Carcase When furious Dogs attempt to tear harmless Sheep and Lambs Furious Persecutors have sought to root out blessed Piety Opportunity ought to be improved Boys love to be commended and rewarded Boasters thought to have been extolled Misery ought to be avoided Gay Virgins thought to have been courted and married Old Dogs teach little Whelps to lick up fat Porrage and sweet Milk Old Thieves teach young Thieves to rob rich Houses Great Hens teach little Chickens to scrape every Dunghil Ugly Witches are said to become Black Cats The common People believe ugly Witches to become Black Cats Rule 7. WHen two Substantives come together with of between them the latter shall be the Genitive Case The sight of a fair Picture delights The smell of a stinking Dunghil offends The Pledge of Dear Love pleases The face of things is changed The colour of green Fields will delight and please The labour of the industious Bee ought to be praised The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and happiness The loquacity of Fools is the abomination of the prudent The modesty of a fair Maid is the true Ornament of her mind The love of excellent Learning is the Ornament of a pretty Boy The loss of great Treasures may be repaired The loss of precious time cannot be redeemed The Cares of this World have blinded the minds of Men. The deceitfulness of Riches did ensnare the thoughts of Sinners The Soul of a pious Man will abhor the base love of cursed Pleasures and Lusts If the just Judgments of God would always seize on wretched Sinners men would not dare commit so great Villanies The rashness of Drunkards has betrayed the secrets of the mind When the Vices of a depraved Age shall have drawn down the just Judgments of a Righteous Deity The report of the great Portion of an unmarried Virgin is oftentimes the sound of a great lie Base Sloth is the Parent of Contempt and Poverty Sometimes of is left out and the latter Substantive is put former ending in s The Nation 's peace or the peace of the Nation The Church's power or the power of the Church A Lord's dignity or the dignity of a Lord. A Woman's modesty or the modesty of a Woman A Man's wisdom or the wisdom of a man A professed Friend may be a Man's Enemy The Father's prodigality will be the Son's shame and beggery Fly great Ladies sinful Embraces The World's contempt is the Mind 's content The stout Soldier 's Sword has been the proud Enemy's ruine The Soul's loss is the loss of losses The Fool 's tongue may be his neck 's Halter The Walls of the City are the defence of the Inhabitants and increase the courage of its Defenders And the Defenders courage is another wall of the City Death is the common fate of all men and young and old shall feel the sharpness of his Darts The rich Favourite of Fortune shall have many Companions and is the subject of Flatterers praises But every one will despise the poor man when every Blockhead shall call the golden Ass wise and learned Rule 8. TO and for signifying the use of any one are signs that the Noun next following them must be the Dative Case Corn grows for Man Grass grows for Cattel Hay is mowed for Horses A Goose is carved for the Guests Sense abounds to thee A Shooe is fitted to the foot Magistrates provide Prisons for obstinate Malefactors A Rod is prepared for the back of a Fool. Scriveners buy Lands for wealthy Citizens An Hat is fitted to a Man's Head Filthy Gluttons prepare delicate Dainties for their ungodly Bellies A Glove is fitted to a Boy 's Hand Men do accommodate God's Commands to their Lusts The Fire separates Oyl for Chymists An Hair-lace is platted for a Girl 's Head Virtue affords true Comfort to her Votaries Base Vice offers happiness to Fools Humane blood is sacrificed to Hellish malice Some Verbs govern a Dative Case of the word next following without the Sign to and then the word following that must be the Accusative Of which such as are of more common use are these that follow To promise To pay To give To tell To send To offer To bring To buy To procure provide c. My Father promised me great Rewards Or my Father promised great Rewards to me The Debtor pays the Creditor great sums of Money Or the Debtor pays great sums of Money to the Creditor The Stranger told me great wonders Or the Stranger told great wonders to me The King promised my Brother his pardon My Mother sent me great Tokens of her love and care My Father's Man brought me Bread and Cheese My good Uncle will give me many good Books and learned Manuscripts My dear Cousin offered me a kiss My little Brother sent me his Gloves and Handkerchief My Master forgave me my faults My Father provided me a good School Thy Friend procured thee a good Horse My Unkle has promised my Brother all his Farms God forgives penitent Sinners their great Offences If ye will lend my Father's Servant your Boots and Spurs When they had offered Caesar a Crown and Scepter he refused them When we shall have bought Clothes for the Governour of the City If ye have given the Treasurer your Money ye have done well If the stedfast hope of Eternal life can bring comfort to dejected minds Our Man brought my Uncle's Horses Hay and Straw for they were almost starved My dear eldest Brother bought my Sister new Gloves Pay my Master Forty pounds If thou will send me a Penknife I will give thee thanks When ye shall have given my Brother the Grammars I will send you the new Bibles The blessed Redeemer hath prevailed to procure pardon for miserable sinners The justice of God doth delight to prepare the fire of Hell for impenitent sinners God's love doth delight to prepare Heavens happiness for true Believers Thy Lands are preserved for thine Heir Thou hast told thy Father many Lies I can tell you that my Father will give me money when he shall see me to bring him comfort to apply my will to learning and to prepare my mind for the paths of Virtue And the paths of Virtue are at first rugged afterwards pleasant Rule Ninth WIth or By signifying an instrument are signs that the Noun following must be the Ablative Case The mind is distracted with cares and fears The Stomack is fed with meats The Body is broken with labours Men overcome difficulty with pains Soldiers overcome dangers with daring and Fortitude Citizens overcome poverty with riches Lions tear Beasts by strength Foxes seise Geese by cunning Men conquer Armies by Courage Nature is polish'd by Art Art is consummated by practise Practice is facilitated by diligence I struck my Brother with my fist and a stone Thou kick'st thy Sister with thy foot The Master smote the Servant with his stick Alexander cut the Gourdian knot with his Sword The Boy cut the stick with a blunt
Knife Thou shavest thy Father's beard with a sharp Razor If the virtue of Mankind had known how to overcoâ—â— afflictions with patience When the Man's throat was cut with a sharp Razor T. Victory was adjudged to the Foes by the Sword The fate of Nations is known to be governed by Divine Providence Reapers reap Corn for the careful Farmers with sharp Sicles Mowers mow the Hay for the laborious Husbandman with crooked Sythes The Mason's Servants build the Walls of an House for a rich Nobleman with Lyme and Stones If thou wilt send me my Paper I will bring thee thy Book and I will trim thy Book with my Pen-knife If you will buy me four good Houses I will lend you a summ of money and will give you a Saddle and Bridle and will furnish you with new Boots We have commanded thee to build our Uncle's Ships with the strongest boards You plowed your ground with my Fathers Plows and you promised him a great Sheep but you payed him a little Lamb. When we feel our flesh to be burned with scorching fire we shall not stand I will tell my Mother this great rumor that her Lover has offered my Sister an hundred pieces of Gold and has promised her to adorn her with precious Jewels If you shall have heard a famous City to be taken by the valour of the Soldiers and the industry and conduct of their General My Brother's man began to pluck Roses for my Sister with his dirty hands He is a Sloven My Mothers Maid was seen to carve the Goose for the Servants with my Father's knife for she is a bold Girl The General of the Army took care to provide Clothes for his Soldiers with great industry and that is a careful General Cruel Tyrants will rejoice to prepare punishments for innocent Subjects by force or by fraud for cruel Tyrants are devouring wolves Rule 10. THESE following Prepositions govern an Accusative Case Ad to Aversus-sum against Ante before Apud at Circa about Circiter about Circum about Cis Citra on this side Contra against Erga towards Extra without Infra beneath Inter between Intra within Juxta nigh to Ob for Penes in the power Per by Pone behind Post after Preter besides Prope nigh Propter for Secundum according to Supra above Trans beyond Versus cowards Ultra beyond Though to be generally the sign of the Dative yet after Verbs of motion of exhorting provoking calling inclining c. 't is made by Ad with an Accusative Case I have walked to the City I will run to the Market Let us go to the Banks of the River We will exhort thee to vertue He inclines his mind to his study Thou shalt invite thy Master to Supper Call ye your School-fellows to play Kingdoms provoke Kingdoms to War A Scholar strives against a Scholar An Orator strives against an Orator A Poet strives against a Poet A Piper strives against a Piper The Captain goes before his Soldiers Boys abide at the School I met my Brother at the Market The Serjeants go before the Mayor The Passenger is at the Ship The Heifer wanders about the Fields Souldiers encamp about the City Note Circiter about always refers to time and never to place Darkness arose about the sixth Hour My Father died about the first day of the week He lived with my Unkle about six weeks The Cattel are on this side of the River Thou shalt not swim against the Stream Charity is exercised towards our Neighbours The Mare feeds on this side of the Brook Let us not fight against two Soldiers Piety is exercised towards God My Friend lives without the old City The Womans crooked Nose appears beneath her rugged Forehead The pretty Boy sits between the pretty Girls The Diggers sleep without the broad Ditch The Belly hangs beneath the Breast He played between both Houses Note Inter frequently signifies among Thy Sister is fair among Women The Bagle is King among Birds The Whale is King among Fishes The Lion is King among Beast The Mountain is within the hundredth Stone I observed my Sister to play nigh to the yellow Bank Rewards are assigned by the Master to the Scholas for diligence The Prey is within my Nets They have pitched their Tents nigh the City-walls My Brother was punished by my Father for his sawciness and pride My Friend is in the power of his Adversary He came to us by the Market-place The Dog comes behind his Master Thou art in the power of the King The Stag did run through the Vallies The Servants walk to Church behind their Master and Mistress After the setting of the Sun the Stars arise The Boy had Quills besides an Inkhorn We will sit hard by the River The Sun appears after Storms When the Knight kept Hawks besides Dogs Let us play hard by the Dung-hill Children eat Lice for the Jaundice Kings are honoured according to their dignity The Birds fly above the Clouds Physicians do order men to drink Milk and Brimstone for the Itch. The matter happened according to our wish The Prodigies appear above the City The Master ows the Servant Money for service Our Enemies fled beyond the Seas We walked beyond the Mountains The Cattel run beyond the River The Birds fled beyond the Fields Note Versus is put after the word it governs Clients go towards their Patron The Dogs run towards the Hills The men hasten towards the City These following Prepositions govern an Ablative A before a word beginning with a Consonant from Ab before a word beginning with a Vowel from Absqu without Coram before or in presence Cum with De of or concerning E ex of or out of Prae before in Comparison Pro for or instead of Sine without Tenus up to Drunkards go from an Alehouse to an Alehouse A Maid without Modesty is as a furious Mare without a Bridle Guests proceed from an Egg to an Apple We see a Boy without Government to be a mad Mastiff without a Chain My Friend pleaded my cause before that Judge With when it notes company or signifies together with is made by cum otherwise 't is an ablative I went with my Brother to the Green Fields and there I beat him with a Rod. That nimble Woman was seen to dance before the King I fought with mine Enemies with great stones and then rejoyced with my Companions That wanton Boy has discovered his impudence before me and I will prepare Rods for his back The Water rushes through the Street with much Mud. I heard good news of or concerning my Brother The Cook-Maid snatch'd the Cheese with her hand out of the Jaws of the great Dog The Seaman doth discourse of the Sea I heard that rumor of you That Boy brings thee shame and is praised before thee Men did admire my Father before my Uncle for my Father provided meat for the poor Thou shalt be condemned out of thine own mouth I will grind for thee A Purse
before it as of to than c. and must be rendred according to other Rules Note Two or three Antecedents Singular will have a Relative Plural which agrees with the more worthy Person and Gender 1. My Brother and I who came were admitted 2. The Master and Mistris which take care of the Servants are honoured 3. I have found the Paper the Pen-knife and the Rule which had been lost 4. He and I which are good Boys 5. My Father my Sister and you and I which are ready will go 6. Thou and thy Father who study temperance will live long 7. The wicked man and the bloody woman which wounded my Mother fled but my Unkle and Aunt that loved her very well will revenge her death tho' my Father is dead 8. Thou and I who have spoiled the Paper and Ink that we bought have provoked our Master who loveth thrifty Boys that keep all things carefully and spoil nothing 9. Thou and he neglected those precepts and admonitions which have been repeated so often 3. Interdum etiam Oratio ponitur per Antecedente Sometimes one or two Sentences going before answer the Question who or what and then the Relative following them must always be of the Neuter Genderâ— and if there be one Sentence for an antecedent the Singular Number if two or more the Plural and always in either Case the third Person e. g. 1. Thou Truantest much and art very idle which are most pernicious things 2. I have made my Exercise and construed every Sentence afterward which will please 3. I have vexed my Father I have provoked my Master which trouble me very much 4. I write thou makest thy Exercise which are different works Note Sometimes a Pronoun primitive not exprest but understood in a Possessive going before the Relative is the antecedent to the Relative and may if there be occasion have an Adjective to agree with it as if it were exprest e. g. 1. I hate thy manners who dost not reverence Superiors 2. I found thy Book who art a careless Boy 3. I had thy honour who neglectest thy Exercise 4. God abhorreth thy hypocrisie who hearest Sermons but dost not regard them 5. I excused thy fault whom thy Play-fellow accused 6. Thou and I will visit our Countrey-house who live pleasantly near a River 5. Note The antecedent is sometimes in good Authors repeated after the Relative as Diem scito esse nullum quo die non dico pro reo Cicero There is no day in which day I plead not for some Guilty Person Interrogatives and Indefinites follow the Rule of the Relative that is If a Nominative Case come between them and the Verb they must be the Accusative Case if there be no Nominative between they must be the Nominative Case to the Verb e. g. 1. What troubleth thy mind My Friend What grief hast thou felt what hast thou done 2. Whether of the two I shall cut I know not Constructions of Nouns Substantives Reg. 1. QUum duo Substant diversae significationis c. If two Substantives stand together in English with the Particle of betwixt them the latter of the two must be the Genitive Case e g. 1. The valiant Son of Philip coveted the Dominion of the whole world 2. The fear of God contempt of the World and stedfast hope of Eternal Life make quietness of mind which is the great happiness of man which wise men greatly desire 3. The sound of the Clock calleth Boys to School 4. The noise of the Trumpet stirreth up the warlike and generous Horse which knoweth the sign of the battel Proinde hic Gen. in Adject Possess c. The former Substantive sometimes is rendred by an Adjective Possessive derived from it and must then agree with the latter in Case Gender and Number You discourse of Sea-affairs We gathered Mountain-fruits I boiled Garden-herbs I flung away the Dunghill-weeds My Brother's House My Father's Garden 3. Note When two Substantives in English come together without so much as the between them only the sign the before the first of them the latter must alwaies be made the Genitive Case e. g. The Ditcher cleansed the Town-ditch The Boy fell into the Tower-ditch The Slave leapt over the City-walls and escaped That Carpenter built my Garison-walls This Cannon broke down the Castle-walls The Boys love the School-Chimney when their limbs are Cold but in Summer-time they chuse the Fields Let somebody go up and open the Chamber-door Reg. 2. Laus Vituperium rei c. Of between two Substantives ond after the Verb Sum whereof the latter betokens the quality or property of the former to it 's praise or dispraise shows that the latter Substantive before which it stands must be put into the Ablative Case e. g. I love a Boy of an excellent wit The Servant of a stubborn spirit that will not observe his Master's Command is beaten Our Nation is happy that hath a Prince of great Clemency The Master hath easy work that teaceth Boys of flexible minds and ingenious dispositions The Scholar that refuseth to regard the Master's words is of perverse mind 6. The Boy that plays when others learn and learns when others play is of a base disposition 7. The deceitful man that privily upbraideth his Friends is of dishonest manners Reg. Opus usus Ablativum exigunt Of after need is a sign of the Ablative Case 1. Although I have twice learned the whole Grammar yet I have need of daily reading 2. Thou art ignorant and hast need of instruction but thou dost not regard therefore also thou hast need of the Rod. 3. The limb which refuseth the benefit of softer ointments hath need of sharper remedies 4. He that teacheth Boys hath need of Patience and Diligence for all Boys are not of docible wits Reg. 4. Est ubi in Dativum vertitur Sometimes the sign to stands between two Substantives and then the Latter may be rendred by the Dative Case or to may be changed into of and the latter made by the Genitive e. g. 1. A good Prince is a Father to his Countrey 2. Loyal Subjects are the strongest wall to Royalty 3. God is a friend to those that love him he is a Father to the righteous that fear him Reg. 5. Excipiuntur quae in eodem causa c. Two Substantives coming together without of between them are put both in the same case by apposition 1. Rashness the Picture of a fool betrays a womanish mind 2. Sloth the Enemy of men usually brings forth theft 3. Envy the wrack of the Soul brings forth murder the destruction of the Body 4. Paleness of the face the token of bitterest anger showeth thirst of revenge pale rage is most dreadful Note From Substantives Masculine in tor come Feminines in trix or may for the most part be made from thence from those which end in us come Feminines in a which Feminines must be used and not the Masculines when there went before a Substantive of
that he taught them nothing except that which tended to faithfulness to his Prince and the publick Peace he desireth that every-one that he instructeth may become a Common good and may deserve as-well-as-may-be of mankind Note If no adverb come after mereor but some other word with of of must be made by a or ab Over-fond Parents many-times destroy their Children and tho' reverence and obedience is due to Parents yet their foolish indulgence deserveth very ill of the Children who afterwards feel its evil event when it hath brought them to misery so that they deserve not at-all thanks of them Rule 9. Of after a Verb must be made by the ablative case always except the Verb belong to that Rule viz. Verba accusandi damnandi monendi c. and sometimes even after those must be rendred in Latin by de ex a or ab 1. A wise man scorneth not to take advice of those than whom he is wiser by many degrees for fools sometimes speak wisely he obeyeth not all Councellors but he heareth all things patiently and practiseth that which he thinketh most profitable to his business 2. A good man learneth good of all men of the wicked he learneth the odiousness of sin for he observeth how greatly it deformeth them he learneth to avoid the vices which they practice for he seeth the misery which vice createth to them and foreseeth the eternal sorrow which will succeed it of good men he learneth virtue for he striveth to imitate them he endavoureth to be like those that learn of Christ who always pleased his heavenly Father Note Of is sometimes the same with concerning and must then be rendred only by de 1. A wise man heareth many things of other men but he believeth not report which is a liar he thinketh worst of himself best of his neighbour 2. He that heareth of a great treasure soon striveth to obtain it but when the Ambassadors of God speak of eternal riches men regard not the message as if they were worth nothing Note Of between two Noun Substantives is sometimes the same with concerning and must not be rendred by the Genitive Case of the Noun but by de Among Children sometimes we see the hottest contention about the smallest trifles and among fools we find many times a long discourse of the most ridiculous matters a long talk of nothing is acceptable to a silly mind but for the most part a wise man's words are of weighty affairs Reg. 10. Verbis quae vim comparationis obtinet c. Rule 10. Verbs of comparing and exceeding require after them an ablative case of the Noun which signifieth the measure by how much or the thing wherein e.g. 1. Labour is many degrees wholsomer than sloth the one enfeebleth the strength of the body and the perception of the mind the other is wholsom both for mind and body 2. He is honestly ambitious that laboureth to excel all his equals in wisdom and virtue no other contention is good Reg. 11. Quibuslibet verbis additur Ablativus c. Rule 11. A Noun or Pronoun Substantive joined with a Participle or with another Substantive before which being is expressed or understood and having none other word whereof it can be governed shall be put in the ablative case absolute i. e. not depending upon any word but it self 1. Death approaching the Soul which never before believed God's word concerning Eternity sees future things with greatest clearness and conscience accusing the man condemns himself and commonly too late blameth his own folly then he sees the hell that God threatned him with and which he shall quickly feel 2. God being teacher men shall learn for nothing can resist the Divine power which effecteth whatsoever it designeth They are happy that learn of so wise an instructor Note When you have the English of any of these words viz. Dum quum quando si quanquam the Substantive next following which seems to be the Nominative Case to a Verb may more elegantly be put in the ablative Case and the Participle used to agree with it instead of the Verb. 1. When God punisheth the World trembleth and wicked men are sometimes taught the fear of God by his voice from heaven but some men are of so obstinate minds that nothing can move them tho God bestow all mercies on them goodness doth not perswade them and tho' they feel his anger they will not obey him The hardest rock is softer than the hearts of men 2. When God calleth men answer him not and therefore he threatneth them with a refusal when they cry unto him But he filleth with blessings those that ask his mercy with all their hearts unfeignedly Reg. 12. Passivis additur c. Rule 12. Verbs passive have after them an ablative case of the Noun which betokens the doer with a or ab which Prepositions answer to the English signs of or by 1. He is beloved of all that is of courteous behaviour but he is more hateful than the Pestilence that when he speaketh smooth words thinketh evil whose heart disagreeth with his tongue 2. The hearts of men are full of deceit the most wise man knows not himself sufficiently the thoughts of men are throughly known only by God who made the heart and seeth all its secrets and will call men to Judgment the most hidden things shall hereafter be laid open by him that seeth all things Exc. quorum Participia sequentius c. The Participles of Verbs Passive require after them rather a Dative of the doer than an Ablative e. g. The news of his own Son's death being heard by the Philosopher when his sudden lamentation was expected by his Friends he only said I knew that I begat him mortal he did not become pale or languid with sorrow he did not faint in his mind he was not presently sick of grief he seemed a man of an unshaken mind As for other words after a Passive sc all besides such as betoken a doer or sufferer they must be the same case which the Verb Active requires Rule 13. Vapulo veneo liceo exulo fio are called Neuter Passives and have the same Case after them that Passives have sc an Ablative of the doer or sufferer with à or ab 1. Cicero the famous Roman Orator a man of greatest eloquence was banished by Clodius but the image and memory of his excellent virtues remained among the Citizens who valued so great a man at a great rate He was recalled from his Exile he was called the Father of his Country which title properly belongeth only to Kings His Works are prized by all learned men highly 2. The Boy is deservedly beaten by his Master that whilst he readeth many Authors of whom he may learn Eloquence Elegancy and Moral Precepts which conduce to his profit beside the meer Latin words yet only readeth and remembreth nothing Of the Construction of the English Infinitive Mood Reg. 1. QUibusdam tum Verbis tum Adjectivis
sorry when my Father took him Apprentice Anth. Did you not say he was well thought of Mar. I knew one thing of him which made me doubt concerning him He was my School-fellow and was very idle and stubborn in School he never had my Master's love Anth. It is then no wonder that he is now wicked Those that are Rebels in the School are Knaves in the Shop or Fools A perverse and idle School-boy seldom becomes a good Servant He is wise that being to chuse an Apprentice consulteth the School-master more than the Parents DIALOGUE VI. Master and Servant MAst Wilt thou ne're become wholly good Harry Serv. You use to say None is perfect Sir Mast Dost thou cavil at my words I mean Wilt thou never wholly lay aside thy sloth Serv. I will endeavour Sir to please you always for the future Mast I wish I might believe thee Thou seemest sometimes a Boy of most tender Spirit but soon after all hopes of thee vanisheth Thou art like a man that I have heard of that never knew his own mind if he had determined one thing one moment he changed his resolution in the next his thoughts were not his own I never knew but two boys like thee Thomas Fallacio and William Futurio two Neighbours Apprentices the one I think is as bad the other somewhat worse than thy self I am sorry thou shouldest give me cause to say so of thee Serv. I repent Sir that I am one of that number but I will first amend that they may imitate me Mast Be as good as thy word if thou be as thou hast a-great while been called idle thou shalt be hereafter esteemed the best All the Neghbourhood will commend thee But I fear thou wilt sleep to morrow morning void of care I wish God may give thee help to be more faithful Serv. It is expedient for me to be industrious Sir and I will be Mast Thou wilt reap the benefit of thine industry when thou comest to Mans-Estate the more careful and diligent thou art in my business the fitter thou wilt be for thine own I exhort thee as well for thine advantage as mine Serv. I most readily believe you Sir I thank you Sir for your kind admonitions DIALOGUE VII Master and Scholar MAst Two days ago thou desiredst of me a Repetition of some instructions of mine I now demand of thee attention to a few more which I would fain have fastened in thy mind That thou mayst be ignorant of nothing that may tend to thy good S. most readily honoured Master will I attend for I firmly-believe that you aim at my good M. Thou maist believe but if not I my self am assured that out of a conscientious care for thee I speak and act all things And therefore together with the former remember these documents also First Therefore be of a Catholick Spirit love all the World love thy Friends because they deserve it love thine Enemies because Christ commandeth it Requite not injuries with injuries but return good for evil Abhor revenge it was honourable sometimes among Heathens but it is most uncomely for a Christian Secondly Think no evil when thou feelest evil thoughts arising within thy mind divert thy meditation immediately to something of good Contraries drive out one another Thirdly Learn good of every one observe the virtues of good Examples to imitate them observe the vices of bad Examples to avoid them Fourthly If thou knowest thy School-fellow Guilty of a Crime admonish him privately and tell me not of him for I delight not in punishing try if thou canst by thy Arguments reform him thou shalt then do a blessed work but if he hearken not to thee make me acquainted lest thy Friend be ruined It is no part of friendship to conceal deadly vices thou shalt merit his greatest love by revealing them and thô he a wicked Boy curse thee God shall bless thee Yet I would by no means have thee be a tell-tale or common accuser Never discover but when there is necessity and the safety of a Boy requires it Fifthly Hope not for safety in sin because most men go that way companions will not make the flames of Hell the cooler the more fuel the hotter the flame will be Sixthly Abuse not the Sabbath nor imploy it either upon thy School-business for I had rather that were never done than thou shalt lay out that day upon it or upon recreations It is the Lord's Day not thine own worship God on that day so shall he bless thee all the week after Those that work in Gods Time shall lose their labour and those that play in it shall repent of their sport Seventhly Never use the Name of God irreverently he is a jealous God Be afraid to mention his Name without a mental adoration Eighthly Jeer not others upon any occasion if they be foolish God not themselves denied them understanding if they be vicious thou oughtest to pity them not to revile them if deformed God framed their bodies and wilt thou scorn his workmanship Art thou wiser than the Creator If poor Poverty was designed for a motive to Charity not to contempt thou canst not see what riches they have within especially despise not thy aged Parents If they be come to their second Childhood and be not so wise as formerly they are yet thy Parents thy duty is not diminished Ninthly If Providence promote thee to riches or honours be not proud God giveth thee those things for other ends if thou abuse them he will take them away Tenthly Take not any thing that is thy Parents without their leave nothing is thine till it be given thee He that Steals is never the less a Thief because he Robs but his Father or Mother Eleventhly Be always content Childrens will is limited murmur not against thy Parents against thy Master much less against God Twelfthly Never talk of those things that concern thee not be not a busie-body Observe all these things most devoutly the sum of all which is Obedience for that one word comprehendeth the whole duty of a Child towards Parents towards Master and towards God let thâ—â— little word be engraven upon thine heart and 〈◊〉 thou observe it when thou art a man thou wilt be useful in the Commonwealth and Loyal to thy Prince S. You have given me Sir a compendium of my duty I am by nature more forward to evil than to good how shall I conquer that inclination M. God can overcome all difficulties rely upon him and he shall give thee strength EPISTLE I. Sir I Were ungrateful if I should not return you the greatest thanks for your readiness to do me good But actions do not always succeed according to the design of the agent I am sorry I have cause to complain of the Servant you sent me last week I am scarce at leisure to write what a bad disposition he is of I will only mention some few of his Features by them you may conjecture of the rest
without Money is a miserable Companion Christ was the Saviour of men and died for wretched sinners A Scabbard without a Sword is the Instrument of a Coward Note That Tenus is put after the word it governs and puts the word if plural in the Genitive Case The Waters covered him up to the eyes The Brook was up to his knees The River was up to his ears Praepositions governing two Cases are these that follow 1. IN and sub after Verbs of Motion govern an Accusative and then in signifies into otherwise they govern an Ablative 2. Subter under indifferently either Accusative or Ablative 3. Super upon Accusative or Ablative super about Ablative only 4. Glam unknown to now generally an Ablative formerly an Accusative as also Clanculum The Boy jumped under the Waters to gather pebble-stones for his play-fellows He cast his Book into the fire The Girl gathered Herbs under the Hedge and brought her Mother those Herbs and fine Flowers The man in that House offered me Pears and Plumbs My Unkle brought my Brother Money and he ran away into the Woods I slept under a form in the School and my Mother sent me there my dinner If I had staid under the Shades I would have slept and sleep would have given me rest My Father lent my Unkle a great sum of money in the White-Parlour My Brother came to me in the Fields and struck me with his fist The Dog is under the Table The Hare is under the Bush The Horse treads upon the Grass with his Feet The Father asks concerning his Son My Mother procured money for me unknown to my Father The Water lies upon the Earth and the Air lies upon the Water The Wives of the Soldiers ask concerning their Husbands My Cousin is a naughty Boy for he ran away from School unknown to my Father and his Master and he was seen to strike the Servant-Maid with a great stone and to buy keys for a Thief and to take money out of my Father's pocket Some Recapitulatory Exercises 1. A Brave Soldier is a Kingdom 's Glory and resolves to purchase Honour to himself by his Sword through bloody Rivers 2. A Skilful Shoemaker knows how to fit a Shoe to a Ladies Foot with his Hand and Glove without other Instruments And a Skilful Shoemaker is a great Artist 3. The Grace of God is a man's happiness and abides without riches after losses in great dangers and is believed to afford true comfort to God's worshippers by its excellent virtue 4. Every sort of happiness abounds to the diligent man and men have been observed to conquer difficult labours by diligence and to be praised for their industry Industry is a great virtue 5. If you will send me your Verses I will lend you my Themes and will endeavour to provide a Dictionary for you and procure you other Books Learning is the Ornament of a man's Life and is acquired by labour and study 6. The Spring is a pleasant time for then we see Nature to be renewed by the cherishing beams of the Sun and then we see the Trees to sprout and the Gardens to bring forth Flowers for the laborious Bee 7. I struck my Sister with a Stick and was forced to flie into the Woods where I observed Corn to grow for the Husband-man and green Grass for the Cattel The Fruits of the Field are God's gifts But when I had tarried there a while I returned to my Parents and submitted my self to their mercy and they forgave me my offence 8. When my dear Mother unknown to my Father shall send me money I will pay my Creditors their Debts and will provide a Supper for my Friends in my Chamber without the consent of my Brother or my Master's leave and will give my Friends gifts with my own hands 9. A valiant General is a strong Rock without fear or baseness and resolves to fight against his enemies and procure a firm and stable Peace for his King and Countrey by his victorious Sword and always is known to grant his suppliant enemies their life and never to offer his Friend any unkindness 10. A Merchant-man sails to the remote parts of the World by the help of the Winds through Waves and Dangers in great Storms besides Rocks and Quicksands among the Barbarians far from his Children and sends his Wife gifts with his Friends in his Ship When he hath obtained good success according to his wish he rejoices to prepare rewards for the laborious Sea-men 11. Courage and Conduct bring men Victory Victory gladdens the minds of the Soldiers Stout Soldiers rejoyce to subdue Nations by Arms and War oftentimes is a necessary evil And when men conquer they reap the fruits of their pains Crowns are formed for a conquering General 's head 12. Careful Parents lie in Bed without sleep or rest and study to provide Arts for their Sons and Portions for their Daughters They give them learning and manners and buy them necessary Books and when their Children offend they correct them with stripes The care of Parents is the happiness of Children Exercises fitted to Lilly's Concords and Rules together with Observations upon them 1. Concord VErbum Personale cohaeret cum Nominativo Numero persona The Verb Personal agrees with his Nominative Case-in Number and Person We mourn I live Thou lovest He doth learn Ye had found They will fall The Clock strikes The Master readeth Boys should attend ye play The Preacher preacheth ye do not hear Parents love Children fear Scholars obey Masters teach Truants are despised Diligence is praised A man fights Men conquer A fool laugh'd The fool was laughed at Nominativus primae vel secundae Personae rarissime exprimitur nisi causa discretionis c. In Verbis quorum significatio ad homines tantum pertinet c. Note 1. Ego tu ille nos vos illi when the Englâ—â—â— of any of these is the Nominâ—tive Case to a Verb Latin must not be exprest but understood unless there be an emphasis or distinction in the word e. g I love not thee because thou beatest me I will punish him because he played Thou art foolish he is wise Note 2. Sometimes there be two or more Nominative Cases before one Verb which have the word and between them sometimes understood and all belong to one Verb and in such Case the Verb following must be of the Plural Number and of such Persons as the more worthy Nominative Case Now the Pronoun of the first Person is more worthy than the second or third and the second more worthy than the third of which third Person are all Nominative Cases except ego nos tu vos My Brother and I will play Thou and I did learn The Cloak the Paper and the Knife were found Thou and thy Father are observed Non semper vox Casualis est Verbo Nominationae c. Note 3. Tho' a Substantive Noun or Pronoun be usually the Nomnative Case to a Verb yet not
always but sometimes a Verb of the Infinitive Mood and then the Adjective if there be any after the Verb must be the Neuter Gender if it have no Substantive to agree with To lye is not lawful To cheat is not safe To play is not profitable To neglect hurteth To rest strengthneth To jeer fretteth Aliquando Oratio c. and sometimes a whole sentence which hath always an Infinitive Mood in it e. g. To sleep long is not wholsom To despise Admonitions destroyeth Boys To be vexed because of losses consumeth To teach others teacheth the Teachers 2. Concord ADjectivum cum Substantivo genere numero causa Concordat Every Adjective must be of the same Case Gender and Number with the Substantive to which it belongs which answers to who or what A Diltgent Master instructeth attentive Scholars A godly Son rejoyceth an happy Father A needy man findeth few Friends A small Family requireth little preparation A good Exercise deserveth great praise Rash Counsel hindreth great gain Ad eundem modum Participia c. A Pronoun or Participle must agree with the Substantive as if it were an Adjective e. g. My good Master correcteth his own Son Thy torn Book hath not my Lesson Our Form fighting lost the promised reward Your Man-Servant running threw down my Brother standing A fighting Cock fears not his crowing Enemy A neighing Horse despiseth the Darts flying A raging multitude breaketh setled peace Note 2. Sometimes in a sentence there is an Adjective which hath no Substantive to agree with and which hath this sign the before it as if it self were a Substantive In such Case that Adjective must be always the Masculine Gender because the word man or men is always understood if it stand before a Veb it must be the Nominative Case if after a Verb the Accusative and for its Number it is for the most part such as the Verb which it either cometh before or after e. g. The Industrious are praised but the slothsul are punished The righteous findeth peace but the wicked shall seel torment The covetous despiseth the poor but the liberal cherisheth him The wise seeketh greater wisdom but the fool despiseth understanding The merciful and kind shall find mercy but the cruel shall be recompenced Note 3. Sometimes the word thing or things comes after an Adjective and is the Substantive to it but in such Cases you must rather omit making any Latin for thing and only put the Adjectives into the Neuter Gender and make it such Case and Number as res should have been if it had been exprest e. g. It is a pleasant thing to see the Sun It is a more pleasant thing to see God It is a most cruel thing to kill Infants To Exercise Clemency is a most generous thing To play little to sleep little to learn much to rise early are very excellent things To despise the wicked and to love the good are things commendable Note 4. Sometimes two or three Substantives with and between them have but one Adjective which hath relation to them all in such Case the Adjective must be the Plural Number and in Gender must agree with that which is of the most worthy the Masculine is more worthy than the Feminine or Neuter and the Feminine more worthy than the Neuter Except in things which have no life and there the Neuter is most worthy e.g. My Father and Mother are pious My Brother and Sister are idle Thy Paper and thy Pen-knife are bad My Exercise and my Lesson are profitable Our Man-servant and Maid-servant and I are good and shall have rewards Thou thy Master and thy Mistress have been kind and merit my greatest thanks 3. Concord RElativum cum Anticedente Concordat Genere Numero Persona The Relative Qui agreeth with his Antecedent in Gender Number and Person e. g. 1. The good Boy which 2. The honest Nurse which Quoties nullus Nominativus inerseritur inter Relativum Verbum c. 1. The Relative must not agree with the Antecedent in Case but must be the Nominative Case to a Verb if it stand immediately before a Verb and no other Noun or Pronoun between it and the Verb be the Nominative Case to it e. g. That Woman is loved which Woman hath a fair face That Girl is lovely which Girl bought me my Knife That Servant is trusty which Servant brought me my Breakfast That Hat begins to be torn which Hat covers my Brother's Head That man is a Butcher which Man struck my Father with a Stone That Preacher is honoured which Preacher knows how to prepare Divine Comforts for the Soul I love that School-fellow which School-fellow lent me Books I who found your Book The Master is honoured which taketh pains Thou art condemned who despisest thy Mother He had greatest praise that said the longest part The godly Father that instructeth his wicked Son delivereth himself The Rebellious Scholar that despiseth his Master vexeth his Master but he destroyeth himself The wicked that fear not God will blame their own folly hereafter The rewards which are promised shall be given if the works that are required be done At si Nominativus Relativo Verbo interponatur c. 2. But if between the Relative and the Verb there stand a Noun or Pronoun Substantive which answers to the Question who or what made by the Verb then the Relative must be either 1. Such Case as the Verb requireth after him which is in the same Sentence with the Relative which Sentence ought in writing proper English to be distinguished by a Comma before and after it if it will answer the Question whom or what made by the Verb e. g. 1. The Boy will die that thou hast beaten 2. The Horse was very good that my Father sold 3. The Comedy which we acted was pleasant 4. The Boy whom learning delighteth will win love and shall be honoured 5. The diligent Master whom the Boys observe maketh his Scholars learned but he whom his own Scholars despise laboureth in vain 6. That foul Vice which men embrace most greedily is most hurtful 2. Or if any other word stand between it and the Verb besides the Nominative Case to the Verb or stand before it and the Verb which requires a Case then the Relative doth not follow the Verb but is to be put in such Case as that other word governs e. g. 1. The House whose Foundation is not strong will fall when the wind bloweth 2. The praise for which thon strivest shall not be given because thou dost not exercise thy utmost strength If whose be the English of the Relative the Relative must be the Genitive Case e. g. 1. The man whose fame is lost is miserable 2. The Boys whose Lesson is hardest apply the greater industry If a Preposition come before the Relative the Relative is governed of that e. g. The mark to which the Horse runs endeth the Horses labour In other Cases it hath commonly some signs
of Rents 2. The Court which is full of flatterers is pernicious to a Prince tho he be rich in substance abundant in honours 3. A journey an hundred miles long wearieth an Horse that hath not his belly moderately full of provender for while he is desirous of meat he goeth slowly but if a strong and well-fed horse refuse to put forth his strength a whip and spur make him mindful of his work and duty Laziness hath need of spurs Exc. Interdum Genitivo c. The Genitive Case is many times read after such Adjectives and Boys may do the like but they are rather in prose to be accustomed to the confinement of the Ablative Reg. 2. Nomina diversitatis ablativum c. The English word diverse or different rendred in Latin by alter alius or diversus requires the Substantive following whether Noun or Pronoun to be put in the Ablative Case with the Preposition a or ab 1. My Brother is of a very bad nature and far different from my father who is of a good disposition and rich in good endowments of mind tho poor in estate 2. Children are not always like their parents they are sometimes quite different from them Reg. 2. Nonnunquam etiam Dativum c. Rule 2. Diversus for different hath sometimes a Dative A woman contrary to this Reg. 3. Adjectiva regunt Ablativum c. Rule 3. Adjectives govern an Ablative Case of the word that signifies the instrument wherewith the cause why or the manner how a thing is done 1. My Master's face was greatly changed when he found his only-beloved Son guilty of a lie it was sometimes pale with anger afterward it was red with heat of fury and in the mean time his Son was trembling for fear of punishment 2. He that is only a Christian in pretence who in the mean while is an hypocrite in heart is an enemy to his own soul for tho he be subtle at dissimulation amongst men he shall not deceive the Almighty Reg. 4. Forma vel modus rei c. Rule 1. Substantives also have sometimes after them an Ablative of another Substantive which betokens the manner how or the reason why the former is or is called such My Master hath been a father for wholsom counsel he that is my parent by nature and whose son I am by birth took not more care of me But I have been a Servant in name but a Rebel in deed Reg. 5. Dignus indignus praeditus c. Rule 5. Adjectives which have usually after them the sign of or with or upon require the Substantive following them to be the Ablative Case 1. Those are unworthy of the Glory of Heaven that do not think Virtue worthy of love who are not content with the pleasures that Virtue giveth 2. I relying upon thy honesty neglected mine own safety for thou void of that deceivedst me 3. A Son endowed with excellent wit rejoiceth his Father whose good example he imitateth whose commands he observeth he is never trembling for fear for he provoketh not his father's anger he is always mindful of his duty he is like a staff to his fathers old age Nota Horum Nonnulla Genitivum c. Note In Authors dignus and indignus are sometimes read with a Genitive Case after them but that 's not for the Boy 's imitation only they may need to understand it therefore we give no examples of that Government Reg. 6. Comparativa cum exponuntur c. Rule 6. Adjectives of the comparative degree they have in by or than after them if the Latin word quam for than be left out require the Substantive following to be put in the Ablative Case e. g. 1. Thy lesser brother is more learned than thou by far he is wiser than his teachers by many degrees 2. My book is cleaner than thine by much and yet thine is newer than mine Note 1. If quam be express'd in the Latin for the English word than then the word following than must be of such Case as the Substantive which went before the Comparative Adjective 1. Thy Father is richer than mine and thou wilt have a greater Portion than I nevertheless I am content with mine own condition I am not desirous of thy wealth because I desire Virtue which I think is better than riches 2. He that hath a good conscience is more safe than a City encompassed with Walls for a calm mind will bear more tempests than the strongest bulwark Note 2. Than must sometimes be made only by quam not by the Ablative and quam left out viz. when the Substantive which follows than is not compared with that which went next before the Comparative Adjective or with which the Comparative Adjective agrees but with something at a farther distance from it e. g. 1. My father hath an handsomer Horse than your father he bought him yesterday 2. My Brother is like my Unkle in the shape of his face and in the colour of his hair but he is very unlike in his manners he is the most wicked of all our family he is prone to all vices accustomed to all evils unworthy of my father's love relying upon my mother's over love and bounty he spendeth money lavishly he acts as if he were void of reason he understandeth nothing beside hypocrisie for whilst he is so bad indeed he is a Saint in appearance no man is of a baser disposition than he none committeth greater faults than he Reg. 6. Adjectiva pretii regunt Ablat Rule 6. Adjectives whose signification betokens buying or selling such as dear cheap c. whose English hath after it at of or for require an Ablative Case after them 1. A poor Cottage dear of Twenty shillings many times contains a man of great virtue and a man of small estate hath often a contented mind 2. A Garment cheap at an hundred pounds sometimes covers a man whose wit were dear at a Groat Virtue and Wisdom are better Ornaments than gay Cloaths Reg. 7. Adject proprietatem vel passionem corporis animi denotantia reg Abl. Rule 7. Adjectives signifying some property or passion of body or mind require the Substantive following next them to be put in the Ablative Case e. g. 1. A valiant Soldier that exposeth his life for the sake of his Sovereign beareth the strokes of his enemies he is sometimes wounded in his head and limbs he is sometimes sick of a Fever but he is never feeble in mind tho he be weak in body courage remaineth when strength is lost A good man is unquiet in his mind whilst he taketh-notice-of other mens sins he desireth the happiness of those that neglect their own they are slow of heart and see not they are void of understanding they desire none of God's Commandments they pray not but God sometimes heareth the Prayers of the righteous for them Construction of Pronouns Reg. 1. HEC Possession meus tuus suus c. Rule 1. The English words my or
he struck me out of malice he kickt me with great earnestness he hath some old grudge against me M. If it be so I will be very angry with him for I hate malice it hath cost me much labour to endeavour to promote love amongst you my Scholars but I strive in vain for you often quarrel B. He tore in pieces my Book last week which cost two shillings my Father bought it a month ago for me at Cambridge M. Why did he tear it B. Because I would not sell it him for less than it cost me whereas I dared not sell it at all for you Sir have often commanded us to sell nothing The Book is very scarce it is worth a Crown my Father bought it cheap M. This Age abounds in wickedness Boys are full of folly they want wisdom to oppose their own violent passions they know not how to use those beginnings of reason that they are endowed with They consider not the Torment of passion an angry Person enjoyeth no peace he changeth his own rest into trouble and passionate Boys create me much vexation by their quarrels they deserve very ill of me B. I was not in fault Sir I was siting quietly and doing my duty M. I have heard of many that you are as bad as the worst You are born of a passionate Father and you will be like him Methinks you should be ashamed that Boys whom you excel in learning should excel you in vertue I am doubtful in mind what I shall do I fear you are both guilty and both to be punished I will not suffer Boys to injure one another I will search into the business if I find you guilty you shall be deprived of my favour You shall not be beaten by Boys but you shall not abuse them I will judge rightly as far as I can EPISTLE V. Honoured Father I Have a great desire to see you and mine other Friends I have the greatest reason to love and honour you and I cannot but desire your House more than School though I am very desirous to learn Be pleased to grant me my desire this once and to send a Letter to my Master that he may send me to you To speak the truth I have a mind to live with another Master or to come and live with you that I may go to School in Canterbury near you My Master is such a severe man that I had far rather Plow than continue here My tasks are also so heavy my burthens so great that I cannot undergo them If you shall please to suffer me to come to you I shall return you greatest thanks it is hard to be expressed how much of my mind is at home I will go to my Cousin to fetch the Cloak which you lent him and will bring it with me Honoured Sir pardon my boldness in asking and let me hear good news which may rejoyce me I will be willing to obey your pleasure in all things I will be content either to live with you or with my Unkle at York or with any Friend of yours wheresoever you please Only let me be removed hence whereby you shall add one more to the innumerable obligations wherewith you have already bound London November 28. 1686. Your Obedient Son S. H. EPISTLE VI. Son I Have formerly been greatly rejoyced at receiving Letters from London from you but that which came to me last week was most unacceptable and troublesome I was grieved when I perceived in you the beginnings of unconstancy and idleness for all your Arguments are drawn from those two Topicks which my authority shall confute You seem to hope that your Father is like your self but how foolish is that expectation know that I not only resolve never to gratifie your unreasonable request nor to satisfie your foolish mind but if so learned so vertuous so diligent and faithful a Master please you not you shall be banished from my sight I will send you against your will to France or Holland where I will find out for you the severest Master If I believed your Master whom I love and honour were austere beyond reason and moderation I would most readily deliver you from his injustice but I think quite otherwise of him nor will I believe your accusations much less will I hearken to your complaints of the difficulty of your tasks all things are easie to industry all things difficult to sloth and your Master is more prudent than to command things impossible When I came to London last year I lived in your Master's House a whole Month I then heard no complaints from you you were content and my self also observed something of his prudent care and excellent wisdom in managing the School and whence this new weariness proceeds I cannot otherwise conjecture than by thinking that you begin to be more idle than formerly and instead of moving you I shall most certainly request of your Master that he will nip the weed before it encrease to a greater strength and urge you the more closely to your study not to slacken the Reins but strengthen them an excellent Medicine for the Disease that you are sick of In short Son I highly esteem and approve of your present Master nor shall you be removed yet from his care and government till I certainly know some intolerable injustice which I never expect to find Nor shall I hearken to your reports nor for them the sooner slight or suspect him Resolve therefore to study diligently without weariness to please him without grudging to obey him most willingly to love and honour him continually so shall you reconcile him whom your complaints have angred Your careful Father W. H. DIALOGUE IX L. I Cannot but acknowledge thee to be far more learned than my self let me therefore have the benefit of thy help to inform mine ignorance I will love thee if thou wilt communicate E. It is not in my power to cure thy defects nor to give thee understanding God only can give wisdom L. It is true but God useth means to bring to pass his purposes thou mayest help me and I question not but my Father will recompence thy love E. I will do as much as I can freely In what dost thou want mine assistance L. In translating English into Latin I observed that thy Exercises are every day commended and our Master propoundeth thy care for our imitation let me hear by what means it comes to pass that thy Exercises are so commendable E. I should be glad if all my School-fellows pleased my Master every day that they might advance in Learning and he might rejoyce in their benefit I will conceal nothing from thee I always take notice of all the Phrases or neat Expressions which I find in Authors I write them down and have now a great treasure of them so that I have almost one in readiness for every occasion and the most of them I have committed to memory Every great mistake which I am guilty of I
to see him my Father hath need of money and the man that you speak of owes him fifty Pounds if I am not mistaken which he hath often promised to pay but hitherto he hath deceived him Tho. Then he is like a man that came to see my Father intreating him to lend him three shillings promising to return it in an hour but Summer will be colder than Winter and Winter will become Summer e're the money will be paid Joh. It is very likely now adays It is not good to trust a Man we know not The care of some is to get opportunities to cheat their Neighbours They study only to please themselves though they wrong others but to obey God the highest Judge of all is better than to enjoy the riches of this world if God be angry with us But we must use wisdom which many want that we neither hurt others nor be hurt by others Farewell DIALOGUE XVI Richard and Thomas RIch I am asham'd of my fault yesterday who was so angry with you when you and I were at play together and I earnestly desire you to pardon me and not take it unkindly I must confess my fault and I desire hereafter to refrain from immoderate anger Tho. It is the part of a Christian to confess the faults which he offends God and Men by We have need of Gods grace that we may become more wise and resist the Devils temptations which he beguiles men by For as the Fisher hides the deadly hook with some pleasant Bait which the foolish Fish greedily catcheth at and is taken So the Devil promiseth us pleasure and profit if we will obey him whom if we do believe we shall repent of our folly and happy are they whom God doth give effectual grace to who seeing the evil of sin and the worlds vanity do apply their minds to holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Rich. It is good when we are not ignorant of the snares of the Devil that Enemy of God and man The Lord make us like Christ our blessed Saviour DIALOGUE XVII VVilliam and Robert WIll you were mist at School yesterday Rob. I believe you my Father and Mother had occasion to keep me at home which I suppose they will signifie to my Master the occasion being you are my Friend I will tell you my Brother and Sister being to go into the Country namely to Ipswich my Father and Mother were desirous to accompany them about three miles or a little more and therefore I tarried to look to the Shop for so they commanded me This was the cause of my absence which I doubt not will satisfie my Master Will. Can you sell the Wares in the Shop when your Father and Mother are absent Rob. When a Customer comes to ask me for any Commodity I can shew it him for I know where each Commodity is placed for each Box hath the name for what is in it written upon the outside thereof and they are disposed so Alphabetically that every thing is very easie to be found And as for the price all the Commodities have a private mark which no body knows but we who have been taught it by my Father that mark shews the lowest price that can be taken if I can sell it for more I do but if not I do not turn them away How much money do you think I took while my Father was absent Will. Ten Shillings it may be Rob. About thirty Shillings One came and aske me for a pair of Gloves which when he had fitted himself with he demanded the price now the price signified by the mark was two Shillings I told him I would sell them for half a Crown but at last when I had abated him two pence of what I askt him he paid me the money Will. You are a cunning Youth but my business calls me away Farewell at present DIALOGUE XVIII Henry and Anthony Hen. WHence come you Anthony Anth. I am come from York lately but just now I came from Dover Hen. And whither are you going Anth. I was at Paris last year and I am going to visit a friend that was kind to me when I was there Hen. It is well done of you to acknowledge courtesies received which is the part of a Christian even above others for if we must love our enemies and do good to them that hate us which Christ our Blessed Saviour commanded us much more ought we to think that it concerns us to be mindful of our friends love We ought not to grieve strangers much less those that we are obliged to Some are commended in Scripture which entertained strangers and thereby entertain'd Angels unawares But what business had you at Paris did you go to learn the French Tongue or to see remote Countries Anth. Neither of these was the end of my going But my Father having some wares that he could not sell at London for so much as he understood he might sell them for at Paris he sent me thither to sell them Hen Then you are become a Merchant Anth. I had no cause to repent of my Journey nor my Father neither for I had pleasure enough and My Father gain enough Hen. Did you go alone Anth. No had the company of a young man a Neighbour of ours both going and coming back Hen The better ones company is the more pleasant is the Journey I should like travelling very well having good Companions and a full Purse But farewell we have 〈◊〉 discourse enough for the present Anth. Farewell DIALOGUE XIX Thomas and Mary Tho. HOw do you dear Sister Mary Ma. I have been sick in the Countrey these three weeks and therefore I have cause to accuse you for unkindness who never came to see me in my sickness yea I sent you a Letter and yet you did not return me answer Believe me I have been very angry with you and I think there is no body that will say but that I have cause to be angry Tho. I have not been unmindful of you yet I heard not of your sickness but about the end of the last week and yet it grieved me much that I could not get an opportunity to visit you who have always been so dear to me I may truly say the most dear of all my Brothers and Sisters The Letter which you speak of I never received but God be praised that you now enjoy your health I hope you will not be so unkind that you should think that I did not care for you I long'd to see you but I wanted an opportunity I enquired every day of you and I felt sorrow enough in my heart when I was told how dangerously you were sick Ma. Speak no further of this matter my Sister told me last night how much business you had which hindred your coming and this I must confess that as you have always obeyed my Mother so you have been formerly more loving to me than the rest of my Brethren The more loving