We may summarise the educational work of Dunstan and his comrades by pointing out that a new race of scholars sprang up in the restored cloisters, some of whom were not unworthy to be ranked with the disciples of Alcuin and Bede. One of these pupils was Aelfric,[97] at one time Abbot of Eynsham, who is of special interest as the writer of certain educational and other works: an Anglo-Latin Grammar, a Glossary, and a translation of various extracts from Latin writers into Anglo-Saxon under the title of _Homilies_. Aelfric's _Grammar_ is of special interest from the point of view of the study of the principles of teaching, as it indicates the writer was desirous of presenting his subject to his pupils in such a manner as to facilitate their progress. "I am well aware," he writes, "that many will blame me for being willing to devote my time to such a pursuit as to turn the _Art of Grammar_ into English. But I destine this lesson book for little boys who know nothing, not for their elders. I know that words can be construed in many different ways, but to avoid raising difficulties I follow the simplest meaning."[98] From Aelfric's _Colloquy_ we are able to learn something of a monastic school at work. The _Colloquy_ consists of a dialogue between the master and various boys, and was intended as a First Latin Exercise book. Aelfric accompanies the Latin prose with an Anglo-Saxon interlinear translation. The dialogue opens with the request from the boys that the master would teach them to speak correctly. This, of course, relates to the ability to converse freely in the Latin tongue. Incidentally, the next question throws some light on the mode by which it was then customary to stimulate the boys to apply themselves to their school tasks. _Master_: "Will you be flogged while learning?" _Boy_: "We would rather be flogged while learning than remain ignorant; but we know that you will be kind to us and not flog us unless you are obliged." Then, towards the end of the _Colloquy_, there is a conversation between the Master and a professed monk. _M._--"Were you flogged to-day?" _B._--"I was not because I was very careful." _M._--"And how about the others?" _B._--"Why do you ask me that? I daren't tell you our secrets. Each one knows whether he was flogged or not." Of the boys in the supposed school, one was a professed monk, others were ploughmen, shepherds, hunters, fishermen, hawkers, merchants, shoemakers, salters, and bakers. The daily routine of each of them is gone through, and in this way an extensive vocabulary is introduced. One of the passages implies that the school was not restricted to the "free" classes. Thus, after the ploughman has given an account of his day's work, the dialogue continues:-- _M._--"O magnus labor est." _A._--"Etiam, magnus labor est, quia non sum liber."