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Childrens Talk · Charles Hoole

Childrens Talk, Colloquy 19 – Colloquy 20

Col. 19. Conrade and Dydymus, Schoolfellowes.Col. 19. Conrádus & Didymus, condiſcipuli.
C.I would ſome ill chance or other might light upon our maſter.Ʋt o…nes dii, d…ae que praeceptórem noſtrum magno …onent infortunio.
D.What harm hath the maſter done you that you ſo ſtorm againſt him?5Quid magiſter malefécit tibi, ut ſic in …um deſtomachéris?
C.Becauſe he lets us ſit drowſing here in ſuch faire weathrr.Quòd nos hîc …am ſer…no coelo deſidére patiatur.At other times when it is either rain or ſtormmy weather, he will ſuffer himſelfe to beover▪intreated▪ but now there is no intreating of him.10Aliàs, quando v…l pluvi… eſt, vel prócella, patietur ſe exorari; nunc inexorábilis eſt.
D▪Why, what would you doe?Quid enim …cere velis?
C.I had a good mind to play a good whie …nce15Ludere jamdudum geſtio.
D.You wax ſottiſh. Wee plaid but the day before yeſterday; and have you forgot it already.15Déſipis núdius tértius luſimus; an id éxcidit tibi?
C.But the windes and ſhowers were ſo boyſterous that day, that I had no minde to look out of the doors.20Verùm illo die ſic venti ſaeviébant, & imbres, ut mihi non libé. et proſpectáre domo.
D.Could our maſter foreknow what weather would happen?An magiſter potuit praeſcire quid …venturum eſset.I am ſure on it, when we were diſmiſſed, it was fair.25Certè, cum dimitteremur, ſudum erat.
C.But a little after we were gone from the ſchool (O wonderfull!) what a mighty tempeſt there aroſe on a ſuddain!At paulo poſt quam ſumus ludum egr…ſſi, (Deum immortalem!) quanta tempeſtas ſubito coorta eſt!
D.Seeing you are ſo deſirous to play what, I pray you, have you a mind to doe?30Cùm ludendi tam ſis cupidus, quid quaeſo, tibi libet actitáre?
C.That which I might not doe of late.Quod nuper minùs licuit.
D.And what is that I pray you?Quid iſt ud tandem?
C.To run up and downe the fields, to leape in the meadowes, and to fill the aire with ſhouting35In campis currere, in pr…is exul á…e, magnis clamoribus vácuum impl…te coe…um.
D.O ſtrange I what a fine ſport is that?Dii beni! quanta eſt ea voluptas!
C.Doe you not know? I had rather have this ſport then eat honey, or ſugar.40Non ſcis? Ego prae hâc voluptáte, ne mel quidem eſitáre velim aut ſaccharum.
D.I remember our maſters ſpake of ſome other exerciſes.45Ego magiſtros noſtros alia quaedam exercitia memorare commémmi.
C.There cannot be better found in my judgment.Non poſſunt melióra reperiri, meo quidem judicio.
D.What do you think of the handball.50Quid tibi vidétur pila palmária?
C.I never uſed my ſelf to that kind of play: and beſids, my ſtrength will not abide it, nor have I the trick of it55Nunquam exercui me iſto ludendi génerè: deinde, nec vires ſupperunt, nec artem cáſteo.
D.What, doth fiſhing pleaſe you?Quid, piſcáſio placet?
C.Whether? Angling, or fiſhing with the net?Ʋtra? Hamátilis, an reticulá ia?
D.Both.Ʋtraque?
C.Truly I am delighted with neither.60Neutrâ hercle trahor.
D.Why ſo?Quam ob cauſam?
C.The one makes ut ſlo…hfull, the other makes us wet.Altera ſegnes; alt ra reddit uvidos.
D.What? doth not wraſtling like you?65Quid? num te lucta delectat?
C.Not at all.M nimè.
D.Why not?Cur non?
C.I am afraid of falling. or, breaking a limb.Métuo caſum, fract…irámve.
D.Have you not a mind to ride?70Non tibi libet equtiâre?
C.I never came on a horſes back.Nunquam aſcendi equum
D.Have you not a mind to hunt?Non venári;
C.We want nets, hunting poles and dogs.Deſunt caſſes, venábula, canes.
D.Have you not a mind to ſwim?75Non natáre;
C.It is an unprofitable and a dangerous skill, and whereof we have no leave given us.Ars eſt inutilis & periculoſa, & nobis inconceſſa.
D.Have you not a mind to ſhoot?Non jaculári?
C.I brake my bow lately.80Nuper fregi arcum.
D.You ſhould have got it mended,Reparáres.
C.I have not a ſtring.Non habeo nervum.
D.You ſhould buy one.Emeres.
C.Where?80Ʋbi?
D.Of the bowyers.De arcuariis.
C.If I had mony enough I would buy me ſuch books as I want.Si pecunia ſuppéteret, émerem libros, quibus opus eſt.
D.Have you learned muſick.85Didiciſti múſicam?
C.I would never give me my mind to itHaud unquam volui applicóre ánimum.
D.That's ſtrange, ſeeing it is both an ingenious thing, and very pleaſant.90Mirum, quum & liberále ſit, & perquám jucusdum.
C.I beleive it. But I from a child could never abide to ſing.Credo. Sed ego à pueritiâ ſemper abhorrui à canendo.
D.Now ſeeing no liberall exerciſe delighteth you I wonder that any body can endure to play with you.95Cum verò nulla te-liberalis exercit átio detectet, demiror ſi quis tecum ludere ſuſtineat.
C.O you mad boy, do you think that all are ſo teſty as you are?100O inſane, credis univerſo; tam tétricos eſſe quám tu et?Indeed I would (play) if I could.Equidem ſi poſſem vellem.
D.Hold your peace, the maſter is here: if he ſhould catch us talking, and ask us, what anſwer ſhould we make?105Tace, magiſter adeſt, ſi nos confabulantes deprehendat, & perconté ur quid reſpondeamus?
C.I can eaſily finde what to anſwer.Ego repériam facilè quod reſpondeam.
Col. 20. Giles the Father, Frederick the Son.Col. 20. Aegidius pater, Fredericus filius.
AeTake this letter.Cape tabellas has.
F.What needs any letter?Quid opus eſt tabellis?
AeCarry it to your maſter.Defer ad magiſtrum tuum.
F.Where ſhould I finde him.Ʋbi invéniam cum.
AeAt his houſe.5Domi ſuae.
F.What if he be not at home?Quid ſi non ſit domi?
AeGive him it in the ſchoolTráde illi in ludo literário.
F.Shall I ſay nothing?Nihil dicam,
AeThat he would doe what the letters mention.10Ʋt id faciat quod iſtae loquuntur literae.
F.Muſt I come againe quickly, after I have delivered them?Jubes me ſtatim recurrere, poſtquam reddidi.
AeIf your maſter thinke oo d.15Si praeceptóri tuo ſic viſum fúerit.
F.What if he neither ſay I, nor nay?Quid ſi ne que ánnuat, ne que renuat.
AeHe will doe the one of the two Dve not fear it.Altérutrum fáciet. Ne mé tue.