The first communi­cation, or conference Dialogue.

God save thee. God speed thee Claudius.

O Claudius, be thou safe. Godspeed thee too Bernard. Bernard, God save thee likewise.

Let us play a little.

O Thou little fond boy. thou foolish [boy] what say­est thou? Thou hast en­tered in scarsely into the schoole. Thou hast scarcely entered the Schoole, now talke, or talke already. and doest thou already speake of play?

I pray thee be not angry. Be not angry, I pray [thee.]

I am not angry.

Therefore wh [...] dost thou cry out so? Why then dost thou exclaime so?

I accuse, or finde fault with. I blame thy foolishnesse.

may we not play then? Is it not then law­full to play?

Yea we may, but when the time is fit. Yea, it is lawfull, but when time is.

Ou [...], thou art wise overmuch, or too wise overwise.

I wish I were but wise enough. I would to God I were onely wise enough; [Page 2] but I pray thee leave me, or trou­ble me not. let me alone, that I may re­peat [those thing [...]] which shall be. are to be rendered. rehear­sed by and by to [our] master.

Thou say­est [that which is] e­quall, reasonable, or right. well; I will also repeat with thee, if thou thinke good. if it I did speake. please thee.

Oh what is this? what this change so so­daine will to it selfe. what mea­neth this so soda [...]ne change▪ diddest thou not speake even now concerning. of play?

I did speake. I spake indeed, but not in earnest.

Why did'st thou counter [...]eit. dissemble?

That I might confer. talke with thee in few▪ words. a little.

what doth that profit. What good will that doe?

Yea doest thou aske? hast thou never heard [it] of [our] master.

It doth not run to me, or meet me now. not now come to my minde; [yet] I say, what doth it profit. good doth it to talke?

for exercising us. To exercise u [...]. in speaking Latine▪ in the Latine tongue.

Truely thou thin [...]kest aright, or rightly. well, and I love thee the better for it. I now love thee more.

I have thanke to thee. I thanke thee; goe to, let us repeat our les­son, for [our] Master will bee present in a short space, presently. by and by.

The 2. Dialogue.

God save you. O master. MAster, God save you.

My Stephanio, be thou safe. God save thee: from whence com [...]mest thou so very early. so early?

Out of our cham­ber.

When hast thou risen. rose thou?

Master, a little before the sixt [houre.] sixe.

What sayest thou?

It is so as I say.

thou hast risen too early. Thou art over-early; who hath a­waked thee. who a­waked thee?

My brother.

Hast thou called upon God, or beene at prayer. prayed to God?

I prayed as soone as my brother had Comb'd me, or made me ready. kembd mee.

How i [...]

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My knees being bowed. Vpon my knees, and with my hands holden up. my hand, joyned together, I sayd the Lords prayer with thanksgiving. with giving of thanks.

In what tongue?

In English. In the English tongue.

O well done, who sent thee unto mee?

No man.

what therfore. whereto camest thou. what then?

I came of mine owne accord.

O my little sw [...]et soule. my little heart, how how faire▪ good­ly a thing it is to be wise? Is it not time to breake thy fast?

I am not hungry as yet.

What wilt thou then? of breaking thy fast.

I will render▪ repeat our daily thy names nounces, if it please thee. you to heare mee.

what bu [...] it should please mee. Wherefore should it not please mee? Therefore doest thou hold them in memory. Doest thou then remember them?

I hold them. I remember them, thanks [be] to God.

Goe to, say. pronounce.

But you are wont to goe before mee in English, and I doe answer. to answer in Latine.

Thou admonishe [...]t [me] well. puttest me well in mind, I had forgot that almost. I had almost forgotten it: answer thou then.

I wait thae thou beginne, or pur­pose. I expect that you propound.

The head; the crowne. the top of the head; the forepart of the head; the hin­der part of the head: now answer in Eng­lish. The head; the top of the head; the forepart of the head; the hinder part of the head.

what if thou sayes [...] them all alon, or by thy selfe. What if that thou now say all a­lone? all [the names.]

I shall say [them] easily.

truely I will heare thee gladly And I will heare thee willingly.

Caput, vertex, Sinciput, occiput. whether or no have I not said well. v Master have I not sayd well?

the very best. Passing well. the Lord be praised, or let the Lord bee prai­sed

eThe Lord God be praised.

O goodly word O good speech! goe now to aske thy breakefast of the maide, girle.

Master I desire ra­ther. I would rather take [it] of thee. of you, if I shall not be trouble­some to you. if it be not troublesome to you.

O how doe I love thee of, or cōcerning this word. for this speech [...] goe to, follow [Page 4] mee, I will give thee something. some good thing, be­cause thou hast done thy duty rightly well [...] what is this?

White bread.

What are these things. these?

Dry figs.

number, o [...] count them▪ Tell [them.]

One, two three, foure, five, sixe.

Oh pleasant lit­tle head! now breake thy fast. eat thy breakfast all by leisure, or quietly. at thy leisure.

Conference.The 3. Dialogue.

WIlt thou eat thy breakfast. breake thy fast with mee?

I have I have no breakfast not a breakfast.

What? hast thou not brought thy breakfast. it? eaten my breakfast.

I had broken my fast at home.

Doest thou so alwaies?

Whether doest thou so ever. No; but because not at all. I rose I had risen. very early, it pleased my mother to well i [...] the mor­ning. vse me so.

handle. * ver. let it profit thee. Much good doe it thee. Therefore I will &c I then will eat my break­fast alone.

And I will study in the meane time.

The 4. Dialogue.

whether art thou ready to the giving a reason, or to render a reason. ARt thou prepar'd to give an account of thy study?

I am prepared as I think as I seemed to my selfe.

Repeat therfore, and be of a present minde. Say then, and ma [...]ke well. take good heed.

We have pronounce, said first this morning time. this morn [...]ng a verse out of Cato; afterward we have repeated. ren­dred the interpretation of it in Latine and English: last of all we have handled we two together have hand­led every part of speech severally. two by two all the parts of speece, with their things belonging [...]o them. at­tributes and signification.

Hast thou done [Page 5] thy duty rightly. well?

I thinke me to have satis­fied. that I have satisfied (our) Master, for a great part. most part.

See that thou lie not; for I will aske him.

Master, as you will; I feare nothing in this matter behalfe.

goe on, proceed. Goe to, let us goe forward: what have you to repeat at noone time of the day. at noone?

We have to decline the verbe Possum, in Latin & English.

Have ye nothing besides? Nothing besides?

Nothing.

I have taught thee this thing at an other time. this at other times: doest thou not remember it. keepe it in could. memory?

I dare not affirme [it] untill I shall assay, or prove it: try [it].

Turne or vary it. Decline [it] into. ver. in the first persons, the rest will be most easie to thee. remembrance.

Indicative. I can, I was able, I have beene able, I had beene able I shall be able. The Imperative is wanting. The Optative, God grant I can, would God I could, God grant I have beene able, would God I had beene able. The Subjunctive, that I may, that I might, although I have been able, although I had been able, when I shall be able.

Decline the whole Infinitive Moode.

Present & Preterimperfect tense of the Infi­nitive Moode. To may or can: Preterperfect and Preterpluperfect tense. To have or had been able. The rest are wanting. this verbe Possum doth.

Why doth this verbe Possum, want the Future tense of the Infinitive Moode? also wherefore doth it want the Participle in Rus?

Because it hath not a Supine.

What then?

for those voices are wont to be formed of the Supine.

Give an example in some whole. per­fect verbe.

as Lecturu [...] i [...] made of the supine Lectum. As of the Supine. Lectum is made Lecturus: and of Lecturus, v. Lecturum esse is made. is made Lecturum esse.

very well, or well truly. Truely [thou sayst] [Page 6] well. rightly. But why hast thou pretermitted. omitted the Participle of the present tense. present of the verbe Possum, see­ing it is in use, [...]otens potentis?

Because (as you have taught us oftentimes) potens is not a participle, although it come of Possum.

What is it therefore. then?

[It is] a Noune Ad­jective.

Thou hast remem­bred. Thou remembredst well. God grant thou proceed. goe on so alwaies.

I hope greater things. better things every daily. day, by the grace of God.

I also doe hope the same thing with thee. Now it remaineth, that thou repeat. [...]ay the preterperfect tense with the the tenses com­ming of it. issue.

I have beene able, I had beene able▪ grant I have been able, grant I shall or will be able, would I had beene able, to have or had beene able.

Say the terminations,

I, ram, rim, ro, sem, se.

Say the significations.

I may, or can. I am able, to be able.

These things hitherto: behold, we are called to dinner.

The 5. Dialogue.

WHen wilt thou dine?

I have dined even now▪ I have dined already.

at what houre. At what of the clocke?

At half [houre] after eight. Therefore doe ye.

Do ye then so dine early? some are wont.

We are wont so almost. usually in summer: but [when dine] yee?

we dine not. We doe not dine before halfe an houre after ten, sometimes v. from eleven. after eleven

Wonderfull, not sooner? why no sooner My father is to bee expected, tarryed, or wayted for. whilst he re­turne from the Court.

Therefore thou. Thou then canst [Page 7] not be present v. to the hall in the singing, be at the hall. in the Hall at the singing of Psalmes.

I am present very seldome. I am very seldome present·

How art thou free. excused?

I am exempted from that duty.

Who freed thee. exempted thee?

[Our] Master by the admonition. warning, exhortati­on. motion of my father.

whether all the children of the Senators have a pri­viledge of that sort▪ have then all the Sonne. children of the Se­nators such a priviledge?

command. They have, so that their fathers doe whether thy mother cannot. desire it.

* Could not thy mother give thee [thy] dinner, be­fore the returne of [thy] father from the Senate house?

truly she can. She could indeed, but my father will have me to tarry for him. will be expected of me.

Wherfore?

Because it so pleaseth him. it pleaseth him so.

Now I must hold my peace; for thou hast stopped the mou [...]h to me, or shut my mouth. stopped my mouth.

Why art thou so curious an asker of questions?

I am but a childe, and children doe desire alwaies. doe alwaies desire to know something of news. some newes.

I confesse [it] but there is a mea­sure in things: a boy▪ or a lad. as [our] Master doth teach us ofttimes.

Therefore let us goe away, depart, that thou maiest betake the [...]. goe to dinner.

I pardon me I pray thee, pray thee pardon [me,] if I have offended thee in any thing.

I aske, or request. require the same of thee: I, I say, rather, who could. might offend thee by my bab [...]ling, or tal­king. pratling, but in the meane time thinking no evill.

The 6. Dialogue.

WHere hast thou e [...]ten taken meat to day?

At my host, with my host, or at my hosts house. With my host.

For how much hast thou dined?

For sixe farthings. quadrants

what did thy supper coll?. What thy supper? of how much did it stand? how much did it cost? [Page 8] As much: just so much. but thou for▪ how much? &c. but for how much art thou nourished. tabled. boarded daily?

For more then thou.

Therefore for how. For how much then?

For foure stivers. foure pence and somewhat more.

The 7. Dialogue.

FRom whence dost commest thou. thou returne?

From abroad.

Why hadst thou gone forth. wentest thou a­broad?

That I might goe home.

why thither. whereunto, Whereto? or whereabout.

To require. fetch my bookes.

Hoe, why hadst thou not brought [them.]

I had forgotten [them]

Art thou wont it is even so, or whether so. so to forget [thy] breakefast, or [thy] drink­ing?

very seldome. Most seldome.

Indeed it hath bin very great careles­nesse. was a great negligence.

Yea, the most great negli­gence greatest: but what dost thou. wouldest thou doe? we are boyes. children.

What if [thy] Master knew. should know thy fact. deed.

Peradventure I should give punishment, or suffer punishment. be beaten.

Sayest thou peradventure? without doubt thou shouldest be beaten. Doth it not shame thee to come into the schoole without bookes?

not onely it doth shame me It doth not onely shame me, but also irke me: but notwithstanding, I [see] thou do not. pray thee doe not accuse me. complaine of me.

I thinke nothing lesse: but I cannot dissem­ble, but that I re­prehend or rebuke thee. but I must reprehend thee.

I am perswa­ded in truth, thou dost that friendly. (I in good sooth believe) thou doest it friendly: therefore I consult it of good I take it in good part.

That is sufficient for me. That is enough for me, let us goe within into the the schoole. Auditory.

It is time: now the overseers of ten. decuri­ons exact. doe require an a reason: account of our wri­ting.

The 8. Dialogue.

Master is it lawfull [to speake] a few words. MAster may I speake a word or two?

Speake freely boldly.

I and my schoole-fellowes have beene ver. fastned. or tied to. set hard to our books, for this whole 3▪ daies, or the whole space of. almost v. release. all these three daies: may it not be law­full for us? Is it not lawfull to There­fore say thou refresh [our] minde with play a little?

v. release. say thou then some sentence.

inter­pose, or intermingle. Put betweene sometimes joies to thy cares.

That thou maiest inter­pose, or intermingle. endure every labour. any labour in thy mind.

Say also the English verses. verses in English, if thou remember them. hold them in memory.

How rightly. well hast thou said all!

Thanks is to God. be to God.

Something must be. shall be added hereafter.

but what Mai­ster Master, what?

which. Who hath given to me. me wit and an honest mind and a good mind.

But who shall teach me those words?

I will write them to thee. for thee, in thy little commentary, or register. note booke, that thou maiest learne them without booke: v. had given. but I pray thee, tell me, who hath taught thee this speech, which thou hast pronounced?

Cam­pane gave it writ yesterday, and I got it without booke. committed it to memory.

Truly my Daniel I love thee this thy painful­nesse. for this diligence.

Master I give v. thee. you thanks. Therefore doe yee. Doe you then suffer us to play. permit us that wee may play?

Yea truely. verely, goe thy way, shew it againe, or tell it. shew it to thy schoole-fellowes.

I will doe [Page 10] it

What wilt thou say to them?

That which thou. you taught me in times past. sometimes.

But I will heare it of thee first. before.

Oh yee lads, or boyes. children be merry. rejoyce, behold I bring yee a joyfull. pleasant message. I have obtained for you power of playing leave to play.

Oh well done, thou hast remem­bred well. thou remembredst well, goe even now.

The 9 Dialogue.

LEt us repeat our daily Nounes, that we may rehearse render them more certainely to our Master.

Thou admonishest [me] well, goe before me [in repeating] yester­daies Nounes

Say in Latine, an eye. The right eye. holdest, or keepest. The left eye. Both the eies. Thou thou remembrest well. remembrest [them] well.

Now heare, whether I say well by my selfe. rightly alone.

Goe to, I heare.

An eye.

Thou oughtest to tell them. num­ber [them] upon thy fingers, as our Ma­ster directeth. teacheth.

what doth that profi? What good will that doe?

To helpe [our] memory.

what will this to it selfe. What meaneth this?

Hast thou not heard it▪ so often. very often?

I am forgetfull: what should I doe?

Be thou more diligent to hold, or keepe. retaine those things, which thou hast perceived, or lear­ned. gotten.

Thou dost me a very acceptable turne, that thou admonishest me faithfully.

Goe to, returne to the matter.

An eye, The right eye, The left eye, Both the eyes.

How perfectly. How well hast thou sayd all!

Let us repeat also this daies Nounes.

It very well. pleaseth [me]. But [Page 11] goe thou before me by againe. course.

A hand, The right hand, The left hand, Both the hands.

It remaineth that thou say so a­lone.

A hand, The right hand, The left hand, Both the hands.

Oh if we could say so well, before our Master.

What hin­dreth?

Because we feare. we are afraid.

And notwithstanding he correcteth our faults courteously, or gently. mildely enough.

I know not what this will to it selfe. meaneth, I am alwaies fearefull in the be­ginning.

this. That is after a sort naturall to all, as we have heard of our Master.

Now it should be repea­ted of us, [we] should repeat in Latine and English, but I see our Master comming.

Let us enter in.

The 10. Dialogue.

SAy in Latine, Let us repeate. say our lessons to­gether.

This speech how many parts, &c. How many parts hath this sentence. speech?

Three.

tell or say. Distinguish or each of them. every one by name.

R petamus is a verbe. Vn [...] an Adverb. Praelection [...]m a Noune.

shew them. Therefore goe thou, &c. Declare [them] a little more plainely.

Goe thou then before me, as our Master is wont.

Repetamus.

Repeto, repet [...], repetere, of the third conjugation, as Leg [...], legi [...], l [...]gere. The praeterperfect tense repe [...]j: Supine, repeti [...]um. Participles, repetens, repeti [...]uru [...].

Vnà.

It is not declined, because it is an Adverb in this place; in English, together.

Prae­lectionem: praelectio; praelectionis, of the femi­nine gender, the lesson, or lecture.

The 11. Dialogue.

LEt us goe to say, or render. repeate together.

What should I repeat? Is it not [...]ough that I have repeated alone?

If thou shalt rehearse. re­peate onely once, or twice, that is, litle. too little to learne learne perfectly. without booke.

Yea, I have re­peated well neere. above ten times.

Indeed that is, &c. That in truth is sufficient.

Therefore what wilt thou any further. any more?

If thou wilt repeat most certainely before our Master, it is need, to to repeat it before. have repea­ted with some body.

I knew not that, but I assent willingly unto thee.

Therefore let us doe that which I admonished. advised thee.

truely.. I in good sooth. In good sooth I doe not refuse, begin.

The 12. Dialogue.

Dost thou hold thy lesson in me­mory. remember thy lesson.HAst thou gotten thy lesson without booke?

Almost.

wilt thou [that] we repeate together?

I desire it earnestly, or speci­ally. Yea, verely I will

Begin therefore. thou.

I will doe it willingly: but heare attentively, that thou maiest cor­rect me, if I shall misse in any thing.

Goe to. erre any thing.

make cost. Bestow quickely.

Now thou hast erred. missed, it was to be begun. thou oughtest to have begun from yesterdaies [lesson]

Thou admonishest [me] well: Now I will begin. Doe not contend In thy anger. being angry concerning an uncer­taine [Page 13] matter, Anger doth hinder.

Thou missest, or faultest. offendest in the point, or cause. accent, say againe, or [...]eiterate it. repeate again.

Anger doth hinder the minde, that.

Di­stinguish after minde.

Anger doth hinder the minde, that it cannot perceive see the truth make cost speedily. Bestow quickely; when the matter it selfe doth require. For something is to be given.

Thou offendest. missest againe in the point, or pause. accent: re­peat.

For something is to he given when time or occasions matter doth require.

Doest thou not see thee to have. th [...] thou hast missed. missed foure times. erred.

I see [it.]

And hast thou ob­served the places?

I have observed [them]

So thou shalt. wilt take heed to thy selfe more easily.

[...]e wr [...]tch! Wretch that I am! I thought, [...] e to remember well, or to keepe them well. that I remembred them well.

So also it is wont to happen to me, as oft as I have not com­mitted things well to memory. [my] me­mory is not well confirmed.

[He is] hap­py who hath a good memory.

[It is] a great benefit of God. But the time passeth. goeth away, heare me now.

I heare, pronounce.

Doe not contend being angry concer­ning an uncertaine matter.

Hoe: our Ma­ster is present: hold thy peace, that we may salute him.

The 13. Dialogue.

IS there nothing that We must repeat. we may repeate to [our] Master?

Nothing, except of the principles. Accidence. Rudiments of Grammar.

what?

Looke looke into. upon thy by booke: thou shalt finde notes [Page 14] upon five lectures which our Master hath appointed. prescribed unto us.

When was that?

Vpon friday, at the fourth houre. at foure of the clocke.

But I have not beene. was not present then.

Therefore thou hast deserved punishment. jerkes.

Doest thou judge so, O thou severe judge? I was busied. occupied at home, neither was I away without the my masters leave. commandement of [my] Master.

Be it so, but notwithstanding thou should [...]st have asked. thou oughtest to aske the day after, what was done the day before.

I confesse my offence. fault, but I pray thee, give [me] thy booke, that I may see what we must repeat. what is to be repeated of us.

Take it, and marke thou. signe thou by the same diligence, or labour. note withall those things which are appointed. pre­scribed unto us of our Master.

I will doe it willingly, neither hereafter shalt thou accuse me of negligence, as I hope.

The 14. Dialogue.

WHat was done in the auditory, or place where they heare lessons, schoole at at the 3. houre, three of the clock?

The parts of speech were handled out of [our] lecture.

Nothing more?

I had told [thee] except thou hadst disturbed, or hindred me. but that thou interruptest me.

I have done erred▪ amisse, proceede.

Afterward our Master told word by word. dictated [to us] a English vulgar. speech in French to be translated. French argument, to be turned to day.

When to be gi­ven up, or shewed. repeated?

To morrow at noone.

Hast thou made, or translated it now. turned it already?

[I have turned it] in some [...]ort I know not how howsoever.

I pray thee dictate to me the English. vulgar.

Receive it, Take it, make [Page 15] [...]ast, for I have to write something something to write.

The 15. Dialogue.

WHat doest thou?

I repeat by. with my selfe.

What doest thou repeat?

This daies appointment, or taske prescript of our Master.

Doest [...]hou hold it in memory. remember it?

So I thinke.

Le [...] vs repeat together: so both. either of us shall say better. pronounce more [...]irectly. rightly before our Ma­ster.

Therefore begin thou, who hast. that hast provoked me.

Goe to; Attend well. be attentive, least thou suffer me to erre. suffer me not [...]o erre. misse.

I am more ready to heare, then thou to pronounce. say.

The 16. Dialogue.

WIlt thou repeate thy lesson with me?

I will.

Dost thou hold it? Canst thou say it?

Perad­venture not very well▪

Goe to, where. let us make no [...] well eno [...]gh tryall.

Why doe we then a pe [...]i [...]l, or attempt. tarry?

Begin expect▪ when thou wilt.

But it is rather thy part to begin.

Why so?

Because thou hast provoked, or cause me. invited me.

Thou speakest in diffe­rently. saiest right, there­fore attend.

I am ready. here.

The 17. Dialogue.

Dost thou now hold [in memory] remember [those things] which are to be rendred. repeated at three of [Page 16] the clocke?

I remember them.

I also [doe remember them]

Therefore let u [...] talke a little.

But if the monitour shall come in come betweene. the meane time, he will thinke, us to prattle, or talke, that we prate.

why? What doest thou feare where nothing is to be feared? If he shall come, he shall not find us in idlenesse. idle, or ill imployed. in any evill matter▪ let him heare our talk if he will

Thou speakest best of all very well: let us goe aside some whither into a Corner, least any man. any one hinder us.

The 18. Dialogue.

IT doth not become [us] to be idle here or to prattle, whilst we looke for master. our Master is looked for.

What saiest thou? doth it not be­come? yea truly, we may not. it is not lawfull: unlesse we will be beaten.

Therefore, heare tho [...] me, whilst I rehearse. pronounce my lesson. I afterward will. I wil [...] heare thee after.

Goe to, pronounce. say.

The 19. Dialogue.

WHy doest thou not write?

I hav [...] written now my side: what hast thou done? but thou?

I goe to write in the Court-yard.

Why so

Because it is faire abroad. the heaven skie is cleare.

Make hast the time passeth, goeth away; and an a reason. we must presently give an account. account will be required by and by.

The 20. Dialogue.

WHy dost thou not write?

Because it doth not list me. I please not. I list not.

But [our] Maister had commanded.

I know: but something is to be read before. I must reade some thing before; furthermore, I have no­thing to write which I may write now.

Oh if thou wouldest write to me. for me.

What?

I have the Dictates of our master. our Masters notes to be written out set downe.

What Dictates. notes?

Vpon the Epistles of Cicero. Tullies Epistles.

I will write out them. write them out for thee willingly: but expect tarry untill the next of the Holy-daies. the next day. the next holy day.

Therefore I will expect. I will wait. expect then, but I pray thee doe not deceive me.

I will not deceive thee knowing neither, &c. wit­ [...]ing nor willing.

The 21. Dialogue.

WIlt thou write downe my lesson for me. write me out [my] lesson?

Why hast thou it not? hast thou not it?

Because I was busi­ed. occupied to yesterday. day.

Take my booke and write it out.

Thou art not ig­norant me to write. that I write more. very slowly; and thou wilt sooner have written out. write out the whole, then I foure or five little verses.

seeke thee another writer. Seeke ano­ther writer for thee; I cannot give my helpe, or indevour to thee now. I cannot helpe thee now.

Why not?

I have another businesse. There is another busines for me, and the same very necessary.

I will not urge thee, neither can I in truth, but at least g lend [me] thy booke.

Take it, use it as thou list. pleaseth thee, so that [Page 18] thou doe not marre it. abuse it.

There is nothing. no cause, that thou shouldest feare here. for this.

The 22. Dialogue.

SChoole-fellows, is it not lawfull to goe, &c. may we not go to bed

Why before the houre?

Because must rise at the third [houre,] three of the clocke.

Where­fore? for what thing.

for the cause of writing. For to write.

What hast tho [...] to write?

Letters to my father.

Wh [...] doest thou not aske leave of [our] Master

Thou▪ admonishest. advisest [me] well: is he in hi [...] little study, or chamber. study?

I thinke that [ him to be. he] is: goe and see. go [...] to see.

The 23. Dialogue.

FRom whence commest thou?

I com [...] from beneath.

What businesse what busines was to thee. had [...] thou beneath?

I went to make water.

Sit now at the table, & stay. [...]arry in the chamber until I shal returne. I had gone.

What shal I do in th [...] meane time?

Learne perfectly thy lesso [...] against to morrow, that thou maist [...]ender. repea [...] it to me before supper.

Master, now I hav [...] learned it perfectly.

Play therefore. then.

But I have no play-fellowes.

Thou shal find sufficiently many, or many enow. enow in this street, even of thine ow [...] schoole-fellowes.

I doe nothing care for that, I doe not care fo [...] that: now I had rather (if it please you) t [...] [Page 19] [...]earne out the Catechisme, against the Lords day.

As it [...]steth, or thou [...]st. liketh thee.

If any aske for thee. seeke you, what shall I say unto him?

Say me to have gone forth. that I am gone forth, but to returne. but that I will returne by and by.

The 24. Dialogue.

HOe Abraham!

a Hoe, or what, or loe here. Anon Master.

Put away. Lay away thy bookes: now thou hast studied enough the whole day: prepare thy selfe, that we may goe to walke.

would it not be better? Were it not better after supper?

The exercise of the body is more wholesome before meat.

I remember to heare it. that I have heard it from you.

Let me heare or tell me. Shew [me] the saying of Socrates to that sentence. to the end, or for that opinion. purpose.

When Socrates did walke more with strayning more contentiously. earnestly untill the evening, being asked why he did that, he answered him to feede, that he did feede hunger by walking, to provide meat for hunger, or to get a stomack. to the end that. whereby he might suppe better.

Thou re­membrest well: who is the authour?

Tully. Cicero: but Master, whither shall we goe forth. goe?

Without the City.

Shall I change my shooes?

Change [them] least thou sprinkle. marre these new ones with dust: take also [thy] little shadow, least the vehement heat of the sun doe make dusky thy face to thee. doe make thy face dusky.

doe sunburne or tan thee. I am ready.

Now indeed let us goe forth. I am present now, prepared already.

Shall I call one or another. or other compa­nion out of the street?

Thou dost admo­nish [Page 20] me well; for so [our] walking shall be more pleasant: for you shall talke, or reason. Confer speeches. confer be­tweene your selves by the way: and you shall play together in some place. somwhere in the shadow

So also an appetite of meat shall be stird up. an earnest de­sire, or we shall get a stomack. we shall get an appetite to our meat.

I will goe with a [...]low pase, softly before: when thou shalt get companions, follow ye me through the gate by the water, or shoare. the water gate.

Will th [...]u. you then looke for us there?

yea certainely. [yea] surely.

What if I s [...]al [...] find none?

Neverthelesse follow thou me [...] hast thou not heard? dost thou not heare? heardest thou not?

Master I heare. I heard.

The 25. Dialogue.

OF whom hast thou bought this paper▪

Of Fatine.

whether is it good? Is it good?

[It is] better then of thine. this thy [paper] as my opinion is. as I thinke.

I wonder not. I marvell nothing. not.

Wherefore sayest thou this?

Because peradventure [it is] dearer.

I know not.

For how much hast thou bought a queare?

For three halfe pence, or thereabout, but thou for ho [...] much?

For a penny and more.

Fo [...] how much then? therefore.

for id q; For five farthings.

Truely thou hast not bought it badly, amisse. ill.

But also. Moreover the Mercer gave me an increase, advan­tage.

And what. What, I pray thee?

A sheet o [...] blotting paper.

me unwise. Oh how unwise was [...] that ha [...]e forgotten. forgot to aske.

Truely I did not [Page 21] [...]ske, but he gaue it me of his owne accord. And (said hee) I giue thee this, that thou that thou come to me againe. visite me againe.

So they are wont to allure customers. buyers

No marvell: everie man seekes his owne profit, or gaine, commoditie.

But what do we, being unmindfull of this dayes taske?

our taske is not much. It is [but] little, we have time enough. time enough remaines to us▪

The 26. Dialogue.

DOst thou not remember me to have given, to lend, or lent thee paper, or that I lent thee paper that I lent thee paper of late?

Why should I not remember? what else should I remem­ber. I am not so forgetfull.

How many sheets were there?

Foure.

Why hast thou not restored them?

I ex­pected untill I might have a booke. had [a] booke.

Hadst thou [it] at length?

Onely to day.

From whence hast thou gotten it?

I asked it of [our] Master.

Where?

In his study. Library.

Wh [...]t [did] he? hath he given. gave hee it willingly?

He sent me unto the Vsher, who gave one straightway. [me] a booke refer it before into his booke. presently.

Did he not refer it before into his booke. put it into his booke before?

He is wont to give nothing but he wri­teth it in [his booke] before.

I have heard of my Father, that to be the part &c. that that is the pro­pertie of a wise man.

Especially if an ac­count be to be made. given.

But by what signes. tokens durst he give it thee?

I shewed mine owne hand writing in my booke it him written with my owne hand, in my little booke: for as thou knowest wee are wont to doe so.

Therefore thou wilt repay it. wilt thou [Page 22] restore me that which I lent?

[I will restore it] straight way after dinnner, doubt not.

The 27. Dialogue,

ARe those quils or are these quils which thou carriest about to be sold. pens to be sold which thou carryest about?

Yea if a buyer shall offer himselfe. come.

Shew [me] Let me see them: ah how soft they are. are they?

Such what ones] [as] have fallen from the wings of our geese: but try them dili­gently, for some are more strong then o­ther some.

I see enough what manner of ones. what ones they are: how many wilt thou give me for a far­thing?

onely six.

What saist thou, six? I would rather buy of the Mercers which doe bring [them] hither from Lutece. Paris and Lugdune. Lions.

As if I knew not, for how much they are sold: I have heard of my brother which giveth his dili­gence. serveth a Scrivener of this City, himselfe to have that he hath bought at Paris for every one a penny. pence a peece.

It is lived of men. Men live otherwise. after one way at Paris, after another at Geneva: but there is no need of so many words, there is one man­ner of living at Pa­ris, another at Ge­neva▪ wilt thou give twelve?

Out. Alas twelve! as if I had stollen them

I doe not say this, but see whether thou like them thus. whether the conditi­on offer doe please thee.

Wilt that I tell thee. speake in one word?

Say I pray thee, it is pratled enough now we have pratled enough now.

I will give thee nine, so that thou take them one with another mixt as they come. indifferently, of my hand.

dost tr [...]fle. Thou triflest, I would not take fi [...]teene unlesse I might chuse them. without choise, Farewell, I shall finde* enow other­where

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enough of quils. Thou maiest for me; hoe, hoe, quills enow. returne.

Why doest thou call me backe?

Take eight if thou wilt, It is lawfull by me. neither looke for. expect moe from mee.

reach me. Give mee the whole bunch, that I may choose at mine owne abiterment, or judgement, or as I will. liking▪

Hold, choose as thou wilt:

See now, and number, count. tell them, if thou list. if it list thee.

There are foure and twenty. twenty foure, the number is manifest, or plaine. evident. But I marvell that thou tookest none out of the pinion. out of the thee to have taken. uttermost part of the wings, for they are stronger.

I know it, but they have a shorter utmost wing. quill: take the price. stalke.

God turne it well to either of us. God send us both good lucke of it. God prosper it to eyther. both of us.

I wish and pray the same with thee. But when wilt thou bring better quils?

I know not whether I can [bring] better; pennes. but as I hope I shall bring moe within in. shortly. a short space, when I shall come. goe hence unto to us our house,

Are there many geese to you. have yee many geese?

Thirty and above. more.

Wonderfull! how what a great flocke. great a flocke of geese! where are they fedde?

Thou shalt know at another time; It is not lawfull for me to &e I may not to loyter here. stay longer here. Farewell. Franke.

Marius▪ care that thou be in health▪ or looke to thy health. Fare­well, Marius.

The 28. Dialogue.

WIlt thou give me onely pen. but one penne?

They are not so given to me.

Oh, dost thou deny thing so little to me. me so small a thing? what, [Page 24] if I should aske some great thing?

perhaps. Per­adventure thou wouldest beare the repulse. take the deniall. repulse

in good sooth In truth in good sooth beleeve it: goe to, I do not aske th [...]e to give it me. I do not aske it for. as a gift: at least wilt thou lend it me?

I will not. I doe not refuse, so that thou doe not marre it. abuse it.

I will not abuse it.

Take heed thou move not thy foot from hence stir not a foot from this place.

I mo [...]e no whither. I will not stirre any whither.

The 29. Dialogue.

HAst thou amended. sharpened my penne?

A good while ago.

For what manner, or forme. fashion of writing?

a middle hand For a mean forme.

I had rather thou hadst [ fitted it. sharpened it] for to write small. little letters.

thou oughtest to foretell me. Thou shouldest have told me before.

I had forgotten.

It skilleth little. It makes little matter: I [...]hall easily amend. change the point easi­ly; go to, seeke it. fetch [it.]

But where hast thou left it?

Vpon the table of the stove. hot-house.

In what part?

Where I am wont to study.

The 30. Dialogue.

HAst thou two or three pens?

There are but two onely to me. I have but two.

give me one to lend: Lend me one

I will not doe it.

Why not?

Least thou abuse it. marre [Page 25] it.

Thou wilt remem­ber this Remember it, it may be thou wilt aske me something and goe without. paradventure thou shalt sometimes aske me somewhat in vaine

But Christ commandeth u [...] to re­compence evill with good. evill to be re­compensed with good?

[...] have not yet learned that. I have not lear­ned that as yet.

Notwithstanding i [...] behoveth. it is meet that thou learne it, if thou cove [...]. desire to be a Disciple of Christ.

What doe I desire more?

Therefore learne to imitate thy Master

I will learne in processe. progresse of time.

It were better to begin now, whilst it is lawfull by the time. whi­lest thou hast time.

Thou urgest me too much: I have not yet fulfilled the eight yeere. I am not yet eight yeers old, as my mother saith.

There is alwaies a time of doing well: but in the meane while. time, I pray thee, be not angry to me. at me: for I did jest that I might provoke. invite thee to talke toge­ther. with me so long, whilst we are at leisure. idle Behold a pen to thee. Take thee a pen, and that not altoge­ther the worst, not the very worst

I wil restore it straightway unto thee, when I shall have w [...]itten out, write downe som­thing. write out a little.

I will not, that thou [...]store it a­ga [...]ne to me▪ give it me againe.

What shall I do then?

Whatsoever thou wilt, for i [...] is given from me to thee for a gift. for I give it thee freely.

I give thee the greatest thanke. very great thanks.

The 31. Dialogue.

FRō whence dost thou returne so panting and breathing. blow­ing?

From the market.

What dost thou bring from thence?

A pen-knife.

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what cost it. For how much hast thou bought it?

For two pence.

Is it good?

It is out of Germany, as the I know it not at all Mercer cold [me]: see the marke. a chapman.

I know not [the marke]: but thou dealest not wisely enough. very wisely, which trusteth every chapman. Mercer.

What should I doe?

Thou oughtest to get. take to thee some skilfull man which. one that could a good one for thee. choose thee the best

I confesse I have done chuse out the best to thee. amisse here; but this doth comfort me, that the Mercer is ac­counted a good man, erred. as being a professour of the Gospell.

As if there be none such deceitfull.

I thinke even as of the E­vangelicall profes­sion. that there are very many. But let us omit these things: r and rather let us try the penknife it selfe.

ex­perience will teach us.

Take it, there to be. and try it, but. I pray thee: for I have not tried it. prooved it, but most lightly, and that betweene the buy­ing, or as I was buy­ing it. whilst I bought it.

Wonderfulll who taught. hath taught thee to choose so wisely?

Doest thou aske? hast thou not? doest thou not remember that our master is our master [to be wont] to say. wont to say to us so oft, it to be God. that it is God alone which teacheth good things?

True­ly he taught thee the best of all. passing well. excellently well

I give him thankes from my minde. my heart: and I pray, that he may teach me ever. alwaies teach me to obey his will,

I also pray for the same: neither to us onely, but also unto all the godly.

Thou doest, as a good childe. as it becommeth a godly boy. childe: but is it not time that we should goe into the auditory. schoole?

it is so; take thy bookes, and let us goe together.

The 32. Dialogue.

HAst thou not a pen-knife?

I have.

I pray thee lend [it] me a little.

When wilt thou restore [it]?

As soone as I shall neb▪ or amend.sharpen two pennes.

Take it, but by that law. on that condition that thou restore it safe and sound. whole.

I understand it, [to be] taken. as taken with that. of that condition, although thou hadst not ad­ded it.

A word to a wise man. A few things (as is sayd com­monly) may serue. doe suffice one understanding to a wiseman. to one that under­standeth.

The 33. Dialogue.

HAst thou bought a pen-knife as thou wouldst of late?

I have not bought one. bought

What hindred? hadst said, for thou thou toldest me. saydst to me, thee to be about to buy. that thou wouldest buy one to day.

I sayd so indeed; after it came into my mind. but it came into my minde to me into my minde after to be better that I expect the next mart in this same City. the market; or [...]aire to be next.

what wilt thou gaine thereby. What gaine wilt thou make?

Both I shall by it for lesse, and of a better note. marke; I meane▪ have▪ to weet, out of the shops of Germany.

Who h hath given thee that counsell?

Our Ierome.

He [Page 28] hath done well, for we ought alwayes to give good counsell to our friends.

Therfore only to our friends?

Yea and to [our] enemies, I confesse, because Christ our best Maister commandeth; so.

would to God we might▪ God grant we keepe the doctrine of him fastned into our memory. his doctrine infixed well in mind wel in memory, that we may follow it perpetu­ally.

That good spirit grant it, by the by whose onely [...]nstinct. instinct of which. whom alone our minds are kindled to doe well.

Thou prayest well.

The 34. Dialogue.

hast thou many. HAst thou not many bookes?

Not very many.

But what books hast thou? [I have] the Rudiments of the Grammer. Accidence, colloquia scholastica. Scholars Dialogues, Terence, Tullies Epistles, Epistles of Tully. with the French translati­on. interpretation, Cato, a Dicti­onary, a French Testament, the Psalmes, with a Catechisme, the dictates of our master. besides a paper book to write exerci­ses, or notes which our master gives us. our Maisters dictates: but what bookes hast thou?

I have all which thou hast named. numbred, besides Cato, Terence, and the Epistles of Tully. Tullies Epistles; for why should I have bookes which are not read in our forme?

But I sometime read those bookes, whilest wee are at leasure. idle, that I may alwayes learne some new thing, especially in the Latine tongue, and in honest manners.

My [Page 29] Langine thou dost wisely: O wretch that I am. O me wretch I who have never learned what it is to be stu­dious.

Learne therefore: for it is better to learne late then never.

The 35. Dialogue.

LEnd me thy Virgil for two daies, if thou canst▪ if that may be done with none thy discom­modity. without any hinderance to thee?

Truly I cannot.

Why not?

When Gerard had recei­ved it of me to lend. borrowed it of me in these dayes. of late, he laide it to pawne, or gaged it. he put it to. he laid it to pledge.

Sayest, thou, to pledge?

It is so, as I say.

For how much pawned he it?

For three-pence, as hee saith. 5. O unthankfull man!

Onely un­thankfull?

Yea truly both unthankfull and evill: but whether could he pawne thy thing thee being uncon­sulted. without thy privi­ty, or thee not being asked counsell of, or not having told thee? without advising with thee?

He could, thou seest. as thou seest it done.

Notwithstā ­ding he ought not. touched the ma [...] ▪ with the needle, o [...] with the point of the needle.

Thou hast hitte the nayle on the head; but what should I doe?

Dost thou aske? carry him to [our] ma­ster.

I had rather suffer that. this injurie, then [...]o commi [...]. cause that the wretch should be beaten

Thou dost well, so that he restore thy Virgill. thine owne.

I hope, he will restore it.

How. From whence should he restore it?

He saith. himselfe to &c▪ that he is to re­ceive. that he shall receive money of his father shortly.

What if he do deceive thee.

It may fall out [...] ▪ It may be; but notwithstanding I will expect [Page 30] some daies, what he will doe and then. what will be: and then, after­wards I will take counsell.

Nothing is more safe then right counsell.

Thou thou hast remem­bred. re­membrest well: for so our master hath hath told us so oft. often told us: but wilt thou not any other thing?

that it may be well with thee. [onely] that thou mayst farewell.

and the best of all to thee. And thou the best of all.

The 36. Dialogue.

WIlt thou lend me thy Terence?

I in truth will. I wil in truth, so that thou require it of Con­rarde to whom I have given it for his use. I have lent it.

By what signe. token wilt thou that I aske it?

Truly by this [token] because I have the Epistles of him. his Epistles.

That is enough for me.

But when wilt thou restore it?

When I shall have written. write out the text upon. of three or foure lessons.

There­fore make hast, least thou hinder my study.

I will make hast.

But hoe, thou; take heed thou blot it not: otherwise I shall lend it very hardly at another time▪ hereafter.

Verily I should be unworthy a good turne. or kindnes, a benefit [if I should doe so].

The 37. Dialogue.

WHat new gilded booke is this, which thou braggest, boastest, or gloriest of makest ostentation of so greatly. highly

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Terence.

Where [was it] printed.

At Lu [...]ece. Paris.

Who gave it thee?

I bought it with my money.

Where hadst thou gotten money?

O foole doest thou aske? Thou askest that foo­lishly; as if indeed I have stolen it?

Be it far away. Be it farre from me to thinke that, but I did aske that for the cause of my mind. for my minds sake.

Neither have I reproved or found fault with. did I reprehend thy word or saying. speech in good ear­nest, but we are wont to jest with our fami­liar friends after that in that manner. manner.

Nothing doth forbid▪ hinder us to jest, so that God be not offended. But goe to, let us returne to our purpose: of whom hast thou bought this Terence?

Of Clement.

whether or no▪ What of that booke-seller Circumforan [...]us, one making his mar­ket all about. that goeth about from mar­ket to market?

especially. Yea verely.

How much cost it?

12. pence. Ten pence.

No more. No­thing more?

Nothing at all.

Truely the price [is] vile. cheape enough.

Especially seeing it is gilded, and so elegantly. finely framed or made▪ bound up.

Were there not other bookes like?

Two or three.

I pray thee bring me to him.

Let us goe.

The 38. Dialogue.

whether or no. IS not this booke thine.

Shew it me: I acknowledge it [to be] min [...]. mine: where hast thou found it?

In our [...]orme. schoole.

I give thee thankes that thou hast gathered it up. taken it [Page 32] up.

But now thou shouldest be be put in the bill. noted, if I would deale with thee in the highest, or chiefest right. rigor of law extremitie of Law.

Why so?

Knowest thou no [...] our our school lawes. scholasticall lawes?

Yea those very lawes covet. the lawe [...] themselves do require that they be guided by equity. ruled by right.

By what right are our lawes gui­ded?

By equitie, and by the Iudgement, or discretion. arbitrement of our master, [...]o wit. as who hath made those [lawes] privatly for us: furthermore. besides, he is not wont to be so severe in that offended. which is wee doe amisse. don [...] amisse through negligence or forgetfulness.

I have tried so. proved so oft times by experi­ence: but by what meanes [...]oever. howsoever thou shalt offend, the cause shall be said. must be shewed before the moni­tour.

I feare not to shew the cause where there is nothing of danger. no danger.

I hold my peace▪

But I pray thee what need is there that the monitour know that? for God is offended nothing. is not offended▪

Go to: I will hide it, or say no­thing. conceale it.

Thou shalt doe well.

But hoe, remem­ber to render like. requite like for like, if peradven­ture any such fault shall befall me. happen to me.

Thou saiest that which is right. equall and good.

I will remember.

The 39. Dialogue.

WHy doest thou not restore me [my] booke?

[...] for it unto to [...]orrow day. Expect [it] un­till to morrow. I have not used it enough as [Page 33] [...].

I will wait expect willingly.

I will thanke thee, or be tha [...]kfull. I will [...]nder thankes to thee God-willing.

I [...]pect no thankes for so very little. small a be­ [...]fit

Yet it is my part to acknowledge it.

The 40. Dialogue.

[...]A west thou my booke?

What booke [...] doest thou seeke?

The Epi [...]s of Cicero. Tullies Epistles.

[...]here hadst thou left it?

I had forgotten [...] in the auditorie. schoole.

It was thy negligence.

I confess [it]: but in the meane time point out to me. [...]ew [me] if thou know any man to have taken it.that hath [...]aken it.

Why dost thou not go unto our [...]aster? for hee is wont, as thou knowest, [...]ther to beare [those things] into his little studie. his [...]udie, which are left of us, or to give them [...]o some bodie which may restore them.

Thou admonishest well. how forg [...]f [...]ll am I which remembred not this? Oh me forget­ [...]ll, to whom this had not come. came not into mind.

The 41. Dialogue.

WIlt thou Enter into great favour from me▪ get favour of me, or do me a very good turne, do me an especial favour?

I will doe.have done nothing more willingly, if [...]o be that the matter it se [...]fe be in my power [Page 34] but what is it in which I may profit, or benefit thee. pleasure th [...]

give me to lend. Lend me a shilling. ten pence.

I haue not [...] much now, but the greater part.

H [...] much, [hast thou] I pray thee?

I kno [...] not unles I shall looke into my purse See to thee be­hold. Se [...] eight pence halfepenny.

I will borrow onely seven. I take sev [...] alone, leaue thee empty, or rob thee. for I will not empty thee altog [...]ther.

it ma­keth little matter. It skilleth little, take the who [...] if thou wilt.

I giue thee thanks: I b [...]leeue this money to be. will be enough for [...] busines, with a little which I my selfe ha [...]

As it pleaseth thee, or as thou likest. listeth [thee]

I am beholden to thee. I love thee [...] this so for the benig­nity or bounty so ready. ready bounty.

If I can profit or stead thee. [...] any other thing, doe not spare.

I will r [...]store the whole (God willing) as soone [...] my father shal send unto me▪

Be not th [...] very carefull: I haue no need as yet.

The 42. Dialogue.

CAnst thou not giue me mutually to borrow or lend. lend me a little money. some mone [...]

How much doest thou aske. desire?

I desire five pence if it be com­modious to thee. if thou canst con­veniently or without thy hurt. if thou canst doe [...] commodiously.

I haue not so man [...]

How many then?

onely four [...]

Very well: give mee those foure.

[...] will give thee halfe if thou wilt.

Wh [...] not the whole?

Because two are needfull to me. I have n [...]ed [...] two.

Therfore I dray thee give me tw [...]

But they will not be enough. sufficient fo [...] thee.

I will aske. crave of some other.

[Page 35] [...]herefore take these two, when wit thou [...]store them?

Vpon the day of the Sab­bath viz. of the Iewes, Saturday (as I hope) [...]hen my father shall come to the market.

Therefore be thou mindfull. remember it.

Doe not [...]eare.

The 43. Dialogue.

give me to lend.LEnd me two pence.

Now I have it not I have not to give. ready to lend.

What hin­dreth? for I know thee to have re­ceived that thou hast received money in these dayes. of late.

I have received indeed: but bookes are to be bought and other necessa­ries for me. but I am to buy bookes and other neces­saries.

I will not hinder thy commodity,

When I shall buy [those things] which are needfull to me. for me, if any thing shall be overplus. remaine I will make thee partaker willingly.

Therefore I will expect; hoping in the meane time: but what if nothing shall re­maine [or be over­plus] to thee. thou shalt have no overplus?

I wilt tell thee straightway, that thou doe not expect any longer in vaine.

When wilt thou buy those things which thou hast purpose. decreed?

To morrow, as I hope, or at the most the day to morrow next, after to morow.

it hath well. It is well, the time is mo [...]e short. is very short.

The 44. Dialogue.

IS whither is. thy father gone away?

He is gon [...] away.

At what a clocke?

the f [...]st hower in the afternoone. At one o [...] the clocke after noone.

What sayd he t [...] thee?

He admonished me in many words▪ I should study diligently.

God grant. I wish tho [...] doe so.

I will doe it, God helping.

what money hath he given thee? or gave he thee any money? Hath he given thee any money?

H [...] hath given me, as he is wont usually or for most part. as usually he is wont.

How much?

It is nothing to thee.

I confesse it; but notwithstanding, wha [...] wilt thou doe with that money?

I will buy paper and other things which are use. need­full for me.

What if thou shalt loose it [...]

It shall be borne with an equall mind I will take it patiently.

What if per­adventure I shall neede? wilt thou give me mutually lend [me]?

I will lend [thee] and very gladly. indeed: willingly

I have thanks to thee. I thanke thee.

The 45. Dialogue.

Hast thou done with my penknife. HAst thou used my penknife enough?

Enough.

Restore it then

Take it: I give thee thankes▪

There is nothing. There is no cause [Page 36] that thou give [me thankes].

But pardon me that I have not restored it of mine owne accord: and sooner.

I am nothing offen­ded concerning that matter: for wee ought not to bee offended, but when we see God to be offended.

The 46. Dialogue.

LEnd me penknife. thy little knife a little.

Thou askest alwayes something to lend, to borrow something: take it, but to borrow some­thing. thou shouldst buy rather.

I have why doest thou not buy? no money.

Why dost thou not aske?

not money. Where should I aske?

Of thy father.

He is not in this City. From whence.

Where then [is he?]

He is gone a journey far from home. in­to a strange countrey.

Whither?

To Berne.

What day?

now the third day agoe. Now three daies agoe.

When will he re­turne. When Is he to returne?

To morrow as we hope, for so hee said going on hi [...] iourney. going forth.

God speed him well. God turne it well.

The 66. Dialogue.

doth not much bread remain [...] to thee. HAst thou good store of bread?

E [...]ough, thankes be to God.

give to me to lend. Wilt [Page 38] thou lend me?

Willingly.

But perad­venture there will it will not suffise thee. not bee sufficient for thee.

Yea, as I hope.

untill what time, or how long. untill what time▪

untill the day of Venus. friday.

From whence wilt thou have afterwards? From home.

Who shall bring it? will.

I my selfe will goe to aske, or require it. fetch it.

When?

even upon friday. or the very friday. Vpon friday.

Lend me a pound and a halfe.

Who shall weigh it?

[Our] the wife of our master. masters wife or the girle.

Let us goe fetch it out of my arke. chest.

But goe thou alone: I will exp [...]ct thee▪ wait for thee in the kitchin.

The 48. Dialogue.

I Pray thee give me of thy bread.

I hav [...] not overmuch. sufficient for my selfe▪ yet [...] bestow on thee, or give thee some. impar [...] [some] to thee, take it.

I give thanks to thee. I give the [...] thankes.

It is not. There is no cause that tho [...] shouldest doe it, for so li [...]tle a matter. such a little matter▪ But I pray thee tell mee, why hast thou no [...] brought [bread]?]

Because there wa [...] no body at our house who could give me▪

But why doest thou not take it?

I da [...] not, unlesse my mother doe give me.

Thou doest well: but heare good counsell

I listen or hearken. attend, that I may heare: tell me I pray thee. say I pra [...] thee.

When the fragments, loa­ving, or scraps. reliques of the table an [...] taken away dinner being en­ded. after dinner, aske thy dr [...]nkin [...] and lay it up, or hide it. put it up straightway into thy satche▪ So it shall come to passe, thou shalt nev [...] [Page 39] come without meat, void or unprovided. emptie.

But what doest thou perswade [me] concerning my breakefast?

That thou aske [it] in the end of supper; and [that] thou doe the same which I said to thee, concerning thy drinking.

I never heard. saw better counsell to bee given.

Therefore make. see that thou remember it▪ and use it when thou wilt.

Truely I will use it oft as need require. shall bee.

The 49. Dialogue.

GIve mee a piece of bread.

Hast thou not. none?

If I had, I would not aske.

Why hast thou not brought?

I will tell thee hereafter: but in the meane time, give [mee] I pray thee. For I am very hungry. vehe­mently hungry.

Take it.

Alasse so little.

Yea. Doest thou complaine?

Not unworthily. without cause, thou givest [mee] over-sparingly.

See how little remai­neth, I have given almost halfe.

I give thankes to thee. I give thee thankes, thou hast given. thou gavest abundant­ly▪ but I did jest.

Answer now, why hast thou not brought bread from home?

There was no body which could give it.

No body?

none. No body utterly. at all.

What [did thy] mother.

She had gone away. was away from home.

What [did] the rest?

They all were busie. occupied.

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Why didst not thou thy selfe take?

I durst never. I never durst [attempt] any such thing.

My mother doth forbid perpetually. alwayes, that I touch no­thing without her permission. that I touch not any thing without her leave.

O hard mother.

Truly in thy iudge­ment, who hast a Indul­gent. more more tender. cockering mo­ther.

I doe not say cockering, but sure­ly kinde. liberall.

How doth shee handle, or deale with thee. use thee?

Most sweetly, and altogether according to my mind, or as I would wish. according to the sentence. determination of my minde.

Peradventure to thy utter destruction.

God forbid. God the best, and greatest, turne it away.

I in good sooth, or truly I. In good sooth I doe not envie [thee.]

Therefore why sayst thou that?

That I may warne. admonish thee in the meane time, of us to be made worse by licence. that all of us bee made worse by liberty.

Thou doest well, but what doest thou thinke. iudge? Is it not lawfull, to use the goodnesse. kind­nesse of [our] parents?

Surely we may. it is lawfull, so that thou do not abuse it.

How doe we abuse it?

Dost thou aske? when as we turne the indulgence. tendernesse of [our] fa­ther, or of [our] mother to our hurt. into evill.

Thou sayest well, but how many, or where is any who doth, or who of a thousand. who amongst many doth that?

Yea verely all, yea almost all. all, except they which are prohibi­ted. or restrained by the Lord. hindered from the Lord God▪

Who can bee good, but by the grace of God?

Therefore (as we are admonished oftentimes of our master) he is to be [...] [...] unto that hee may make us good, intreated. and help by his spirit.

I rejoyce thee not to have. that thou hast not brought thy breakefast.

Wherefore

Because I seeme unto my selfe to have profited much by this our our talking toge­ther, conscience.

[Page 41]I also seeme to have profited not a little.

That come to passe. is by thy worke. diligence.

Yea by the benefit of God, who indeed would so.

In truth I beleeve it.

There­fore let us acknowledge the goodnesse of him. his goodnesse both heere, and in in the rest. all other things.

That is very equall. meet.

Yea it is very greatly. very necessary, if so be, wee avoid the charge or fault. crime of an vnthankefull minde.

Oh most pleasant speech: Immortall thankes be given. [be] to God through I will. Iesus Christ.

[I wish so.

The 50. Dialogue.

MAster wilt thou give [mee] [my] re­ward? a little reward, my Praemium.

for what cause. Wherefore?

For the cause of For victories sake. Because I have gotten the victory.

Where are thy matches or equalls fellowes?

they are here. They are present, Hugh and Audax.

Hoe Nomen-clator, are these victors this weeke?

They have the fewest notes of their slips or missings. notes of all.

Therefore they are victors. what other thing doe I seeke. aske of thee? What h reward doe yee require then?

What shall please thee. you.

By what law, or yet by what right. right at length. then doe I owe it?

From, or by promise. of promise.

Ye say that which is right or indifferent. equall; for whatsoever is rightly promised. promised rightly, ought to be performed.

So wee have learned of thee. you.

Behold [Page 42] a pen for each one of you. severall pens for you to write: and lest you should thinke them to be common. or base. vulgar, they are of the kinde of those pens, which are called commonly pens come out of Holland. Holland pennes.

Master we thanke you. wee give you thankes.

But rather give thankes to God, the the g [...]ver. authour of all good things, which giveth prosperous successes to studies: but goe yee on. proceed yee diligently in the study of learning. letters.

we will doe our diligence. Wee will doe [our] indeavour as much as that best father shall helpe.

All our things are vaine without his helpe.

The 71. Dialogue.

CAperone from whence commest thou?

From home,

What bringest thou from thence?

[My] Bever. drinking.

Who had permitted. permitted thee to goe forth?

[Our] master himselfe.

How. From whence wilt thou proove that. this?

Let us goe to him that wee may aske [him].

But see what thou dost.

I feare nothing h [...]rein. in this matter.

Art thou so secure?

Hee that saith the truth ought to feare. should feare nothing.

Truly that. Indeed this is a true sentence: but who is to be found which. who among many doth not lie?

I am sure me to lie nothing now. I am certaine that I lie not now.

Thou perswadest me wel neare. Thou per­swadest me. Goe thy way, I beleeve thee; [Page 43] because I have never taken or catched. found thee in a lie.

Thanks is to God. Thankes be to God: whom I pray that he keepe mee sincere, upright, or sound. intire and uncorrupt. pure.

I wish I would to God. all [men] would pray so from their mind. from their heart. now returne, or betake separate thy selfe▪ returne that thou mayest eat thy drinking▪

The 74. Dialogue.

WHo are the victors this weeke? Where wast thou when the the reasons. accounts were given?

I was sent for. I had beene sent for of my fa­ther, but who are the victors? tell me in good sooth. say of all good fellowship.

I and Puteanus.

Have you had [your] reward already?

Wee have had it.

and what I pray thee. What?

Twelve walnuts.

Alasse, what a reward?

Oh foole, therefore doest thou esteeme the reward by the price of the thing?

I see no other thing to bee esteemed heere.

Thou art base minded. base, who doest so g [...]pe after, or yaune for. gape fo [...] gaine. b Dost thou not remember the word of our master?

What word?

The reward is given not for lucre sake. cause of lucre, hast thou not. but of honour.

Now I remember, as it were through a little cloud, hereafter I shall be more diligent.

so at length. So thou shalt be wise at length.

The 53. Dialogue.

OH we are sent away, or have liberty. dismissed to play, hast thou not heard?

Where­fore not, or what else have I heard. Why should I not have heard? when I my selfe have beene present. was present.

Doth it not please [thee] to talke with me a little, and then. afterwards we will play together.

I would rather I had rather to play before.

But it is hard to cease som play. to breake off play.

Thou sayest the tru [...]h the very truth. plainly, and I doe finde it. prove it by experience in my selfe.

Therefore because my way or counsell. reason doth please thee, give us some argument to conferre of. talke of.

Yea it is thy office. thy part to give, because thou hast. as who hast provoked me.

Thou sayst [that which is] well or right. equall: [...]ehearse or say the names. repeate thou the nounes In Satin, which I will propose. propound to thee in English.

Concerning what matter wilt thou propound [them?]

Concerning houshold-stuffe.

I will assay. try to answer, so that thou pro [...]pound no moe. thou doe not propound mo then ten.

I will tell, or count them. number [them] vpon my fingers, lest peradventure I passe the number. I exceed the number therefore heare thou.

I heare. I am here.

A cupbord, a bench, a candlestick, a cauldron, a paire of bellowes, a pillow, a bolster. a linnen cloth, a pot of earth, a flag on of wine,

Thou hast erred. missed once.

Where?

Thou sayedst a linnen cloth, for a sheet.

I confesse it, I owe [...]he victory to thee. thee the victory once.

now propese. propound againe, that thou mayst [Page 45] redeeme it if thou canst.

Wilt thou an­swer concerning meats?

As it pleaseth thee.

Fresh meat, porke, venison, veni­son of a wild Boare, sod milke, whey, new cheese, pottage, fish sodden, pickell.

sauce or pickell. Condimentum.

Thou art deceived.

Therefore what is it?

intinctus is any thing to di [...] in. Intinctus.

I choose rather condimentum. I will have condimentum.

But I will not contend.

Who contends? let us consult. aske counsell.

But let us play before. we will doe that after. that shall bee done the latter, or long after. after.

Go to, let it be, lest we lose let us not lose our occasion of playing. be done.

The 54. Dialogue.

IT irketh me good while agoe. now of late to use or repeat. to goe vnto so often our scholarlike games.

There­fore what doest thou, or what canst thou doe▪ or wilt. what wouldest thou doe?

Let us goe into our Orchard.

What shall we doe?

We will walke, wee will talke to­gether, we will tell or make [...]e­hearsall of, or re­hearse. call to remembrance the benefits of God in his works.

Truly no thing [is] more pleasant; but in the meane time we should aske leave. leave is to be asked of our master.

I have gotten leave now. already obtained leave to me. for my selfe, and also for one whom I would have w [...]h me, or take. lead forth.

a [...]l is well. The matter hath well. is well, let us goe, God guiding us. being our guide.

I pray that hee keepe us.

I also pray so. pray the same with thee.

The 55. Dialogue.

HAve yee obtained faculty, or liberty of playing. leave to play?

Wee have obtained it.

Vntill what time?

Even vnto supper. untill supper..

Who have given verses?

The first orders. [scholars] and the second.

What did the other classes, or seates. formes?

Every first decu [...]ion [or governour, or head of the forme. senior of the forme [of the three next formes pronounced one sentence out of the sacred letters. divine. holy Scriptures.

Have you not prayed, as wee are wont?

[Wee have] prayed, and indeed with our ma [...]ter. indeed our schoolemaster being pre­sent, but where wast thou?

I went home. I had. was gon home, being sent for of my mother.

What then doest thou thinke to doe now?

To play an houre and a halfe, and afterwards. then to receive my selfe. again. to goe again to betake my selfe againe to [my] study

Wilt thou that I play with thee. that I be [...] play fellow▪ to thee. thy play-fellow?

Why should I not. Why should I not bee willing?

In what play shall wee exercise our selves? us.

none. I like no play better. No [play] is more pleasant to me then the hand-ball.

Nor indeed to mee.

Let us goe then to see whether the rest have chosen [their] fellowes. parts: for if we should play alone, there would be l [...]sse of pleasure. lesse pleasure.

In truth let us goe to see.

The 56. Dialogue.

WIlt thou come with me?

Whither hastest thou. makest thou hast?

To the p [...]ole, pond, or meere. lake.

Why thi­ther. Whereto?

To wash [my] feet.

Goe indeed: now there is no need to me of wash­ing. I have no neede to wash.

But in the meane time wee will talke a little.

Indeed I will not talke now.

But it is profitable to talke. talking is profitable, one­ly concerning. of honest matters.

But the exercise of [my] body is more profitable to mee unto. for [my health].

What if I shall tary with thee?

Thou shalt doe wisely, and we will play together, at the hand-ball. with the hand-ball.

God turne it well God speed us well: I tarry.

I will go together with thee to wash another time (to wit) when we shall have more leisure. when there shall be a longer space of time.

Therfore let vs gird. make our selves ready▪ or fit our selves. prepare our selves to play.

There shall be no stay in me. There is no delay in me.

The 57. Dialogue.

WHy hast thou not played with us to day?

There was not any s [...]ace of playing to mee. I had not any leisure to play.

What businesse hadst thou?

I had not [Page 48] finished that which was enjoyned me▪ my taske.

What taske?

I had halfe a copy to write. Halfe an example remained to be written through of me.

Hast thou done or perfected. it? finished it?

I have finished it.

I praise thy dili­gence, thou shalt play idly. quietly at other times.

When God shall or will, or shall see good. shall bee pleased.

Thou sayest rightly. well; for nothing can be done without the will of him. without his will.

The 58. Dialogue.

GOd save you master.

Let health, or prosperity, be to yo [...] from Christ. Christ save you also.

Amen.

Have yee repeated now?

Yea master.

Who hath taught you?

The Subdoctor.

What will you now? that it may be lawfull to us by your leave.

That you would give us leave to play a little.

It is not time to play. of playing.

we doe not aske for all. require to all. for all, but onely for us little ones.

But it raineth, as you see.

We will play in the gallerie.

with. At what play?

For pinnes or walnuts:

What will you give me?

We will repeat names. nounes

How many will every one say. will you say every one?

Two

Say ye then.

Paper, inke, I have said.

A booke, a little booke. I have said.

A cherry, nuts, we have said.

How good pleasant, faire. fine feat, or Prety boyes, or dwarfes. little men are yee! play untill sup­per.

O master we give you thanks.

The 59 Dialogue.

WHere is thy father now? I thinke him to be. that he is at L [...]gd [...]e. Lions.

What doth he there?

exercise merchandise. he buyeth and selleth there. He traffickes.

Since whence From what time?

From the very beginning of the faire. mart.

I wonder exceding­ly, marvell greatly, how he dare tarry there so many dayes, sith the plague or sickne [...] pestilence is so sore. so great through the whole city.

It is not to be so wondred at.

Doth it so seeme to thee?

So truly: for he hath beene in greater danger at other times, but the Lord God hath ever preserved him. kept him al­waies.

I verely beleeve it, and he wil keep him as yet. still: but when will he returne?

I know not: we expect him in houres, or continually. every houre.

God bring him backe.

I pray so.

The 60. Dialogue.

Concerning what matter. FOr what cause art thou so li [...]ted up with joy. joyfull?

My father hath come. is come even now.

What ma­keth it matter to me, or what have I to doe with that? What concerneth it me?

Yea very much because he hath gotten us. he hath obtained to us leave off playing. leave to play.

Sayest thou so?

See the boyes [Page 50] playing now in the court yard. leave of playing.

Verely▪ let others play, in the yard. I would rather. I had rather study then play.

Nor I lesse. I also no lesse. And I no lesse, but in time [...] for as it is in the proverbe. All things have [their] time. From whence. Whereupon also our Cato doth admonish us rightly. well.

Those things which thou sayst, are true, I confesse. But in the meane time, let mee alone, that I may study in good ear­nest.

It is lawfull that thou study. Thou mayest study by me for mee, I hinder thee no­thing. I doe not hinder: but I will use this oc­casion.

Vse it in truth. indeed.

The 61. Dialogue.

HOe boyes, hoe, hoe.

What. Why doest thou [...]ry out so? cry out so oft?

You must desist. leave off from play.

Oh, vaine, or fond. foolish [boy] the fourth houre. foure of the clocke is not yet exact. ful­ly past.

Yea [it is] almost halfe an [Page 51] houre after the fourth hou [...]e. foure.

Why hast thou not given a token. a signe?

the bel­rope is broken. Because the rope of the little bell is broken.

Cry againe, but lift up thy voice.

Hoe boyes, [...]eceive or betake your selves. returne yee all [into the schoole] make haste, I say, our master pres­seth on, or commeth nee [...]e. is neere.

Cease. Give over to cry: All runne.

The 64. Dialogue.

What. WHy art thou so merry. jocund?

Because my father is come.

Sayest thou so? From whence came hee?

From Paris.

When came hee?

Even now.

Hast thou [...]aluted him now. already?

I have saluted him when hee descended. lighted. alight from his horse.

What didst thou further. more unto him.

I pulled off his spurres and bootes. dr [...]w off.

I marvell thee not to have taried. that thou tarriedst not at home for his comming.

Neither would he had permitted, neither I would. would, especially now when our lesson is to bee heard.

Thou consultest well to thee. Thou providest well for thy selfe. for thy selfe, which hast a reason, regard of the time: but what [doth] thy father? is he in health? is hee well?

[Hee is] rightly, or he is in good health. well, by the good nesse of God.

In sooth I do [...] re­joyce very much for benefit. thine owne, and for thy cause. his cause, the cause of him. that he hath returned safe out of a farre countrey. strange countrey.

Thou doest as it [Page 52] becommeth a friend: but we will talke to­gether to morrow in moe words. See [our] master who now entreth into the schoole. audito­rie.

Let us goe to heare our lesson.

The 63. Dialogue.

IT pittieth mee of thee.

Why so?

That thou dost ma [...], or spoile. abuse thy pen so misera­bly.

How doe I [...]buse it?

Because thou used. handlest it the worst of all. very ill in amending. scraping.

It is not my fault, doe not e [...]e any thing. bee not deceived.

of whom is the fault. Whose fault is it then?

Of my penknife, whose edge is blunt. dull▪

The penknife▪ is not in the fault but thou thy selfe.

Why sayst thou [...]hat. thi [...] ▪

Because thou oughtest either to whe [...]. to sh [...] ­pen thy penknife, or to aske to borrow a­nother somewhere else: it [...]hould be denied to me. at least for the pre­seat businesse.

I dare not aske.

What fearest thou?

Least I should be denyed

behold my pen­knife to thee. Take my penknife.

I thanke thee. I give [thee] thankes.

Vse it how much thou. as much as thou wilt, but rightly. well.

I will not abuse it knowing. witting.

Neither be thou not shame [...]d, over bashfulls or modest. be thou hereafter so shamfa [...] in asking.

I am of such [...] nature. My nature is so, I am won [...] to give more willingly, then to aske.

I would to God there were many like thee: but notwithstanding, he that giveth a bene­fit willingly▪ may also aske freely: but I [Page 53] hold thee backe. detaine thee overlong. overmuch. finish. perfect that which thou hadst begunne.

The 64. Dialogue.

Why Peter doth not come.WHy doth not Peter come into the schoole?

He is he is busie. occupied. busied▪

In what businesse?

In heaping▪ or laying up wood in order. piling up wood.

How knowest thou?

It was. It is told me.

Of whom By whom?

Of. By his father.

Where sawest thou him?

Hee met mee when I came.

See that thou lie not, for I will aske of him, if peradventure he meete me by the▪ in the streets.

Thou shalt finde it so, as I say.

The 65. Dialogue.

WHy wast thou absent. away to day in the morning?

I was occupied. busie.

In what busines?

In writing le [...]ters to my mother.

What neede hadst thou. was there to write to her s

Because shee had written to me.

Thou then hast. Therefore thou hast written backe.

Thou speakest fitly. properly.

From whence had she sent. sent she letters unto thee?

[Page 54]

From the countrey, to wit, from our towne, or village. farme-house.

When went shee into the countrey?

in the former daie [...], or this other day, or of late. But a few dayes ago.

What doth she at the countrey. in the countrey?

she looketh to. She careth for our countrey matters. busines.

What especi­ally?

She prepareth those things which are needfull against. unto the next grape gathering. vintage.

She doth wisely.

How. From whence couldest thou prove this?

For a diligent prepara­tion is to be added. used in all things.

Who hath taught thee thal this?

A certaine Scstoole master gave or read it to me dictated it to me out of Cicero. Tully.

On what. by what occasion?

When he admonished [me] that I would prepare my selfe diligently to rehearse. repeat the weekes worke the day after. the day following.

Truely hee did warne or advise. admonish rightly. well.

But let vs returne to the purpose: have ye not a bailiffe which may care for. l [...]oketh to your busines at the countrey?

Yea, we have also a shee bailiffe, a dairy maid. a housekeeper, and men servants, and maids or women s [...]ruants. girls.

Therefore what need the diligence of your mother. What need is there then rude countrey dwellers. of thy. your mothers labour?

Because she knoweth better to provide, or take order for. or foresee. looke to all things, then these [...] vnskilfull countrey folkes.

Nothing more?

Suffer me to tell out my tale. to end my purpose.

I did thinke thee to have done. that thou hadst finished, goe on.

Yea (as I have heard of my father) the chiefe care of a master is re­quired in administring or go­verning, disposing aright, and guiding ordering pe [...]uliar goods, or substance. his houshold busi­nes. Therefore thy father ought rather to to be himselfe. be at the v [...]llage. farme house now.

He can­not.

What prohibiteth. hindreth him?

Because he is wholly busi­ed. occupied in his a [...]t and science. greater fruit. trade.

Hee f reapeth * more commodity by that, as my opinion is of that as [Page 55] I thinke.

Who doth doubt?

Therfore thence it commeth it is done. it commeth to passe thereupon, that he leaveth all the care of his houshold busines to his wife.

it is so altogether. It is even so.

But when is thy mother when will she returne? to returne?

Scarsly before the grape gathering. vintage finished. perfect, ended.

what dost thou? What thou, wilt thou not goe to the vintage, or grape gathering. to get the vintage?

I shall be sent for in a short space. shortly of. by my mother, as I hope. But I pray thee what doe we thinke vpon? now all doe runne to the schoole. audito­rie.

it is well. The matter hath well. is well. let us runne also, lest we be the last▪

The 66. Dialogue.

HAst thou heard the clock?

It hath sounded. It soun­ded long agoe. of late.

hast thou numbred the houre. Hast thou told what a clock it is?

I have num­bred. I have told.

What houre is it? a clocke is it?

Almost the first and a halfe halfe an houre af­ter one.

Therefore lecture time. the time of lecture is at hand: make. see that thou be ready prepared.

Be­hold. See, me ready pre­pared, or that I am ready. I am ready when I have eat, or as soone as when I shall haue eate my drinking. beauer.

Why wast thou not present with vs the noone time. at noone?

I went forth I had gone forth with the good will. good leave of [our] ma­ster.

But in the meane time I hinder thee. I am an impediment to thee.

Thou hinderest me not. doest no­thing hinder [mee]: truly I have not lost bit, gobbet, or mouthfull. [...] morsell by thy by thy disturbance, by speaking to me. interruption of me.

It is well: goe on. proceed, but make hast.

The 67. Dialogue.

HAst thou done thine duty. office?

In what thing?

In repeating thy lesson.

I have repeated nothing as yet.

What eause hath beene. was there?

I did expect whilest my match, or fellow, or adversary. mate did returne.

Whither hath he gone. whither. went he?

Home.

* Whereto?

To fetch. aske [his] drinking.

What if it shall be late before he come. if he shall returne more late. later?

I know not: it may be done, or come to passe. be.

In the meane time wilt thou repeate with me?

Verely I doe not refuse.

therefore let. Let us goe aside. goe then a part, lest any one be troublesome to us.

Indeed thou admonishest well: no man can study in so great stir, tumult, or clamour. a noyse and cry of walkers.

See. Behold there a place removed farthest off. most remote where none are walking.

Let us goe thither.

The 68. Dialogue.

WHither doest thou hast. make hast?

I goe to supper: what doest thou▪ what thou?

I have supped now. already.

At what a clocke▪ fift houre.

At five as we are wont almost or most usuall. commonly.

[Page 75]What wilt thou doe now?

I will re­peate somewhat. some of those things, which we have to repeate to morrow day. to morrow.

I have learned o [...] my schoolemaster that it is not good to study, or that we must not study, that we are not to study so soone after meat.

I have learned this also, but I will not con▪ or learne by heart. learne without booke now.

Therefore what wilt thou doe?

I will reade and reade over [my] lesson peecemeale, or peece by peece.by parts, sundry times, or divers t [...]mes▪ sometimes as it were for my minds sake.

What then?

So it shall be done, it will come to passe by little and little, that may learne I shal learne without booke a good part of [my] lesson, without care, irkesomenesse, without wearinesse, without griefe. trouble.

I doe not understand these sufficiently. well under­stand these things, and certainely thou see­mest to me to be wise above thine age.

It is not a thing so difficult. so difficult a thing, and I could teach thee, but that thou didst make hast. but that thou makest haste to supper.

Thou putst me in minde, admonishest me in time concerning my supper: I will goe hence. I therefore betake my selfe home, for the cause of it. thereof. Farewell.

God leade thee. guide thee and bring thee backe.

The 1. Dialogue.

WHat dost thou reade?

Letters.

From whence?

From my father.

When receivedst thou them?

Yesterday, [...]t evening.

Who brought [them?]

[...] know not delivered.

Doest thou not know? who It was not lawfull to looke. gave them thee?

A certaine girle from the host, or victualer. Innekeeper.

From [...]hence are they given. dated?

From Paris [...] beleeve.

What day?

occupied. I could not [...]ooke into them as yet.

to wit or because. Verely I inter­ [...]upted thee.

it maketh no mat­ter, It skilleth little, I am not [...] occupied. busied.

Go to reade through. reade over thy letter. epi­ [...]le, I will study in the meane time.

I also will doe the same thing by and by.

The 2. Dialogue.

how goe your matters at Lions, or Lugdune. IN what state are your Lions matters▪

I know not, wee have heard. heare nothing now of late.

hath your. thy brother written no­thing?

Hee hath sent no­thing of letters. no letters after two moneths. this two moneths that my father hath seene. which.

perhaps. Peradventure he is sicke.

No truly for the carriers doe often bring us commen­dations from him.

do shew us often salvations in his words. I am glad to heare that he is well. I love him I heare willingly him to be well. dearely because he was a most sweet schoole­fellow unto me. he was my most sweet schoolefellow. greatly.

He ( as I thinke. as my opinion is) loves thee by course. again,

Verely I have no doubt of that: but the houre calleth us, Truly that is no doubt to me. let us goe into the schoole. audi­tory.

Let us make hast, now the the roule or table of the names of the scho­lars is called, or read. cata­logue is recited.

The 3. Dialogue.

OH yee boyes cease your speech. give over or to prattle words in your masters ab­sence. to prattle, (your master being absent) words by which that chiefe father is hurt. offended. handle yee. speake yee. intreat yee rather concerning your [Page 69] studies and honest matters.

Learne utter. to speake fit speeches and fit words.

Learne also to say over. to roule over often between you such things as y [...]u are to rep [...]at among your selves things to be repeated: for the doctor. teacher cannot bee present alwayes amongst the scho­lars▪ with the children.

Learne to follow the sure footst [...]ps. steps of good [men.]

I pray [God] take ye [...] [lest] I pray [God] yee take heed that flatte­ring idlenesse to the deceive you [not. plea­sing.]

Behold I fo [...]wa ne you that it doe not de­light you. admonish you before: let it not delight you to abuse the time: l [...]st you be bear. le [...]t sore stripes beguil [...] you not light upon [your] backe.

Behold againe, I the presse. monitour doe for warne you. give it▪ to me for a fault, or impute the fault. doe tell you before:

If any one shall bee beaten, let him not the master of your manners. lay the blame to me.

Cease to speake moe things. any more, none of us. no man refuseth to obey.

That [...]est father is a admonisher. monitour to us:

And the sonne of that father to whom t [...]e name is Iesus whose name is Iesus:

And the renewing spirit of the holy Ghost. spirit which renewing us, doth nourish us within.

Whom had I hoped. could I have hoped so prepared. ready to answer me?

What boy doth speake as an Angell. doth send angelicall. angellick sounds from [his] mouth?

Oh thou most learned of our forme, how may I re­member thee. how may I speake of thee. whom may I call thee?

For thou utterest a di­vine verse. a divine verse doth flow * from thy mouth.

I am not so happy that I can poure out [Page 70] verses to thee from thy mouth, of the [pre­sent] time, of the sudd [...]n without pre­meditation. ex tempore.

But I had studied before. premeditated those things which I spake even now.

if thou hadst thought on them before. If thou hadst premeditated [them] how doest thou poure so plainely verses flowi [...]g from the Muses. Castalian liquors. y Castalius is a foun­taine dedicated to the Muses in the hill Parnassus. streames, what new fury is this?

For thy verses have moved me with so great flames, such a poericall spirit or fury. affections.

That now I seeme to my selfe to be able to move. I thinke I could move the wilde beasts.

But why doest thou lift me up. extoll me being unde­serving. unworthy, with so great praises?

The chiefest glory is to be given to to God alone, or onely. one God alone.

And I would to God eloquent speech. eloquence and space. lei­sure might be given. granted to vs.

And that he would untie, or open. unloose our mouths into his praise:

But because the time is present, that wee pray with voice and with heart, or spirit. minde:

And the Doctor doth command it, I cease o speake moe things. any more.

The 48. Dialogue.

What dost thou.

I write.

What thou write?

Sentences.

What [sentences?]

Out of the new Testa­ment.

Thou doest well: from whence hast thou had them?

The usher. under master [Page 71] hath dictated. dictated them to us.

When?

Yester­day.

At what a clocke?

at the noone time. At noone

Where?

In the court.

Who were present?

All our houshold [scholars] besides the first and the second.

Where were they?

In the common hall.

What did they?

They did dispute.

Farewell and goe proceed, hold on. out to write.

The 5. Dialogue.

OH yee boyes, what doe yee here? You seeme to mee to prattle. prate, and to to doe trifles. trifle. A certaine boy. Thou art long, or much. far deceived, for wee repeat together.

Concerning what matter?

Of the anomale, or out of rule. lame verbs that which is to bee repeated at the third houre. three of the clocke.

Yee doe well.

Wilt thou heare our conference. talke?

Yea, goe yee on, I move. I intend. I am about a greater worke: I will stretch out, or se [...] lay snares for Pies and Iack-dawes.

Thou shalt finde many in the court at the sunne.

There is sport for me. There is a prey prepared for my net.

The 6. Dialogue.

Ah ha. A Ha! loe. behold now you are catched, doe yee not confesse it? A certain [...] boy. surely, or truely. Certainly we confesse it freely. ingenuous­ly, but wee did not speake no evill. evill words. I pray thee, my Nicholas that thou doe not un­to us. thou wilt not note us.

What did you prattle? I heard, I know not what, concerning a breakfast.

That is it, we speake concerning our mor­ning breakfas [...]; because [our] servant had not given it us in time.

I doe thinke that to have beene it. that it wa [...] that, that that was it, neither indeed is it any so great an evill any very great evill, except that. but for that they are idle words.

But we did speak in Latine.

I heard it, but it was not a place of talk­ing: For (as you know) this very little time from drinking. after drinking, ought to be very precious unto you, sith it is dedicated to study: to wit, that every one prepare himselfe dili­gently to those things. to be repeated. to repeat those things to the ma­sters which they have fore-appointed. appointed before. prescribed: doe I not truly. say the truth?

Cert [...]inely thou saist the truth, we had ought to reade. wee should have read together out of the Testamēt, what things it shal behove us, to we should repeat by and by: but I pray thee pardon me ô most sweete Nicholas, hereafter wee will be more wise, and we will doe our duty dili­gently.

If ye shall doe so, our master will [Page 73] love you as his little entralls, or bowells. sweet-hearts: doe you not see how hee loveth good children and studious? neither doth hee onely love them, but also praise [them] and affect them with rewards. bestow rewards upon them [...] doe. reward [them].

We know these things: we prove them by experience daily.

Therefore remember ye, and the things promised, or what have promised. fulfill your promises.

Wilt thou then hold thy peace. conceale th [...]s fact?

I will conceale it, but of that condition take heed to fall. that yee fall not backe. that ye beware of falling back.

We will take heed Christ favouring. or helping. by the helpe of Christ.

The 7. Dialogue.

WHere is thy brother?

He hath gone. He went home even now.

why thither. Whereto?

to fetch us. To fetch meat for us.

what need is to you. What need have you now of meat?

for our. Against [our] drinking.

Have you not in your arke. chest?

not. No.

why so not? Why not?

Because my mo­ther is not wont to give us meat, give us meat. except for the present time.

Verely, because shee knoweth you to be. that you are gluttons.

How are we gluttons?

because peradventure you devour at one eating together. meale that which hath bin given for three [meales.] three. gluttons who have no measure.

Hold thy peace, I will tell [my] brother thee to call us. that thou callest us gluttons.

Hold thy peace: I will tell [our] master thy brother to doe. that thy brother doth no­thing [Page 74] else no other thing then. but runne up and downe. run out

But hee is not wont to goe for [...]h without the good leave of our master. our masters good leave.

But he decei­veth our master.

How doth hee deceive him?

For it is not the minde of our ma­ster, that he goe forth thrice daily.

Suffer him to come, thou shalt see what he can an­swer to our master.

The 8. Dialogue.

Hath thy brother come. IS thy brother is h [...]e. thy brother come from Lions?

Hee came now yesterday before noone.

Brought he thee nothing of letters to thee. no letters?

nothing. None

Therefore what did he tell. report?

That all were well. All things prosperous.

What doth he tell, shew. re­port especially concerning thy father?

Hee saith him to want, [or be [...]reed from] the ague. that hee is now delivered from [his] ague altogether by the goodnesse of God, and that hee waxeth well againe, by little and little. benefit.

In truth I rejoyce, and pray God, that he may recover his old, ancient, or wonted. former health in a short [time]: but why hath hee written nothing unto you. thee, as he is wont?

My brother denieth him to be able to write. sayeth that he was not able to w [...]i [...]e. that bee could not write.

for what thing. Wherfore?

Because hee was not confirmed. strong enough as yet.

There is no marvell, sith that hee hath beene sicke so long, so grievously; but hath hee sent no­thing [Page 75] to thee?

Yea [hee hath sent] money.

Oh! no messenger wel­commer. message is more plea­sant.

They say so.

But thou answerest so, as if thou hearest. heardst a fable.

But I heare a worse thing.

what I pray you. What?

A me [...]re or ve [...]y lie. A starke lie.

Doe I lie? have I lyed?

I doe not say thee to have lyed. thou hast lied, but thou hast sayd that which is false. [that] thou hast spoken falsly.

I doe not understand what thou sayest.

I will doe my diligence. indeavour that thou mayest understand.

I beseech thee. I pray thee.

If no message bee more pleasant then of money brought unto us, what then is the Gospell of Christ? what is a more pleasant message? who is a more plea­sant messenger then of the grace of God, which Christ hath brought us by the Gos­pell?

I confesse nothing to be more plea­sant, then the Gospell to them onely who doe beleeve it, and doe imbrace it from their minde. heart

In good sooth I understand so I meane so

But I did speak of things belonging to this world. humane and earthly things, but thou hast gone [...]p ascended by and by. straight­way into heaven.

So good Preachers are wont.

I did not thinke thee to bee a divine so acu [...]e. so sharpe o [...] lear­ned a divine or [...]ipe. so acute a divine.

I have said no­thing, but that which is is worneth ed­b [...]re. common and put in the mid [...]est. usuall amongst all men.

I would to God it were so usuall and common amongst all. vulgar and thorowly w [...]r [...]e or used. commonly recei­ved, that all would beleeve in Christ.

All will never beleeve.

What prohi [...]iteth or forbid [...]eth. hindreth?

Because many are called, but few are elected chosen: as Christ himself witnesseth.

But that I hold not thee longer, canst thou helpe me? canst thou cause that I may talke with thy brother i [...] few [words.] a word or two? come toge­ther.

I can scarsely.

What so. Why so?

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For hee hath very many commande­ments from our father, looking to which. in which to be ca [...]red for. in the care wher­of, hee is wholly occupyed.

Will hee not sup at you. at home, at your house?

[...] opinion is. I think [...] hee will sup. will.

Therefore I will goe about supper time. u [...]der, [or about.] the h [...]u [...]e of supper.

Come I pray [thee] and thou shalt sup with us, [...]nder one and the s [...]me labour. under the same diligence. labour.

I doe not refuse.

In the meane time farewell, but see thou shalt re­member. see thou remem­ber to be present at time. in time.

At what a clocke? At what houre.

[...]efore sixe

It is an houre most fi [...], or the fittest houre. most commodious for me. [...]efore the sixt.

The 9. Dialogue.

O Angeline I pray thee stitch [or joyne] together. sow to­gether. stitch together this paper for me.

What doest thou aske me? it is not my trade. art.

And yet thou doest joy ne together to other. sow together of times for others.

How many sheetes hast thou?

Eight, but they are folded together already, only it remaineth to sow them to a parchment, set a parchment on them. n [...]o a parchmēt

What wilt thou give, if I shall sow [them] for thee?

I have nothing which I can give for: I have no money.

Seeke thee then another workeman, there is no money to me, for I will not doe it gratis, [or for nothing]

My Angeline art thou so honest [and] wilt thou denie me so little a thing? good.

Doest thou kno [...] what the proverbe hath. meaneth?

What [Page 77] proverbe doest thou say. meane?

hand rubbeth a hand. One good turne deserveth an­other. one hand lookes for rubbeth another.

what wi [...]l this to it selfe. What mea­neth this?

Give something if thou wilt receive something

If I had any thing, surely. certainely I would give it willingly.

Give mee thy drinking.

My drinking; ah me w [...]eth. ah wretch that I am! what should I eat? I had rather give [my] cap, if I durst.

Thy drinking is a small matter.

But I am ve­hemently hungry.

What cause is there?

Because I have eaten nothing at dinner, but a piece of bread, dined nothing. and three or foure walnuts.

Hoe, what was hath beene. the cause?

Because my mother was away from home

Therfore who gave thee [thy] drinking?

She her selfe.

But thou saidst her to have beene away. that she was absent. away.

It is true, for shee was away at time of dinner. at dinner time, neither returned she but a little before drinking

Hast thou eaten nothing at home before thou camest into the schoole?

Nothing.

Why not?

Because I feared, that I should not be present. not to be pre­sent in time.

The sound of the chappell bell. little bell ought to▪ might admonish thee sufficiently.

But we heare seldome in. from our houses.

what so. Why so?

Because they are farre off. distance over farre from his schoole.

Are all things true, which thou shewest unto me. tellest mee?

In good sooth (Angeline) [they are] true.

Goe to give mee thy paper, a most fine. I will make thee an elegant little booke: in the meane while, eat thou thy drinking.

I will aske of my mother a sextans is the sixt part of a penny, as quadrans is the fourth in french vn duble. sextance [or the sixt part of a penny] which I will give thee.

Take [Page 78] heed thou aske [not] I will have nothing▪ but rather I will give to thee, if thou needest, shouldest neede. d [...]d­dest need.

I give thankes to thee. thee thanks.

Did [...] thou not thinke that I did aske. that I asked of thee thy drinking in ea [...]nest?

Truely I did think [...] [...]o.

But I spake in jest.

did speake. Wherefore▪

That I might hea [...]e thee a little to talk [...] in latine; why. for I rejoyce that thou learne [...] well: for how much hast thou bought thi [...] paper?

I gave a penny with a half. three halfepence for the booke.

Thou hast not bought it amisse, ill, i [...] is good, but thou hast not folded it. together. folded it rightly. well▪ hast thou parchment?

See.

Behold to thee, take thee. The matter is well; the mat­ter hath well. I will dispatch it sooner the [...] thou it is well. couldest will eat. eate [thy] drinking. eat up.

My Angeline I will have to thee. I will give thee very great thanks

Thou speakest honestly, but my son remember. remember [my] sonne that thou live alwayes in the feare of the Lord, that thou obey thy mo­ther diligently, that thou be often, ordinarily. frequent in the schoole, diligent in study, be not conversant. that thou bee no companion. that thou keepe no company with lewd. wicked and carelesse. dissolute [boyes]: to conclude doe well to whom. to whomsoever thou canst. thou shalt bee able, as thou seest mee to have done to thee, that I have done. hast thou under­stood [...] un­derstandest thou?

the best of all. Very well.

make. See then that thou remember it oft-times.

I will doe it God willing.

Eat now quietly. at thy pleasure.

The 10. Dialogue.

WHat what thy mother hath given thee. hath [thy] mother given thee unto. against thy drinking?

See.

It is flesh, but what flesh?

Biefe flesh. Biefe.

Whe [...]ther fresh or salt?

It is biefe salted. salt biefe. poudred.

Whether fat or leane?

Oh foolish boy. foole doest thou not see [it] to bee leane? that it is leane.

Hadst thou not rather * that it were, it to be. veale or calves flesh. mutton?

both. Either is good: but venison of a kid, kids flesh. kid, especially roasted, is most savorie to me of every kind of meat: or pleaseth me best of any kinde of meat. tasteth best to mee, of any kinde.

Hoe thou fine little delicate. dain­ty boy, hast thou now so cunning a tast. * so learned a mouth?

I speake as I thinke, for we may not lie. wee must not lie.

Lies [...] let them be far away. lying. Lies be farre away from us. for we are the sonnes of God, and bre­thren of Christ, who is the truth itselfe, as he doth witnesse, speaking concerning of himselfe.

But to the matter: I also doe eat swines [flesh] wil­lingly. I can also eat porke ve­ry well being having taken a little salt. sprinkled with a little salt, & boyled well.

O the wonderfull marvelous kind­nesse grace of God, who giveth to us so many so [...]ts. kindes of victu­al [...]s, or food. meats, and good [kinds]. so good.

How many poore poore doest thou thinke folkes to be. there are in this city, which doe live onely with barly bread neither yet unto the saturity, their bel­lies full. full?

I doe not doubt many to be. that there are many, especially in so great a scarsity. dea [...]th of victualls.

There­ [...]ore how great thanks owe we. ought wee to give to to doe, or are we to give. [Page 80] God in so great abundance. plenty of good thing [...] what praises to say utter to him?

There­fore let us publish, [...]eport, shew abroad. extoll his benefits magnitically. so [...]emnely, or greatly. highly every where, and in the meane time let us pray that wee may have mer [...]ie upon the poverty, or poore estate. want of poore or poore [servants.] his poore ones.

I wish that h [...] throughly stir up, [...]et. affect our hearts with the spi­rit to that thing. thereunto.

So I pray. I pray so.

The 11 Dialogue.

What WHy doest thou laugh?

I know not.

Knowest thou not? I say to to thee it to be. [it is] a great signe of foolishnesse.

Callest thou me [...]oole then?

No truly; but I tell thee that it is a signe or token. an argum [...]nt of foolishne [...] when as any man laugheth and doth not know why he laugheth. a cause of [his] laughing.

What is foolishnesse?

If thou reade over. roule over thy Cato diligently, thou shalt finde that which thou seekest.

I have not now my Cato, and I will doe another thing.

What businesse hast thou?

to learne some I have thing some­thing to learne out of the Rudiments of Grammer. Accedence.

Oh thou little foole, and doest thou talke in the meane time?

Tell mee (I pray thee) [a sentence] concerning foolishnes in Cato.

It is the chiefest wisedome, to saine counterfait, or dissemble. make a shew of foolishnesse in place. in fit place; [Page 81] whe [...]he [...], or no [...] &c. hast thou not learned these things?

Yea, but I did not remember.

When thou shalt bee at home looke upon. looke unto thy booke.

Oh how great thanks d [...]e I give to thee! I will propound this question to some one. to some body, cannot. which will not be able to an­swer me, and so hee will be conquered, or [...]et. overcome.

oh boy hold. Hold thy peace (boy,) hold thy peace, and study lest thou bee beaten.

I doe not care much, I hold my lesson almost. I can almost say my lesson.

Vnlesse thou hold thy peace, I will tell the observer. monitour, who will note thee straight­way.

Ta [...]ry, tarry, I will say nothing more. no more.

But remember that which I sayd unto thee.

What is it?

That thou doe not laugh at any time without cause.

But it is no ill to laugh. To laugh is not an evill thing. it is not e [...]ill to laugh.

I doe not say that.

What therefore. then?

It is a foolish thing to laugh without a cause.

I understand it now.

call it oft to mind. Remember it often.

The 12. Dialogue.

whether hast thou any newes? WHat newes hast thou?

I have received newes from my brother, which dwelleth at Lions.

When recei­vedst thou them?

Yesterday under night. at night. a little before night.

Who brought th [...]m?

[Page 82]The fisher.

And for what. what understood [...] thou by of those letters?

that all things are well.All things [...] be well there, which doth appertaine to the Gospell. as much as concerneth th [...] Gospell.

Dost thou publish, or shew true things. report the truth

wayt, expect. Tar [...]y, and I will from dinner. shew thee the le [...]ters themselves congratulate or rejoyce for. after dinner.

True there is cause that wee should verely. rejoyce wit [...] our brethren.

* Yea verily, and that we give the greatest thankes to our God.

Truely wee ought to doe that at every time. at all times but now especially when wee heare tho [...] things which doe appertaine chiefely the glory of him. to his glory.

God grant wee may hav [...] alwayes this thing in memory.

Wilt thou then impart, or ac­quaint me with. communicate thy letters with mee▪

As I have promised.

Therefore, after dinner.

Yea doest thou doubt.

In th [...] meane while farewell.

Cleophilus fare­well, and God keepe, or preserve thee. God save thee.

The 12. Dialogue.

whether is. Is thy brother at home?

Why doest thou aske this?

My father would talke with him.

Hee is not in this city▪

Where then?

He is gone from home. farre from home

When?

Now three dayes a­goe.

Whither hath he gone, or went he. is he gone?

To Paris.

Which way is hee to make his journey? take his iourney, travell.

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By Lions.

whether went hee a footman or horse­man. Went hee on foot, or [...]n horse-backe?

He went on his horse. in horse. He rid.

When wil he come home againe. When [...]s hee to returne?

I know not.

But what terme. time his father hath appointed. hath his father set him. appointed him?

Hee hath commanded. commanded that he should [...]e here at the twentieth day of this moneth

God leade him forth. guide him, and bring him safe backe. backe.

I pray so.

The 14. Dialogue.

when art thou to. when goest thou home. WHen wilt thou goe home?

To mor­row, God helping or assisting. by the helpe of God.

Who commanded?

[My] father.

But when bad he. commanded he?

he hath written this other weeke. He writ to me hast thou received letters? the last weeke.

What day All to be. recei­vedst thou letters?

Vpon friday.

What did [thy] Letters containe besides?

to be in health, rightly. That all were very well, the beginning of the grape gathering. vintage about to be, very presently. to bee the next dayes.

Oh happy. fortunate boy, who makest hast hastest to to gather in the grapes the vin­tage.

Wilt thou that I speake to my fa­ther that he may send for thee?

What an acceptable thing a good turne. a pleasure shouldest thou doe me? but I am afraid that hee will not▪

Yea, he will rejoyce both for our familiarity, con­junction or joyning together. friendship, and also because we shall both exercise our selves in talking together in Latine, and we shall con­ferre together in the meane while. sometimes concerning our studies.

oh, I wholly leape for joy. Oh how doe I leape for joy! [Page 84] my little heart, I pray thee of fellowship of all love. as ever thou wi [...] doe mee a good turne care for that thing. bee carefull for [...].

Thou shalt see it. well perceive it: in the mean [...]time let us pray to God, that hee may tur [...] our words, admonishest. deeds, and counsells to the glor [...] of hi [...] name.

Thou advisest well, and sure­ly it is needfull, or profi­table to doe so. expedient so to doe.

The 15. Dialogue.

LAmbert stop, or make to stand, thy going goe not too fast. stay thy pase a little, whither makest thou hast? hastest thou?

the right [way] home. straight home.

wh [...]t thithe [...]? Whereto?

My mother desireth to talke with mee will talke, in a few [words,] or a word or two. a little.

Knowest thou not wherefore?

I know not unl [...]sse by chance. peradventure sh [...] may care winter garments to be made. that winter garments be made. That thing. that she may provide to make mee some winter apparell.

like to be true. That is very like to be true. like to bee so, for now winter is instant, is at hand.

Now the frosts a [...]e seene. appeare, and ice also in some pl [...]ces.

I saw in these dayes. of late. within these few dayes in the market, certaine mountaine dwel­lers. men, fellowes inha­biting in the moun­taines. dwelling in the mountaines, who reported that great wore of snow fell this last weeke, stor [...], or vio­lence of snowes to have fallen the for­mer we [...]ke. when in the meane time we saw here onely sm [...]ll. drizling raynes. raine.

I also heard the same thing. the same at our house of countrey [men] which had brought. which brought us wheat? wheat to us but I am inforced. compelled to to breake off abruptly. breake off my speech, lest I offend my mother. lest my mother be angry lest I offend my mother. with me.

But ho thou (my [good] Lambert) bring mee some grapes f [...]om [Page 85] home, for you have had a most ample vin­tage hath bin to you you have great store of grapes. a most plentiful vintage

I will bring (as I hope) ful­ly enow. a­bundantly for us both for both of us, except if peradventure. perad­venture my mother be any thing angry with me. bee angry to me. with me.

God turne away that. God forbid.

The 16. Dialogue.

WHither goest thou so swiftly. so fast. speedily?

To the Barbar.

I also [will goe] with thee.

Hast thou asked leave?

I have not asked, but wayt for or expect me. tarie for me so long as, or in the meane time. so long, whilest I goe to aske.

Make haste then.

I will return by and by▪ I have returned, or come backe. I am returned, let us go presently.

With what counte­nance hath entertained thee. did our master receive thee?

Truely with a merry, or cheerfull, or cheere­fully, pleasant countenance

He had received or entertained received me also with the same like.

He is not wont to bee angry with us, unles we go unto him unseasonably. out of season.

what one Who a­mong many [can be found, which] doth. will not take that grievously.

Also. Even we who are children are very often angry at our schoolfellowes, are angry at more often. when they disturbe, or trou­ble interrupt our studies: how little soever, how small soever they bee: but now let us give over. cease; I see in very good time. very fitly the barbar before the shop.

Ah well. Well done, there are therefore. then none ex­pecting. tarrying [...] waiting: so it shal come to passe that we may stay not long, or the lesse. lesse while.

The 17. Dialogue.

WHither goest thou away. goest thou now alone?

Thou beginnest luckily beginnest alwaies something of verses with a verse.

It is an easie matter to begin a verse; not in like manner. [but] it is not so, to leade it forth, or finish it. to make it out: but tel [me] whither go'st thou now

The right way to the port. Straight to the haven.

What busines hast thou in the haven?

I goe to see, what nourishment, or meate, or provision. whether any victuals bee brought mee.

Wilt thou me to be a compa­nion to thee. that I shall be thy companion?

Yea, (I will) thee to be also, that thou be, or I would have thee f a guide also if it seeme [good] to thee so.

I have ne­ver learned to be a guide, but I have done I have plaid the fellow. companion many times.

It apper­taineth nothing to the matter to talke here in moe words. here to use many words, let us goe together.

In­deed let us go, we may talke more at large in walking by, or in the banke. on the bank of the lake, if the ship be not yet beaten to, or brought to land. be not as yet come to the haven. arrived.

What if [it be] arrived already? yet we may walke long enough, whilest the ship is &c. it is unladen.

The 18. Dialogue.

WHere is Peter?

He is gone. He went forth of doors. abroad.

Whither?

He hath gone. He is gone into the countrey.

With whom?

With [his] father.

Who came to call for [him?]

The servant of (his) father. [His] fathers servant.

When is about to returne. he to returne into the Citie?

At the eight. About eight daies hence. Eight daies hence, as he hath said. as he said.

Of whom required. asked he leave of going forth. to goe forth?

Of the usher, under­master.

Why not rather of the head ma­ster. schoole­master?

He had. he was gone forth to his, &c. about his businesse.

I have enough.

The 19. Dialogue.

WHither ascendest thou? goest thou?

Into our chamber.

what thither? Whereto?

To fetch [my] case for writing, my pensheath, orpenner or pencase. pen and inkehorne.

Bring me my girdle by one and the same worke. under the same labour.

Where is it?

Upon my arke chest.

I will bring it: but expect me. waite for me here.

I wil stir no whither I moue. I will not stir any whither.

The 20. Dialogue.

HOe, Gerarde?

What wilt thou?

Thou art sent for. called for.

Who cals me?

Thy brother.

Where is he?

Hee lookes for thee without the doores. before the doores.

Doest thou know certainly that it is my brother?

What but I should know. Why should I not know? I I have seene him. saw him and speake unto him.

Truely I goe to see. I will goe to see what the matter is. what it is.

The 21. Dialogue.

DOest thou not know. us to be prohibited that we are for­bidden that we speake not to speake submissively, softly or with a low voyce. low among our selves?

what else should I know How should I but know it, when as our master doth so oft treat upon, or repeate to us oft inculcate. beate upon the causes of that thing. thereof unto us?

Why then didst thou contrary even now?

Because Isaias. I [...] had began. begun to speake to mee so.

What then? thou oughtest to admonish him; not to imitate [him.]

I ought, but then I thought not of it. came not to me to minde. it came not into my mind.

But in the mean [Page 89] time thou art to be noted.

not at all. No verily, except. unlesse thou wilt be more severe than our master himselfe

tell me why? Tell me the cause.

Because our master doth forbid any one to be. that any one should be noted, who shall acknow­ledge his delictum is taken properly for a faule in omitting that which we should do. offence. fault of his own accord, so that it be not such a fact as is forbidden by the word of God.

Is it not commanded of God, that we obey our parents?

That is the fift cōmandement of the precept. decalogue.

But (as we heare in our Catechisme) that commandement doth ten com­mandements. extend it self more largely: lye open. for it doth comprehendeth under the name. containeth. comprehend masters, and magistrates, and to conclude al [men] to whō God himself hath subiected. made us subject, under the name of parents.

Truely I. In very deed I do not deny those things, which you shew, or say. thou af­firmest, to be true: but I had rather to confult with. aske counsell of our master, than dispute with thee: otherwise thou wouldest induce. bring me. or draw me. lead me into a great evill, which is the vice. which fault of con­tention is forbidden much more fault of contention, much more forbidden of our master.

Thou saist [that which is] equall. right: thou sayest well. therefore remember to put our master in minde, when he shall exact. strictly require an reasons. account of us.

Doe not thinke that I wil forget, that I shall forget. especially when as the matter concer­neth my selfe. mine owne matter is done. is in hand.

The 22. Dialogue.

FRom whence commest thou?

out of the market. From the market.

What newes hearest thou there?

Nothing.

whether nothing. Nothing?

[Nothing] at all.

It is marvell that thou hast heard. that thou heardest nothing concerning war or concerning other matters of Eng­land. English matters,

I am not wont to aske questions. to aske of those [things] which doe not belong to me. appertaine nothing. nothing appertaine to mee.

Be it so, but neverthelesse thou art wont to heare something, at least in thy iourney, or passage to and fro. in thy passage.

let me not lie. That I may not lye, I understood. heard some­what in may passage.

I bese [...]ch thee. I pray thee tell [me.].

Now there is no space of shewing, or telling. to tell.

Why not?

I must make haste ano­ther way.

Whither?

(It is) no­thing to thee. Nothing to thee.

When wilt thou then visit us a­gaine, that wee may heare this thing of thee?

from dinner, if it shall be lawfull by our lei­sure. After dinner, if we can tend, if we may have leisure.

I will love thee. Of all love make see that we may tend that wee may.

I will give my diligence. doe my indeavour: but thou detainest mee longer. over long, farewell.

The 23. Dialogue.

FRom whence commest thou?

From the market.

Who had sent. sent thee thither?

[My] mother.

What diddest thou. hast thou done in the market?

I have bought, I bought peares.

Doest thou not know it to be forbidden to us. that we are for­bidden to buy any fruits?

Who knoweth not? for it was spoken openly in the hall.

How durst thou then buy peares?

My mother had given. gave me the sixt part of a penny. a sextance that I should buy peares for me. buy me [peares] against my drinking: what evill have I done, if I have obeyed my mother?

The 24. Dialogue.

WHere hast thou been in these dayes. of late?

At the country. In the countrey.

In what place?

In our At our farme house.

What didst thou there?

I ministred to, or helped my father. served my father.

But what [did] he?

digged about, or delved about. dressed our vines.

When returnedst thou from thence?

On­ly [Page 92] yesterday.

What [did] [thy] fa­ther?

he hath returned. He returned together with mee.

Well done, but wither goest thou now?

Streight. The right [way] home.

But when wilt thou seeke againe. goe againe to the schoole?

To morrow God helping. by Gods as­sistance, or at most, the day after. There­fore in the meane time farewell.

And my Francis fare thou well.

The 25. Dialogue.

when will Blasius returne. WHen is Blasius to returne?

I know not certainly, peradventure to mor­row, but wherefore dost thou aske that thing? that?

Because he hath taken away the the bill of the nameés. cata­logue with him, and our master will be angry, if there be no man. none who can call it. recite it.

commit this charge. Leave that care to mee: I have an exam­ple. a copie of the of the bill, or table. Catalogue.

Therefore wiílt &c. thou then recite it?

I will recite it.

Thou shalt do well, and our Blasius will requite, or give thee thankes. give thee thankes, if there shall be any occasion. if any occasion shall offer it selfe.

The 26. Dialogue.

what house, or homesteed is to thee WHat where is thy abode or where dwellest thou. dwelling place hast thou?

[My] fathers house.

From whence commest thou now?

From home.

Where hast thou dined?

At home.

Where wilt thou sup?

At your house, as I hope.

How knowest thou?

Thy father himselfe hath invited me to day.

Where hast thou seene him. sawest thou him?

At the house of Varro. At Varroes house.

What businesse was to thee. haddest thou there?

My father sent me to shew som­thing to carry a message. to doe a certaine errand.

I would know also where thou art about to lye. thou wilt lie?

At the house of (my) bro­ther. At [my] brothers house.

What businesse hast thou with thy brother?

He told our. said to our sister, himselfe to will to speake with me. that he would speake with me, when I could tend, or he could be at leisure. at leisure.

In what house doth he dwel?

In a certain (house) hired. hired house.

Hoe, hath he no proper house. no house of his owne?

He hath in­deed, but hee he placeth, or ren­teth it. doth let it to certaine inmates. tenants. take.

Doth he then let his own house [and] hire another mans (house.) another mans?

truly. Verily, as thou hearest of mee

of how great price. For how much doth he let it?

eighteen Italian nobles, or pieces of gold. crownes which they call now Pistolets

Why doth he not dwell in it, or in that house. inhabit it rather?

Because it is [Page 94] not situated, or seated. sited in a commodious place, in a place sufficiently commo­dious, or (as I may so speake) fit for buying and selling. mar­chandize.

But for how much doth hee hire that which is another mans. that strange house?

more by farre.. For farre more.

Therefore for how much?

twenty and five. For five and twenty [Italian crownes]

It is a deare habitation. doest thou? dwelling.

[It is] most deare, but what * what spea­kest thou, or what meanest thou, or what matter makes that? wouldest thou doe? the commodity of the place doth make that. cause it.

Goe to (that we may make some end. end at length) I pray thee tell me say, dost thou know where thou shalt. wilt be to morrow?

I wil return home, that I may betake my selfe. I may go from thence into the schoole. to the school, if so be that the Lord shall suffer permit.

Why dost thou adde, if the Lord shall per­mit?

Because in truth, we could not goe from our house. so much as from home, except by the per­mission of God.

I have heard that of­ten of our master.

Therfore why diddest thou aske?

Because it is never spoken too much, which shall be wel spoken. that which is well said, can never be said too often: especially where men speake. where it is done. the speech is concerning divine matters.

We have learnd that also of our master.

(it is) true. True, it is good. but it is profitable to repeate such things often, to our memory to be exercised. to exercise our memory.

See whither thy first inte [...]ro­gation. question hath brought us by little and little.

I desired. I would onely jest with thee, in few words. in a word or two.

Go to: because we have exercised our minde now. we have now ex­ercised our mindes sufficiently, wilt thou also exercise thy body, for the cause of thy health. for thy healths sake?

What and I will? or why may I not be willing? Why should I not?

There­fore let us goe to play at hand ball. with the handball, for I know thee to be. that thou art delighted with [Page 95] that play.

Truely I am delighted, but now I have not a ball.

Behold one to thee: or Here is one for thee. Here take it. take thee one, follow me

I follow thee gladly. willingly: guide. leade me well.

The 27. Dialogue.

How long, or until what time WHen dost thou expect the returne of thy father?

untill the eight day hence. at the eight day hence, &c. Eight dayes hence.

How knowest thou the day?

My father himselfe writ. hath written to me.

His comming will make thee rich. in rich thee, as I hope.

I shall be more rich, then Croesus ▪ if he shall come well moneyed.

Thou then wilt re­store me [ that which I lent. that which was] lent.

There is no cause that thou shouldest doubt, there is not (any thing) (that) thou doubt. but if there shall be need to thee of any more. if thou shalt need any more, I wil not onely restore that which was lent, but also I will be thankefull. I will requite thankes.

How?

I will give thee money to lend againe. I will lend thee money againe.

I hope there shall be no need to me. I shal have nothing need. no need.

But thou know­est not what may fall out.

The time is most short.

I speake it not to that end. for that be­cause I would guesse or w [...]sh evill, for­speake, or speak un­l [...]ckily bode evill to thee.

What soever men doe bode, God ruleth all. God holdeth the the helme. stearne.

But why doe we not hast to get our selves, what do we linger to be­take our selves into the auditorie, schoole?

Thou admonishest seasonably. fitly.

The 28. Dialogue.

when hast thou returned?WHen returnedst thou from home?

I returne onely [now.]

Where is [thy] brother

He hath [...]arried. tarried at home.

Wherefore did hee tarry?

That he might dine with my mother.

But why hast thou not tarried? why didst not thou stay? why didst not thou tarry also?

I had dined already. even now with my father.

Who served you?

a girle, maide, or handmaid. [Our] girle.

What [did] [thy] mother? where was shee?

At home also, but busied.

In what thing?

In receiving wheat which was. which had been brought us.

When wilt thou returne home?

a When I shall be sent for when my father shall send for me by [my] father.

What day shall this thing shall be. that be?

Peradventure at four daies hence foure daies hence.

Why goe you so oft to and fro.Why goe ye together so oft?

[Our] parents will so. will have it so.

What do ye at home?

That which we are commanded of our parents.

But in the meane while, doth perish to you your time of studies you lose your time. is lost.

it doth not perish at all. it is not lost at all.

What then?

As oft as our father is not occupied necessary. necessarily busied, he doth exercise us at all houres: in the morning, before and after dinner, before supper, from supper. af­ter supper, long enough. very long; last of all also, be­fore wee goe to bed.

In what things [Page 97] doth hee exercise you?

Hee doth require strictly. exact of us these things especially, which we have learned in the schoole the whole weeke. all the weeke: he looketh upon our Theames. looketh into our Theames, and doth aske us concerning those things: oft he doth give us. he oft gives us some thing to be de­scribed, or set downe writ­ten downe, sometime in Latine, sometime English: sometime also he doth propound unto us a short sentence in our owne tongue, or that which every bond­slave, or country fellow can speake. in our country speech. in our mother tongue which we may turne into Latine: sometimes contrarily he doth command to render, or give againe. repeat some thing in Latine. some Latine [sentence] in Eng­lish: last of all, before meate, and after, we reade alwaies somthing out of the English Bibles. Bible, and that before all the fa­mily. the whole family being present.

Doth he aske nothing concer­ning the Catechisme?

He doth that every Domi­nicall day, unlesse. every Lords day, except peradventure he be absent from home.

Thou shewest, or repor­test to me wonder­full things. tellest [me] y marvelous things, if they be true. if so be, that they bee true.

Yea they are long or many more farre moe then which I have told thee; for I I forgot. have forgotten the civility of manners, concerning which hee is wont also to ad­monish us in the table▪ at the table.

Why doth your father spend. take so much labour in teaching you?

That hee may so understand, whether we play our dili­gence. lose our labour in the schoole and abuse our time.

The diligence of the man is marvelous, and so his prudence. wisdome. O how are ye bound to the heavenly father, who hath given to you hath given you such a father in the earth?

He graunt that we never forget this and the rest of his be­nefits. other his benefits.

This with [Page 98] is good and godly care. see that. be carefull that thou have it not onely in thy mouth, but more, also in thy heart. I have thankes to thee. minde.

I thanke thee that thou dost admonish me, so faithfully.

We owe the duty of admonishing well. of good admonition to all, but chiefly. especially to our brethren.

therfore whether onely. Onely then to our brethren?

I call those brethren here especially which are joyned unto us by faith in Christ.

Thou judgest rightly, but I goe I will go to see whe­ther [my] brother hath retur­ned, is returned from home at length: for he is more then enough ready, over ready to to cease to be [...]dle, or to play the truant. loyter.

The 29. Dialogue.

DOest thou write in good earnest, or dost thou trifle, doest thou play the foole?

in good sooth I in truth. In truth I do write in earnest, for why should I abuse the time? But wherfore doest thou aske that?

Because I have seene some­time when thou diddest write. writtest well.

Some­times I write better.

How then is it done? commeth it to passe that thou writest so badly now?

The helps of writing well are wanting to me. I want the helpes of faire writing.

What I pray thee?

Good paper, good inke, a good penne: for this my paper (as thou seest) doth flow thorow. sinke mi­serably, my inke is waterish and somewhat white. whitish, [Page 99] my pen soft and ill made.

Why hast thou not provided al these things ripely, or seasona­bly. in time?

money was wanting to me, and also is wanting. I wanted money, and now also doe want.

Thou hast fallen into that vulgar. common proverb: All things are wanting to him, to whom money is wanting.

So it is done. it fareth with mee.

But when doest thou hope thee to receive. that thou shalt receive money?

My father will send to mee in the next mar­ket. the next mart, or hee himselfe will come,

I will helpe thee in the meane time.

If so be thou canst do that, thou shalt affect me with a great benefit, or good turne. doe me a great kindenesse.

I will lend thee these sixe pence. Take mu [...]ually, or to love. Take these sixe pence to prepare paper, and to buy other things.

How truely is that spoken; A sure friend is seen in an un­certaine matter. in a doubtfull matter: but what inforceth. moveth thee. causeth thee that thou dealest so bountifully to me to deale so boun­tifully with me, of thine own accord?

That love of God which (as Paul saith) is shed abroad in our hearts.

The power. force of the di­vine spirit. of the spirit of God, which is the author of that charity, wonder­full. is marvellous: but in the meane time it is to be thought to me, how I may requite thanks to thee. I must thinke how I may be thankfull to thee.

It is a small matter: omit this cogitation, lest it hinder thee that thou cannot be quiet. cannot sleepe on whether eare thou wilt, onely restore that lent give it me againe. restore that which I lent thee, when it shall be commodious to thee when thou canst commodiously.

I will restore it (as I hope) within a few daies, or within a day al­most. shortly.

Let us goe to prayer lest we be noted.

Adde one thing if it please thee.

What is it?

Lest we be sent to day not having supped, or without our suppers. supperlesse to bed.

Ha, ha he.

The 30. Dialogue.

AT what houre hast thou [...]isen? what a clocke rose thou to day? A little before the fift (houre) before five.

Who awaked thee?

No man.

whether have the rest risen now? Are the rest risen already?

Not as yet.

Hast thou not gone. Wentest thou not to raise them up?

I went not.

for what thing. Wherefore?

I know not, except be­cause I did not thinke. but that I thought that that that matter did not ap­pertaine to me. it did not belong to me.

whether do they not raise thee up, &c. Do they not stir thee up somtime?

Yea very often.

Therefore thou oughtest to doe likewise.

I confesse I have owne. I ought.

Ther­fore remember, that thou doe it hereafter.

I shall remember God helping.

but thou. But what hast thou done from that time thou hast risen? But what didst thou from the time that thou rose out of bed?

First I prayed up­on my knees unto [my] knees be­ing bowed, I prayed unto my heavenly fa­ther, in the name of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. his sonne our Lord Iesus Christ.

Well done: what after?

Afterward I adorned me. I made my self handsome and cared for my body meanely. decently, as becom­meth a Christian, last of all I betook my selfe to [my] daily studies.

If thou shalt goe on to doe so, thou maist not doubt, but that God can doubt not but that God will helpe or further. promote thy studies.

Hee hath helped mee alwaies as yet, such is his goodnesse. which is his bountie, neither will he ut­terly leave me. forsake me, as I [Page 101] hope.

Thou speakest rightly. well: neither will he mak [...] vaine. frustrate thy hope.

I haue learned out of Cato the former yeare. the last yeare; Keepe hope, onely hope doth leave a man no not in death. doth not leave a man in death.

Thou hast thou done well that thou hast remembred it. retai­ned it▪ for it is an egregious. excellent sentence, and worthy. beseeming a Christian

But the author of that booke was not a Christian.

He was not, the thing is certain, it is a cleer case. it is a certaine truth.

From whence then hath hee fetched. taken so many faire. fine, or ex­cellent, goodly sentences?

Out of the heathen Philosophers chiefly, for even they being illuminated. enlightned by the divine spirit. by the spirit of God, have utte­red very many things, which are agreeable to the word of God, which thing thou also shalt be able to see somtime. at length, if thou shalt prosecute. follow thy booke. follow the studie of letters. learning.

I wil fol­low it (as I hope) so that God him­selfe. God give, grant my father a longer. a long life.

Pray earnestly. diligently, and from thy heart, that it may bee so. it may happen. fall out.

I pray for that every day▪ daily oftentimes.

The Lord God give thee perseverance in every good work.

I pray the same for thee, which thou wishest to mee, and I give thee thanks that thou hast admonished mee so brotherly.

The 31. Dialogue.

WHere are thy walnuts?

Concerning. Of what walnuts dost thou speak?

Which thou hast received. thou receivedst to day of a praemium. for a reward.

Doest thou aske where they are, as if truly. in­deed I ought to keepe them to thee. for thee?

I do not understand so. I doe not meane so, but I aske what thou hast done.

I have eaten [them] in my drinking. at my drinking.

O wretch, hast thou eaten them? Wherefore didst thou not keep them rather to play?

I had rather eat them, than lose them.

Thou couldest not lose but twelve.

I confesse it.

If so bee that lot had suffered. hap had served, or chance. luck had served, thou might gaine. mightest have gained two hundred or peradventure mo.

The event of play is doubtfull, as it is said commonly.

What then? we ought to be prepared every where unto. for either part. for both parts, and to to consult of good. take in good part, whatsoever shall fall out. shall happen to us.

I know that, but I am not very skilfull in that kinde of playing. of play.

Goe thy way: thou wilt never make a matter, or get gaine or substance, or bee rich. thrive.

No man thriveth, but God willing. by the will of God: neither I would bee made rich of play. doe I desire to bee inriched by play.

Therefore (as I see) I must seek another play-fellow. another play-fellow is to bee sought to mee. for of mee.

[Page 103]Truly I hinder nothing. I doe not hinder [thee,] but tarry a little.

What wilt thou?

What doest thou call lot. chance of which. luck, whereof thou madest menti­on. concerning which thou hast here made mention to mee.

the very fortune. Fortune it selfe.

But what is fortune?

The opinion of Fooles.

What doe fooles think concerning fortune?

Now it is not va­cant to mee. I cannot tend. I cannot now bee at leasure to answer thee concer­ning this, but see the annotation of our ma­ster upon Cato.

Vpon what place?

Vpon that litle verse;

‘Fortune doth favour. cocker evill men, that it may hurt them.’

As I see, thou art not ignorant what fortune is.

I know sufficiently. well enough that fortune is nothing. for­tune to bee nothing.

Why then saiedst thou, If so bee that chance, or lot he carried. luck had served?

it fell out from mee. It overslipped mee to speake so, after the manner of Ethnicks. heathens, for the bookes of them. their books (as our master teacheth often) are full with ungodly do­ctrine of that sort. of such like impious doctrine.

It is no maruell; to wit. for be­cause. for that they have not had the true knowledge of God.

But heare my Barrase if thou wilt dispute any more, seek other disputers for thee. seeke thee other to dispute with thee. disputers, for now I must play in good earnest: notwithstanding I will ad­monish thee againe before.

O what an acceptab [...] thing▪ a pleasure. a good turne shalt thou doe mee?

whether or no saidest thou not? Spa­kest thou not these words, The the chance. event of play is doubtfull?

I confesse that I said so, but for­tified it. fensed it before.

How under­standest thou this thin [...] this?

For I have added. I added these [Page 104] three words. As it is said commonly.

O crafty little boy, thou hast stopped [...]he mouth to mee. thou hast stopped my mouth: but these things let [...]em bee spoken. but let these things bee spoken without hatred or ill will between us.

God knoweth both our mindes. the minde of both of us.

For hee alone is the searcher of the hearts, but what wilt thou doe? what then? wilt thou wax drousie here [...]lone in idlenesse. lye idle here alone?

I devise with what play I may exercise mee. my selfe.

As if indeed it is to bee thought of any longer. Goe to, fol­low me, I will give thee to end. I will lend thee walnuts.

Thou now speakest friendly, but when shall I re­store them?

never; because the [...]recians had no Ca­ [...]ends, as the Romans [...]ad. At the Greeke Calends, if thou canst not sooner.

O pleasant head! let us go.