Certaine epistles of Tully verbally translated: together with a short treatise, containing an order of instructing youth in grammer, and withall the use and benefite of verball translations — Correspondence. English. Selections

Certaine epistles of Tully verbally translated: together with a short treatise, containing an order of instructing youth in grammer, and withall the use and benefite of verball translations — Correspondence. English. Selections

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SOCIETATI MERCATORVM SCISSORVM LOND. MVLtis nominibus omnium

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Benefits of verball Tranſlations to the Scholars.

Benefits of Ʋerball Tranſlations to the Maiſter.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae, prima huius libri Epiſt. Libri 14. ad Famil, Epiſtola 22.

Tullius S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 2.14.21.

Cicero S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 3.14.8.

Tullius S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 4.14.23.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae. 5.14.24.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae. 6.14 17.

Tullius S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 7.14.15.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae. 8.14.19.

Cicero S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 9 24 11

Cicero S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 10.14.11.

Tullius Cicero S. D. Tyroni ſuo. 11.16.2

Tullius S.D Tyroni ſuo 12 16 4

Cicero F.S.D. Tyroni ſuo, 13 16 25

Cicero S.D. Sulpitio. 14 13.25

Cicero S.D. Trebatio. 15 7 18

Cicero S. D. Q. Valerio Q. F. Orcae Laegato procoſſ. 16 13 6

Cicero S.D. Memmio. 17 13 3

Cicero S. D. Cornificio. 18 12 27

Cicero S.D. Baſilio 19 6 16

D. Brutus imper. coſ. deſ. S. D. Ciceroni. 20 11 4

Cicero S. D. Sulpitio. 21 13 20

Cicero S.D. Ampio Ralbo. 22 10 29

Cicero S.D. Mario. 23 7 4

Cicero S.D. Planco imp. coſ. deſ. 24 10 14

Cicero S. D. Papirio Paeto. 25 9 23

Cicero S. D. Plancio. 26 4 15.

Cicero S.D. Dolabellae. 27 9 12

Cicero imp. S.D. Caelio aedils cur. 28 2 14

Cicero S.D. Trebatio. 29 7 22

Cicero S. D. Bruto Imp. 30 11 15

Marcus Cicero S.D. T. Furfano procoſ. 31 6 9

Cicero S.D. Cornificio Collegae. 32 12 20

Cicero S. D. Cornificio. 33 12 21

Cicero S. D. Caſſio. 34 12 9

Cicero S. D. Acilio procoſ. 35 13 30

Tullius Cicero & F. Q. S. D. Tyroni humaniſſimo & optimo. 36 16 1

Tullius Cicero, & Q. Q. S.D. Tyroni. 37 16 7

Tullius S.D. Tyroni. 38 16 12

Cicero S. D. Curioni. 39 2 4

Cicero. S.D. Bruto. 40 13 14

Cicero S. D. Fabio. 41 5 18

Cicero S. D. Trebatio. 42 6 11

Cicero S. D. Trebatio. 43 7 14

Cicero S. D. Caſſio. 44 12 8

Cicero S. D. M. Lepido. 45 10 27

Cicero, S.D. Planco imp. coſ. dcſ. 46.10.2.

Cicero S.D. Papirio Peto 47.9.19.

C. Trebonius S.D. Ciceroni. 48 12 16

Cicero. S.D. Curio. 49 7 31

Cicero S. D. Acilio procoſ. 50.13.32.

Cicero S.D.P. Acilio procoſ. 51 13 33

Cicero S.P. Acilio procoſ. 52 13 34

Cicero S. D. Acilio procoſ. 53 13 35

Cicero. S.P. Planco imp. Coſ. deſ. 54 10 13

Cicero S.D. Caſſio 55 12 6

Cicero S.P.Q. Cornificio collegae. 56 12 17

Cicero S.P.Q. Thermio Propraet. 57 13 54

The names of ſome other bookes, verbally tranſlated, which I haue this twenty yeares and vpwards uſed, and may, as occaſion is offered, hereafter publiſh.

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CERTAINE EPISTLES OF TVLLY VERBALLY TRANSLATED: Together with a ſhort Treatiſe, containing an order of inſtructing Youth in Grammer, and withall the uſe and benefite of verball Tranſlations.

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SOCIETATI MERCATORVM SCISSORVM LOND. MVLtis nominibus omnium

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PRINCIPI; QVAE

Cum nobiliſsimo ſemper honorata eſt ſodalitio; olim quidem multorum Militum, Baronum, Comitum, Ducum, ſeptem (que)

REGVM;

Hodierno quo (que) die, ter optimi, térque maximi regnorum trium haeredis, qui exemplum in ſummo generis, virtutis, religionis, honorum (que) omnium faſtigio praeluſtre eſt,

HENRICI PRINCIPIS:

Tum etiam prae numeroſa civium clariſsìmorum, fraternitate: prae Thoma Vuhito Equite fratre ejuſ. ſoc. planè incomparabili: [Page] prae amore pluſ-quam paterno in frequentiſs. Scholā literariā, proprijs & ſuis ſumptib. ante annos quinquaginta, in urbe ferè media, ſine exemplo, ſine ſocia, ſine aemula magnificè extructam, liberaliſsiméque ſuſtentatam: prae ſuis denique de pietate, religione, patriáque praeclare meritis: Iure eſt decantata, Iure eſt decantanda:

GVILIELMVS HAINE

Pueritiae erudiendae in eàdem Scholà per duodecim iam annos

MODERATOR,

Teſtandi animi grati, debitíque, ſemper ſtudij ergô,

Païdeutico—Grammaticen

Hanc ſuam, unâ cum Analyſi Grammaticâ ſequente, ex voto offert, meritóque conſecrat.

Anno LIberatorIs fIDeLIuM perbenIgnI.

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PAïdeutico —Grammatice, or the right way to inſtruct Youth in Grammer: that is, the Hebrue, Greeke, Latine, or any other, is by Analyſis and Geneſis. Analyſis is a reſolving or undoing of the matter of Grammer, wiſely fitted to the underſtanding and capacity of the learners. Here we are ſpecially to take heed, that nothing bee paſſed over, either not ſufficiently made plaine by the Teacher, or not well underſtood by the Learner: then which evill, nothing is more pernicious in a Schoole. And Analyſis, is either of the precepts of the art it ſelfe, or the examples.

The Analyſis of the precepts is, of the definitions, diviſions, proprieties, and tranſitions, from which onely all the knowledge of the Art is perfected. But there is a particular and peculiar expoſition of every precept, [Page] whence the right underſtanding thereof is gotten. And it is Etymologicall or Syntacticall. Etymologicall is the explaining of the whole matter of Etymology, in Letters, Syllables, and ſingle-words. Where together with the Adſignifications of words, their ſignifications alſo, both proper and borrowed, offer themſelues neceſſary to bee explained. Hither likewiſe belong the Idiomes and proprieties of tongues, the obſervation whereof cannot without great loſſe of learning bee paſſed over. Syntacticall is a manifeſt explaining of the matter belonging to Syntax, in ſentences, and the parts thereof. Here the expreſſe ſignification of words, the elegancies of phraſes, the propriety of ſpeech, the apt placing of words, the naturall habit of the language, and the whole diſpoſing and framing of all things is to be obſerued. Thus much of the Analyſis of Precepts.

The Analyſis of examples follows, which are indeed moſt aptly framed after the exact rule of the precepts. But the Analyſis of the example, is a skilfull applying of the example to the precept. Whence it commeth to paſſe, that the very precepts do more clearely appeare in the underſtandings of the learners, [Page] and are more ſurely kept in their memory. And this is briefer, or longer. The briefer is that which explaines thoſe examples, which immediately are applyed to make cleare and demonſtrate the precepts of Art.

The reſolving of theſe is ſo farre to bee made, as maketh for the underſtanding of that precept, whereof it is an example. But the longer is that which explaines the longer examples and treatiſes of Oratours, Hiſtorians, Poëts, and others whatſoeuer. The uſe and daily practiſe of this, maketh ready and perfect Grammarians, and that in a ſhort time: eſpecially if the Maiſter, wiſely and after good deliberation reſolving upon: firſt a certainty of Authors, exerciſes, and progreſſe for every ſeverall forme: ſecondly, one ſet taske, or exerciſe for every ſeverall houre, which in no wiſe ſhall exceede the compaſſe thereof: thirdly, that one houres Lecture requireth the practiſe of ſixe houres at the leaſt, for the applying of the ſame unto all manner of uſe, for writing and ſpeaking: fourthly, a conſtancy for uſing and obſerving the ſame from weeke to weeke, from month to month, and ſo forth: If the Maiſter, I ſay, hath out of the artificiall meaſure and number, and the elegantly-compoſed [Page] order of ſuch claſſicall Authors, whereof there is in the whole life of man, good and continuall uſe, conſtrued: that is, verbally tranſlated, and with good iudgement fitted, every word and phraſe thereof to the Learners capacity, out of Latine into Engliſh alone, and out of Hebrue or Greeke into Engliſh or Latine alone: for there is one reaſon of all. Firſt, by ſetting each thing in his Grammaticall and naturall order: that is, all ſuch words as doe governe and are declared by others, in the former places, & ſuch as be governed, or doe declare, neceſſarily depending on the former, in the places next following: and withall ſufficiently inſtructing and informing his Scholars in the reaſons of this his placing of them according to Grammer. Secondly, by giving them their proper and naturall ſignifications, ſo farre forth as ſenſe, and the propriety of the Engliſh phraſe will in any wiſe permit: If otherwiſe, by reaſon of ſome trope, vnuſuall phraſe, or harder ſentence, let him ſet v. in the margent, Whatſoeuer is ſo expreſt in the Text, is not to bee conſtrued with the reſt of the Text. or in a different letter in the Text, to ſhew, that adverbum, it is otherwiſe: i. for id est, to explaine the ſence, and ſo forth. Which being uſed by the Scholars accordingly, hath the effects and benefites following.

Benefits of verball Tranſlations to the Scholars.

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FIrſt, they may by their often reading their new Lecture, thus verbally by their Maiſter tranſlated into Engliſh alone, eaſily conceiue, truly underſtand, and well remember the generall drift and ſcope of their Authour for their preſent Lecture: and can, after they haue bene a little practiſed therein, and accuſtomed to it, make conuenient report thereof, before they come to conſtrue it. Which thing if they endevour to doe with proper words, fit ſentences, good grace and conſtantly, is a matter of great worth and ſtrange conſequence. Further, the underſtanding and knowing of the matter being the beginning and fountaine of writing elegantly, ſpeaking readily, and to the point, the reſt: whether words or phraſes with their ſignifications or uſes of them, will far more eaſily follow, and be much the ſooner learned. And this is the ready entrance to the Analyſis by verball tranſlations.

Secondly, boyes alone, or a forme by it ſelfe, the argument and matter being firſt well knowne, can by uſing verball tranſlations, take new Lectures, conſtruing firſt [Page] out of the Engliſh into Latine, and backe againe out of the Latine into Engliſh. Which indeed, beeing truely conſidered, is nothing elſe but a cōtinuall making of Latine, as out of the Maiſters Dictates, or an anſwering in Latine, to one that in leading them by the hand, goeth from point to point, before them in Engliſh. In which taking of lectures by themſelues, as, firſt they are rightly directed, and certainly guided, to giue every word his true force, every phraſe his right ſence, and every thing his owne place: So ſecondly, for the preventing of diſcontentment to their Maiſter by forgetfulneſſe, and the better imprinting of all things in their minds, they may, without ever failing, bee more conſtantly inſtructed, then by the liuely voyce of the Maiſter alone, which may bee hindered by forgetfulneſſe, ſome employment, interruption, wearineſſe, abſence, ſickneſſe, age, and ſo forth: And which notwithſtanding: he may, if the obſcure and hidden ſence of the Authour require, uſe at his pleaſure, whereas on the other ſide, verball tranſlations, ſubject to none of theſe, are continually ready, and at hand, preventing all loſſe of time and labour.

Thirdly, if the Scholars doe ſo well underſtand, [Page] and truely know the paradeigmata of Nounes and Verbes, and the moſt uſuall examples of Syntax, that they be able to parallell, that is, to ſhew what caſe of Noune perſon of Verbe, or example of Syntax, every word in their Lecture is like (for till that time no man of judgement in this kind, will thinke the Scholars fit to go any further,) and alſo finding the words in their Grammaticall & naturall order as they were conſtrued, may now eaſily, for to gaine time, alone, and by themſelues parſe and examine their Lecture without further helpe, or aſking, or being asked any queſtion, and that without errour, rendring a reaſon why every word is ſo as it is, and not otherwiſe: that is to ſay, why a word is the ſingular number, and not the plurall, and the contrary: why the Nominatiue caſe, and not the Genitiue: why the Preſent tenſe, and not the Future, or any elſe: and ſo for any other like circūſtance of Etymology or Syntax. All this the Scholars may do, as out of their Lecture, as it lies in their Author, or elſe as it is dayly (for that end) written in their paper booke in the Grammaticall & naturall order in Latine alone: ſo alſo much better, and far more profitably out of the verball tranſlations [Page] in Engliſh-alone.

Fourthly, verball tranſlations are a very notable meanes, as in men, for the recovering of knowledge decayed, and the encreaſe and growth thereof in ſuch as are but entred into the tongue: ſo alſo in children for the keeping in minde of things before learned: for by helpe hereof, they may by a daily and continuall repeating every one his ſection or part, out of Engliſh into Latine, and backe againe out of Latine into Engliſh, in a ſhort time go over, and ſo eaſily keepe long treatiſes, that were once well knowne, perfectly underſtood, and the repetition thereof not long intermitted. The ſame alſo may bee ſaid for the keeping of Dictates that haue beene carefully corrected by their Maiſter, whether in the forme of Colloquies, Epiſtles, Theames, and ſo forth. And in caſe they doe againe and againe forget, (as children often doe) they may hereby eaſily refreſh their memory at their pleaſure. Doubtleſſe hereby they ſhall attaine to ſo perfect, and abſolute a knowledge in all things learned, and circumſtances thereof, that for the ſame, and the like of that nature and kinde, they will be ſo prompt and ready, that they ſhall never afterward neede, for the words and [Page] phraſes Lexicon or Dictionary▪ or for the matter, inſtructer, or teacher: becauſe all things thus learned, iterated, exerciſed, yea imprinted and engraven in them, will ſticke ſo faſt in their memory, that they will bee able, as out of a rich ſtore-houſe (fully fraught with wares of great worth and price) perpetually to bring forth their owne ſtuffe, old and new, choyce and good, and that more ſurely for all uſes of writing and ſpeaking ſodainly or otherwiſe, then by the ordinary means of learning the moſt Authours without booke. Which practiſe notwithſtanding for the increaſe and maintaining of memory, that without daily exerciſe decayeth, is very neceſſary. And then onely without tediouſneſſe, may Lectures and Treatiſes bee committed to memory, when they haue beene by often reading, conſtruing, parſing, making manifold uſe & great practiſe thereof, throughly knowne, and perfectly underſtood. Therfore all ſuch precious & unrecouerable time as hath been ill, or to no great purpoſe uſually ſpent, Centies agendo centies actum, an hundred times going over that that had beene already an hundred times done, may by the wiſe Maiſter bee wholly gained, and kept as an unknowne treaſure, to be better [Page] and more wiſely imployed in all the practiſes of memory for the retaining of all things before learned.

Fifthly, verball tranſlations help very much to attaine a variety and copy of words and phraſes, and in time to a laudable propriety, and purity of writing and ſpeaking the Engliſh tongue, the very maine end, why more then nine ten parts of children bee ſet to Schoole. Which ſeeing it is our naturall tongue, and in any courſe of life afterward altogether in uſe, ought much more then it is, to bee Grammatically knowne, and after the courſe here ſet downe for the Latine, parſed and examined, and in all Schoole exerciſes (after Tullies example, who as well in matters of Oratory, as Philoſophy, Cum Graecis Latina coniunxit) daily practiſed: yea the Idiomes, proprieties, and elegancies, peculiar to this tongue, are as much, and as conſtantly by the Maiſter to be ſhewed, taught, inculcated, exerciſed and learned, as the Latiniſmes, Greciſmes, Hebraiſmes, and ſo forth. Thus much of the benefites to the Scholars.

Benefits of Ʋerball Tranſlations to the Maiſter.

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FIrſt, he having once adviſedly writtē the verball Tranſlations in Engliſh alone, is for ever afterward freed from iterating the ſame, neither ſhall hee need, or any for him, any more to interpret and conſtrue thoſe Authors ſo verbally tranſlated.

Secondly, what occaſions ſoever do befall him of abſence, or other lets and interruptions, his Scholars enured to the manner of verball Tranſlations, haue a ſure and never-failing guide for their daily and ſufficient proceeding.

Thirdly, he ſhall not need to be troubled with telling, and many times telling what is forgotten, or doubted of, or ſo much vexed with his ſcholars dulneſſe and untowardneſſe, as before, ſeeing they by theſe verbal Tranſlations can of themſelues learne their Lectures, and forgetting any thing therein, may herewith alſo refreſh their memoryes, and by taking paines, make themſelues prompt and ready in all circumſtances thereof.

Fourthly, the Maiſter being hereby freed [Page] from that▪ that is the leaſt part of his Office, the toyle of exact reading of Lectures to his Scholars, aſſured alſo that in his very abſence, they doe hereby make ſufficient progreſſe, may in his daily taking account and examining every Lecture, by hearing, exhorting, correcting, and every way exerciſing them, and by all his words, deeds, examples, wiſely ordering, & diſcreetly guiding them, which be the chiefeſt points of his function: (for men are made exquiſitely skilfull in Tongues, and Arts by example, imitation, diligence and cuſtome, much better then by precepts) he, I ſay, may beſtow the greater paines: firſt, upon all ſuch words and phraſes as be ſpecially to be obſerved and noted, for extraordinary uſe, excellency, or unuſuall difficulty, as being ſome ſtrange Anomaly in Latine, or ſome phraſe much differing from the vulgar tongue, Secondly, with a purpoſe to leaue nothing therein (that concerns thē any way to know) unſearched out, familiarly, plainly, and from point to point (as the proverbe ſaith) going before them, in propounding queſtions of the matter of their Lecture, that even therein alſo, for the increaſe and growth of their judgement, they may be familiarly acquainted, & [Page] ſurely grounded, uſing the very words and phraſes thereof in Engliſh and Latine together, and the Scholar anſwere likewiſe; then in Latine alone. Which exerciſe if hee once a day conſtantly practiſe, in teaching them as well the words, phraſes, ſentences, and ſo forth, as the matter of any new Lecture, or ſhort ſentence unlearned, or unheard of before, without the helpe of any booke, or ſo much as once telling them any thing, except when he can by no circumſtance bolt it out, or finde it in them, for making both the tongue and the matter their owne, is a notable inſtrument, for remembrance leaveth a moſt deepe impreſſion, and for any conſequence of Schoole-learning hath very admirable effects.

Fifthly, his great labour of moving, iterating, and many times iterating queſtions in parſing, may be, by this meanes alſo after ſome reaſonable practiſe, if not utterly removed, yet much eaſed: for even young Scholars, may by, and among themſelues, with ſome reaſonable over-looking and directing, performe it to very good purpoſe. Thus much of the fourth and laſt Grammaticall Analyſis.

Geneſis is the making of a Grammer exerciſe [Page] handſomely and wormanlike faſhioned to the rule of the precepts. And it is either an imitation of ſome approved author, or the invention of the maker. An imitation is a Geneſis, made after the examples of the beſt Authors, as of Cicero, Ceſar, Livy, Ʋirgill, Ovid, Horace, Terence, and ſo forth. Here foure obſervations are moſt neceſſary: Firſt, that the Maiſter dictate and go before his Scholars in every Geneſis, vntill they bee competently able to make them alone and by themſelues, alwais over every unknowne word or phraſe in Engliſh, writing the proper word or phraſe in Latine. The ſecond, that every Geneſis be made in the very ſteps of the Grammaticall Analyſis. The third, that as in every new Geneſis there bee a continuall practiſing of ſome words formerly learned, ſo alſo that they make greateſt practiſe, and moſt vſes of the obſcureſt things, and ſpend their chiefeſt pains upon thoſe elegant phraſes and ſentences, [...] which differ moſt from [...]. The fourth, that the [...] by tongue and [...] any [...], ſentence, the matter [...], Epiſtle, and ſo forth. [Page] The firſt imitation is of the word governing, and the word governed alone, with any leaſt alteration of number caſe, gender, tenſe, or perſon. The ſecond imitation is of them which we commonly call Phraſes & f [...]rmulae loquenai: and alſo of a whole ſentence of two, or moe clauſes, by changing therein one, two, or moe words. The third imit [...]tion, when the two former haue been▪ by continuall and long practiſe the very [...], and never deceiving guide to all good learning, made eaſie and familiar: is [...] about the help of their author [...], wherein their Lectures be written, in the Grammaticall and naturall order in Latine alone, or elſe out of their verball tranſlations in Engliſh, againe to frame [...]n meaſure and number the Latine, as every word had beene before artificially compoſed, and cunningly placed in their Authour▪ yea and to make every word and phraſe in their Dictates ſutable, and every way anſwerable to the ſame elegant compoſed ſtile. Which Geneſis if it be from verball tranſlations of Poëts, (and that they vnderſtand the quantities of ſyllables, with the reaſon of feet and verſes) maketh the entrance into verſifying moſt ready and pleaſant: and with manifold [Page] uſe of Parodiae and imitation of verſes, it alſo maketh the veine and phraſes of Poets eaſie and familiar. In theſe ſeverall ſorts of Geneſis, even the young Scholar may bee bold and confident, that his Latine is right, good and pure, the order of words, elegant, neat, and ſweet: Laſtly, his verſe true, plaine and eaſie, having his author to avouch and warrant the ſame, as the examining and trying of all wil ſhew plainly, and proue directly. The fourth and laſt imitation when they be as familiarly acquainted with, and as wel able to practiſe this third, as the two former, is to goe forward with ſome well and cunningly compoſed Geneſis, whether in a Colloquy, Epiſtle, or other uſuall Schoole-exerciſe, wherein is required more diſcretion and choyce, then in the former. This is chiefly made by changing the purpoſe of the Author, and his courſe of ſpeech: ſo that it may ſeeme to be their owne invention, rather then the imitation of another. It is either addition, which therunto applieth ſome thing diviſed by themſelues, or borrowed elſewhere: or elſe detraction, whereby thoſe things are cut away which moſt bewray their imitation, or ſerue not ſo fitly to their preſent purpoſe. Which thing is here eſpecially [Page] to be remembred, leſt they ſhould ſeeme to haue learned the art of ſtealing, rather then the skill of writing and ſpeaking. I will not here meddle with (ſeeing it requireth more both maturity of wit, & ſoundneſſe of judgement, then is uſually to bee found in Grammer Scholars) that laſt Geneſis, which very notably painting out the Summum bonum of the Art it ſelfe, as beeing indeed the very marke whereat we aime, and the true perfection of all profeſſions in learning, is the deviſers meere invention. Then which nothing in the common courſe of mans life is more commendable, nothing to Church and Common-wealth more profitable. Geneſis hath beene thus far.

By theſe and the like meanes the Maiſter that is carefull to do good by all means poſſible in his place, and willing to uphold his authority, by joyning wiſe and graue ſeverity with kind and loving feare, will bend all his endevors, to make the ſchoole by all good policy an houſe of play and pleaſure. And becauſe Fax mentis honeſtae gloria, praiſe is a great inflamer of an honeſt diſpoſition, and the beſt whetſtone to ſet an edge upon a dull wit, he will ſtriue: firſt, by all the means of cheerefulneſſe, in countenance, words, [Page] geſtures, and deeds to put life and ſpirit into the very wit of his Scholars, for their better conceiving: into their memory, for retaining: into their will, for labouring: into their diſpoſition, for the attaining of piety, vertue, knowledge, and all goodneſſe.

Secondly, by ſowing amongſt them matter of all honeſt contention, and laudable emulation, and provoking them every way, day by day, to excell one another by talking together, as in Corderius: by diſputing one againſt another, as in Stock-wood: by writing one to another, as imitating one and the ſame Epiſtle of Tully: by repreſenting the perſons of others, in pronouncing and acting ſome Scene in Terence: by giving the ſumme or argument of a Treatiſe, Epiſtle, Oration, Poëme, Story, and ſo forth: by reporting ſome fable of Aeſope: by writing the Romane and Secretary hands: by ſtriving who can finde moſt errours in each others exerciſes, and the like. O then how eagerly will they ſtriue, who ſhall performe the matter propounded and preſcribed, with greateſt commendations, profite moſt, and proue beſt learned. The pregnant and quicker ſort will ſtriue to ſupply the firſt rankes; and the dull and heavy diſpoſition, at leaſt deſiring, if no [Page] way to be equall with, to ſecond, or come neere the beſt, yet certainly to point & aime at the worthieſt. Of ſo great worth is a wiſe and diſcreete Maiſter, that of all them that come under his tuition, and charge, the naturall foole onely is finally found uncapable of his diſcipline. All the Maiſter his endevours ſhall bee the more effectuall, if parents and friends at home (wiſely preventing all odious telling tales out of the Schoole) would by propounding to their children if they profite in learning, and deſerue wel, rewards: but if if all, puniſhment: conſtantly and with good deſcretion, exact at their hands a reaſon, and an account of their daily & whole employment in the Schoole. For diſcipline at Schoole alone moveth ſomewhat: but at home and Schoole too, promoteth learning greatly. This would, in ſtead of cauſing boyes by any bitter diſcouragement of words, or otherwiſe, to diſtaſte and abhorre the Schoole, before they know, or can be acquainted with the ſweetneſſe of knowledge: make them to be greatly enflamed with the deſire and loue of learning, which as it is of it ſelfe ſweet and pleaſant: ſo it is naturally inbred in all men, though by perverſe proceeding, diſorderly courſes, and uneaſie [Page] meanes of teaching it bee made unpleaſant, tedious, and ſo, for the moſt part, be neglected, yea rejected and contemned, as a thing utterly fruitleſſe and un-neceſſary.

All things then being well conſidered, children may by theſe courſes, upon ſurer ground, with better courage, more eaſe, greter pleaſure, much more conſtantly, & in far ſhorter time, then uſually heretofore, attaine unto more ſound ſchoole-learning, keepe it more faithfully in memory, and make more true uſe of it, to the great content of their parents, & friends, their owne benefites in the whole courſe of their life, the advancemēt of learning & all good Arts, the ſingular good of Church & Commonwealth, & their Maiſters great joy, and much encouragement, when he may in the ſingleneſſe of his heart, a good conſcience, and unſpeakeable comfort cheerefully goe on in this his calling, though painfull, and little eſteemed, yet moſt neceſſary, and profitable, knowing aſſuredly, that with the Lord whom he ſerveth, his reward is laid vp in heaven.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae, prima huius libri Epiſt. Libri 14. ad Famil, Epiſtola 22.

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IF

you be in health,

it is well.

I am in health.

Wee

Numerus plu. pro ſingulari.

do daily looke for

your Carriers:

who—

if—

they come,—

peradventure

we ſhall be certified

verbatim; we ſhall be more ſure, & nu. plu. pro. ſing.

what

we muſt do,

v. is to be done of vs.

& wee will certify you

v. and wee will make you more ſure.

out of hand.

Looke well unto

v. care you diligently for

your health.

Fare you well.

The Kalendes of September.

id eſt. the firſt of September.

Tullius S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 2.14.21.

IF

you be in health,

[Page]it is well:

I am in health.

Do your endevour

v. giue endeuour

to recover your health.

v. That you may recover your health.

Provide

v. you may provide,

and

adminiſter

v. you may order,

that that ſhall be

needfull

as

occaſion

and time

doth require.

And

ſend

v. you may ſend

letters

of all matters

unto me

as often as may be.

Fate you well.

Cicero S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 3.14.8.

If

you be in health

it is well:

I am in health.

I would

you haue a diligent care of

v. you care moſt diligently

your health:

For

it is

both

written,

and

told

me,

that you

are fallen

on the ſodaine

into an ague.

In that

you certified me

quickely

[Page]of Caeſars letters.

v. of the L. of Caeſar.

you did me a pleaſure.

v. you did a thing acceptable vnto me.

Likewiſe

hereafter

if there ſhall bee any néed,

if any newes

ſhall fall out,

you ſhal certify me.

v. you ſhall make that I may know.

Haue a care of your health.

v. Care that you may be well.

Fare you well.

dated

the fourth

before the Nones of Iune.

i. the fifth of Iune.

Tullius S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 4.14.23.

If

you be in health,

it is well:

I am in health.

We,

as yet,

haue

neither

any certainty

of Ceſars comming,

nor

of the letters

which

Philotimus

is ſaid

to haue.

If there bee any certainty

I will certifie you

v. I will make you more ſure.

by and by.

See you haue a care of your health.

Fare you well.

The fourth before the Ides of Sextilis.

id est, The tenth of Auguſt.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae. 5.14.24.

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If

you be in health,

it is well:

I am in health.

A letter

large enough

was delivered

now at length

unto me,

from Caeſar:

And

he

is ſaid

to come

ſooner

then it is thought,

v. then opinion

whom

whether

I ſhall go

to méet,

or

ſtay for

him

here,

ſo ſoone as

I ſhall determine,

I will certifie you.

I wiſh you would ſend backe.

the Carriers

as ſoone as you can

unto me.

Looke well unto

v. Care you diligently for

your health.

Fare you well.

The day before the Ides of Auguſt.

i. the twelfth of Auguſt.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae. 6.14 17.

If I had any thing

that

v. which

I might write

[Page]unto you,

I would do it,

both

in many words,

ſupple verbis.

and

very often.

Now

you ſée

what buſineſſes

I haue. ſ. mihi.

But how

I am affected

you may

underſtand

of Lepta.

and

Trebatius.

Sée that you haue a a care of

your owne health.

and

Tulliaes.

v. of Tullia.

Fare you well.

Tullius S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 7.14.15.

If

you be in health,

it is well:

I am in health.

We had appointed

as

I had written

unto you

before,

to ſend

Cicero

to méet

Caeſar.

But

we haue changed

our determination:

v. our counſell:

becauſe

we heard

nothing

of his comming.

Although

there were.

[Page]no ueines

of other matters,

yet

you may

know

of Sica

what our mind is▪

v. what wee would

wiſh, what

our will is.

and

what

we thinke

is needfull

at this time.

Hitherto

I ſtay

Tullia

with me.

Looke well vnto

v. Care you diligently for

your health.

Fare you well.

The twelfth of the Kalends of Quintilis.

i. the twentith of Iune.

Tullius S.D. Terentiae ſuae. 8.14.19.

In my greateſt ſorowes

the ſickneſſe ſ. amiſſa. v health.

of my Tullia

grieues me much.

Of whom

there is no cauſe

v. there is nothing

to write vnto you more:

v. that I may write vnto you more.

For I know

certainly

that you haue as great a care, as I my ſelfe.

v. to be to you equally a great care.

Whereas

you deſire

that I ſhould come

neerer,

[Page]I perceiue

v. I ſee

that I muſt do ſo:

and I had done it

before now:

but

many things

haue letted

me,

which

not yet truely

are diſpatched.

But

I looke for

a letter

v. letters

from Pomponius,

which

I wiſh you haue a care

that they be brought

unto me

with the ſooneſt.

Do your endevour

to be well.

v. that you may be in health.

Cicero S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 9 24 11

That

you rejoyce

that we are come

ſafe

into Italy,

I wiſh you might rejoyce ſtill:

But

being troubled

with griefe

of minde

and great wrongs,

I feare

leſt we haue taken

that councell,

which

we cannot

eaſily

accompliſh.

Wherefore

helpe

ſo much as

you may.

[Page]But what

you are able,

I remember not.

v. It comes not into minde.

There is no reaſon

v. There is no thing.

that

you take your iourney

v. you giue your ſelfe

into the way.

at this time:

the way

is

both

long,

and

not ſafe:

and

I ſee not

what good you can do,

v. w. y. may profite,

if

you come.

Fare you well,

ſent v. dated

the day of ye Nones of November.

i. the fourth of November.

From Brundiſi.

Cicero S. D. Terentiae ſuae. 10.14.11.

If

you be in health,

it is well:

I am in health.

Our Tullia

came

unto me

the day before the Ides of Iune.

i. the twelfth of Iune.

for whoſe paſſing vertue,

and

ſingular kindneſſe

I was touched,

even with the greater griefe,

that it fell out

by our negligence.

that

[Page]ſhe ſhould be

in a far other eſtate

then

her piety

and

worthineſſe

did require.

I was minded

to ſend

Cicero

to Caeſar.

and

Cneus Saluſtius

with him.

If

he take that iourney

I will certifie you.

Looke well vnto

your health.

Fare you well.

the ſeventeenth of the

kalends of Quintilis.

i. the fifteenth of Iun.

Tullius Cicero S. D. Tyroni ſuo. 11.16.2

We were ſevē daies

at Corfue.

But Quinctus

the father and ſonne

at Buthroto

we were maruelous carefull for

your health:

and wondred we had no letter from you:

for men come thence by Ship

with theſe winds:

which

if

they had not béene

wee would not haue lyen waiting

at Corfue

Looke therefore vnto

your ſelfe,

and

get ſtrength,

and

when

conueniently

both

for your health

and

[Page]for the ſeaſon

of the yeare

you may

come by ſhip,

come

unto vs

that loue you full dearely.

v. moſt louing of thee

None loues vs

that likes not you.

All loue you, & look for your comming.

v. thou ſhalt come deare, and look't for to all.

My good Tyro

haue a ſingular care of your health,

Face you well.

The fiftéenth of ye kalends of November

i. the 18 of October.

Tullius S.D Tyroni ſuo 12 16 4

I cannot,

neither

liſt I

to write

unto you,

how I loue you:

I onely write,

that it will be

a very great pleaſure

both

to you

and

to me,

if

very ſhortly

I ſhall ſée

you

ſtrong.

The third day

after we departed frō you

we came

to Alyzia.

That place

is

on this ſide Leucades

an hundred & twenty furlongs.

I did thinke

I ſhould haue receiued

either

your ſelfe,

[Page]or

your letter

by Mario

from Leucades.

Euen as you do loue me,

ſo look to your health,

or

as you know

that you are beloued

of me.

The Nones of November,

v. The fifth day of November.

from Alyzia.

Cicero F.S.D. Tyroni ſuo, 13 16 25

Although

you haue vſed

a juſt

and

fit excuſe

of not writing vnto me:

yet

I entreat you

that you doe it not

oftner.

For

although

I be both certified

by meſſengers,

concerning the rumors

of ye common wealth,

and

my father

continually

writes

unto me

touching his good will

towards me:

yet

a letter

written

of every leaſt matter

from you

to me

hath ever beene

moſt acceptable.

Wherefore

ſeeing

[Page]principally

I do deſire

your letter.

Do not performe

v. Do not cōmit that you may fulfill

or offend not in fulfilling in doing: or ſee you do not

the duty

of writing

by excuſe

rather

then

by daily ſending

of letters.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Sulpitio. 14 13.25

Hageſaretus of Lariſſa

greatly pleaſured by me

in my conſulſhip,

hath béene

mindfull

and

thankfull

and afterward

reſpected

me

with great regard.

I heartely commend

him

unto you,

as

both

mine hoſte,

and

familiar friend,

and

a thankfull perſon,

and

a good man

and

the chiefeſt

of his City,

and

moſt worthy of

your acquaintance.

You ſhall do

a very great pleaſure

unto me,

if

you do what you can

that

he

[Page]may vnderſtand

that this commendation of mine

hath greatly preuailed

with you.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Trebatio. 15 7 18

I haue cut in peeces

your harmleſſe letter

which

I receiued

of L. Arruntius:

for it had

nothing

which

might not

be very well read,

even in an open aſſembly.

Yea both Arruntius

ſaid

that you had given ſuch charge,

and you wrote ſo too.

But

be it ſo:

I wonder

that you wrote

nothing

to me

afterward,

eſpecially

in ſuch newes.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Q. Valerio Q. F. Orcae Laegato procoſſ. 16 13 6

Publius Cornelius

who

delivered

this letter

unto you,

was recommended

unto me

by P. Cuſpius:

for whoſe ſake

how greatly

I deſired to further

and ought

in very deed

[Page]you eaſily vnderſtood

by my ſelfe.

I do erneſtly entreat you,

that

you would haue a care

that

Cuſpius

may giue me

moſt hearty thankes

very ſoone,

and very often

for this cōmendation

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Memmio. 17 13 3

I would haue you ſo to entertaine

Aulus Fuſius

one

of my deareſt friends

moſt dutifull,

and mindfull

of vs,

a learned man,

and

of great curteſie,

and worthy of

your friendſhip,

as

you undertooke

for me

face to face.

That

ſhall be

ſo well pleaſing

unto me,

as

that which

is moſt well pleaſing.

Further

you ſhall for euer binde

him

vnto your ſelfe

in very great ſeruice,

and

ſingular dutifulneſſe.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Cornificio. 18 12 27

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Sext Aufidius

is both as ſeruiceable as the beſt

v. comes to the neareſt

in dutifulneſſe

wherewith

he reuerenceth me▪

and

is inferiour to none

in the nobleneſſe

of a Roman Gentleman.

Yea he is

of ſo temperate

and well qualified conditions,

that

very great gravity

is joyned

with very great courteſie.

Whoſe affaires

which

are

in Africa

I doe ſo recommend

unto you,

that

I cannot

more earneſtly,

or more heartily

recommend them:

you ſhall pleaſure me greatly

if

you do your beſt

that

he

may underſtand

that my letter

hath prevailed greatly

with you.

My good Cornificius

I do earneſtly craue

this

of you.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Baſilio 19 6 16

[Page]

I rejoyce

in your behalfe:

I am glad

for my owne ſake.

I loue

you:

I defend

your matters.

I deſire

to be beloved

of you,

and

to be certified

what you do,

and what

is a doing

there.

Fare you well.

D. Brutus imper. coſ. deſ. S. D. Ciceroni. 20 11 4

If

I made any doubt

of your good will

towards me

I would craue

at large

v. in many words

of you

to defend

v. that you would de.

my honour.

But ſurely

the caſe ſo ſtands

v. it is ſo

as

I haue perſwaded

my ſelfe

that you haue a care of me.

I am come

unto the inhabitants of the Alpes

with my Army,

not ſo much ſéeking

the name of a dominiering Leader,

as

deſiring

to giue contentmēt to

my Souldiers

and to make

them

[Page]ſtrong

to defēd our quarels:

which

me thinkes

I haue obtained.

For

they haue had experience of

both

my liberality

and

my courage.

I haue fought

with the moſt warlike people of all:

I haue taken

many Caſtles:

I haue ſpoyled

many:

I haue ſent

a letter

to the Senate

not without good cauſe.

Helpe

vs

with your opinion:

which

when

you ſhall do

you ſhall pleaſure

v. y. ſhal do ſervice to

the Common-wealth

v. commō cōmodity

very greatly.

v. for a great part.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Sulpitio. 21 13 20

I am very familiarly acquainted with

v I uſe very f.

Aſcalpo of Patras,

a Phyſition,

ſurely his

both

acquaintaince

hath béene

pleaſant

unto me,

as alſo

his Art,

whereof

I haue had experiēce,

[Page]in the ſickneſſe, i. in val. vel recuperanda, vel confirmanda.

of my friends.

Wherein

he hath ſatiſfied

me

both

for his very knowledge

as alſo

for his faithfulneſſe

and good will.

I recommend then

this man

unto you:

and

craue

of you

that

you would doe what you can

that

hee may underſtand

that I haue written

carefully

concerning him,

and that my commendation

hath ſtood him in great ſtead.

v. hath been to g. uſe to him

That

ſhall be

excéedingly well pleaſing

unto me.

Cicero S.D. Ampio Ralbo. 22 10 29

I am perſwaded

v. I beleeue, I haue ſure confidence

that you underſtand

of my care

for your health

and

ſafety

by your friends letters

whom

I aſſuredly know,

that I haue moſt amply ſatiſfied

[Page]Neither

yéeld I

unto them,

although

they beare you ſingular good will

that

they long after your ſafety more

then I.

v they would rather

you ſafe t. I.

They muſt néedes yéeld

v. It is needful they y.

vnto me

that

I am able

to pleaſure

you

more

then

they

at this time.

Which thing indéed

I neither haue left off

to doe,

neither

will I leaue off,

yea already

haue I done it

in ye greateſt matter,

and

haue laid

the platforme

for your ſafety.

Sée that you be

of a good and couragious mind,

and aſſure your ſelfe

that I wil be wāting

unto you

in nothing.

The day before the Nones of Quintilis.

v. the ſixth of Iuly.

Cicero S.D. Mario. 23 7 4

I came

with your Libo

or ours rather:

to Cuman farme

about the eighth of the Kalends

v. about the foure or

fiue & twentieth day.

[Page]I purpoſe to go,

ſ. ire.

out of hand

to Pompejan:

but

I will ſend you word

before.

As

I deſire

that you may haue your health

alwayes,

ſo eſpecially

while

we are

here:

for you ſee

how long

afterward

we are to be

together.

Wherefore

if

you haue determined any thing

with the goute,

ſée

you put it off

vnto another day.

Haue a care then

of your health,

v. that you be in h.

and

looke for

me

within theſe two or three dayes.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Planco imp. coſ. deſ. 24 10 14

O welcome report

two dayes

before the victory,

of your helpe,

of your care,

of your ſpeedineſſe,

of your army;

But the enemies being diſperſed,

all the hope

is

in you.

For the beſt knowne ring-leaders

[Page]of the robbers

are reported

to be fled

out of Moden battell.

v. of Mutine b.

And it is

no leſſe thankworthy

to diſpatch

the laſt,

then

to chaſe away

the firſt.

I ſurely

before this

did expect

your letter,

together with many other:

and did alſo hope,

that Lepidus

admoniſhed

by the times

with you

would alſo giue cō tent unto

the common-wealth.

id eſt, would thinke as you doe, and ſatiſfie the c. w. verbatim, to be about to doe with you, and ſufficiently for the common-wealth.

Therefore

my good Plancus

bend all your force

to that charge,

id eſt, T. my g. P. endevour wholly to this: or let this be your whole care.

that

not one ſparkle

of that horrible war

be left vnquenched.

Which

if you do,

you ſhall both exceedingly benefit

the common-wealth,

and

get your ſelfe renowne for ever.

The third of the

Ides of May.

v. The 13 of May.

[Page]Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Papirio Paeto. 25 9 23

I came

yeſterday

to Cumane farme:

to morrow

to you

peraduenture.

But

when

I know

the certainty,

I will acquaint you therewith

a little before.

Although

Marcus▪ Ceparius

when

he had met me

in the Hen-wood,

and I had aſked him

what you were a doing

ſaid,

that you were

in bedde,

becauſe

you were ſticke of the goute,

v. you laboured of the feet.

I tooke the matter forſooth heauily,

as

it was my part:

but yet

I determined

to come

vnto you,

that

I might both ſée

you,

and

viſite you,

and

ſuppe with you too:

for I do not thinke

that you haue

a gouty Cooke too.

Then looke for

a gueſt,

as no great eater,

ſo

[Page]an enemy

to chargeable ſuppers.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Plancio. 26 4 15.

I haue received

your very ſhort letter,

wherein

I could not

know

that

which

I deſired

to underſtand.

I perceived,

that

ye I doubted not of.

For

I underſtood not

how well

you bore

the common calamities:

but I eaſily perceiued

how well you loved mee,

yet I had had proofe of this

v. But I had knowne this,

if I had knowne

that:

I would haue framed

my letter

thereunto.

But

although

I writ

before

thoſe things which

I thought meet

to be ſignified vnto you

v. to be written,

Yet

I thought

you were to be put in minde

in a word or twaine,

v. briefly,

at this time,

that you ſhould not thinke,

[Page]that you were

in any private dāger.

We all

are

in great,

but yet

in the common.

Wherefore

you ought not

either

to deſire

a private and ſingular eſtate,

v. a proper and ſpeciall fortune,

or

to refuſe

the common.

And therefore

let vs carry ye minde

one towards

another

v. let vs bee of that mind betweene our ſelues

as we haue alwayes done.

Which

I may

hope for

on your part,

and performe

on mine owne.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Dolabellae. 27 9 12

I rejoyce

on the behalfe of our Baiae:

v. The Cittie Baiae in Campania, where were Bathes:

for

as

you write,

they are

id eſt, the bathes at Baiae.

ſuddenly

become

wholſome:

except

peradventure

they loue

you,

[Page]and

flatter

you:

and

ſo long

as

you are there,

haue forgot

themſelues.

Which

if it be ſo,

I marvell not

that even heaven

and

earth,

if

it be ſo fit

for you,

to abate

their violence.

v. their force.

I had

with me

that that I thought not of,

the little Oration

for Dejotarus,

which

you deſired:

therefore

haue I ſent

it

you.

I would haue you ſo reade it

as

a ſlender and barren matter.

and not greatly worthy

the writing.

But

I was deſirous

to ſend

a little gift

ſlender and courſe.

v. a garment ſleightly woven with a groſſe thread.

ſuch as

his gifts

are wont

to be,

unto mine old hoſte

and friend.

I would haue you to be

[Page]of a wiſe and couragious minde,

that

your modeſty

and gravity

may blaſe abroad

the uniuſt dealing of others.

Fare you well.

Cicero imp. S.D. Caelio aedils cur. 28 2 14

I am very familiarly acquainted with

Marcus Fabius,

a very honeſt man,

v. the beſt in,

and

one that is well learned.

And I do loue

him

marvailouſly well,

both

for his excellent wit.

and very great learning:

as alſo

for his ſingular modeſty.

I would haue you ſo to vndertake

his buſineſſe,

as

if

it were

mine owne matter.

I know

you

to be

great Orators:

hee muſt commit murther at leaſt

that would

vſe

your helpe.

But

I admit of

no excuſe

touching this man.

You ſhall leape

all,

if

you will loue

[Page]me,

when

Fabius

will

vſe

your helpe,

I do earneſtly expect

and

long after

matters of Rome:

and principally

I deſire

to know

how you do:

for no newes

this good while

was brought

unto vs,

by reaſon of the hardneſſe of ye winter.

v. for the greatneſſe of w.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Trebatio. 29 7 22

You ieſted at me

yeſterday,

in our meryment,

v. among the cups,

becauſe

I had ſaid

it was a controuerſy

whether an heire might

well

haue an action of the theft,

which theft

had bene committed

before.

Therefore,

although

I returned

home

well whitled,

and late:

yet

noted I

that chapter,

where

this queſtion,

v. t. controuerſie,

is handled:

v. is.

[Page]and

haue ſent it

written out

vnto you:

that

you may know

that Sextus Elius,

M. Manlius,

M. Brutus

judged

that

which

you ſaid

no body

had judged.

Yet I

agree

unto Scevola

and

Teſta.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Bruto Imp. 30 11 15

Although

your letter

liked me wonderfully well,

yet

it did me more good

that

in your greateſt imployment

you charged

your fellow Officer Plancus

to excuſe you

to me

by writing,

which thing

he performed

carefully.

Surely I can like nothing better

v. but nothing more amiable to me

then your dutifulnes

and

readineſſe.

Your inwardneſſe

v. y. joining together

with your league-fellow,

and your good agreement [Page] together

which

is manifeſted

by letters written jointly together

v. by common l.

falles out

moſt acceptably

to the Senatours

v. to the Senate

& Citizens of Rome.

As for that which remaineth

on forward, good Brutus,

and now

ſtriue you

not with others

but

with your ſelfe.

I ſhould not

write

many things,

eſpecially

unto you,

whom

I purpoſe

to uſe

as my authour for brevity.

I doe earneſtly looke for

your letter

and indeed

ſuch

as

I do moſt wiſh.

Fare you well.

Marcus Cicero S.D. T. Furfano procoſ. 31 6 9

I haue alwaies had

ſo great familiarity

and acquaintance

with Aulus Cecinna,

that

none

can

be

greater.

For

we haue lived very much with

both

his father,

[Page]an honourable perſon

and

a couragious man.

And

I haue ever ſo loved

this man

from a child,

becauſe

both

hee put mee in great hope,

of very good behaviour

& ſingular eloquence,

and

did liue

with me

very familiarly,

not onely

in the duties

of friendſhip,

but alſo

in common ſtudies:

that

I could not liue

more inwardly

with any man,

I haue no great cauſe

v. it nothing pertaineth

to write more,

v. mee to w. many things,

You ſee

how needfull

it is

for me

to defend

his ſafety,

and

eſtate,

v. fortunes,

by what meanes ſoever

I may.

It remaineth,

that,

ſeeing

I haue knowne

by many occaſions,

what

you thinke

both

of the ſtate

of good men,

and

of the miſeries

[Page]of ye common-wealth

I craue

nothing elſe

of you,

but

that

ſo great an encreaſe

v. ſ. g. an heape,

may come

through my commē dation,

to that good liking,

which

you are to haue

of Caecinna

of your owne accord

as

I underſtand

that I am eſteemed

of you.

You can

do

no greater pleaſure

for me

then this.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Cornificio Collegae. 32 12 20

Your letter

was well pleaſing

unto mee,

ſave that

you thought ſcorne of

the ſmall place of lodging at Sinueſſa.

Which ſcorning,

the little ſilly village

will ſurely take in ill part at your hands,

except

you do make a full requitall

v. you reſtore all for all,

in Cumaine

and Pompeian.

Thus then

ſhall you do,

and ſhall loue me,

and

ſhall moue me

[Page]by one writing or other.

For I can

anſwere

more eaſily.

then provoke.

But if

you ſhould loyter,

as it is your faſhion,

I will prouoke:

neither

ſhall your ſlackneſſe infect me with

v. y. ſ. ſhal not bring alſo

laſineſſe,

When I am at leaſure

v. idle

I will write more.

ſup. ſcribam.

I ſcribled over

n. plu. pro ſing.

theſe things,

when

I was

in the Senate.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Cornificio. 33 12 21

Caius Anicius,

my very good acquaintance,

a man

beautified

with all good qualities

is gone ambaſſadour

into Affricke

on a purchaſed embaſſage

about his owne buſineſſes.

I would haue you helpe

him

by all meanes,

and doe the beſt you can,

that

he may diſpatch

his buſineſſes

as conveniently as may be:

and eſpecially

[Page]I recommend

his honour,

which

is

a thing moſt deare

unto him,

to you.

And I craue

that

of you,

which

my ſelfe

unrequeſted

haue beene wont

to do

in mine owne province,

that

I appoynted

attendants

v. Sergeants

for all Senatours:

becauſe

I had heard

and

knowne

the ſame

to haue béen oftē done

by ye worthieſt men.

This thē ſhall you do

my good Cornificius:

and you ſhall provide

if you loue me,

for his honour

and affaires

in all other reſpects.

That

ſhall be

very well pleaſing

unto me.

Haue good care of your health.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Caſſio. 34 12 9

The ſhortneſſe

of your letter

makes

me ſhorter too

in writing:

and

to ſpeake the truth,

I remēber not matter [Page] ſufficient

to write of,

for I am well aſſured

that our affaires

were brought

unto you,

even when they were a doing:

v. in the deedes, or in things done:

but we are ignorant of

yours.

For as though

Aſia

were ſhut up,

ſo

nothing

is brought

unto vs

but rumors,

that Dolabella hath the worſt,

v. of Dola: oppreſſed,

and ſuch indéed as do hold,

v: they indeed conſtant enough,

but hitherto,

without author.

When

wee thought

that the warre was ended,

ſodainely

we were brought

into very great ſorrow

by your kinſman Lepidus.

v. by y. L.

Therefore

perſwade

your ſelfe,

the greateſt hope

of the publicke ſtate

is

in you,

and

in your forces.

We haue

a very ſtrong army,

but yet

to the end, that

all things

may go well with vs,

(as I hope they do)

it ſtands vs much vpon

[Page]that you do come:

for the hope

of the publicke

is

ſmall,

for

I may not ſay

none:

but

whatſoeuer it be,

it is greatly feared,

v. it is deſpaired of, it is loſt: or as Manutius ſaith, it is promiſed,

in the yeare

of your Conſulſhip,

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Acilio procoſ. 35 13 30

Lucius Manlius,

is

of Soff,

v. ſome ſay of Socum

ſome of Suſa,

ſome at Soſi,

he was of Catina,

but

he was made free of Rome

together

with the other Neapolitans,

and an Alderman

at Naples.

For he was made frée

of that Corporation,

before the freedome was granted

unto his fellowes

and the Latines.

His brother

is lately dead

at Catina.

we ſuppoſe

that he ſhall haue

no controuerſy at all

about that inheritance;

and at this day,

he is in poſſeſſion of the goods.

But

becauſe

[Page]he hath

his old buſineſſes

beſides

in his owne countrie Sicily:

I do recommend

both

this inheritance of his brothers,

and

all things which are his

unto you:

and eſpecially

himſelfe,

a very good man,

and my familiar acquaintance,

addicted to thoſe ſtudies

of learning

and knowledge,

wherewith

I am moſt delighted.

I therefore craue

of you,

that,

whether

he ſhallbe there

or

he do dot come

into Sicily,

you would take him

to be

amongſt my deareſt

and neareſt friends:

and that you deale ſo with him

that

hee may take knowledge

that my cōmendation

hath helped him very much.

Fare you well.

Tullius Cicero & F. Q. S. D. Tyroni humaniſſimo & optimo. 36 16 1

See

how great courteſie,

v. h. g. ſweetneſſe: or ſee how pleaſing a man you are,

there is

[Page]in you:

we haue beene

two howers

at Thyrium.

Our hoſt Xenomanes

loues you as entirely well

as

if

he lived

with you.

He hath promiſed

all things

which

ſhall be

needfull

for you.

I thinke

he will be as good as his word.

It would pleaſe mee well

if you were

ſtronger,

that

you might goe

to Leucades,

that

there

you might get ſtrēgth perfectly,

v. y. might confirme your ſelfe

you ſhall take heed

what Curius thinks well of,

what Lyſo,

what the Phyſition.

I was deſirous

to ſend backe

Mario

unto you,

whom

when

you were a little better,

you might ſend

unto me.

But

I thought

that Mario could

bring

but one letter,

but I doe expect

many.

You may then ſend,

v. y. m. t.

and ſhall cauſe

[Page]that

Acaſtus,

(if you loue me)

bee

daily,

at the haven.

There will bee

many

to whom

you may

ſafely deliuer

a letter,

who

will willingly bring it

unto me.

I ſurely

will let none ſcape

that goes to Patras,

I haue

all hope

in Curius,

of looking carefully unto you.

It is not poſſible a man ſhould bee more kind then he

v. Nothing can bee made more humaine then he,

or loue vs better.

v. nothing more loving,

commit

your ſelfe

wholly

unto him.

I had rather

ſee

you in health

ſomewhat late,

v. ſo w. after

then

preſently

weake.

Regard then

no other thing,

but

that

you may be well.

I will looke to

the reſt.

Fare you well heartily,

as I was going

from Leucades,

[Page]the ſeventh of ye ides of November.

i. the ſeventh of November.

Tullius Cicero, & Q. Q. S.D. Tyroni. 37 16 7

I wrote

this third Epiſtle

unto you

in one and the ſame day,

rather

for to continue my determination,

v, for the cauſe of holding my d.

becauſe

I had gotten

one to whom I might deliuer them,

then

that

I had

what I might write,

the ſame then againe,

ſup. ſcribamus, lets thē write the ſame againe

as

you loue

me,

ſo haue you care of your ſelfe.

v. adde ſo much diligence in your ſelfe.

To your innumerable ſeruices

towards me

adde

this one,

which

ſhall be

id eſt. ſhall doe mee more good then a [...] the reſt.

the moſt acceptable

of all

unto me.

Seeing

you haue had

(as I hope)

a regard

of your health,

[Page]haue alſo

of your comming by ſea,

you ſhall ſend me letters

by all that come

into Italy,

as

I

let none ſcape

that come

to Patras,

Good Tyro

haue a care of

your ſelfe:

ſeeing

it fell not out,

that

you ſhould ſaile with us,

there is no cauſe,

that you ſhould make any haſt:

nor

care for any thing,

but

that

you may be well.

Fare you well heartily

the ſeventh of ye ides of November,

i. the ſeventh of November,

from Actium,

in the evening.

Tullius S.D. Tyroni. 38 16 12

And I do deſire too

that you

come

to mee,

but

I am affraid of

the way,

you haue bene ſore ſicke,

you are even conſumed

through want of taking ſuſtenance,

and

purgations,

and

[Page]the violence

of the diſeaſe it ſelfe.

Grievous harmes

are wont to ariſe,

v. a. w. to be

from ſore diſeaſes,

if any errour

be committed.

Now

id eſt. from the beginning of your iourney towards Cumaine, vntill your returne, will be ful ſeven daies.

to thoſe two daies

while

you ſhall be

on the way,

untill

you come

into Cumaine

fiue daies

will be added

together

v. continually

vnto your returne.

I will

bee

in Formian

about the third before the Kalends

id eſt. about the nine and twentieth, or thirtieth day.

See, my good Tyro,

that

I may finde

you

ſtrong

there

My ſtudy,

v. My little letters, learning, knowledge,

or rather ours,

hath even languiſhed

with longing after you.

Yet

it was ſomewhat refreſhed,

v. they have ſomewhat lift up their eies,

in this letter,

[Page]which

Acaſtus hath brought

Pompey

was at my houſe

whē I was a writing

theſe things:

I ſaid vnto him

merily

and freely

being deſirous

to know whether I wrot to you or not,

v. to heare our matters, or ſupple ſtudia, to heare of our ſtudies,

that all my ſtudies

ſ. ſtudia

without you

were

dumme,

Prepare

wherein wee are behind to recompence

v. that you reſtore, helpe, ſet a worke againe.

our ſtudies.

v. our muſes,

Ours

id eſt. I will keep promiſe in thoſe that concerne us

ſhall be done

at the day appointed:

for I haue taught

you,

what derivation

i. that faithful dealing is ſo called, becauſe that that is promiſed is performed,

the word (fides)

hath.

See

that you be throughly well:

we as wel as may be.

v. we are preſent, or elſe we at the top, at the vtmoſt.

Fare you well,

The fourtéenth of the Kalends,

id eſt. about the eighteenth, or ninteenth day.

Cicero S. D. Curioni. 39 2 4

[Page]

You are not ignorant

that there be

many kindes

of Epiſtles,

but

this one

is moſt manifeſt,

for whoſe ſake

the thing it ſelfe

was inuented,

that

we ſhould certifie

them that be abſent

if there were any thing,

which

concerned

either

us

or

them

yt they ſhould know

you do not ſurely expect

a letter

of this kind

from me:

for you haue

both

writers

and

meſſengers

of your own houſhold matters.

but

there is no newes at all

in my matters.

There bee

two ſorts

of letters

remaining,

which

do very much delight

me:

one

familiar

and

mercy:

the ſecond

ſober

and

graue.

[Page]I wot not well,

whether of the two

may leaſt beſeeme

mee

to uſe.

What, ſhould I ſport

with you

in a letter?

In very deed,

I thinke

that he is not

a citizen

which

can

be merry

v. laugh

in theſe times.

Or

ſhall I write of

ſome graver matter?

What is there

which

may

bee grauely written on

by Cicero

to Curio,

except it be

of ye cōmon-wealth?

But

this

is

my ſtate

in this kind,

that

I would not willingly

v. I neither would

write

the things which

I do not thinke.

obſeruandum, non ſcribi & nunc.

Wherefore

ſeeing

I haue

no matter

to write of,

left

unto me,

I will uſe

that ſhutting up

which

I am wont:

and I will incourage

[Page]you

to the ſtudy

of the chiefeſt commendation,

for an expectation beyond that may bee imagined

is appointed

and

prepared

as a grieuous adverſary

for you,

which

you ſhall very eaſily vanquiſh

by one meanes,

if

you make this your reſolution,

that you muſt labour earneſtly

in thoſe Arts,

v. in thoſe,

whereby

v. by which Arts

thoſe praiſes

are obtained,

the glory whereof

v. the glo. of which prayſes

you haue exceedingly loved.

I would write

many things

to this purpoſe,

if I did not verily thinke

v. unleſſe I did truſt

that you were

ſufficiently forward

of your owne ſelfe:

and

I haue not done

this

whatſoever

I haue lightly touched,

for to pricke you forward,

v. for the cauſe of enflaming you,

but

to teſtifie my good will.

Fare you well.

Cicero. S.D. Bruto. 40 13 14

[Page]

I am very familiarly acquainted with

Licius Ticius Strabo,

a Gentleman of Rome,

paſſing honeſt

and

vertuous.

All the benefits

v, All the right, lawes

of moſt entire acquaintance,

doe paſſe betwéen us.

Publius Cornelius

in your Prouince

owes

mony

to this man.

That matter

is ſet ouer

into France

by Volcatius,

who

miniſtreth iuſtice

v. ſpeaks law, decides matters in controverſy, miniſters iuſtice according to law,

at Rome.

I craue▪

this

of you

in more earneſt ſort,

then

if

the matter

were

mine owne:

as it is a more laudable thing

to take paines

about their friendes money,

thē about their own,

that

you would haue a care

his buſineſſe bee diſpatched,

your ſelfe would undertake it.

[Page]goe thorough ſtitch withall

and do what lyeth in you,

as far as ſhall ſeeme

iuſt

and

right

unto you:

that

Straboes fréeman,

who

is ſent

vpon this occaſion,

may end

the buſineſſe

upon moſt equall termes

and obtaine the money.

That

ſhall be

both

moſt well pleaſing

unto mee:

and

your ſelfe

ſhall well know

Lucius Ticius

moſt worthy of

your friendſhip,

whereof

in moſt earneſt manner

againe and againe

I do entreate

you,

that

you would haue a care,

as

all things

are wont

to be unto you

which

you know

yt I am deſirous of.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Fabio. 41 5 18

Although

I

who

[Page]deſire

to comfort

you,

am

my ſelfe

to be comforted,

becauſe

I haue taken

nothing

more grievouſly

this long time,

then

this loſſe of yours:

yet

not onely

do I exhort

you

earneſtly,

but alſo

entreate

and

beſeech

for the love betwéene us

to gather heart,

and ſhew your ſelfe

a man,

and

bethinke your ſelfe

in what ſtate

all men are,

and

in what times

we are borne.

Your vertue

hath giuen

more

vnto you,

then

fortune

hath taken away:

becauſe

you haue obtained

that which

many private men haue not:

v. m. new or late, m.h. n. or the firſt of their ſtocks made honourable,

you haue loſt

that which

very many moſt noble men haue.

At a word

ſuch a ſtate

[Page]of the lawes,

iudgements,

and times

ſeemes

to bee at hand,

v. hang over

that

it may ſeeme

he hath ſped beſt,

who

is departed

from this common-wealth

with the eaſieſt damage.

But as for you,

which

haue

both

goods

and

children,

and

my ſelfe

and others

moſt ſtraightly lincked

with you

in familiarity

and

good-will:

and which

are like to haue hereafter

great and eaſy means

v. g. faculty, opportunity,

to live

with us

and

with al your freinds:

v. all yours,

and

ſeeing

there is

one iudgement

of ſo many,

which

may bee found fault withall:

as

which

may be thought

pardoned

by one ſentence,

and that

[Page]doubtfull

of ſome one mans mightineſſe.

You ought

to make excéeding light account of

v. to be a▪ moſt lightly

this griefe

for all theſe reaſons.

My heart,

v. My minde

ſhall euer be

towards you,

and your children,

ſuch as

v. which

you wiſh

it ſhould,

and

which

it ought

to be.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Trebatio. 42 6 11

Heretofore

I had onely ſome liking of

Dolabella:

I was

no whit engaged

unto him,

neither in truth fell it out

that I néeded him:

yet he was indebted unto me

becauſe

I had not failed him

in his diſtreſſes.

At this time,

am I bound

through ſo great a good turne of his,

becauſe

very aboundantly

hee hath giuen mee

contentment

[Page]both

before this

by experience,

v▪ in a thing

and

at this time

in your ſafety,

that

I am indebted

more

to no man.

In which buſineſſe

v. In which thing

ſo heartily

do I rejoyce

on your behalfe,

that

I had rather

you ſhould reioyce likewiſe

on my part,

then

to giue mee thankes.

At any hand I deſire not

the one,

you may

very well

doe

the other.

As for that which remaineth,

becauſe

your vertue

and

honour

hath opened you

a way to returne

to your friends,

it is a point of wiſedome in you,

& noblenes of minde,

to forget

that that you haue loſt;

to thinke vpon

that yt you haue recouered.

You ſhall liue

with your friends,

you ſhall liue

with vs;

you haue gotten

more honour,

then

you haue loſt

ſubſtance:

[Page]which very thing yet

ſhould delight you more,

v. ſh. be more pleaſant

if

there were any regard of the weale publicke.

v. t. w. a common w.

Veſtorius

our acquaintaince

wrote

unto me

that you ſhew your ſelfe very thankful

unto me.

This your good remembrance of me

likes mee wonderfull well,

& eaſily doe I endure

you

to uſe

it,

as

with others,

ſo in truth

with our friend Siro,

For I deſire

all my actions

may be very well approued,

to every moſt wiſe man.

I am deſirous

to ſee

you

as ſoone as may bee.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Trebatio. 43 7 14

Cryſippus Vettius,

the freeman

of Cyrus the worke-maiſter,

cauſed

me to thinke,

that you were not unmindfull

of mee,

for hee did your commendations

v. for hee declared [Page]health, in your words,

unto me.

you are

now

very dainty,

who

diſdaine

to ſend me a letter,

eſpecially

by a man

almoſt

of the ſame houſe.

Now if

you haue forgot

to write,

not many

now

you being a ſolicitour

v. an Aduocate, an Atturney

ſhall faile in their ſuites.

In caſe

you haue forgot

us,

I will do what I can

to come,

v. that I may c.

thither

before that

I do altogether ſlip,

v. plainely flow out,

out of your memory,

v. o. of y. minde,

Or if

the feare

of Summers heate

i. of the warre which is like to bee this Summer.

doth make you faint,

deviſe

one thing or other,

v. ſomething,

as

you did

about Britaine.

Very gladly ſure

heard I

that

of ye ſame Cryſippus

that you were

familiar with

Caeſar,

yet in truth,

[Page]I would rather chuſe

that

which

were

more convenient,

to underſtand

very often

of your owne matters

by you owne letters.

which doubtleſſe

might thus bee brought about,

if

you would rather chuſe

throughly to learne

the lawes

i. to loue your friend well, rather then to bee a cunning brabler,

of friendſhip

then

of diſcord.

But

I haue merily ſpokē

n. pln. pro ſing.

theſe things,

both

after your faſhion,

and

ſomewhat too

after mine,

n.n.n. plu. pro ſing.

I loue you heartily,

and I both deſire,

and am alſo perſwaded

that you do loue mée.

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Caſſio. 44 12 8

I thinke

you haue intelligence of

the wicked pranke

& paſſing great levity

and

inconſtancy

of your kinſman Lepidus,

from the things regiſtred

[Page]which

I am well aſſured

was ſent

vnto you.

Therefore

the warre being ended

as

we did thinke,

we

do make warre afreſh:

and rely

v. and haue

our whole truſt

on Decius Brutus,

and

Plancus:

if

you will haue the very trueth of it

on your ſelfe,

and

on my Brutus,

not onely

for a preſent refuge,

if,

which

I am very loath,

v. I would not

any miſfortune

ſhall fall out,

but alſo

for the confirmation

of a perpetuall liberty.

We heard

here

of Dolabella,

as we wiſhed:

but

we had not

knowen reporters

v▪ ſure Authors.

Know

that you are

a great man,

both

in the preſent conceit of men,

and

in the expected hope,

v. in the expectation,

of the time to come.

[Page]This being ſet before

you,

ſee

that

you ſtriue

to the vpſhot.

v. to the higheſt.

There is nothing

ſo difficult,

which

the citizens of Rome

v. the people of R,

thinkes not

may

be atchiued

and

gotten

by you

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. M. Lepido. 45 10 27

In that

I haue a ſingular care,

in regard of my excéeding loue

towards you,

that

you be

in moſt honourable ſtate:

I tooke it in ill part

that you ſhewed not your ſelfe thankefull

to the Senate,

ſeeing

you were

graced

by that ſtate

with the greateſt honours.

I reioyce

that you are

deſirous

of procuring peace

amongſt the ſubiects,

v. a.t. Citizens,

If

you diſtinguiſh

that peace

from bondage,

you ſhall provide wel

[Page]both

for the weale-publick

and

you owne honour.

But in caſe that

this peace

ſhall againe ſet

that man paſt al goodneſſe

v. t. loſt m.

in poſſeſſion,

of his moſt miſchievous dominering,

v. of h. m. impotent dom. without right and reaſon,

know you

that all men that bee well in their wits are

of this opinion,

that

they would preferre

death

before bondage,

Therefore

you ſhall deale

more wiſely

in my iudgement,

if

you thruſt not

your ſelfe

into this peace-making

i. into t. pretended peace, or to be one which ſhould perſwade thē to peace or to conclude a peace,

which

is approued

neither

of the Senatours

nor

the Commons,

nor

any good man.

But

you ſhall heare

theſe things

of others,

or elſe

be certified

by writing.

You

[Page]in your owne wiſedome,

ſhall diſcerne

what

is

beſt

to be done.

Fare you well.

Cicero, S.D. Planco imp. coſ. dcſ. 46.10.2.

My care

had not beene wanting

in your preferment,

for our familiarities ſake,

if

I might haue come

into the Senate

eyther

ſafely.

or

with my credite.

v. honeſtly.

But

neyther

can

any man

that iudgeth freely

i. that hath an honeſt meaning, or that iud. loyally.

concerning the weale publike

without danger

liue

v. be conuerſant

in middeſt of theſe lawleſſe garboiles:

v. in greateſt impunity of ſwords

neither

ſeems it

to ſtand with mine honour

there

to giue my iudgemēt

about the common-wealth,

where

armed men

may heare

[Page]me

both

better,

and

neerer,

then

Senators.

Wherefore

you ſhall finde want of

none

neyther

ſervice,

nor

care of mine

to private matters,

no nor in publike ſure,

if there be any thing

wherein

it muſt needs bee

that I be preſent,

will I euer faile

your honour

no not with my owne perill.

But in thoſe caſes

which

nevertheleſſe

though I be away

may

be diſpatched,

I requeſt

at your hands

v. of you

to haue

v. that you would haue

conſideration

of me,

and

my ſafety

and

my degree.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Papirio Peto 47.9.19.

For all this

depart you not

from wilfull dealing.

You inſinuate

that Balbus was

[Page]contented

with very ſlander proviſion,

You ſeeme

to ſay

thus much

v. this

ſeeing that

Kings

are

ſo moderate,

that ſuch as haue bene Conſuls

ought much more

to be ſo.

You know not

that I haue gotten

v. t. I h, ſhifted

all

cut of him:

even that he came

ſtraight

from the gate

to my houſe:

Neither

wonder I at

this

that hee came not rather

ſupple venit.

to yours:

but at this;

that not euen to his owne,

yet I

to theſe three firſt words

what our Petus?

i. what entertainment gave our Petus?

But

hee

proteſting,

that he had neuer ben with any man

ſuper fuiſſe

v. him no where euer,

more willingly.

If

you haue obtained

this

with words:

I will bring

as dainty eares

v. cares no leſſe elegant,

[Page]vnto you:

but if

with your victuals:

I pray you

do not thinke

ſtammerers

to be of more worth

then plaine ſpeakers,

One thing after another

hinders

me,

dayly,

but

if

I ſhall rid my ſelfe of them

that

I might

come

into thoſe parts,

I will giue no cauſe

that

you ſhould thinke

yt you are aduertiſed

by me

out of time.

v. lately

Fare you well,

C. Trebonius S.D. Ciceroni. 48 12 16

If

you be in health

it is well,

I came

to Athens

about the eleventh of ye Kalends of Iune.

i. a.t. one and twentieth of May.

And

there

the thing that

I moſt of all wiſhed

I ſaw

your ſonne,

much addicted to his ſtudy

v. giuen to the beſt ſtudies

and in a ſingular note

of modeſty,

from which occaſion

how great pleaſure

I tooke,

you may

perceiue

[Page]though I be ſilent

for you are not ignorant

how highly

I eſteeme of you:

and how,

for our moſt ancient & true loues ſake,

I do rejoyce

in euery leaſt benefit of yours,

and not in ſo great a commodity alone.

My good Cicero,

do not thinke,

that I ſpeake this to flatter you.

v. mee to giue this to your eares

No man

v. nothing,

is

either

better beloued

of all them

which

are

at Athens

or

more ſtudious

of thoſe Arts,

which

you loue

moſt of all,

that is

the beſt,

then your yong ſon,

and ſo ours,

(for nothing

can

be

ſeuerall betwéene us)

v. put aſunder from you to me,

Therefore

that that I may

truely performe.

I am very glad too

on your behalfe

and no leſſe likewiſe

on our owne,

becauſe

we finde

v. we haue

him,

whom

we were of neceſſity [Page] to loue,

what a one ſoeuer

hee had bene,

ſuch a one,

that

gladly alſo

we may loue him.

Who

when

he had, as wee were talking, glancingly inſinuated,

v. he had caſt in to me in ſpeach,

that he was deſirous

to goe and ſee

Aſia:

not onely

was he wiſhed,

but alſo

earneſtly intreated

by mee

to do it

v. that he would do it.

aboue all things

v. chiefly

ſeeing I had gotten

v. we obtaining. n. plu.

pro ſing.

that province.

Vnto whom

you ought not

to call in queſtion

v. to doubt

that we will perform

your office

both

in kindneſſe

and

loue.

Hereof alſo

will we haue a care

v. ſhall be to us a care

that Cratippus

bee

together with him too

yt you ſhold not think

that hee ſhall play the loiterer

v. that he ſ. make holiday

in Aſia

from thoſe ſtudies

whereunto

he is prouoked

by our encouragement

[Page]or

we will not ceaſe

to pricke forward

v. to exhort

him that is ready.

as

I perceiue,

and

gone on

a very round paſe,

to the end that

day by day

he may proceed

forth,

by learning

and exerciſing

himſelfe.

I know not

what

you were a doing

in ye common-wealth

when

I did ſend

this letter.

I heard report of

certaine ſeditious matters,

which

verely

I deſire

may not be ſo:

v. to be falſe

that

we may once enjoy

a peaceable liberty:

which thing

hitherto

in no leaſt meaſure

v. no whit at all

hath betided

me.

Yet

having gotten

in our ſayling

a little ſpare leaſure,

I haue prepared

a preſent

v. a little gift

for you

according to may purpoſe

and

haue concluded

ye graue ſayings,

v. the ſayings

uttered

by you

to my great credit,

[Page] v. with our g. honour

and

I haue ſet your name

after all

v. beneath

in which ſentences

v. in w. little verſes,

if

in ſome words

I ſhall ſeeme

unto you

ouerplain in ſpeaking

The villany

v. the filthineſſe

of that perſon

againſt whom

wee are very bitterly incenſed,

v. we are caried more freely

will excuſe

us.

You ſhal alſo pardon

my angrineſſe

n. plu. pro ſing.

which

is

iuſt

againſt ſuch

both

men

and

ſubiects.

Further

how

may

Lucilius

rather then

we

take unto him

this liberty?

When

although

hee did as bitterly as I do hate them

v. he hath bene equal in hatred againſt them

whom

he hurt:

yet

doubtleſſe

hath he not had

any ye more deſerued

v. more worthy

againſt whom

[Page]he might inueigh,

v. he mighi run upon

with ſo great liberty

of words.

you

as

you promiſed

me,

ſhall put

mee,

as ſoone as you may,

into your dialogues,

v. into your ſpeches,

for

I make no doubt

hereof

but that

if

you write

any thing

of Caeſars death

you cannot ſuffer

mee to haue the leaſt portion in

v. mee to beare the leaſt part, id eſt, you ſhall not ſuffer me, to bee put in the laſt place amongſt them, which ſlew Caeſar, and are beloved of you

both

the action

and

your loue.

Fare you well.

and

regard

v. haue

my mother

and my friends

committed

to your charge.

ſent

the eighth of the Kalends of Iune.

id eſt. the five and twentieth of May.

from Athens.

Cicero. S.D. Curio. 49 7 31

[Page]

I well perceiued

by your letter,

that which

I alwaies deſired,

both

that I am highly eſtéemed of you,

v. me to be eſt. uery highly by you

and

that you underſtood

how deare

you were

unto me.

Which thing

ſéeing

both of vs

haue attained,

it remaineth

that

we contend

each with other

v. betweene us

in kindneſſe:

wherein

either

I may ouercome;

you,

or

be ouercome

of you

with a contented minde.

I am very well appaied

v. I do eaſily ſuffer

that there was no neceſſarie occaſion

v. not to haue beene neceſſary

for me to write to Acilius

v. my letters to be giuen to Acilius

I underſtand

by your letter

that Sulpitius his helpe

was not

much neceſſarie

for you

by reaſō of your matters

[Page]ſo narrowly contriued

that

as

you write

they haue neither head nor foote,

ſup. habeant

I wiſh verily

that

they had

feete,

that

once

you might returne,

for you ſee

that old conceitedneſſe

is already worne away

v. to be a▪ withered.

that

our Pomponius

may

ſay

of his owne authority,

except

wee few

do retaine

Atticus his auntient glory.

v. or elſe thus: the auncient Athenian glory.

Therefore

hee

is next you

v. to you.

wee

n. pl. pro. ſing.

doe ſucceed

him.

Come then I pray you

leaſt

ſo worthy a ſeed

of urbanity

do periſh

together with the common-wealth.

fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Acilio procoſ. 50.13.32.

[Page]

I haue

M. and C. Clodij.

Archagathus

and

Philo,

moſt neere & inward with mee,

both

for my lodging

and

familiarity

in the Citty Al [...]ſo

as well beautifull

as honourable.

But

I am in doubt.

leaſt

becauſe

I do ſpecially recommend

very many

unto you,

I ſeeme

i. with ſome ambitious ſuing, that is, that I make knowen to the whome I doe recommend, that I am of great authority with you.

to ſet out

my commendations

with ſome great ſuite.

Although in trueth

ſatiſfaction is giuen

v. it be ſatiſfied

ſufficiently

by you,

both to mee

and

all mine.

But

I would haue you thinke thus,

that this family

and

theſe perſonages

are

moſt neerly lincked

vnto me

in long continued [Page] knowledge,

pleaſures,

goodwill.

Wherefore

I doe requeſt

at your hands

in very earneſt manner

that

you would pleaſure

them

upon all occaſions,

ſo far foorth as

your honour

and credite

will permitte.

If

you ſhall doe

this,

it will bee

exceedingly wel pleaſing

unto me.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D.P. Acilio procoſ. 51 13 33

I am very familiarly acquainted with

Cn. Ottacilius Naſo,

yea ſo throughly

that

with none

of his ranke

more entirely.

For

I am greatly delighted

both

with his gentle behaviour

and

vertue

v. honeſty

in our dayly converſation.

Now

haue you no need

to looke

with what termes

I do recommend

[Page]him

vnto you,

whome

I doe ſo uſe

as

I have written.

He

hath

buſineſſes

in your province,

whereof

his free men

Hilarius,

Antigonus

Demoſtratus

haue charge,

which men

and al that Naſo hath to doe

v. and all Naſoe's buſineſſes

I recommend

vnto you,

no otherwiſe

then as though

they were

mine owne.

You ſhall doe

the greateſt pleaſure that may bee

vnto mee,

if

I ſhall perceiue

that this commendation of mine

hath much prevailed

v. h. had a great weight

with you.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.P. Acilio procoſ. 52 13 34

I haue had

entertainement of a long time

v. en. from the Grandfathers time

with Lyſo,

Lyſoes ſonne

of Lilybeum,

and greatly

am I reverenced

of him.

And I acknowledge him

[Page]worthy of

both

the Father

and

Grandfather:

For it is

a moſt honourable family.

Wherefore

in ye more earneſt ſort

I recommend

his ſubſtance

and houſhold

v. a houſe

vnto you:

and very greatly

I craue

at your hands

to haue a care,

that

he may vnderſtand

that my cōmendation

hath been

a very great

both

helpe

and

grace

vnto him

with you

Fare you well.

Cicero S. D. Acilio procoſ. 53 13 35

C. Avianus Phyloxenus

is

my auncient Hoſt,

and

beſide hoſpitality,

my very entire friend too,

whom,

Caeſar

made free of Coma

by my meanes.

v. by my benefite.

But he got

the name of Avianus

becauſe

he was acquainted with

no man

more,

then

Flaccus Auianus

my ſpeciall acquaintance,

[Page]as

I thinke

you know.

All which

I haue gathered

that

you might vnderſtād

that this my cōmendation

is not

ordinary

v. vulgar.

I do therefore craue

at your hands

that

you would ſtand his friend

v. y.w. pleaſure him

by all meanes

which

you may

doe

without trouble to your ſelfe,

and account him

v. and haue

as one of your owne friends

v. in the number of yours

and carefully provide

that

he may know

that this letter of mine

hath ſtood him in great ſtead,

v. hath been of great vſe to him

I ſhall like that maruelouſly well.

v. that ſhall be to me

acceptable in greater manner

Fare you well

Cicero. S.P. Planco imp. Coſ. deſ. 54 10 13

So ſoone as

occaſion ſerued

v. power was giuen.

to further your honor

I omitted

nothing

[Page]in gracing of you,

which

lay

either

in putting dignities vpon you

v. in the reward of vertue

or

in ſpeaking honorably of you

v. in the honour of words

you may

perceiue

v. know

ſo much

v. that

by the Senats decree:

for ſo

it is recorded,

as

ſentence

was delivered

by mee,

out of my writing,

which

a very great Senate

followed

with paſſing great care,

and a generall conſent.

I,

howbeit

I had perceiued

by your letter

which

you ſent

vnto mee,

that you tooke delight

rather

in the iudgement

of good men,

then in the badges

of glory:

yet

thought

that we were to conſider,

although

you required

nothing

how much

ye cōmon wealth was

indebted vnto you

[Page] v. was due to you from the co. wealth

You ſhall conferre

id eſt. you ſhall make the vpſhot of: you ſhall make a full ende

the laſt

with the firſt.

For let him diſpatch

the warre,

who

put Marke Antony to the worſt.

v. oppreſſed

Therefore

Homer

termed

not Aiax,

nor Achilles,

but Vliſſes,

the Citty-waſter:

Fare you well.

Cicero S.D. Caſſio 55 12 6

You may

know

of C. Titius Strabo

v. ſome ſay Tidius

an honeſt man

and

iudging

rightly

of the cōmon wealth:

for

what

ſhall I ſay

one that loues you exceedingly

v. moſt deſirous of you

who

leauing houſe & goods

came

principally

vnto you.

What

were

the ſtate

of matters

at that time

when

I ſent

this Letter?

Therefore

[Page]I doe not ſo much as recommend

him

unto you:

his owne comming

ſhall recommend

him

ſufficiently

unto you.

I would that you ſo thinke

and perſwade

your ſelfe

that all the refuge

for good men

ſtands

v. to bee put, placed

in your ſelfe

and Brutus,

if

(which

I would be loath)

any [...]ucethwartneſſe

v. adverſity

ſhall [...].

Our [...],

[...]

[...]

theſe things

were

brought

unto ye very laſt puſh

v. into utter danger.

For Brutus

hardly

at this time

held out

before Moden

v. b. Mutina

who

if

he be preſerved

we are victors,

if otherwiſe

(which ill lucke

God turne another way)

all the running

of the whole Citty

v. of all

is

unto you.

Therefore

ſee

you haue

ſo good a courage

[Page]and ſo good prouiſion

as

is needfull

for the recouering of the whole commō wealth.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.P.Q. Cornificio collegae. 56 12 17

Your remembrance

of us

which

you ſignified

in your letter,

is excéedingly well pleaſing

unto me:

which

I deſire earneſtly

that

you would continue:

v. t. you w. preſerue

not that I doubt

of your conſtancy,

but

becauſe

the manner

of deſiring

is ſo:

Some very ſeditious matters

are told

us

out of Syria,

which

becauſe

they be

neerer

you,

then

us,

do the rather move

me

for your ſake

then

for mine owne.

There is

exceeding great quietneſſe

at Rome,

but ſo,

that one would rather haue

[Page] v. th.y.w. rather haue

ſome good

v. wholeſome

& commendable employment,

v. a. honeſt buſineſſe,

which

I hope

will be

becauſe

I perceiue

v. I ſee

Caeſar hath care therof.

v. t. to be a care to C.

Know you

that I

ſo long as

you be away,

haue gotten

(as it were)

ſome occaſion

and

liberty

to write

more boldly,

and indeed

perchance

the reſt,

which

even your ſelfe

would yeeld unto.

But

laſt of all

I haue written

of the beſt kind

of pleading.

Wherein

many times

I haue feared

that you

do a little diſſent

from our opinion:

namely ſo,

as

one learned man

from another not vnlearned.

I could moſt heartily wiſh

that you would giue approbation

to this brooke,

out of your iudgement,

if not

[Page]for affection ſake,

v. for the cauſe of fauour.

I will bid

your friends

to write it out

v. t. they write it ouer

if they would,

and ſend it

unto you.

For I am of this minde,

v. f. I thinke

although

you ſhal hardly like of

the worke

yet

in this great leaſure

v. in th. ſolitarineſſe

whatſoever

comes

from me,

will be

well-pleaſing

unto you.

Whereas

you do recommend

your reputation

and honour

unto me:

you deale indeed

after the faſhion

of all:

but

I would haue you thus to thinke,

that I,

both

do attribute

very much

to the loue

which

I know

to bee

reaſonably equall

v. mutuall

betweene us:

as alſo

yt I haue that conceit

of your paſſing great wit

and

of your excellent ſtudies,

and

of the hope

[Page]of moſt honourable promotion

that

I can preferre

none

before you,

compare with you

a few.

Fare you well.

Cicero S.P.Q. Thermio Propraet. 57 13 54

Whereas

many things

bee

acceptable

unto me,

which

you

moved

by my commendations

haue done:

ſo eſpecally

that

that you haue moſt bountifully entertained

Marke Marcilius

the ſonne

of my friend

and

interpreter

v. one that uſes to go before me, a meſſenger.

For he came

to Laodicea,

and

ſhewed himſelfe excéedingly thankfull

both

unto you

being with mee

and

to me

for your ſake.

Wherefore

as for that that remaines

I craue

at your hands

ſeeing

you beſtow

[Page]your kindneſſe

upon gratefull perſons,

that

ſo much ye more willingly

you would pleaſure

them

and doe your endeavour

ſo far forth as

your credit

will permit,

that

the mother-in law

of the yong man

bee not found guilty.

Whereas

I recommended

Marke Marcilius

heretofore

earneſtly,

ſo

at this inſtant

much more earneſtly,

becauſe

in his long purſevant-ſhip

v. in the long performance of his office, attendance

I had experience of

v. I knew

the ſingular

and

well nie incredible

truſtineſſe,

temperance

and modeſty

of Marcilius the father.

Fare you well.

The names of ſome other bookes, verbally tranſlated, which I haue this twenty yeares and vpwards uſed, and may, as occaſion is offered, hereafter publiſh.

[Page]

Ex Latinis Anglicè.

GRam. tota Lilij.

Rhetor. Talaei.

Collo (que) Corderij aliquot breviora.

Collo (que) Corderij liber primus.

Epiſt. Cic. per Stur. l. ſecundus & tertius.

Catonis diſticha de moribus.

Publij Syri ſententiae;

Item è Graecis Scaligeri.

Ciceronis oratio pro Marcello.

Item pro Ligario.

Item pro Lege Manilia.

Item pro De jotaro.

Item ad Senatum poſt reditum.

Item quatuor in Catilinam.

Item de ſenectute.

Item è Graecis Gazae

[Page]Item Tuſcul. quaeſt. l. primus

Item de Oratore l. primus.

Item de officijs.

— [...],

[...].—

Aeſopi Fabulae.

Comment. Caeſaris l. primus.

Eraſmi. Epicurus.

Item è Graecis Barthol. Cauerſ.

Terentij Andria.

Item Eunuchus.

Virgilij Eclogae.

Item Georgic. l. primus.

Item Aeneid. libri fex priores.

Horatij Carminum. l. primus.

Item de arte poetica.

Catechiſ. Noelli,

Item è Graecis Whitaker.

Ex Graecis Latinè.

Evangelium Matthaei.

Item Marci.

Item Lucae.

Item Ioannis.

Item ad Romanos.

Chryſoſtomi de prece Orat. duae.

Nonni Panop. Paraphr. in Ioannem cap. 5.

[Page]Apollinarius in Pſalmos aliquot.

Rhodomannus de Eccleſia.

Syneſij Hymni.

Regulae vitae Ioann. Poſſelij.

Dicta Sapientum per Soſiadem.

Iſocrates ad Demonicum.

Item. Nicocles.

Item. ad Nicoclem.

Item. caedem orat. Anglicè

Item. contra Sophiſtas.

Item contra Lochitem.

Item Amartyros.

Dem oſthenis Olynthiacae tres.

Item. Philippicae quatuor.

Item. de Pace.

Item. adverſus Calliclem de praedio.

Item. adverſus Boeotum de Nomine.

Item. pro Megalopolitis.

Item. de foedere cum Alexandro inito.

Lyſias de caede Eratoſthenis.

Plutarch: de puer: educat.

Rhetorum veterum progymnaſmata aliquot.

Epiſt. Bruti et aliorum. Henr. Steph.

Dialogi Luciani aliquot.

Item Anglicè

Homeri Iliad: quatuor priores.

Selectiora quaedam è ſeptem l. Epigram. Graec.

[Page]Beſides, Maiſter Brinſly, in the yeare one thouſand ſixe hundred and fiue, (vpon a report made by certaine very learned and reuerend Miniſters,) cōming from his Schoole in Leceſter-ſhire, to London, of purpoſe, as he ſaide, to know this courſe of teaching: vnto whome, as vnto my old acquaintance and good friend, I freely related, and ingenuouſly imparted, whatſoeuer therin I eyther knew or had, as an aſſured teſtimony of my loue, giuing vnto him Lucians Dialogues verbally tranſlated into Engliſh alone: he, I ſay, hath ſince that time laboured very much in this kinde, and purpoſeth very ſhortly to publiſh what he hath further added, and (I doubt not) done more exactly in this courſe.

FINIS.

Errata.

[Page]

B. 2. Pag. 2, line. 1. workemanlike.

Epiſt. 8. the ſickeneſſe

of my Tullia

grieues me much

in my great. ſ.

[Page]

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Certaine epistles of Tully verbally translated: together with a short treatise, containing an order of instructing youth in grammer, and withall the use and benefite of verball translationsCorrespondence. English. Selections

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

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— Certaine epistles of Tully verbally translated: together with a short treatise, containing an order of instructing youth in grammer, and withall the use and benefite of verball translations, Correspondence. English. Selections, Cicero, Marcus Tullius., Haine, William., Sturm, Johannes, 1507-1589..

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