Childrens Talk — Charles Hoole

Childrens Talk · Charles Hoole

Col. 14. Matthew the maſter, Neſtorius the monitor, Andrew, Peter, and Iohn, ſcholars.	Col. 14. Mathaus praecēptor. Neſtotius cuſtos, Andreas, Petrus & Ioannes diſcipuli.
M.	Set me ſome rods, and the ferula ready monitor.	Expedito virgas & ferulam cuſtos.
N	They are ready.	Sunt in promptu.
M.	Where are the names of them that are away?	Ʋbi nomina abſentium?
N.	They are here.	5	Hic ſunt.
M.	Read them all aloud ſeverally.	Récita ſigillatim omnes.
N.	Andrew Faber.	Andraeas Faber.
M.	Come hither, why was you not here to day.	Ades. Cur non adfuiſti hodie?
A.	My father bad me to go into the field; to ſee whether the ditchers were there or no.	10	Pater juſſti me abire in agrum, ut recognoſcer em an foſſores ibi adeſſent.
M	You ſhould have came to me to aske leave to goe into the field.	Veniſſes ad me pétitum copiam abeundi in agrum.
A.	I could not come hitherward, my father was ſo earneſt.	15	Non mihi licuit horſum ire, ſic inſtábat pater.
M.	You ſhould have told him you could not be away from the ſchoole with out my leave.	Dixiſſes, te non poſſe abeſſe á ſchola ſine meo favére.
A.	I told him indeed, but I could not get leave of him to ſtep to you: he is ſo ſtrait in his commands.	20	Dixi quidem, ſed non impetravi ab eo facultátem tranſcurrendi ad te, ita imperioſus eſt.
M.	* Your father hath command at home, and I in the ſchoole.	* Domi habet impérium pater, ego in ludo.
A.	But my father bade me at home.	25	At domi juſſit pater.
M.	But I forbade any one to doe otherwiſe, then I will and command here.	At ego vetui quenquam ſecus fácere, quám hîc volo & jubeo.
A.	Would you not have us to obey our parents?	30	Non tu vis ut parentibus obſequamur?
M.	By all meanes.	Omnino.
A.	Why then am I now blamed for having done ſo?	Cur igitur nunc hoc ſeciſſe arguor?
N.	Away, away, we prolong the time with this bafling. Obey them both, as much as may be.	35	Abi, abi, tempus extráhimus hâc concertatione. Ʋtriſque pareto, quoad fieri poteſt.
M.	Call another.	Cita alium.
N.	Peter Piſtor.	Petrus Piſtor.
M.	Piſtor, come on, tell me what hindred you.	40	Piſtor, age, dic quid te detinúerit.
P.	Truly I roſe ſoon after foure a clock, bu: preſently I was to bolt the meale: that labour laſted me almoſt an houre and a halfe. And afterwards whileſt I was a waſhing and drying my ſelfe, and getting on my ſtockings, & making my ſelfe ready, the time ſlipt a way.	45	Equidem ſurrexi ſtatim poſt horam quartam, ſed illico debui farinam ſubigere: is labor durávit fere ſeſqui horam. Poſtea verò dum lavor, dum areſco, dum induo caligas, & compáro me, abit tempus,
M.	Whileſt you ſtand ſo to repeate thoſe things in order to me, you loſe time.	50	Dum tu mihi iſta ſic refer: órdine, perdis tempus.
P.	But, moſt learned maſter, unleſſe I ſhould loſe time on this faſhion, I ſhould gaine my ſelfe blowes.	Atqui, praeceptor dôctiſſime, ni tempus hoc pacto perderem, lucrifácerem mihi plagas.
M	Ye are al prettie nimble in excuſing your ſelvs, but not ſo in learning. Goe your way. Call the reſt.	55	Omnes eſt is in excuſando argútuii, diſcendo non item. Abi, récita caeteros.
N.	Iohn Horne.	Joannes hornius.
M.	What every day thus forſooth? you bring ſometimes one thing and ſometimes another, but what have you now to ſay for your ſelfe?	60	Nempe hoc aſſidué? alias aliud adfers; Quid vero nunc profers in excuſationem tui?
J.	Good maſter we had a many gueſts yeſternight.	65	Heri veſperi, praeceptor optime, multos convivas excepimus.	Theſe ſat up till midnight, and I might not ſtir one jot from them and therefore I could not awake ſooner. I have no more to ſay.	70	Hi deſiderunt uſque ad mediam noctem, nec mihi licuit batum unguem ab eis diſcedere. Propcerea non potui evigilare maturiùs. Dixi.
M.	Why did not you invite me too amongſt the gueſts.	Cur me quoque inter cateros convivas, non vocaſti?
J.	I will worke with my parents, that you may be bidden now and then if you will ſo.	75	Tránſigam apud parentes, uti vocêris non nunquam, ſi ita vis.
N.	Doe you promiſe you will do that ſo for me?	Spondes id mihi ſic facturum?
J.	I promiſe you in good deed.	Spondeo herclè.
M.	See you do not deceive mee.	80	Vide ne fallas.
J.	It ſhall not be long of me, if you be not invited.	Per me quinem non ſtabit, quò minùs vocáberis.
M.	You are a good honeſt young man, ſee you be diligent at your booke too.	Frugi es adoleſcens, cura ut ſis item ſtudioſus.
J.	So I will doe:	85	Ita faciam.
M.	Get you hence into your place.	Abſcéde hinc in locum tuum.
N.	Doe you bid me call the reſt.	lúbes me caeteros recitare?
M.	Not at this time. I will not beguile the whole company of their leſſon, for the ſlothfullneſſe of a few. But remember this boyes, hereafter you ſhall not at all excuſe your abſence? Whoſoever ſhall he a way, without my leave ſhall be whip't.	90 95	Minimè hoc tempore. Nolo univerſum gregem fraudáre ſuâ praelectione ob paucorum inertiam. Vetùm hoc meminéritis pueri, poſthac nequicquam excuſabitis abſentiam, Quiſquis ſine meo favore abfuerit, vapulábit.

Childrens Talk, Colloquy 14