Childrens Talk · Charles Hoole
Childrens Talk, Colloquy 34
| Col. 34. Simon a ſchollar, Timothy the Maſter, and a company of boyes. | Cal. 34. Simon diſcipulus, Timothaeus Praeceptor, grex puerórum. | ||||||
| S. | Doth it pleaſe you good maſter, to teach us manners now? | Ecquid placet, praeceptor obſervande, ut noſtros mores jam formes? | |||||
| T. | Truly you put me in minde of it in very good time. | 5 | Peropportunè meherculè ádmones. | For now I am quiet in my minde. | Nam ánimo jam ſum tranquillo; | And the opportunity of time and place doth perſwade me. | Et temporis opportunitas hortátnr & loci. |
| S. | Would you have me ſit down againe? | 10 | Jubes me reſidere? | ||||
| T. | Nay rather ſtand ſtill here by me, whilſt I ſhall ſpeak what I intend. | Imo reſiſte bîc prope me, dum quae volo, dixero. | Be quiet boyes let none of you ſtirr. | Quieſcite, púeri, nemo veſtrûm commóveat ſe. | |||
| S. | Do you not heare what the Maſter commands. | 15 | Non auditis, quid praeceptor imperet? | ||||
| T. | Do you ſee this youth, boyes? | Videtis hunc adoleſcentem, pueri? | |||||
| C. | Yes. | Etiam. | |||||
| T. | Do you know what he hath done? | 20 | Scitis, quid fecerit? | ||||
| C. | No. | Minimè. | |||||
| T. | He hath been very unmannerly here of late, when any body ſpake to him. I will now correct them. | 25 | Nuper pravos mores habuit, quum vir quiſpiā alloquoretur cum. Hos ego nunc corrigam. | Do you underſtand? | Intellxiſtis? | ||
| C. | Yes, very fully. | Cállid…. | |||||
| T. | What I ſaid to this boy, I would have the ſame ſaid to you all. | Quod huic dicitur, idem vobis omnibus dictum volo. | |||||
| C. | We apprehend you. | Tenemus. | |||||
| T. | I will talk with you, anſwer me in due faſhion. | 30 | Tecum loquar, reſponde mihi ritè. | ||||
| S. | As well as I can. | Prout pótero. | |||||
| T. | Did you know the man that ſpoke with you of late in the market place? | 35 | Noras virum, qui te nuper alloquebátur in foro? | ||||
| S. | I doe not remember that ever I ſaw him before. | Antehac non memini me vidiſſe | |||||
| T. | VVhat did he ſay to you. | Quid dicebat tibi? | |||||
| S. | He queſtioned me about divers things. | 40 | Percontábatur me de variis rebus. | ||||
| T. | About what? | De quibus? | |||||
| S. | About my parents, about my ſtudies, and about my fellowes which I have in the Schoole. | De paréntibus meis, de ſtudiis, de ſodálibus quos in ludo habeo. | |||||
| T. | VVhat did you anſwer? | 45 | Quid reſpondebas? | ||||
| S. | Truly that which then came into my minde. | Sanè quod mihi tum ſuggeſſit animus. | |||||
| T. | I could wiſh you had uſed other manners. | Aliu moribus vellem ie fuiſſe uſum. | |||||
| S. | VVhen? | Quando? | |||||
| T. | VVhilſt you were anſwering. | 50 | Inter reſpondendum. | ||||
| S. | Yet he did not finde fault with my manners. | Ille meos mores tamen non carpſit. | |||||
| T. | I know it. He is an honeſt man. | S cio. Vireſt honeſtus. | He knew that was nothing to him. | 55 | Sciébat illam rem ad ſe nihil pertinére. | ||
| S. | If you finde any thing faulty in me, I pray you mend it. | Si quid in me deprehen. diſti vitióſum, emenda, quaeſo. | |||||
| T. | So I will: Doe you attend. | Ita fâciam, Tu aures adhibe. | |||||
| S. | I doe that already. | 60 | Iſtud jamdudum fácio. | ||||
| T. | As oft as you goe by an old man, a Magiſtrate, a Miniſter, a Noble man, or a Scholar, put off your …at preſantly. | 65 | Quoties praeterieris ſenem, magiſtrátum, ſacerdotem, virum nobilem, virum doctum, nuda caput illico. | ||||
| S. | I will do ſo. | Fáciam. | |||||
| T. | But if you ſit any where, and ſuch a one come by you, riſe up to him too, and make a legg alſo. | 70 | Sin in ſédeas alicubi, téque talis praeterear, aſſurgito quoque, & genu inſuper flectito. | ||||
| S. | I will remember it. | Meminero. | |||||
| T. | Moreover if you perceive he hath a minde to ſpeak with you, then ſtepping forward a little your ſelfe, ſtand ſtraight juſt before him. | 75 | Porro ſi tecum etiam loqui velle ſénſetis, tum paúlulum ipſe progreſsus, ex adver ſo conſiſte rectus. | ||||
| S. | Yes forſooth. | Scilicet. | |||||
| T. | Hold your bat betwixt your hands. | Pileum inter manus contine. | |||||
| S. | I conceive you. | Teneo. | |||||
| T. | Set your feet even together. | Compone pedes quoque, | |||||
| S. | I will doe as you bid. | 80 | Fáciam ut jubes. | ||||
| T. | Caſt your eyes now and then upon him that talkes with you. | Intende oculos ſubinde in eum qui tecum loquitur. | |||||
| S. | Now and then? | Subinde? | |||||
| T | So I ſay. | Sic aio. | |||||
| S. | VVhy may I not looke upon him conſtantly? | 85 | Quare non eſt mihi continuè áſpiciendus? | ||||
| T. | Becauſe it would be a ſigne of impudence. | Quod ſit impudentiae ſignum. | |||||
| S. | I underſtand you. | Intélligo. | |||||
| T. | Beſides that you ſhould make a leg. | 90 | Praetérea debes flectera álterum genu. | ||||
| S. | One or both. | Alterumne an utrum que | |||||
| T. | One. | Altérum. | |||||
| S. | Whether the right or the left? | Vtrum? dexterumne, an ſiniſtrum? | |||||
| T. | The right. | 95 | Dextrum. | ||||
| S. | How often would you have me make a leg? | Quoties me jubes flectere genu? | |||||
| T. | Ever and anon. | Identidem. | |||||
| S. | I doe not underſtand what that meaneth? | Iſtud quid ſit non intélligo. | |||||
| T. | As oft as you ſhall finiſh your anſwer. | 100 | Quotieſcunque reſponſum abſolveris. | ||||
| S. | Now I know. | Nune ſcio. | |||||
| T. | Anſwer boldely. Ask …aſhfully. | Audácter reſponde: roga pudenter. | |||||
| S. | I apprehend you. | 105 | Ténco. | ||||
| T. | Moreover, you muſt utter all your words plainly leiſurely, and diſtinctly. | Porro verba omnia proferenda ſunt tibi expreſsè, lente, & articulatè. | |||||
| S. | What if baſhfulneſſe hinder me, as it fals out often times, whereby I dare not ſpake out, what I would ſay? | 110 | Quid ſi pudor me praepédiat, ut fit ſaepe, quo minūs aufim, quae volo, proloqui? | ||||
| T. | You ſhould not be baſhfull in this caſe. But if at any time, naughtineſs ſet you on, then you ſhould bluſh. | 115 | Nunc non decet eſſe verecundum. Sed ſi quando nequ…tia ſtimulat, tam debes erubeſcere. | ||||
| S. | You ſay truly. | Rectè tu quidem. | But I can ſcarce moderate my ſelfe, but that I bluſh, eſpecially if any grave man offer to ſpeak to me. | 120 | At ego mihi moderári vix poſſum, quin erubeſcam: praeſertim, ſi vir gravis quiſpiam alloquátur me. | ||
| T. | Such ſhame is honeſt, if it doe not degenerate into a naughty baſhfulneſſe. | Honeſtus eſt talis pudor ſi non degéneret in verecúndiam vitióſam. | Whereof we will then ſpeake, when I ſhall have leiſure to doe ſo. | De qua tum fabulábimur, quando per otium licébit. | |||
| S. | Whatſoever pleaſeth you the ſame ſhould content us. | 125 | Quicquid placet tibi, idem debet nobis placére. | What doe you thinke boyes? | Quid vobis vidétur púeri? | ||
| C. | What about? | Quâ de re? | |||||
| T. | Are you ſufficiently taught? | 130 | Num ſatis eſtis inſtructi? | ||||
| C. | Abundantly. | Abundè. | |||||
| T. | What remaines then? | Quid reſtat igitur? | |||||
| C. | That we be alwaies mindfull of theſe things. | 135 | Ut horum femper ſimus mémores. | ||||
| T. | And that you be thankfull alſo to your maſter. | Ut & praeceptori veſtro grariam habeátis. | |||||
| C. | We give you immortal thanks, moſt worthy Maſter. | 140 | Grátias tibi ágimus immortáles, collaudatiſſime praeceptor. | ||||
| T. | Well done. | Bene factum. |
Eraſ. Epiſt. ad Lectorem. De utilitate Colloquiorum.
| I matter not how I play the Boy, ſo it be for their profit. | Nihil moror quàm pueriliter, modò utiliter. |
| And I cannot tell whether any thing be better learn't then that which is learn't by play. | Et haud ſcio, an quicquam diſcitur foelicius, quàm quod ludendo diſcitur. |
FINIS.
End of the text · Charles Hoole, Childrens Talk (1659)