| Col. 17. Theodore an old man, and Venantius a ſchollar. | Col. 17. Theodorus ſenex, & Venantius discipulus. |
| T. | Have you a pen and inke child? | Habes the cam pennáriam ſili? |
| V. | Yes ſir. If you wil have any thing I wil furniſh you. | Euam dómine. Si quid vis ſuppeditábo. |
| T. | I would write two or three words. | 5 | Duo verba volo exarare. |
| V. | Yea, write ten if you wil | Vel decem. |
| T. | Stand ſtill whileſt I write, | Subſiſte tantiſper dum ſcribo. |
| V. | I will goe no whither write as much as you will. | Nuſquam digrédiar, ſcribe, quantum vis prolixè. |
| T. | Tak your pen and ink again, child, I have ſet down what I had a minde to ſet down. I thanke you. | Recipe, fili, calamárium tuum, notavi quae volui. Habetur tibi gratin. |
| V. | Why ſhould you thanke me? ſhould an old mā thanke a boy eſpecially for no ſervice? | 15 | Quid mihi, gratiam habeas? ſenex adoleſcentulo praeſertim ob nullum officium? |
| T. | Your manuerly ſaying ſets me on, child, ſo that I have a mind to talk with you a litle, if you be content. | 20 | Honeſt a oratio tua, mi fili, …, ut tecum colloqui velim paulifper, ſi ánnuis. |
| V | I am not unwilling indeed to talke with you Sir: but I wonder what the matter is that you would ſpeak with me. | Non abnuo quidem tecum loqui, domine: ſed quid ſit miror, quod mecum loqui velis. |
| T. | I would firſt know of you, who is your father and mother. | 5 | Scire ex te primum volo, qui ſint parentes tui. |
| V. | They dwell not here, & therefore I ſhould name them to you but in vain | Non hîc habitant, proinde fruſtra eos nóminem tibi. |
| T. | No? where then? | Non? ubi igitur? |
| V. | At Wert. | 30 | Guertë. |
| T | That is a place altogether unknown to me. | Iſte locus perquàm ignotus mihi. |
| V. | I believe you Sir. It is not ſo much frequented as this. | Credo domine. Non eſt tam céleber, quàm hic eſt. |
| T. | Is that, that Wert, a good town or a countrey-village? | 35 | Oppidum eſt, an pagus Guerteum iſtud? |
| V. | A good town, indeed, & that very populous. It is commonly called Wert. | Oppidum ſarè, & quidem populoſiſſimum. Vulgò vocátur Wert. |
| T. | Now I know it: There is great ſtore of cloathing in that place. | 40 | Nunc ſcio: magnum exercetur lanificium in eo loco. |
| V. | Now you hit it. | Jam tenes. |
| T. | I thaught you had been a ſcholar. | Scholaſticum te eſse credidi. |
| V. | Indeed I am a ſcholar | 45 | Sum equidem ſcholaſticus. |
| T. | How fals it out then, that you come hither to learn. | Quid igitur áccidit, ut huc ſtudendi cauſâ advenias? |
| V. | I do not learn here. but in my own countrey. Now I came hither for my minds ſake with my father to the Mart. | 50 | Non hic ſtudeo ſed in patriâ. Nunc huc animi cauſâ cum patre profectus ſum ad mercátum |
| T. | Now have you brought me into my way againe. | Nunc me redux ſti in viam. |
| V. | By whom then art thou taught? | A quo igitur es inſtitútus? |
| T. | By the ſchoole-maſters of that place where I was born. | 55 | A ludimagiſtris iſtius loci ubi natus ſum. |
| V. | What like maſters have you there? | Cujuſmodi Praeceptores habes illic? |
| T. | The one leane, the other fat. | Alterum macrum, ping…m alterum. |
| V. | Are they batchelours or married men? | 60 | Caelibes ſunt an mariti? |
| T. | Both married men. | Ambo mariti. |
| V. | Are they men of great learning, i e. great ſcholars? | Magnâ ſunt eruditione? |
| T. | I doe not know truly. I think indifferent. | 65 | Neſcio herclè. Tolerábili opìnor. |
| T. | How many ſchollars have they? | Quot diſcipulos habent? |
| T. | A great company indeed | Magnum ſané gregem. |
| V. | What do they teach you | Quid docent vos? |
| T. | Truly that which we do not know It is a fond anſwer ſir, but I hope you will pardon it. | 70 | Herclè quod neſcimus. Ridicula eſt reſponſio, Domine, ſed ignoſcenda. |
| T. | I like it well enough. Is any of your ſchool fellowes a very good ſchollar? | placet. Ecquis inter condiſcipulos tuos eſt inſignitèr doctus? |
| V. | Herein I am not able to anſwer you. | 75 | Hic nihil habeo quod reſpondeam. |
| T. | Can they ſay any thing what one will in Latine? | Poſſunt quidvis Latinè dicere? |
| V. | I thinke ſo. I am ſure they prattle every day in Latine. | Opinor, certè garrium aſſidue Latinè. |
| T. | What doe you learn? | Tu quid diſcis? |
| V. | The Grammer rules. | 80 | Grammátices paecepta. |
| T. | Have you done any good at your learning? | Ecquid operae pretium feciſti in literis? |
| V. | I am not able to judge of my learning. | Ego meam eruditionem non poſſum aeſtimáre. |
| T. | Shall I make tryall of you? | 85 | Licet periculum tui facere? |
| V. | I doe not ſay nay. If you will you may. | Non recuſo. Si libet, licet. |
| T. | Can you ſay any verſe by heart? | Ecquem verſiculum tenes memoriter? |
| V. | A great many. | 90 | Permultos. |
| T. | Reapeate ſome one. | Proſer unum quémpiam. |
| V. | To pleaſe great men deſérves no little praiſe. | Princibus placuiſſe viris, non ultima laus eſt. |
| T. | Conſtrue it, | Cóllige conſtructionem. |
| V. | It is not the laſt praiſe, to pleaſe chief men. | 95 | Non eſt ultima laus, Placuiſſe principibus viris. |
| T. | What meaneth that ſentence? | Quid ea oratie ſibi vult? | It is not the laſt praiſe. | Non eſt ultima laus. |
| V. | That it is exceeding great praiſe; expreſſed by the contrary, like as we ſay a boy is not unlearned, whom we would ſay is learned. | 100 | Quòd ſit laus eximia; per contrárium expreſſa, ſicut dicimus, pú…rum quempiam non eſſe indectum, quem doctum volumus dicere. |
| T. | What ſignifieth the laſt? | Ultimum quid ſignificat? |
| V. | That which is laſt in order, but here, as oft other-where it is put for the leaſt, or very little, or the loweſt, as the firſt is put for the chief & moſt excellent | 110 | Quod eſt ordine poſtremum, verùm hic, ut & aliás ſaepe pro minimo aut exiguo, aut inſimo ponitur, quemádmodum primus pônitur pro ſummo & eximio. |
| T. | What part of ſpeech is Ultima? | 115 | Quae Pars orationis eſt Ultima? |
| V. | My maſter reckoned it amongſt the Nounes ordinal. For he is not wont to diſpute curiouſly about ſuch matters. | 120 | Meus magiſter retulit inter nómina ordinália. Nam de tálibus rebus non ſoles anixè diſputáre. |
| T. | And he had rather have ſuch ſchollars as can tell how to uſe words then how to wrangle about them. | Et ipſe diſcipulos habére mavult, qui ſciant vocibus ut, quám qui de illis degladiári noverint. |
| V. | Whence is the infinitive Mood, placuiſſe governed, or upon what doth it depend? | 125 | Infinitum placuiſſe unde regitur, aut á quo pendet. |
| T. | I thinke this may bee ſpoken two ways: firſt that it dependeth on the Verb eſt, ſo that an Accuſative caſe may be underſtood; as the old faſhion is for Verbs to have an accuſative caſe after them with an Infinitive mood, as this may be the conſtruction: It is not the laſt praiſe (underſtand) for a man to pleaſ great men: that it may be like this ſpeech * It is fit for a ſchollar to love his maſter. Again it may be ſaid that the Infinitive mood placuiſſe is put inſtead of a nominative caſe, as it is for the moſt part; that it may be like this ſpeech. To love is a moſt hurtfull thing; or this, to play at dice is a moſt hurtfull thing. | 130 135 | Duplicit'r hoc poſſe dici exiſtimo: Primùm, quòd pendeat á verbo eſt, ut ſubaudiatur Accuſativus, ſicut mos eſt verb is priſtinus accuſativum poſt ſe régere cum infinito; ut ſit iſta conſtructio: Non eſt ultima laus (ſubaudi) hominem placuiſſe vitis principibus: ut ſit ſimilis huic orationi. | 140 145 150 | * Eſt aequum diſcipulum amare praeceptorem. Deinde, poteſt dici, quòd infinitum placuiſſe ponátur vice Nominativi, ſi cut plerun que ut ſit, huic orationi ſimilis, A máre eſt res damnoſiſſima; vel huic. Ludere álcâ non eſt honeſtum. |
| T. | What meaneth chiefe men? | Quid ſibi vult principibus viris? |
| V. | By chiefe men I think are meant men that are mightie, Noble, rich and the like, that chiefe may be put here inſtead of a noune Adjective, as it is uſed in Lucius Florus, the chief people. | 155 | Per principes viros puto ſignificari viros praepotentes, nòbiles, divites, & similes: ut princeps hîc ponátur loco nominis Adjectior, ſicut apud Lucium Florum uſurpatur Princeps pópulus. | Nor is that any ſtrange thing; For Terence alſo ſaid an old Merchant. And an old wife as cunning as a fox is to be found in Eraſmus. | 160 | Nec id novum eſt; Nam & ſenex mereator dixit Terentius. | Anus vulpes extat apud Eraſmum: |
| T. | What kinde of verſe is this? | 165 | Cujuſmodi verſic ulus eſt iſte? |
| V. | An Heroick Hexameter | Heroicus Hexameter. |
| T. | Whereof doth it conſiſt? | Ʋnae conſtat ille? |
| V. | In the firſt four feet of a Spondie, & Dactyle indifferently: in the fift of a dactyle onelyonly; in the ſixt of a Spondie or Trochie. | 170 | In quatuor primis pedibus indifferenter ex Dáctylo, vel Spondaeo: in quinto è ſolo Dáctylo; ïn ſexto, Spondaeo: vel Trochaeo. |
| T. | How many ſylables hath a Dactile foot? | 175 | Dáctylus quot ſyllabas récipit? |
| V. | Three. | Ternas. |
| T. | Of what ſort? | Cujuſmodi? |
| V. | The firſt long, and the latter two ſhort. | Primam longam, duas poſteriores breves. |
| T. | Do your maſters teach you theſe things? | 180 | Haeccine docent vos magiſtriveſtri? |
| V. | I beſeech you, from whence elſe ſhould I learn them? | Obſecro, unde ego alioqui háuſerim? |
| T. | He muſt needs be a rich man. | 185 | Oportet illum eſſe virum opulentum. |
| V. | How ſo? | Qui? |
| T. | Becauſ they get a great deal of money, that teach boyes ſo. | Quia magnum quaeſtum faciunt, qui ſic erudiunt adoleſcentes. |
| V. | But our maſter hath much adoe to live. | 190 | At noſter vix ſeſe á penuria tuétur. |
| T. | Is he ſo poore? | Ita pauper eſt? |
| V. | Verily he is not rich. | Certè non eſt opuléntus. |
| T. | Truely, he deſerves a better fortune. | 195 | Dignus hercle meliore fortúnâ. |
| V. | So he doth indeed: but he cannot make fortune his friend. | Ita eſt quidem: ſed non peteſt fortunae litáre. |
| T. | How doth he and the citizens agree? | Quomodo civibus & ipſi convenit? |
| V. | Well, I thinke. | Opinor bene. |
| T. | They all ſtrive to doe him any kindneſſe. | 200 | Favent illi certátim omnes. |
| V. | This I am ſure on. | Hoc ſcio. |
| T. | Doe they give him nothing? | Nihil dant? |
| V. | He is no asker. | Non eſt petax. |
| T. | Hee doth ſo much the more deſerve their baunty. | 205 | Hócmagis promerétur munificentiam. |
| V. | Your common-wealths are able, but ours are not ſo. | Veſtrae Reſpúblicae potentes ſunt, at noſtrae non item. |
| T. | What ones are your ſchool-fellowes? | Quales ſunt tui condiſcipuli? |
| V. | Good and diligent at their bookes. | 210 | Boni ac studióſt. |
| T. | Doe they love you? | Amant hi te? |
| V. | As a brother. | Tanquam fratrem. |
| T. | Do you love your maſter? | Ecquid praeceptorem tuum amas? |
| V. | Paſſing well. | 215 | Mirificé. |
| T. | You do well. But can you tell me readily, why you love him. | Honeſtè facis. At verò potes mihi expedire, cur ames? |
| V. | Firſt, becauſe he is a good ſchollar. | Primùm, quod ſit vir doctus. |
| T. | He is worthily beloved of all good men for his learning. | 220 | Ob eruditiónem amátur méritò ab omnibus bonis. |
| V. | And then becauſe he is ſo diligent in teaching us. | Delnde, quod in docendis nobis tam diligens ſit. |
| T. | In this reſpect …e owe him a great deale of honour and love too. | 225 | Hoc nomine vos illi potiſſimum debetis honórem pariter & amórem. |
| V. | And alſo becauſe hee chides no body but gently. | Tum quód néminem niſi clementér objúrget. |
| T. | Truly he deſerves to be a Tutor to a Prince. | 230 | Dignus herclè, qui regum liberos dóceat. |
| V. | Nor doth he ever beate any unleſſe he be admoniſhed a fore. | Necunquam caedit quenquam niſi admónitum antcà. |
| T. | He is a good man, as far as I can beare. | 235 | Vir bonus eſt, quantum audio. |
| V. | Beſides all this. He doth ſo provoke all to follow their books, and to live well, that a Mother cannot more kindly win her child to ſuck or eat. | 240 | Ad haec univerſos ſic próvocat ad literárum ſtudium & honeſtatem, ut non poſſit mater benigniùs provocare ſuum infantem ad ſugendum, aut edendum. |
| T. | He muſt needs be a naughty boy that lovs not ſuch a maſter. | Júvenis ſit improbus, qui praeceptorem talem non amer. |
| V. | Therefore I ſaid I did love him, leſt I ſhould be thought a naughty boy. | 245 | Ergò me dixi amare, njuvenis cenſear improbus. |
| T. | I have asked you my childe, what I had a minde to, now I let you go. | 255 | Percontátus ſum, fili, quae volui. Nunc te dimitio. |
| V. | Fare you well, Sir. | Bene vale, Domine. |
| T. | Farewell heartily. | Vale faeliciter. | And when you come to your maſter, comend me kindly to him. | Et praeceptorem tuum meo nomine fac officioſe ſalutes adveniens, |
| V. | I will doe it indeed with all my heart. | 260 | Faciam ac lubens quidem. |