r r when , or as thou wilt . what thou wilt . Thou shalt finde ●e a man .

O r r matchlesse , or peerlesse . inuincible champion ! God saue you .

But thou shalt not r r giue me a blow or ●uffit , without something . lay thy fist vpon mee scot-free , I wold haue thee also to know this .

* * Verely my fist should stick in [ thy ] cheek a good while agoe , vnlesse I seated our Master . Verely , but that I feare our Master , [ my ] fist should haue stuck on thy cheeke a good while agoe .

If thou wil● any thing , call mee forth after eight of the clock .

I call thee forth ▪ come .

I wil take [ my ] breakfast before , that I may be stronger .

* * It behoueth thee . Thou must exp●ct so long .

I knew * * them to haue been . they w●re but bubbles that thou [ s● ] braggedst .

O thou mad fellow , may we fight here being consecrated to the same studies , indued with the same precepts of vertue ? Get thee gone with such r r ●●fling or vaine tales , or b●bbling . friuolou● fables .

Now I iudge thee [ to bee ] a man , [ ●oth ] r r a gentleman , & vnconquerable . generous and inu●ncible .

Iohn . Lambert . Martin . Nicholas . ● .

BOyes , what noise is there , as if [ your ] Master * * be away . were absent ?

* * These two [ boyes . ] These two contend .

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* * You yong men concerning what matter . You youthes , about what doe you contende ?

Hee will not restore me my quill which hee hath * * snatched from mee . taken away .

If hee doe it not quickly , let him look for me with the rod .

He saith * * himselfe wil● flee . he will run away .

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* * Keepe him back . Hould yee him and bring [ him ] to me .

See r r ●e taketh . he layeth hould of my sleeue * * bitingly . with his teeth .

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I also * * will pluck out from him . will pull out all those his teeth , if he let not go r r straightway . by and by .

Hee is a wicked boy , and scratcheth with [ his ] nailes .

* * For. But why art thou so * * wicked mischie●ous . shreud a boy ?

What haue I done ?

Thou hast snatched away * * the pen from that boy . that boyes pen .

* * Why also ga●e he me an ●gnominious name . Why then did hee mis-call mee ?

* * He will not doe anymore . Hee will doe no more .

Nor I.

Thou saidst * * thee to will to flee away . thou wouldst run away .

Hee is a foole , that suffereth himselfe to be beaten , * * when it may be lawfull for him to flee . whilest he may flee .

And thou tookest hould of his sleeue with thy teeth .

I catched at his hand , hee withdrew his hand , [ and ] r r I catched . I tooke [ his ] sleeue .

Art thou so wicked & a biter ?

Euen mice * * inuade . lay hands vpon the hands of them that hould them . * * May not the same be lawfull to me that [ i● lawfull ] to mice . May not I doe the same that mice doe ?

But mice are harmelesse very often when they are taken .

I also am r r innocent . harmlesse , for I restored by and by that which I had * * snatched . taken away .

* * To wit , or indeed . Verely , for feare of rods .

He is not r r without hope of recouery . desperately euill , who abstaineth from euill-doing , for feare of euill .

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Thou art * * a talker , or pratler . full of words .

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Good Master * * it pleaseth . it is wel , so that I be not * * an euill talker . r r ●aughtily . euilly ful of words .

Otto . Peter . ●

HAue you not * * a little knife . a knife * * which you may giue me to lend . that you may lend mee ?

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I haue [ one ] indeed , but I haue not one to lend you .

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Wherefore ?

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●That ] which I haue is a new ●ne , it will not returne , if I ●uffer it to wander abroad .

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* * doe not feare . Feare not , I will * * stand still . stay here ●o long whilst I vse it .

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* * I lend it not . I will not lend it .

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Peraduenture you haue ●●hat ] which I lost of late .

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●aue you lost a knife indeed ?

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* * [ It is ] done . It is so .

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●hat a one was it ?

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r r Do you desire to heare . Will you heare what a one ● was ?

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● will .

It was a little one and dull .

r r well . I heare it .

It had a blunt poyn● .

What besides ?

It had a red ha●t , * * distinct . order set with br●zen * * nailes or tacks s●uds .

What * * shew you . say you ?

[ It had ] a hole * * aboue . in the en● ▪

Yours was altogether like that which I haue .

I pray you r r let me see it . suffer [ me ] 〈◊〉 I may looke vpon it .

See [ it . ]

Shew me r r all of it . the whole .

Goe too , looke vpon * * to [ your ] fill . [ your ] fill .

Of all loue tell mee , wh● you haue got this * * little knife . knife●

Why aske you that ?

I haue need to * * There is need to me . aske .

I haue no need of an * * a question or demand . ans●●

Tell me * * absolutely . plainely , whe● you * * haue it . had it .

I found it .

Adde , before it was lost .

Say you , before it was r r marred . rayd .

Yet you bidde mee to 〈◊〉 ●ecture .

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I grant .

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Haue you bought it ?

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It is so indeed .

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Of whom I pray you .

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Of a certaine young man * * a marchant , [ or one who vseth buying and selling ] . a chapman .

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In goodsooth it is * * a stollen [ knife . ] stollen .

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[ That ] nothing belongs to mee .

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But dare you buy stollen things ?

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[ I dare buy ] any things whatsoeuer without r r danger . difference .

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You are * * better by nothing . no better than a theefe .

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* * let me not be . Be it I am so . But why say you r r this to be a stollen knife , or that this is a stollen knife . this knife to be stollen ?

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It was mine .

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I beleeue it was yours : but now it is mine .

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Therfore I * * perswade or counsell you . aduise you that you giue [ me ] * * my knife . mine .

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You shall not take it so from mee .

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Rest. I will cause by and by , that you restore it me r r against your will , or by constraint . whether you wil or no.

What will you doe ?

I will go to [ our ] Master . I 〈◊〉 lay open the matter to him in order . He will compel yo● to restore [ it . ]

But I , * * leaue being asked by & by . hauing asked leau● by and by , wil tarry at home neither will I come to th● schoole to day .

Quirinus . Reynere . Sebastian . Q.

MOst reuerend master I pray you r r command . bid th●● [ boy ] that hee r r giue me my knife againe . restore me● my knife .

r r Hoe 〈◊〉 . Hoe you . haue you an● thing that is * * of this boy . this boyes ?

I haue not .

How * * frowardly . saucily answere yo● mee ?

How saucily * * indeed . r r malapa●tly , or impudently . I pray you ? I say * * me to haue nothing . that I haue nothing .

Haue you not another man● knife ?

Indeed I haue not .

Neither haue you any knife ?

I haue a little one . * * That is mine . [ But ] it is mine owne .

Where is it ?

* * Beholde it in my sheath . See , it is in my sheath .

Shew it me .

r r I refuse not , or I am willing . I doe not refuse .

Where r r had you . got you this knife ?

I haue had it almost a moneth .

I aske not that . But whence * * had . had you [ it ] ?

* * of a Marchants factour ▪ [ viz. one allowed to buy and sell ] a young man . Of a young man * * of a Marchants factour ▪ [ viz. one allowed to buy and sell ] a young man . a factor . He sould it me .

For how much ?

For a Brabant farthing .

The knife is better , than the price which you gaue :

I made a good * * marchandize or bargain . market if it be as you say .

But * * this boy saith . hee contends that it is his .

It is not so . It is mine . If hee haue lost any let him inquire . * * I haue taken away nothing which is of him , or hath been . I took nothing away which either is or was his .

Will you yeeld to me ?

I will r r so that I may not be iniured . if no iniury be done to mee .

I will not * * contention to be between you . haue any contention between you .

But I contend with no man .

Therefore * * restore his knife to this boy . restore him his knife .

I refuse not , so that hee restore me my mony .

He shall doe it .

[ I would ] that he doe it r r presently . by and by .

Giue him his mony quickly .

Take [ your ] mony .

Take you your knife .

* * So it becommeth to be done . So it is meete to be . For great * * priuate grudges or secret hatred . grudges doe oft-times come of such beginnings , euen amongst them that are * * growen to full age . of yeares .

Thomas . Vincentia . T.

MOther , * * when shall it be dined ? when shall we dine ?

By and by , if so be that you * * expect . wait a little ?

I must r r be gone . go away forthwith .

Whither , * * O good boy , or O good fellow . O good sir , so quickly ?

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Whither it becommeth scolars to goe .

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* * To wit . Forsooth to play .

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* * To wit . Certainly , to the very place of execution .

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* * The first [ houre ] hath it not sounded as yet . It hath not yet smitten one .

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r r But we must be there before the clock smite . But it becommeth vs to ●reuent the sound .

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How oft * * by the week . in the week ?

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Daily .

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At what a clock ?

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What aske you ? At euery houre .

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Why then rest you so securely in the morning ?

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I neuer doe it r r vnpaid . vnpunished .

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What r r doe you . dooest thou feare stripes more after dinner , than after sleep ?

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Seek r r some body . [ one ] who may answer you : if you will not giue me meat , I will goe away r r without any dinner . vndined .

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Go whither thou wilt . There in no body that stayeth thee . If thou dine not , thou wilt sup r r more willingly . more gladly at night .

Andrew . Bartholomew . A.

WHy come you * * slacker , viz. later . mon● slowly to the schools * * than the rest of the scholers , or than others . than the rest ?

My mother commanded me to tarry a little , whilest shee * * prepare or make ready the po●-hearbs . prepared the pottage .

When is the r r po● . pottage wo●● to seeth ?

r r A●out twelue . A little before twelue of the clock .

But now it is * * beyond the fi●st . past one .

r r She neuer did so before . This neuer fel out vnto he● before . Moreouer , when a● she was slacker in preparing ▪ I stayd not her slownes . r r because I feared your authority . forsooth fearing your gouernement . Therefore I ran forth hither vndined .

Say you [ so ? ]

I say it indeed .

Verily it pitieth me * * of you , viz. I am sory for you . for you . But * * sup more liberally . sup at euening more liberally .

* * Where it is dined [ of vs ] sparingly , it is not supped [ of vs ] liberally , or largely When wee dine sparingly , we sup not liberally .

Cornelia , Dionisius . C.

[ THou ] most slothfull fellow arise .

Alasse , * * doe not be troub●esome . be not troublesome to mee .

Wilt thou snort all the day ? Rise , I say , that * * may make thy bed handsome againe . I may make thy bed .

What sayest thou * * at length . I pray thee .

That thou arise .

Is it time ?

Your master is entred into the schoole : yet thou askest whether it be time ?

How long agoe entred he ?

* * Now a good while agoe . A good while agoe .

* * therefore what a clock is it ? What a clock is it then ?

It is about seuen .

Hoe , * * what . why r r suffered you . doe you suffer [ me ] to sleep so long ?

Who * * can stir you vp ? should raise you vp ?

Either you , or r r some one of our folke . some one of the family .

But how can you be stirred vp ?

How ? r r by crying to , or by noyse . By cry or by touching

But I my selfe haue called vpon thee in vain , more then ten times .

r r Called you me indeed . Haue you called me in vary deed ?

[ Yea ] * * [ I called ] so strongly , or lustily . & in truth so strongly , that * * [ I called ] so strongly , or lustily . you might heare I beleeue , * * I beleeue you might heare if you were dead . although you were dead .

* * I suppose [ it to be ] false . I coniecture it [ to be ] false .

I say , I called [ you . ]

If you had called [ me ] , * * I should h●are . I should haue heard .

You might * * heare . haue heard , * * except you had dissembled . if you had not dissembled .

I would * * rise . haue risen if I had heard .

* * Truly [ you wold haue risen ] so &c. Indeed so cheerfully as you are wont .

* * I speake again● . I answere in vaine to a woman .

Make haste * * to array your selfe , or put on your apparell . to get your self ready , vnlesse you will * * be knocked . bee beaten .

I pray thee get thee gone & care for * * m●●ters belonging to the kitchen . [ thy ] kitchen .

That sh●ll be looked well to , * * yea thou being dead . though thou wast dead .

Get thee gone , I pray thee againe ; I cannot * * array my selfe you being present . put on my cloathes , whilst thou art present .

Are you * * made . become so * * modest , or shamfac't . bashfull of a sudden .

In the meane time whilest thou prattlest here , the houre goeth away , r r there are stripes [ or rods ] prepared for me which thou wilt not feele . stripes are prepared for me , which thou feelest not .

In good sooth thou [ art ] worthy sharp * * chastisement . correction .

r r Why ? Wherefore ?

I know not .

But I knowe what I will answere to [ our ] Master .

* * I pray thee what other thing . What other thing , I pray thee , than that there is nothing more sluggish , nothing more sleepy than thou .

Yea * * some other thing . something else .

* * To wit . Forsooth that thou sleepest so securely , that thou canst be stirred vp by no cry , it is so farre off , that thou shouldst awake of thine own accord , either for loue of learning , or for feare of our master , or for the reuerence of thy parents .

If thou wert * * a stranger , or an aliene , or anothers . another I know what I would doe .

* * Verely would you beare vs . Wouldest thou beate indeed ? * * Get thee gone . Go whither thou art worthy .

r r I pray thee giue ouer pr●tling at length . I beseech thee that at length thou cease to prattle .

I will not rest vntill thou arise .

Sister , I cannot vnlesse you goe your way .

I goe to call [ my ] father .

* * Yea sister [ call ] your mother . Yea [ call ] your mother , so that you sister get you gone .

I goe my way , another will returne .

Erasmus , Fred●ricus . E.

r r Come you . COme you hither also with [ your ] * * slou●nish or ●ough or curled pate . [ vncō●ed ] head .

Here I am .

I see it . But from whence come you so late , and so * * vntrimmed or slou●●n-like . vnhandsome .

First out of [ my ] bed , afterwards * * out of our houses . from our houses .

I now omit this , that you come late . Ought you not to kemb your head , before you came to the schoole ?

We haue not a combe .

Why doe you not buy ?

My parents say * * money to be wanting to them . that they want mony .

Sell yee corne , that * * that mony may be sufficient or abound [ vnto you . ] you may haue money .

* * There is no corne to vs . We haue no corne .

But ye may * * aske to vse . borrow * * a combe for your vse . a comb otherwhere .

No man will * * giue to lend to vs . lend vs .

Wherefore ?

* * we haue almost all , or all for the most part haue . We haue most of v●scabbed heads : I * * beleeu● . thinke men doe r r auoid . shun that .

Doe your parents * * draw out . spend so many * * lugs of bee●e . pots of ale , [ and ] can they not * * withdraw . spare so much from their throat , that they may buy a combe ?

In truth I know not .

Either * * returne . come to me● 〈◊〉 handsome to the schools , o● come not at all .

I will tell [ my parents . ]

Godfride , Herman● . G.

I See very many to be away hoe * * custos . monitour look ●● bout [ you . ]

Master it is so .

See that you haue the name of all who are now away , * * described . ●● downe .

In a little booke ?

Yea in a little paper , which you may * * deliuer me . giue me into m● hands .

When ?

As soone as I shall returne the schoole .

r r I will doe it . It shall be done .

In the meane while you shal● * * care . prouide , * * that little bunches [ or bundles ] of limber rods be prepared for me . that I haue ro● prepared me . * * If I be safe . If I liue ▪ ●● day , I will make that * * If I be safe . you come together * * it be come together of you more studiously . more d● gently .

* * I command you to besecure asmuch as belongeth to rods . I wish you to bee secure concerning rods .

You say well .

Iames , Laurence . I.

* * Sleeper , stripes remaine [ or tarry for ] you . O [ You ] sleeper you must be whipped .

What haue I done ?

Because * * you haue not been present . you were not present .

Where ?

In the schoole .

I hasted thither .

You haste too late .

Why so ?

The houre * * hath gone away is passed , we are dismissed by [ our ] master .

So earely ?

* * But how ●arely How earely I pray you ? * * The eight houre hath sounded . It hath smitten eight a good while agoe .

* * Whether doe you delude me . Doe you delude me ?

No truely .

Hoe , tell me , * * hath there been was there any mention of me ?

* * And in truth a very great mention . Yea indeed , very great .

* * Of all loue tell me . Tell [ me ] of all loue .

So it is . Our master commanded * * all in generall o be written together . all to be written down .

Whether ? * * Whether the Preseat , or the absent . Those present , or those absent ?

Verely the absent .

* * It hath it euill . That is ill . For if hee had commanded the present to be written down , I could contend * * mee to haue been omitted . that I was omitted . * * But I pray you who noted . But who , I pray you noted ?

Venantius Gallus .

Hoe , I am safe , if you say * * the truth . true .

Why * * gesture you so , [ viz. ] doe you so reioyce . skippe you [ so ] ?

He is r r bound to me . in my danger . I will goe to him and I wil earnestly entreat him that he would r r blot out or dash out . put out my name . * * He will not be bolde to deny me . Hee dare not deny [ me ] .

* * He will doe it induced by no reward . He will not do it for any reward .

* * You shall not say so . Say not so . I know what he hath promised me .

You will both * * hang viz. be grieuously beaten . be hanged if your master * * know it againe . know it .

I commit that * * to the Gods aboue . to God .

Matthew , Nestorius , Andrew , Peter , Iohn . M.

CVstos , prepare rods and the ferula .

They are in readinesse .

Where are the names of them which were away ?

They are here .

Recite all * * asunder . euery one asunder .

* * Andrew [ the son●e ] of the smith , or the smithssonne , or Andrew Smith . Andrew Fabri .

Come hither , why were you not heere to day ?

My father commanded mee to goe into the fi●ld , r r [ his ] field . that I might knowe whether the ditchers were there .

You should r r haue . had come to me to aske leaue * * of going away . to goe into the field .

* * It hath not been lawfull for me to goe hither . I could not comn hither , [ my ] father was r r so earnest with mee . so instant .

You should had said , * * your selfe not to be able . that you could not be away from the schoole without my fauour .

I said so indeed : but I * * hau● not obtained . could not obtaine leaue of him to run ouer to you , he is so imperious .

Your father hath * * rule or gouernment . command at home , I in the schoole .

But [ my ] father commanded [ me ] at home .

But I for bad any man to do otherwise , than here I will & command .

Will you not , that we obey our parents ?

r r Yes verely . [ Yee ] altogether .

Why then * * am I reproued or found fault with . am I blamed for doing this ?

Get thee gone , get thee gon : * * we draw out . we spend the time by this * * st●ni●g together or di●putation . strift . Obey both of them as much as * * may be done . may be ?

* * ●ite . Call another .

* * Peter Pistor . Peter Baker .

Baker , goe to , tell me what hindred you ?

In good truth , I rose straight after foure of the clock ▪ * * but I ought to ●●ead meale . but I was presently to knead dough : that labour indured almost an houre and a halfe . And afterwards whilst I am washen , whilst I dry [ mee ] , whilst I put on [ my ] r r stockings . nether ▪ stocks and get my selfe ready , the time goeth away .

Whilst you report these things vnto me thus in order , you lose time .

But most learned master , vnlesse I should lose the time thus , I should r r gaine my selfe stripes . gaine stripes vnto my selfe .

You are all * * somewhat subtill . prettily cunning in excusing [ your selues ] [ but ] not so in learning . Goe your way : * * recite others . call the rest .

Iohn * * Hormus , Horny Horne .

* * To wit , or forsooth [ doe you ] this daily . What , this euery day ? * * Thou bringest another thing at other times . you bring now one thing , now another . But what will you bring now for the excuse of your selfe ? * * O best master .

Most worthy master * * yester euening . yesterday at euening we * * receiued . entertained many guests . These sate still vntill midnight , * * neither was it lawfull to depart for me a broad nayle from them . neither might I depart a nayle breadth from them . [ And ] therefore I could not awake * * earlier . more timely : I haue said .

Why r r inuited . cald you not me also among [ your ] other guests ?

I will * * deale , finish , or conclude . worke with [ my ] parents , that you may be * * called . inuited now and then , if you * * will so . so will .

Doe you promise * * you to doe . that you will do that so for me .

I promise it in good sooth .

See you deceiue [ me ] not .

Indeed r r there shall not be any want in me , but you shall be called . it shall not stay by mee , that you shall not bee bidden .

You are a r r toward youth . thrifty young man . Bee carefull that you may be also studious .

I will doe so .

Depart hence into your place .

* * Bid you me . Doe you wish mee r r to recite . to call the rest ?

* * Not at all . No not at this time . I will not defraud the whole company of their lesson for the ●●othfulnesse of a few . But * * boyes . sirs * * you shall remember this . remember this , here ▪ after you shall not at all excuse [ your ] absence : whosoeuer shal be away without my r r leaue . fauour shall be beaten .

Oswald , Paul , The company of boyes . O.

MEditate those things diligently , which * * we reade now . we now reade .

We will doe it diligently .

Master * * the eight houre hath sounded . it hath smitten eight , if you know not .

* * Is the eight houre heard . Is it heard ?

It is indeed .

How long agoe ?

Not * * so long agoe . very long agoe .

Boyes rest a little . After that I shall r r demand what I list . aske of this [ boy ] what I please , I will dismisse you all by and by . Answere thou me .

What I ?

You know what you ought [ to doe . ]

When ?

By and by , when you shall come home .

* * Is any thing to be done besides that which is accustomed . Am I to doe any thing besides that which I am wont ?

What are you wont to doe ?

If I bee vncombed , or vnwashen , I comb and wash .

Well , what doe you after ?

I breake my fast , I returne very quickly to the schoole .

Well . And nothing more ?

Nothing truly . * * If it become any thing besides to be done . If any thing besides ought to bee done , r r aduise or direct mee . admonish [ me ] I pray you .

I will doe so , hearken .

* * I hearken or listen . I heare , tell [ me . ]

At what time soeuer you enter into r r [ your ] house . the house , you neuer ought to enter * * holding your peace . beeing silent .

Neither doe I that .

What say you r r as you enter , or when you enter in . entering ?

I salute [ my ] mother .

r r Most iustly . Most deseruedly . But if your mother be away , whom salute you ?

* * If I see her no where . If I doe not see her , I salute the family .

But if your father shall enter in after , do you not salute him ?

* * No not at all . No. r r I thought . I beleeued * * me t● haue done my duty . that I had don my duty , if I salute once .

Yea , such honour is due to your father especially .

r r I was ignorant . I knew not . What if my father neither see me , nor speak to me .

Neuerthelesse , you ought to come vnto him of your owne accord , * * and your head being vncouered , to bend your ham . and to bow your knee to him , with your head bare , and to salute him * * honourably . reuerently .

What , in other words , then in which we are wont to salute other men ?

Altogether in other .

In what [ words ? ]

* * Most deare father God saue you . God saue you most deare father : or thus : * * My father God saue you . God saue you my father .

* * I holde it , or perceiue it . I vnderstand it .

If hee shall aske any thing , you shall answere curteously what you know .

I will remember [ it . ]

Take heede [ left ] * * any thing of . any of those things displease you , which he either sa●th or doth .

I am not so disdainfull that the r r my fathers deeds or words . doings or sayings of my father * * can displease . should displease me .

See you r r be pliant to euery commaund . be obedient at euery command .

So I am .

Take heed you neuer offend him .

I will not doe it willingly .

Furthermore , if at any time he shall thunder against you beeing offended , * * indure . beare his chiding * * being still or silent . quietly .

What ? If I haue deserued r r no blame , nothing ?

[ Yea ] learne to endure euen an vniust chiding , especially of [ your ] parent .

I will endeuour [ i● ] * * for all the manly part in me . with all my power .

You ought * * to worship . to honour and reuerence both your parent● with like * * obseruance . duty .

I doe so although no mi● admonish me .

If so that you doe it , r r holde on . goe on to doe it . If not , doe it diligently .

I will omit nothing willingly .

You say honestly . * * Boyes . Sirs , * * what things . what I haue taught this one boy , I would haue all of you r r to learne . taught * * the same things the same .

We vnderstand [ it . ]

Now goe * * to take your breakfast . to breakfast , and returne * * about the ninth houre . about nine of the clock .

Quintine , Robert , Seruatius . Q.

WHo hath * * the signe of the vulgar tongue . viz. of that which euery bondslaue speakes . the note for speaking English ?

Whom haue you noted ?

Seruatius .

Haue you noted me ?

Yea.

For what cause ?

Because you haue * * vsed the English tongue . spoken English .

* * Against whom . To whom haue I spoken ?

* * Against me . To me .

* * O greatest lier towards thee . To thee most notable lier ?

Why dost thou so cry out ?

Should I not cry out , when * * this boy dare preach or declare such things . he dare tell such [ lies ? ]

Why should I not * * be bould . dare when it is true ?

O false speaker ! But when heardest thou mee * * speaking . speake English ?

Wilt thou know ?

Yea verely I desire it .

[ I heard thee ] somewhere of late .

Heare . Of all good fellowship tell [ me ] what day ? or r r in what countrey . where ?

* * The day is slipt from me . I haue forgot the day , I do not remember the place .

Tell [ me ] * * who being present . who was present ?

* * Me and your self . I and thou .

It is false .

It is true .

* * Verely . Forsooth , that which I say [ is true . ]

Yea that which I say .

In good truth I doubt whether * * I may giue c●edit to . I shall beleeue .

Good master , I pray you * * th●t it may be credited [ or credit may be giuen ] to him . that he may bee beleeued , who speakes the truth .

I affirm * * you to haue spoken the vulgar tongue . that you spake English .

Proue * * me to haue spoken . that I spake English .

Yea prooue * * O best master . that you spake not .

O most worthy master , * * notable iniury is done to me . I haue notable iniury done to mee .

* * Haue you neuer vttered the English speech before this ? Neuer spake you English before ?

Very oft I confesse it .

* * It is credible you also to haue spoken the vulgar tongue then when he noted you . Then also it is credible , that you spake English when hee noted you .

The * * slaue . knaue lieth , neither spake I * * the vulgar tongue . English hee beeing present , neither * * hath he noted me . did he note mee .

In good sooth I laugh , neither doe I knowe whether I may beleeue . This boy neuer * * lied to me . tolde me lie before this day : * * thou hast once & againe . you haue r r oft . againe and againe , which now makes your cause the worse .

I acknowledge that I ha●● offended in lying in times past , but now verely I speak● the truth . Master * * I haue trespassed nothing . I haue not offended .

Would you haue me to beleeue you ?

Reuerend master , you may * * credit me securely . safely beleeue me .

Good master , either beleeue both , or beleeue neither .

I haue fallen vpon wranglers , as I see . * * Carry your selues away . Get ye both hence , in a mischiefe . * * Reteine thou . Keep you the note .

Very willingly , sith you * * will ●o . will haue it so .

Theodorus , Venantius . T.

* * Sonne or CHild , r r Sirrah . haue you * * a pennar or pen sheath . a pen and ink horne ?

Yea master . r r If you will [ haue ] anything , I will minister [ or afford ] it . If you will any thing , I will lend it you .

I will write two words .

* * Euen ten [ or write ] euen ten . Yea ten .

Stand still so long , whilst I write .

I will * * goe away no where . not goe away , write although r r as largely as you will . largely .

* * Son take &c. Childe , take your pen and inke ▪ I haue noted what I would , * * thanke is giuen to you . I thanke you .

* * What may you haue thanks to me , an old man to a little yong man , [ or an old man [ should giue thanks ] to &c. What should you thanke mee , an olde man [ should thanke ] a young , especially for no * * duety or kindeness . seruice .

My childe , your honest speech prouokes mee that I would speak with you a little , r r if you please . if you * * nod vnto it , viz. consent . be willing .

Sir , indeed I refuse not to speak with you : but I maruel * * what it is . why it is that you would speak with mee .

* * I will . I desire first to know of you , who are your parents .

They dwell not here : and therefore I should name them to you in vaine .

No ? where then ?

At Wert .

That place is * * very vnknowne . altogether vnknowne to me .

Sir , I beleeue you . It is not so famous as this [ place ] is .

Is that Wert r r a great towne a towne or ● village ?

Truely , [ it is ] a towne , and indeed most populous : It ●● commonly called Wert .

Now I knowe it : there is * * great spinning & carding ▪ or much working in wool . great store of clothing vsed in that place .

Now you * * ●ou●● it , or know 〈◊〉 . hit it .

I beleeued * * you to be a scholar . you were a scholar .

* In very deed I am a scholar .

* * Therefore what hath happened . How then fell it out , that you should come hither * * for the cause of studying . for to study ?

I study not here , but in the countrie . At this time I came hither * * for the cause of my mind . for my minde sake with my father to the r r market . mart .

Now you haue brought mee backe into the way . Of whom 〈◊〉 r r haue you been . are you * * instituted 〈◊〉 taught ? instructed .

Of the schoole-masters of that place where * * I haue beene . I was born .

What manner of schoolemasters haue you there ?

One leane , another fat .

Are they single men , or maried ?

Both maried .

[ And ] are they r r great schola●●● of great learning ?

In truth I know not ; I think of tolerable [ learning . ]

How many scholars haue they ?

Truely a great * * flocke . company .

What doe they teach you ?

In good sooth that which we know not . Sir * * the answere is ridiculous . it is a ridiculous answere , but to be pardoned .

It pleaseth [ mee . ] Is any of your schoole-fellowes r r very well learned . notably learn●d ?

I haue nothing here , that I can answere .

Can they speake * * whatsoeuer they will . any thing in Latin .

I think so . Surely they prattle * * Latine things . in Latine daily .

What learne you ?

The precepto of Grammar .

Haue you done * * anything wo●● thy your labour . any good in learning ?

I cannot * * esteeme . iudge of [ my ] learning .

* * Is it lawfull . Shall I make a triall of you ?

* * I fly not backe . I refuse not , * * It is lawfull if you ●●st . you may if you please .

* * Do you hould . Doe you remember any little verse without book ?

Very many .

* * Bring forth [ or v●te ] Bring some one .

* * to please princes , [ or princelike men ] is not the last prayse . It is not the last praise to please chiefe men .

Gather a construction .

It is not the last praise r r least . r r to please princelike or great men . to haue pleased chiefe men .

What * * will to it selfe . meaneth that sentence , It is not the last praise .

That it is notable praise ▪ expressed by the contrary . Like as we say , r r that some boy is not vnlearned . some boy not to be vnlearned , whom wee would say to be learned .

What signifieth the last ?

[ That ] which is the last in order . But here , as oft otherwhere , it is put for the least , or little , or the lowest , euen as the first is put for the chief and * * notable . notablest .

What part of speech is Vltima ?

My master referred it amongst the original nounes . For he is not wont to dispute curiously of r r such light matters . such like things . * * And or also . Yea he himselfe had rather haue scholars who know to vse wordes , than which know how * * to fight with swords or contend . to wrangle about them .

The Infinitiue mood placuisse , whereof is it gouerned , or of what doth it depend ?

I thinke that this may bee spoken * * doubly . two manner of waies . First , that it depends of the verb Est , that the Accusatiue case may be vnderstood , as it is r r vsuall . the manner * * for . .i. pristinis . of these verbs to gouerne an Accusatiue case after them with an Infinitiue mood , that this may be the construction ; It is not the last praise ( vnderstand ) for a man to please * * chiefe men . great men . That it may bee like to this speech , Is it an r r me●● . equall thing for a scholar to loue his master . Moreouer , it may bee said , That the Infinitiue moode placuisse , is put in steed of the Nominatiue case , as * * it cometh to passe . it is for most part : that it may bee like to this speech , To loue is a matter most * * harmfull or dammageable . hurtfull ; or to this , To play * * with a Die . at dice is not honest .

What meanes this , Principibus viris , viz. * * princelike . chiefe men .

By chiefe men , I thinke to bee signified very mighty men , noble , rich , and the like : That princeps may bee put here in place of a Noune Adiectiue , like as in Lucius Florus it is vsed , the chiefe people , [ or chiefe of the people . ] Neither is that new . For T●rence also said , the * * the old man the merchant . olde merchant . * * the old woman the fox . * * A foxing old woman . A crafty olde wife * * is extant in Erasmus . is in Erasmus .

* * Of what sort . What kinde of verse is this ?

* * A heroike verse of six metres . consists that verse An Heroick hexameter .

Whereof * * consists that verse . consists it ?

* * [ It consists ] in the four first &c. In the foure first feet , indifferently r r of Dactyle or Spondee feet . of Dactyl or Spondee : in the fift place onely of a Dactyle , in the sixt of a Spondey or Trochey .

How many syllables * * doth a Dactyle receiue . hath a Dactyle ?

* * [ Each Dactyle foot receiues ] ; [ syllables ] Three .

Of what sort ?

The first long , the two r r last . later short .

Doe your mastersteach you these things ?

I beseech you , from whence haue I r r learned them but from them drawen them otherwise ?

* * It behoues him to be a rich man . Hee must needs be a rich man .

How ?

Because they make a great gain who so instruct * * young men . youth .

But our [ master ] doth r r hardly keepe himselfe . scarsly preserue himselfe from r r extreme need & necessity . penury .

Is he so poore ?

Surely he is not rich .

In good sooth he is worthy of a better * * fortune . state .

It is so indeed , but he cannot * * pacifie or appease by sacrifice appease fortune .

* * How is it a●reed to the citizens & to him●elf How doth hee agree with the citizens ?

Well , I think . All doe * * by strift who shall fauour him most . fauour him by strift , this I know .

Doe they giue [ him ] nothing ?

He is no asker .

* * He deserues their bounty more by so much He doth so much more deserue their bounty .

Your r r countreys . common-wealthes are r r rich . mighty , but ours [ are ] not so .

What ones are your schoole-fellowes ?

Good and studious .

Doe these loue you ?

* * [ They loue me ] as their brother . A● their brother .

* * And what do you ? &c. Doe you loue your master ?

Maruelously .

You doe honestly . But indeed , can you * * dispatch it to me . tell mee readily why you loue [ him ? ]

First , because he is a learned man .

Hee is worthily loued of all men for his learning .

And then because he is so diligent in teaching vs .

* * By this name . For this cause you owe to him especially honour * * and loue in like manner . & likewise loue .

And also because hee chides r r no man . none but gently .

In truth hee is worthy * * who may teach the children of kings . to teach kings children .

Neither doth hee euer beate any , but r r hauing admonished him . being admonished before .

He is a good man , asmuch as I heare .

* * vnto these things . Moreouer , he doth so prouoke all to the study * * of letters . of learning , and to honesty , that a mother cannot prouoke her infant more * * more bountifully , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 tenderly . kindly to suck or to eate .

* * [ It is necessarie that ] he be a bad yong man or youth . He must needs be a naughty youth who cannot loue such a master .

Therefore I said * * me to loue him that I loued [ him ] lest I should bee * * I iudged or deemed . thought a naughty youth .

* * [ my ] son I haue asked you now . I haue asked you [ my ] * * [ my ] son I haue asked you now . childe , what I desire . Now I * * send you away . dismisse you .

Sir , farewell .

Farewell happily , and see that * * you coming to your mayster . when you com to your master you salute him * * officiously or dutifully in my name . kindly from me .

I will doe it , and indeede r r willingly or readily . gladly .

Arnold , Bernard . A.

* * And is ther any IS there any amongst you r r desiring to play . desirous of play ?

In good earnest * * all of vs in generall . wee euery one desire that .

What will you giue me if I shall * * make or procure you plenty of play . get you leaue to play ?

We all r r wil acknowledg our selues exceedingly bound vnto you . will loue you * * very much . exceedingly .

In what thing will you declare this loue ?

* * We will obey your commandements continually . We will euer obey your precepts , wee will neuer offend : wee will bestowe * * the chiefe diligence . the vttermost diligence r r in study . in studying .

What punishment shall I * * exact or inflict . impose if you doe deceiue mee ?

Impose vpon vs any punishmē● * * whatsoeuer you will . whatsoeuer , or keep vs perpetually hereafter as * * euill doers . mafactors , bound in this prison .

* * I come to . I agree to your sentence . r r I like the condition . The condition pleaseth [ me . ] Play all , r r so it be honestly but honestly .

Conrade , Didimus . C.

I Wonder that [ our master ] can suffer vs to sit idle here * * in so cleare a heauen . in so faire weather . At other times when it is either raine or a storm , he will suffer himselfe to be ouer intreated : now he is * * impossible to be intreated . inexorable .

* * for what would you doe ? Why , what * * a will [ or desire ] you to doe . would you do ?

* * I desire gladly [ or tickle ] to play I desired much to play a good while agoe .

Do you dote ? we playd [ but ] * * 3 daies agoe . the day before yesterday ▪ * * hath that fallen away [ or slipt ] from you . haue you forgot it .

But the windes and the shoure● r r were so vehement . did so rage that day , that * * it pleased me not . I had no list to look out from home .

Could our master fore know what would ●all out ? Surely when we were dismissed it was * * cleare [ or a clearesky . ] f●ire .

But a little after wee were gone forth to play , * * O the immortal God! ( O wonderfull ! ) how great a temp●st arose of a sudden !

Sith you are so desirous of play , I pray you , what liketh i● you to doe ?

That which r r we might not . was not lawfull of l●te .

[ And ] what is that * * at length . I pray you .

To runne in the fields , to r r bounce . leap in the meadowes , r r to shout aloude . to fill the empty heauen with [ our ] great cries .

* * O good Gods . Goodly , how great a pleasure is that !

Know you not ? I would not indeed r r chuse to eate . eate no not hony , or sugar in comparison of this pleasure .

I remember our masters * * to remember or rehea●se . ●o speak of cer●aine other exercises .

* * Truly ●● my iudgement . Certainely better cannot be found in my iudgement .

r r What thinke you of the hand ball . What seems the hand-ball vnto you ?

I neuer exercised my selfe in this kinde * * of playing of play : moreouer , neither * * do my powers suffice . doth my strength suffice , neither r r haue I. know I the skill .

What , doth fishing please you ?

Whether ? fishing with hook , or fishing with net ?

* * Both of them . Either [ of them . ]

Truely I am r r delighted . drawen with neither .

For what cause ?

The one makes [ vs ] slothful , the other r r wets vs . makes [ vs ] we● .

* * Whether doth wrastling delight you ? What ? doth not wrastling delight you ?

No not at all .

Why not ?

I feare falling or * * breaking or a rupture . bruising .

* * Do you not list to ride . Doe you not like riding ?

I neuer * * got a horsback . ridde .

r r Do you not like hunting [ Doth it not like you ] t● hunt ?

r r We want nets . There are wanting nette● hunting slaues , dogs .

[ Doe you not delight ] t● swim ?

It is an vnprofitable & dangerous * * art . skill , and * * vnpermitted to vs . not granted to vs .

r r in shooting . [ Are you not delighted ] t● shoot ?

I brake [ my ] boaw of late .

You should * * repa●e it . mend it .

I haue not a string .

You should buy [ one . ]

Where ?

Of the r r stetchers . boawyers .

* * If mony abounded . If I had money enough , I would buy bookes which * * there is need to me . I haue need of .

Haue you learned musick ?

I would neuer apply my minde [ to it . ]

* * It is a maruell . Wonderfull , sith it is both liberall and very pleasant .

I beleeue [ you . ] But I haue euer * * abhorred from . viz disliked . abhorred singing from my childe hood .

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And sith no liberall exercise delighte●h you , r r I much maruell I wonder greatly if any one can indure to play with you .

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O mad [ boy ] * * do you beleeue all to be so . dost thou beleeue that all are so * * sowre , crabbish ▪ viz. vnfit to company with . austere as thou art ? In good sooth is I * * will . would I can [ haue companion● . ]

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Holde your peace , [ our ] master is present , if he should see vs talking and r r examine what we doe . a●ke , what can we answer ?

I could easily finde what I may answer .

r r Giles Egidius , r r Frederick Fredericus .

TAke * * these tables or ● these letters . this letter .

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r r What needs any letter . What need is there of any letter ?

Carry it to [ you● ] master .

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Where shall I finde him ?

At his owne house .

What if he be not at home ?

Giue it him in the schoole .

Shall I say nothing ?

That hee would doe th● which * * these letters do speak or mention this letter speakes .

Doe you command mee t● r r returne . run back straight way , afte● I haue * * restored it or giuen it . deliuered it ?

If it so seeme good to you master .

What if he neither * * nod to it , not no● from it . consen● nor deny .

He will doe * * one of them . one of the two feare not .

Gisbert , Hubert . G.

HOe , hoe , Hubert * * the best of my fellows , of my only companion . th● chiefe of my companions .

Who calls me ?

I , r r I meet you ●ery ●tly . you offer your selfe to me very fitly .

What businesse [ is it ? ] Tel● me quickly .

Whither haste you ?

To the wine-tauerne .

What will you doe there ?

I goe to * * call . fetch [ our ] * * schoole-master . master home .

Is he in the wine-tauerne ?

We beleeue * * him to be there . he is there .

With whom went hee thither ?

I know * * nothing . not . They are trifles which you * * doe . are about , [ or you but trifle . ]

Yea , * * I earnestly desire of you . I require of you an earnest busin●sse .

I will not refuse if * * there be leasure I can be at leasures but I cannot * * there cannot be any leasure . tend now .

It shall not be long ; I pray you [ see ] * * lest . that you goe not any whither .

What will you ? tell me in a word .

That you * * interpret , viz. tell me the meaning of these tables . expound vnto me this letter .

Giue [ me it ] that I may quickly run ouer it .

Take it .

* * These letters are sealed . This letter is sealed .

I know it , r r open it . vnseale it .

* * Dost thou bid , or causest thou . Doe you bid me to * * vnseale . open r r other folks . other mens letters ?

They are not other mens . My father writ them .

* * what then after . And what then ?

And hee commanded mee r r to carry them . to beare them to my master .

r r very well . I heare .

Now * * I feare euilly to my selfe . I am much affraide , r r blame [ or accuse ] me . lest these letters r r blame [ or accuse ] me . complain of me .

What haue you done ?

Nothing that I know .

Why then doe you say , lest they complaine of you ?

Because my father said , * * them to ●e letters of commendations . that they were letters of c●mendations , where I suspect * * fraud to be vnder . to be some fraud .

You say that which is like to be true .

Looke vpon the r r letter . letters quickly . They will r r disclose or make knowen . dispatch all the matter vnto vs .

Hearken . Hermane Ceratine * * saith s●lutation . sendeth hearty commendations to Eualdus Gallus . Hee that deliuereth you these letters i● most deare vnto me , because he is my sonne ; I pray you * * study . seeke to amend him , lest I begin to hate him , for his naughtinesse , I can doe no good by words , or by * * by blaming rebuking or chiding . * * I haue made experienc● . I haue tryed . Wherefore I earnestly pray you , that you would * * finish or accomplish . effect the matter r r with stripes . with rods . Take heed * * you do not any thing hurt . you doe not hurt his boanes , * * I do easily suffer . I can easily endure that you should beat his skin and his flesh . Farewell .

Truely I did coniecture so .

These are * * the letters of Bellerophon . Bellerophons letters .

They shall not be [ so ] long .

What will you doe ?

I will change them .

Will not this * * sauor [ or be felt ] a little . bee knowne to our master ?

Not at all . He knoweth not * * the hand of my father . my fathers hand .

But how will you change it ?

Will you heare ?

If you shall say briefly .

Hermane Ceratine sendeth commendations to Eualdu● Gallus . Hee that deliuereth you these letters , is most dear vnto me , because he is [ my ] sonne . I pray you , that you begin not to hate him for the fraude of others . * * If he ●hall offend any thing study to amend him with words . If he shall in any thing offend , labour to amend him with wordes : * * It is much profited . you may doe much good with blaming and chiding . * * I haue tried him . I haue made experience . Wherfore I earnestly intreat you , * * that you do not effect the thing with rods . that you would not doe it with rods . It is so farre off that I would haue his bones to be hurt , that indeed I cannot easily suffer his skin or flesh to be beaten . Farewel .

* * [ It is ] an artificiall change , as the Gods may loue me well . Or let God so loue me as . In very deed an artificiall change . But take heed lest either of them * * come to know of [ or heare of ] the fraud or legerdemaine . know the imposture .

* * These things shall be a care to me . I will haue a care of these things .

You haue * * hindered or kept me back detained mee ouer long ?

Run so much * * more swiftly now . quicklier now .

FINIS .