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Childrens Talk · Charles Hoole

Childrens Talk, Colloquy 21 – Colloquy 30

Col. 21. Gilbert and Hubert, ſchoolfellowes.Col. 21. Gilbertus & Hubertus condiſcipuli.
G.Ho, Ho, Hubert, the beſt of my companions.Heus, heus, Huberte, ſodálium optime.
H.Who call's me?Quis me vocat?
G.I. You come to me in very good time.5Ego. Peropportunè te mihi offers.
H.What is the buſineſſe? tell me quickly.Quid negotii? dic ci ò.
G.Whither go you ſo faſtQuò properas?
H.To the Wi…e taverne.Ad oenopólium.
G.What will you do there?Quid ibi facturus?
H.I am going to fetch the maſter…h me.10Accerſo praeceptórem domum.
G.Is he at the Teverne?Eſt in oenopólio?
HWe beleive he is there.Crédimus ibi eſſe.
G.With whom did he goe thither?Quicum abivit illuc?
HI know not. You buſie your ſelfe about trifles.15Nihil ſcio. Nugae ſunt, quas agis.
G.Nay but, I deſire a ſerious peice of huſineſs of you.Imó, abs te ſériam óperam éxpero.
H.I would not ſay nay to it if I had leiſure: but I am not at leiſure now.Non a nuam, ſi vacet: ſed non vacat modò.
G.It will not be long. I pray thee, doe not go a way any whither.Non eri: langum. Quaeſo, ne quo abeas.
H.What is your will; ſay in a word.Quid vi…? dic verbo.
G.That you would tell me the meaning of this letter.25Ʋt mihi has tabellas interpretéris.
H.Give it me, that I may quickly peruſe it.Da, ut percurram ci. ò.
G.Take it.Accipe.
H.This letter is ſealed.Hae ſunt ſigrá ae.
G.I know that. Unſeale it.Scio. Reſigna.
H.Do you bid me to break open another mans letter?30Tu me jubes aliénas literas reſignáre?
G.It is not another mans. My father wrote it.Non ſunt alienae. Pater meus ſcripſit.
H.And what then?Quid tum poſtea?
G.And he bade me carry it to my maſter.35Et ad mogiſtrum juſſit perferre.
H.I heare you.Audio.
G.Now I much fear me leſt this letter ſhould complain of me.Nunc ego mihi malè métuo, ne me criminentur hae literae.
H.What have you done?40Quid feciſti?
G.Nothing, that I know on.Nihil, quod ſciam.
H.Why then do you ſay you fear, leſt it ſhould complaine of you?Cur ergò timere te dicis, ne te criminentur?
G.Becauſe my father ſaid it was a letter of commendations. Where I ſuſpect there is ſome trechecy under-hand.45Quoniam pater dicit eſſe commendatitias. Vhi ſuſpicor ſubeſſe fraudem.
H.You ſay that which is likely to be true.Veriſimile d cis.
G.L…os upon the letter quickly, it will reſolve us of all the matter.50Inſpice literas cito. Illae nobis rem omnem expédient.
H.Hearken.50Auſculta.Herman Ceratine ſends commendations to Evaldus Gallus.55Hermánus Ceratinus Evaldo Gallo ſalútém dicit.He that delivereth you this letter is very tender to me, becauſe he is my ſon: I pray you ſtrive to mend him, leſt I begin to hate him for his naughtineſſe.60Qui tibi has tradit literas chariſſimus mihi eſt, quia filius: hunc, quaeſo ne proptey improbitatem odiſſe inciptam, emendáre ſtude.Words, or rating, or chiding, will doe no good upon him.Verbis nihil proficitur, aut increpatióne, aut jurgio.I have made triall.Expertus ſum.Wherefore I intreat you that you would do the feare with tods.65Quare te deprecor, ut virgis rem péragas.Take heed you hurt not his bones.Oſſa ne quid laedas, cavetoI can eaſily endure you to beate his skin and fleſh.Pellem & carnem fácilè patior ut diverberes.Farewell.Valeto.
G.Truip I did gueſſe ſo.70Divinâram herclè.
H.This is Bellerophons letter (i. e. againſt ones ſelfe)Bellerophontis hae ſunt literae.
G.I ſhall not be ſo long.Non erunt diu.
H,What will you doe?Quid fàcies?
G.I will alter it.75Mutábo.
H.Will not your maſter find that out.Non iſtud ſubolébi: praeceptori?
G.Not at all. He knoweth not my fathers hand.80Minimè. Non novit manum patris.
H.But how will you change it?Quomodo mutábis autem?
G.Will you heare?audire?
H.If you will ſpeak it briefly.Si brevi ter dixeris.Herman Ceratine ſends commendations to Evaldus Gallus.80Hermanus Ceratinus Evalda Gallo S. D. *He that delivereth you this letter is moſt dear to me, becauſe he is my ſon: I pray you do not begin to diſlike him, for the naughtineſſe of others.90Qui tibi has tradit literas, chariſſimus mihi eſt quia filius: hunc, quaeſo ne propter aliórum fraudem odiſſe incipta….If he ſhall do any thing amiſſe, labor to amend him with words.Si quid peccabit, emendáre ſtude verbis.One may doe much good upon him with blaming: and chiding.Muliùm Increpátione proficitur & jurgio.I have had experience.95Ego expertus ſum.VVherefore I intreat you that you would not do it with rods.Quare te deprecor ut ne vergis rem peragas.I am ſo far off from having his bones to be hurt, that I cannot well abide his skin or fleſh to be beaten.100Oſſa tantum abeſt, ut ve lim laedi, ut ne fácile qúidem paetiar pellem illius, aut carnem diverberari.Farewell.Valèto.
G.A fine change indeed.Artificioſa, ita me dii bene ament, mutatio,
H.But take heed, that neither of them underſtand the knavery.105Sed cavè, ne reſciſcat uter vis eorum impoſturam.
H.I will have a care of theſe things.Iſta mihi curae erunt.
G.you have held me too long.Nimis diu detinuiſti me
H.Run ſo much the faſter now.110Tanto nunc ocyus curre.
Col. 21. Joyce a boy, Lydia a girle.Col. 21 Jodocus puer, Lydia puella.
J.God ſave you, pretty laſs.Salve, puella venuſtiſſima.
L.And you, pretty lad.Et tu, formoſiſſime adoleſcens.
J.Will you tell me what I ask you?5Vis mihi diee: e quod te interrogo?
L.If you ask me a wiſe queſtion.Si prudenter interroges.
J.Is the School-maſter at your houſe?Eſt ludi-magiſter in veſtrâ domo?
L.He is: he fits within by the fire-ſide.Eſt: intus ſedet apud focum.
J.What doth he?Quid agit;
L.What ſhould he do! He is drinking.10Quid agat! potat.
J.Who is with him?Quid adeſt illi?
L.No ſtranger at all.Nemo alienus.
J.May not I goe to him?An mihi non licet eum adire?
L.I doe not know indeed.15Neſcio profectó.
J.I pray you, tell him, that I ſtand here at the door.Obſecro te, ut annuncies illi, quod hîc adſtem prae foribus.
L.Whom ſhould I ſay you are?20Quem te dicem eſſe?
J.Ioyce Cock.Jodócum Gallum.
L.I will do ſo. Come in, tarry here a little, whileſt I goe to him.Fae iam. Ingrédere, Opperitor hîc páu ulum, du mad illum adeo
J.Run and make haſt back againe as ſoone as may be.25Cu…re & recurre quamp imum.
Col. 22. Michael the maſter, and Nychaſius the boy.Col. 22 Michael praeceptor, & Nychaſius puer.
M.Do you enquire for me, Nych ſius?Mén' quaetis, Nichaſi?
NYes, reverend maſter.Etiam venerāde praeceptor
M.What do you bring me.Quid affert mihi?
NTruly I bring nothing.Equidem nihil affero.
M.What do you ſay then?5Quid au igitur?
NA youth taries for you at home: if it be no trouble to you, he deſires to ſpeak with you.Adoleſcens quidam te expectat domi: ſi non eſt moleſtum, is te cupit convenire.
M.Cannot you reſolv me what he would with me?10Non tu mihi potes expedire, quid nos velit?
N.N…. He hath ſomething under his clothes, which he brings you.Minimè. Habet quid ſub veſte, quod affert tibi.
M.Run before, and tel him I will be with him preſently.Praecurre, & dic me confeſtim áffore.
N.I am gone.15Ab…o.
Col. 23. Orpheus, Phillip, the gueſts, Placida, the woman that keeps the tavern.Col. 23, Orpheus, Philippus, Compotatóres, Plácida vinaeria.
O.We have ſat here long enough ſirs.Seſſum eſt hie ſatis, viri.Why doe we not call a reckoning preſently?Quin mox ratiunculam ſubducimus?
P.Even juſt now, if you pleaſe, we will not hinder you. Your buſineſs calls you away, and is earneſt.5J am nunc modó ſi tu ita vis, non tibi erimus in morá.Te tua negotia vocant & urgent.
O.You gueſſe right.Rectè autumátis.Come hither woman.10Ades múlier.What is the reckoningQuanti bibimus.
P.You ſee your ſelves how many pintes you have drunk, and you know the rate of the wine.Vidétis ipſi quot ſextários bibéritis, & pretium vini ſcitis.Now let us conſider how many you are in the company.15Nunc potatôrum numerum conſideremus.
O.Do you it. That is a part of your office.Tu facito. Tuum iſtud eſt officii.There is no body gone away: as many as we came in at the beginning, ſo many are we here preſent.20Nemo diſceſſit. Quot intrávimus initio, tótidem hic ſumus praeſentes.
P.Here are five men, and ſeven pintes: if every one pay three halfe pintes, you will have one half pint to come in: & truly I will fill you out this very neatly.25Cápita hic ſunt quinque, ſextarii ſeptem: ſi ſolvant ſinguli heminas ternas, accedet vobis cotyla una: hanc ego vobis convenienter admétiar.
P.Let us have the eight part of a pint, & make it up a whole pinte.30Accédat tuum acet…bulum, & fac uti ſextarius fiat.
P.I do not refuſe, that you may come ſee us again another time.Non recúſo, uti nos dênuo reviſátis aliâs.
P.We will doe ſo.Ita faciémas.
O.Moſt merry comrades do you jovelize it here and fare you well.35Contubernáles feſtiviſſimi vos hic vivite & valéte.
P.I am called away.Ego àvocor.Stay till you drink once more.Subſiſte, donec adhuc ſemel bibas.
O.Truly I have drunk ofener then once, and that one draught will not make me merrier. Therefore my deareſt friends fare you wel.40Equidem ſaepius bibi quàm ſemel, nec ille me únius hauſtus faciet laetiorem, proinde vos valéte, chariſſima mihi cápita.
P.And you alſomoſt ſweet merry companion.45Tu quoque congerro ſuaviſſime.
Col. 24. Richard a ſcholar, Strabo the maſter.Col. 24. Richardus diſcipulus, Strabo praeceptor.
R.God ſave you, maſter.Ave, Praeceptor.
S.And you.Et tu.
R.My father hath ſent you theſe ſmall fiſhes.Piſciculos hoſce tibi ſmiſit pater.
S.Fiſhes? Truly this is a rarity.5Piſces? Sanè hoc novum.
R.It is a ſmall preſent.Exignum eſt mnnúſculum.
S.But I eſteem it as a very great preſent.At mihi máximi muneri eſt inſtar.
R.My father intreats you that you would take it in good part.10Rogat pater, ut boni conſulas.
S.You ſhall tell him it is as we come to me, as any thing can be.Sic gratum eſſe renunciabis, ut gratius eſſe nihil poſſit.Eſpecially at this time. For towards the evening (God willing) we expect two ſtrangers here.15Hoc praeſertim tempore. Siquidem in véſpera (Deo volente) duos convivas hic expectamus.We wil make them merry with theſe fiſhes.Eos his piſcicu' is exhilat ábimus.
R.I will tell him ſo.Dicam.
S.Stay a little, ill I make the Basket be emptied for you.20Reſiſte pauliſper, dum tibi ſporiulam hanc evacuári jubeo.
R.Conten, I will tarry.Placet: reſiſtam.
S.Take your basket again childe, and thanke your father heartily from me.25Récipe ſportulam, mi fili, & age patri tuo máximas gratias meo nómine.
R.I will not forget it.Non praetermittam.
S.Intreat him over and above from me, that he would daign to come to me at ſix a clock, to partake of what he hath ſent.30Roga inſuper meis verbis, ut ad horam ſextam ad me venire dignetur, fruiturus iiſdem quos miſit.
R.There is no need you ſhould be at any charges for him.Non eſt neceſſe, te fácere ullos ſumptus propter eum.
S.Doe as you are bidden35Fac quod juſſus.
R.Seeing you will bave it ſo, I will doe it.Quando ita vis, faciam.
S.Farewell heartily.Vale foeliciſſimè.
Col. 25. Titus a boy Vitus the maſter.Col. 25. Titus puer, Vitus herus.
T.My miſtris would have him ſit down, if any body be hungry.Jubet, hera ut accumbat, ſi quis éſurit.
V.Are all things ready?5Sunt paráia omnia?
T.A good while ſince.Jamdudum.
V.We ſit down. Do you bring the meate in the meane time:Nos accumbimus. Tu cibos affer intérea.
T.What would you have firſt?Quid vis primum?
V.The Gammon of Bacon and the hang'd Beefe.Petaſonem cum carne ſolſâ bubulâ.
T.What next?10Quid deinde?
V.Two bunches of nettles. A pox take thee with the queſtion?Urticae faſciculos duos. Dii te perdant cum iſtâ qiaeſtione!
T.Straitway fall into paſsion?Statim adiram?
V.Why doe you not ask her, who dreſt the meat?15Quin eam interroges, quae cibos coxit?
TBut ſhe badelme, that I ſhould ask you?At illa me juſtit, ut rogitem te.
V.You have asked once; hereafter leave aſking.20Rogaſti ſemel; poſthacrogare deſine.
T.I will think on it.Meminero.
Col. 26. Anthony the father, Beatus the Son.Col. 26. Antonius Pater, Beátus filius.
A.Say grace for us boys what do you ſtick on?Conſecráte nobis menſam pueri, Ʋbi haeretis?
B.My brother is not at home, father.5Frater non eſt domi, pater.
A.Where is he then?Ubi eſt ergo?
B.He is not come again yet with the beer.Nec dum rédiit cum cerviſia.
A.Do you ſay grace in the mean time.Tu conſecra cibos interea.
B.I cannot ſay a grace yet by heart.10Nondum ſcio conſecratiónem memoriter.
A.When wil you learn one at laſt?Quando diſces tandem?
B.As ſoon as I can.Utprimum potero.
A.Be ſure you get one within this three dayes.15Cura ut ſcias intra triduum.
B.Truly I will do my utmoſt.15Equidem dabo ſummam óperam.
Col. 27. Chriſtian the Maſter, Dionyſe the boy.Col. 27. Chriſtianus herus Dionyſius puer.
C.Who cover'd this tableQuis hanc menſam adornavit?
D.I, ſir.Ego, domine.
C.Bring a ladder hither.Adfer huc ſcalas.
D.You talke idely maſterDeliras here.What need is there of any ladders?5Quid opus ſcalis?Why do you not aske rather for meat or drink?Quin tu cibum petis, aut potum?
C.Do as I command you.Fac quod impero.
D.Leave trifling. I pray you, and ſpeak to the purpoſe,10Mitte nugári, quaeſo & dic rem ipſam.
C.I would know what is awanting here.Scire volo quid hic deſit.
D.I know not.Néſcio.
C.Looke over all the table.Pérſpice totam menſam.
D.Me thinks I have miſſed nothing.15Nihil videor praetermiſiſſie.
C.I will make you ſee, what you doe not ſee.Efficiam ut videas quod vides minus.
D.Do ſo I pray you, but without a jeer.Fac amabo ſed citra contuméliam.
C.Tell me after what order you furniſh the Table.20Dic quo ordine menſam inſtru…s.
D.Firſt, I lay on the table cloth.Primum, inſterno mappam.
C.I ſee the Table cloth.Mappam video.
D.Then I ſay the Trenchers, or plates in order.25Diſpóno deinde quadras, vel orbes.
C.Every one hath his plate forſooth.Qrbem quiſque ſuum habet ſcilicet.
D.Then I ſet on the wreath with the Saltſeller.Deinde impono circulū cum ſalino.
C.I doe not diſallow of your faſhion in ordering.30Non refuto ordinis modum.
D.After this I place the Houſhold bread.Hinc, pancra cibárium appono.For concerning the white bread you gave order apart.35Nam de pane triticeo ſeorſum dediſti mandátum.
C.Go on.Proſéquere.
D.Afterwards I waſh the Cups, and ſet them down empty as you bade.Poſteà proluo pocula, & depono vácua, ſicut juſſiſti.
C.That you have remembred right40Iſtud meminiſti rectè.
D.Laſt of all, when yee are ſet, the meate is brought; the Cups are filled. For every one of you ſets himſelfe a ſtool.45Poſtrémo quando acc… buiſtis, affertur cibus; implenter pocula. Nam ſellam ſibi quiſque veſtrûm diſpónit.
C.Do you ſee none of thoſe things awanting here, which you have reckoned up?Nihil hîc vides deeſſe eorum, quae recenſuiſti.
D.Let me conſider them againe.Sine ut percénſeam dénuo.
C.Away with your conſidering Cap.50Abi cum tuâ ceuſúrâ.Bring hither a Trencher, and another Saltſeller too.Affer quadram & alterum ſalinum inſuper.
D.Could I tell beforehand. how many there would be at the Table?55An ego divináre póteram, quot eſſent futuri convivae?
C.What doe you ſtand here ſtill, you ruſſian-rogue.Etiam hîc ſtas, gáneo.
Col. 28. Everard the Boy, Flaccus the Maſter.Col. 28. Everardus puer, Flaccus herus.
E.Waſh that ſame Gallonflagon.Prolue ámphoram illam ſemimodiálem.
F.Suppoſe it done.Factum puta.What is your command?Quid imperas?
E.That you bring better Beer.5Ut ádferas meliorem cerviſiam.
F.Whence would you have me fetch it.Unde me jubes afferre?
E.Where the beſt is.Ubi eſt omnium optima.
F.I heare it is good no where.Ego nuſquam áudio probári.
E.What is at the Roſe?10Qualis eſt in Roſa?
F.It is not pure.Non eſt ſincera.
EWhat is it at the Star?Qualis in Stella?
F.It is pure indeed, but thinSincéra quidem, ſed ténuis.
E.VVhat is at the Moore?In Mauro qualis?
F.At the bottom of the Barrell.15Exhauſta.
E.Is there none at the helmet?In Galea, nulla?
F.Not any.Nulla.
E.VVhat doth the Goldenhead draw?Chryſocéphalus quid promit?
F.Vinegar.20Acétum:
E.What hath the Hollander brewed?Quid coxit Bátavus?
F.That which he hath brewed, is not ſtale enough.Quod coxit, nec dum matúruit.
E.It hath not yet done working, you would have ſaid.Deſérbuit, voluiſti dicere.
F.The very ſame.Iſtud ipſum.
E.What do they ſell at the King?25Quid vendit Rex?
F.Red water.Aquam rufam.
E.What do they ſell at the budget?Quid Aſcopéra?
F.To their friends beer, to others ſtale.30Amicis ſerviſiam, aliis lotium.
E.A pox take all the Brewers?Dii perdant omnes cerviſiários!
F.God bleſſe them rather, unleſſe you will drink water.Dii ſervent potius, niſi vultis potáre aquam.
E.Why do they not brew good beer then?35Curetiam non coquant bonam cer viſiam?
F.If they wanted nothing. they would doe it.Si nihil illis deeſſet, ſácerent.
E.What is awanting then?Quid deeſt igitur?
F.Sometimes the Mault is weak, ſometimes they put in too much water, ſometimes they do not give it leave to work.40Aliàs eſt polenta lenis, aliàs affundunt plus ſatis aquae, aliàs non ſinunt deſervére.
E.You have hit the naile on the head.Rem acu tetigiſti.Goe where you will, but bring that which is pure good.45Vade quocunque vis, ſed affer ſinceram.
F.Give me money.Da mihi pecuniam.
E.Take it.Cape.
F.How much is this?Quanti valet haec?
E.Two pence farthing.50Duobus aſſibus & quadrante.
F.How much muſt I have again of it?Quantum red ibit hinc mibi?
E.Do you reckon.Tu ſupputáto.
F.I will doe it as I goe, when I have leiſure.Inter cundum fáciam, ubi vacat.
E.Go runne.Vade curriculò.
F.I will be here againe by and by.55Mox lîc ádero.
E.Have a care that you bring me back good money.Ut mihi reportes bonam pecuniam, vide.
F.I will have as great a care, as I can.Adhibedo curam máximam.
E.And I would have you uſe your eyes too. For your care is very little.60Et óculos volo, ut adhibeas. Nam cura tua perquám exigua eſt.
Col. 29. Gregory the boy, Hermes the maſter.Col. 29. Gregorius puer, Hermes herus.
G.Much good may this Beer do you.Cerviſia haec ſit vobis ſalutáris.
H.You come at a wiſh.Optatus ades.VVhence doe you bring it?Unde adfers iſtam?
G.From Herrius.5Ab Hérrio.
H.VVho led you thither?Quis te deduxit illuc.
G.I followed the Kans.Sectátus ſú cántharos.
H.Hath it any cuſtome?Ecquam habet curſuram?
G.Very throng.Satis frequentem.
H.Fill us ſome, that we may try the worth of it.10Inſunde nobis, ut probemus quid váleat.
G.Reach yee every man his cup.Porrigite ſuum quiſque poculum.
H.It is cleere, I ſee.Sincéra eſt video.
G.Now try it.Nunc proba.
H.In very deed it is good15Mehérculè bona eſt.
G.Drink iuſtily.Bibite ſtrénuè.The brewing is yet whole.Eſt plena etiamnum coctura.
H.I am glad of it.Gaudeo.
Col, 30. Joſſe the waiter, Lawrence the Maſter.Col. 30. Jodocus Miniſter Laurentius Magiſter.
L.Theſe big bellied pots do not ſatisfie me.Non mihi ſatisfaciunt hae ampullae,Bid them bring us a bigger cup.Jubéto nobis afferri póculum grándius.Ho Joſſe.5Heus Jodoce.
I.Did you call me?Tu me vocâſti?what is your pleaſure?Quid placet tibi?
L.That you bring me hither two cups ſomewhat larger then theſe Gally-pots.Ut mihi huc áfferas duo pocula paulo capaciora quàm hi cuculli.
I.It is done. Here they be.10Factum. Hîc ſunt.
L.Out upon you with, that idleneſſe!Apage te cum iſta ſegnitie.
I.Why do you grin?Cur ringeris?
L.Becauſe you offer us them ſo cleanly.15Quia tam purificáta nobis proponas.
I.Are they not cleanly enough?Non ſunt ſatis pura?
L.Do you look upon them.Tute inſpice.
I.Truly I waſhed them for all that.Equidem prolueram tamen.
L.Where?Ubi?
J.Within and without.20Intus & foris.
L.Would you have me beleeve you?Vis ut credam?
J.I deſire it indeed.Cupio ſané.
L.Waſh them againe.Ablue denuo.
J.This foulneſſe cannot be waſh ed off with water.Iſtae ſordes ablui non poſſunt aqua.
L.Scrapè it off then.25Abrade igitur.
J.Bring them not againe, but very cleanly.Niſi nitidiſſima noli reportare.
L.What if I break them, when I begin to ſcrape them?Quid ſi frangam, ubi occepi rádere?
J.Looke to yourſelfe. For unleſſe the Cups remaine whole to day, your buttocks ſhall not remaine whole to morrow.30Tibi proſpices. Nam niſi pocula integra permanſerint hodiè, tuae nates integrae non permanébunt craſtinò.
L.A bitter threat.35Acerba comminatio.
J.Therefore take heed to your ſelfe.Proinde cave tibi.