Corderius dialogues translated grammatically For the more speedy attaining to the knowledge of the Latine tongue, for writing and speaking Latine. Done chiefly for the good of schooles, to be used according to the direction set downe in the booke called Ludus literarius, or The grammar-schoole.

The 42. Dialogue.

The Master. Tili••k.

HOe, Tiliak, follow me into my cham∣ber, * 1.1 I have matter to admonish thee of privately.

T.

Master I am * 1.2 here.

P.

Wilt thou never come f 1.3 earely to the schoole?

T.

I cannot come sooner.

P.

Thou sayest g 1.4 this alwayes: what hindreth [thee?]

T.

There is h 1.5 no bodie at our house * 1.6 to a∣wake mee.

P.

No body?

T.

No bodie at all.

P.

Have yee not a gi••le?

T.

We have indeed, but hh 1.7 shee careth not * 1.8 to raise me.

P.

Yea thou (as I thinke) dost not care to rise, doe I not say true? * 1.9 why doest thou hold thy peace? Answer something now at length.

T.

* 1.10 Wretch that I am, what shall I doe?

P.

There is * 1.11 no cause * 1.12 that

thou shouldest feare, confesse the truth.

T.

What if I shall confesse it?

P.

i 1.13 Hoe, be∣leeve mee I will pardon thee.

T.

Ah, it shameth [mee]

P.

I pray thee, let it not shame [thee] to confesse the truth, other∣wise thou shalt be beaten: goest thou on to hold thy peace? Hoe Monitour, * 1.14 goe to his mother to see and aske.

T.

Master, I pray [you] * 1.15 doe not send, I will tell you all the matter, I will l 1.16 hold backe nothing

P.

Goe to, * 1.17 bee of a m 1.18 good courage.

T.

In∣deed it is so, as you have said.

P.

n 1.19 This is not enough, I will heare all things o 1.20 several∣ly. Shew me plainly how the matter * 1.21 stan∣deth.

T.

When the girle commeth q 1.22 to stir me up, first I answer nothing, as if I sleep•• in earnest, and then, if shee r 1.23 urge me more, I lift up my head * 1.24 heavily: I sit in my bed, t 1.25 I cast my doublet * 1.26 upon my shoulders, as being about to arise straightway.

P.

How * 1.27 finely doest thou tell [it!] * 1.28 So God love me, I love thee more now than ever u 1.29 I did. y 1.30 Proceed.

T.

As soone as the girle is gone out of the chamber, then * 1.31 I z 1.32 bow my head backe upon the pillow, and put downe my fee••.

P.

* 1.33 Doest thou also sleepe againe?

T.

I indeed sleepe againe well and * 1.34 quiet∣ly.

P.

How long?

T.

Vntill our b 1.35 girle come the second time.

P.

When shee re∣turneth, what saith shee to thee?

T.

[She] exclaimeth, [shee] cryeth out, [shee] c 1.36 is madde.

P.

What words doth [shee] use?

T.

Hoe knave (quoth [••hee]) when wilt thou be in the schoole? I will tell thy Ma∣ster,

that he may d 1.37 beat thee well: thou wilt never rise, unlesse thou shalt be * 1.38 stirred up twise or thrise.

P.

e 1.39 Doest thou promise in good * 1.40 sooth * 1.41 that thou wilt doe thy du∣tie hereafter?

T.

If ever I shall fall backe * 1.42 I will intreat no more pardon, but will bee content to bee beaten openly with roddes, and that most g 1.43 bitterly.

P.

Indeed thou promisest very well, but how wilt thou per∣forme [thy] promises?

T.

h 1.44 The Lord God helping [mee.]

P.

By what * 1.45 meanes wilt thou * 1.46 move him?

T.

By faith, and by i 1.47 con∣tinuall prayers.

P.

Otherwise thou canst obtaine nothing.

T.

k 1.48 Intruth I doe be∣leeve it.

P.

It is not enough to beleeve it, unlesse thou * 1.49 bee carefull to effect it dili∣gently.

T.

I will looke to it m 1.50 with all my power, and I will n 1.51 meditate that one thing day and night.* 1.52

P.

Thou speakest * 1.53 passing well, * 1.54 so that yet thou proceed to be mind∣full.

T.

How can I forget? The Preachers doe never cease o 1.55 to admonish of that; you ••lso master, doe exhort us almost dayly un∣••o it, and you doe well, because we are all very negligent. But I p 1.56 the chiefe of all.

P.

Therefore * 1.57 doe thy indeavour, that thou first of all change these r 1.58 manners, and re∣member especially s to be alwayes a * 1.59 spea∣ker of truth.

T.

God grant that I never lye.

P.

Oh how happy shouldest thou be!

T.

I shall be happy enough presently, if onely you shall * 1.60 set me free.

P.

I will doe what I have promised thee; but of that * 1.61 condition that thou remember thy promise, and that

thou performe u 1.62 indeed, like as now thou hast * 1.63 undertaken to mee

T.

* 1.64 Therefore what x 1.65 remaineth, that I may goe away y 1.66 free?

P.

Yea something remaineth, tarry and heare * 1.67 presently.

T.

Master z 1.68 as long as you will.

P.

Amongst a 1.69 other things it is meet [that] thou shake off that sluggish∣nesse, which is wont to * 1.70 hold thee in thy bed, for it doth not become aa 1.71 a studious youth to bee sleepy and b 1.72 sluggish, but to bee cheerefull and * 1.73 soone awaked, as thou seest some of [thy] schoole-fellowes. Do∣est thou not * 1.74 remember the divine precept of Peter the Apostle?

T.

What is that?

P.

Bee yee sober (quoth hee) and watch.

T.

O how oft had I heard it, but * 1.75 alas, I never used it.

P.

See that thou use it * 1.76 care∣fully hereafter: neither that onely, but o∣ther precepts of living well, which thou hast heard so oft, which thing indeed if thou shalt diligently * 1.77 performe, thou shalt * 1.78 provide well for thy selfe, * 1.79 especially thou shalt bee d 1.80 pleasant to thy parents, also to me, and to thy schoole-fellowes, and to con∣clude (that which is the chiefe) thou shalt bee deare to God who will promote thy stu∣dies every day more, to the glory of his name.

T.

O e 1.81 How great fruit doe I per∣ceive by this your admonition!

P.

Truly, I rejoyce * 1.82 exceedingly both for thine owne * 1.83 sake, and the sake of thy schoole-f••llowes.

T.

What if you * 1.84 shew them my g 1.85 repen∣tance?

P.

h 1.86 I indeed will shew it * 1.87 present∣ly, that they may learne by [thy] example,

i 1.88 nothing to bee more acceptable to God, than to acknowledge [our] fault, and * 1.89 to re∣turne * 1.90 to amendment. Sonne farewell, and be present * 1.91 at three of the clock in the * 1.92 au∣ditorie.

T.

Most loving Master, I give * 1.93 you very great thanks.

Notes

• * 1.1

  [there is a matter] that I will admonish thee of asunder, or severally.
• * 1.2

  pres••nt.
• f 1.3

  betimes.
• g 1.4

  that ever.
• h 1.5

  none.
• * 1.6

  who may awake, &c.
• hh 1.7

  she hath no regard.
• * 1.8

  to stir me up.
• * 1.9

  what?
• * 1.10

  me cative.
• * 1.11

  nothing.
• * 1.12

  that thou feare.
• i 1.13

  Why?
• * 1.14

  goe to see unto his mother and aske.
• * 1.15

  [see] you doe not send.
• l 1.16

  retaine, or conceale.
• * 1.17

  take a good heart.
• m 1.18

  good cheare.
• n 1.19

  That.
• o 1.20

  asunder.
• * 1.21

  hath it selfe.
• q 1.22

  to get me up.
• r 1.23

  call upon me more earnestly.
• * 1.24

  very hardly, grie∣vously, or with much adoe.
• t 1.25

  I seeme to put on my doublet.
• * 1.26

  to my shoulders.
• * 1.27

  goodlily, or well.
• * 1.28

  As God loveth mee.
• u 1.29

  I have done.
• y 1.30

  Goe on.
• * 1.31

  I bend backe my head.
• z 1.32

  lie downe.
• * 1.33

  Also doest thou?
• * 1.34

  pleasingly.
• b 1.35

  maid.
• c 1.36

  wood, or in a rage.
• d 1.37

  ••erk thee.
• * 1.38

  raised, or roused up.
• e 1.39

  wilt thou?
• * 1.40

  faith, or truth, or sinceritie.
• * 1.41

  thee to doe thy dutie.
• * 1.42

  I shew, [or plead] no cause, but will be beaten.
• g 1.43

  sharply, severely, or cruelly.
• h 1.44

  Through the helpe of God.
• * 1.45

  reason, o•• way.
• * 1.46

  bow him.
• i 1.47

  dayly.
• k 1.48

  I verily beleeve it.
• * 1.49

  care.
• m 1.50

  to my uttermost power.
• n 1.51

  thinke on.
• * 1.52

  dayes and nights.
• * 1.53

  the best of all.
• * 1.54

  whilest that.
• o 1.55

  to put us in minde of that.
• p 1.56

  chiefly.
• * 1.57

  give thy diligence.
• r 1.58

  manners the first of all.
• * 1.59

  true, a lover of truth, or to speake the truth.
• * 1.60

  absolve, or acquit mee, forgive mee, let mee goe.
• * 1.61

  law▪
• u 1.62

  in very deed, or in truth.
• * 1.63

  received.
• * 1.64

  what then?
• x 1.65

  lacketh.
• y 1.66

  quit.
• * 1.67

  even now.
• z 1.68

  how long?
• a 1.69

  the rest.
• * 1.70

  detaine thee.
• aa 1.71

  student.
• b 1.72

  idle, or slothfull.
• * 1.73

  raised, or got up, vigilant.
• * 1.74

  hold in memorie.
• * 1.75

  ah griefe.
• * 1.76

  studiously.
• * 1.77

  doe
• * 1.78

  consult, or advise.
• * 1.79

  first of all.
• d 1.80

  well pleasing.
• e 1.81

  how much benefit?
• * 1.82

  vehemently.
• * 1.83

  cause.
• * 1.84

  make knowen to them.
• g 1.85

  sorrow for my ••ault.
• h 1.86

  Indeed I will make it knowen.
• * 1.87

  the very first time.
• i 1.88

  that nothing is mor•• pleasing
• * 1.89

  to amend.
• * 1.90

  to good fruit, or thrift.
• * 1.91

  at the third houre.
• * 1.92

  schoole.
• * 1.93

  most hearty thanks, or most great thanks.