Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language.

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Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language.
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Eliot, John.
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London :: Printed by [Richard Field for] Iohn VVolfe,
1593.
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French language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21218.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.

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The going to bed. Chap. 18.

I Feele my selfe a litle ill after supper.

My stomacke greeueth me.

Mine Oast I will go to rest. I haue great desire to sleepe. The sleepe is alreadie fallen into mine eyes.

Let some bodie shew me my chamber.

When you will my daughter shall shew you the way.

God night mine Ost. God night, God-night hostesse.

God giue you good night and good rest euerie bodie.

You must mount this way sir. See your chamber.

See your bed. There are the priuies, and here is your chamber pot.

Draw these curtines. Lend me a kercheffe or a coiffe: I haue a night cap in my bosome.

Your sheetes are cleane.

Looke that they be verie drie I pray you.

I haue ayred them at the fire.

Pull of my hosen. Couer me with my gowne.

I haue too litle couering.

Giue me another pillow, I cannot lye so low.

Are you well now? will you haue yet more heling? would you nothing else?

Not now. Seepe well.

Harke Gaudinetta, kisse me once my sweet heart, before thou depart. I had rather die, then kisse a man in his bed.

Kisse me, and I will giue you your bracelets againe, that I tooke from you the other day playing with you.

Speake no more to me, I pray you of kissing nor of loue, but giue me my bracelets againe, for otherwise what will my father and my mother say to me?

They will be angrie with me.

They will not: they will not.

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But they vvill I assure you: but tis no matter, I vvill say that a theefe hath stolne them from me.

Harke, I pray thee, Gaudinetta, tell me one thing, vvhich of vs two loues one another better: vvhether you me, or I you?

As for me I do not hate you: for as Gods commandes, I loue all the vvorld.

But to the purpose, are you not inamoured of me?

I haue told you so many times, that you should not vse any such speeches to me, if you speake any more to me, I shall shew you that it is not to me, that you should addresse your selfe.

You are verie obstinate, I see vvell.

Giue me my bracelets againe then if you vvill.

How now my loue your bracelets? I vvill not, I sweare a great oath: but I vvill giue you others.

Had you not rather haue a silken girdle, &c.

Harke some bodie cals me.

They do not.

Gaudinetta vvhat do you aboue so long?

I come by and by mother.

Will you not kisse me before you depart.

Another time. I am cald now. I shall be chidden. I cannot kisse men.

My father vvill be angrie. My mother comes.

What will you do? Let me go. I shall be kild by and by.

God giue you good night, Sir. God night faire mayden. God night, Gaudinetta.

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