Childrens Talk — Charles Hoole

Childrens Talk · Charles Hoole

Col. 16. Quintine the maſter, Robert the monitor, Servat…us a ſcholar.	Col. 16. Quintus praeceptor, Robertus monitor, Servatius diſcipulus.
Q.	Who hath the bill for ſpeaking engliſh.	Quis babet ſignum vernaculi ſermonis?
R.	I.	Ego.
Q.	Whom have you ſet down?	Quem notaſti?
R.	Servatius.	Servatium.
S.	Have you ſet me down?	5	Tu me notaveris?
R.	Yes.	Etiam.
S.	Why ſo?	Quam ab cauſam?
R.	Becauſe you ſpoke Engliſh.	Quod uſus ſis linguâ vernaculá.
S.	To whom have I ſpoken?	10	Adverſus quem locutus?
R.	To me,	Adverſus me.
S.	To you, you errant lier?	Erga te, mendaciſſime?
Q.	Why do you ſpeak ſo loud?	Quid vociferaris?
S.	Should I not ſpeak aloud when he dare be bold to ſay ſuch things openly?	15	Non vociferer, quum hic talia audeat praedicáre.
R.	Why ſhould I not bee bold to ſay it when it is true?	Quid ni audeam, cum ſit verum.
S.	Thou lyar! but when did you heare mee ſpeake Engliſh?	20	O falcide! Quando veró audiviſti me loquentem Anglice?
R.	Would you know;	Vis ſcire?
S.	I would indeed.	Volo enimverò.
R,	Lately ſomewhere.	Nuper alicubi.
S.	Doe but heare.	Audito.	I pray you tell mee. On what day; or in what place?	20	Die ſodes, quo die? aut ubi gentium;
R.	I have forgotten the day, I do not remember the place,	Dies éxcidit mihi, Locum non commémini.
S.	Say, who was there by?	Dic, quo praeſente?
R.	I and thou.	25	Me & te.
S.	It is a lie.	Falſum eſt.
R.	It is a true tale.	Verum eſt.
S.	that which I ſay.	Scilicet, quod ego dico.
R.	Nay, that which I ſay.	Imó, quod ego dico.
Q.	Truly I doubt whether I ſhould beleive.	30	Ʋtri credam, equidem ambigo.
S.	Good maſter, I beſeech you, if any one ſay the truth, that he may be beleived.	Si quis verum dicit, quaeſo ut credâtur, bone magiſter.
R.	I maintain that you ſpoke Engliſh.	35	Ego te aſſero dixiſſe vernáculum.
S.	Prove that I ſpake it.	Preba me dixiſſe.
R.	Nay rather do you prove that you did not ſpeak it.	Imó tu proba te non dixiſse.
S.	I cannot. IF it were lawful for me to take my oath, I would not ſticke to ſweat by all the ſaints in the Kalendar.	40	Non poſſum. Si mihi liceat jusjurandum interponere, nihil dubitem per omnes adjurare divos.
Q.	That yo forſooth ſpoke Engliſh.	Te videlicet locictum vernaculum.
S.	I have very great wrong done me, moſt worthy maſter.	45	Inſignis mihi fit injuria, praecepter optime.
Q.	Did you never ſpeake Engliſh before?	Nunquam antehac protuliſ…t vernaculū ſermonem?
S.	Very often, I confeſſe.	Perſaepo, fáteor.
Q.	It is credible then that you ſpake Engliſh too, when he ſet you down.	55	Credibile eſt tum quoque dixiſſ…e verná ulum, cùm hic te notáret.
S.	He lies like a rogue; I neither ſpoke Engliſh when he was by, nor did he ſet me down.	60	Mentitur ſurcifer nece. go vernacalum locutus ſum, hoc praefente, nec iſte-notávit.
Q	Now verily, I cannot but laugh. And I know not whether I ſhould believe. This boy never told me a lie before this day, you have once or twice, which now indeed mak's your cauſ… the worſe.	65	Rideo mehércu'è. Nec ufri credam ſcio. Hic mihi nunquā mentitus eſt ante hunc diem, tu ſemel at que iterū, quod nunc ſane tuam cauſam reddit deteriorem.
S.	I acknowledge I have done amiſs in lying aforetime, but now indeed I ſpeak the truth I have not offended maſter.	70	Agnoſco peccaſſe olim mentiendo at nunc profecto verum dico, nihil deliqui praeceptor.
Q.	Would you have me believe you?	Vis ut credam tibi?
S.	You may ſafely belive me, worthy maſter.	75	Credas mihi ſecurè, magiſter obſervande.
R.	Good maſter either believe both, or beleive neither.	Praeceptor bone, vel crede utrique, vel crede neutri.
Q.	I have light upon a couple of wranglers for ought that I ſee. Get you both hence with a miſchief. Doe you keep the note.	80	In diſceptatores incidi, ut video. Auſerte vos hinc ambos in malam rem. Tu ſignum retine.
R.	Withall my heart, ſeeing you wil have it ſo.	Perquàm lubens, quando ita vis.

Childrens Talk, Colloquy 16