One dialogue, or Colloquye of Erasmus (entituled Diuersoria): Translated oute of Latten into Englyshe: And Imprinted, to the ende that the Judgement of the Learned maye be hadde before the Translator procede in the reste.Erasmus, Desiderius
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One dialogue, or Colloquye of Erasmus (entituled Diuersoria): Translated oute of Latten into Englyshe: And Imprinted, to the ende that the Judgement of the Learned maye be hadde before the Translator procede in the reste.
Erasmus, Desiderius
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English; Imaginary conversations
¶ No, none that hathe any witte in his head, for by and by they woulde saye
thus vnto hym. What kinde of man arte thou? I tell thee thou shalt paye no
more for thy Supper heere, then other men do.
William.
¶ Marye this kinde of people is franke and free I see wel.
Bertulphe.
¶ But if one (beeinge werye with trauaile) should desire to go to bed as
soone as Supper is done, they will him tarye, till all the other go to bed
to.
William.
¶ Me thinkes I se Platoes common welth heere.
Bertulphe.
¶ Then euerye mannes Cabin is shewed him, & in deede, nothinge elles but a
bare chaumber for all that is there, is but beddes, and the Deuill a whit
there is else beside there, eyther to occupye or els to steale.
William.
¶ There is neatnesse or clenlinesse I warraunt you.
Bertulphe.
¶ Yea by roode, euen suche as was at the Supper. The Sheetes peraduenture
were washed halfe a yeere before.
William.
¶ And how fayres your horses all this while.
Bertulphe.
¶ They are vsed after the same rate that the m[~e] bee.
William.
¶ But is this maner of entertainement in eueryplace there?
Bertulphe.
¶ In some place it is more curteous, in some place againe, it is more
currishe then I haue made rehersall, howbeit generallye it is euen after
this order.
William.
¶ What would you say if I should now tell you how strañgers are entreated
in that part of Italy which they call Lõbardy, and again in spaine howe
they be vsed, and how in Englande and in Wales for Englishe men in
conditions are halfe Frenche, halfe Dutche as men indifferente betweene
both. Of theise two contries, Welche men say that they are the right
Brittaines first inhabiting the land.
Bertulphe.
¶ Mary I pray thee hartely tell me, for it was neuer my fortune to trauaile
into them.
William.
¶ Nay, I haue no laysure nowe at this time, for the Mariner bad me bee with
him at three of the clock, except I would be left behinde, and he hath a
Packette of mine. Another time wee shall haue laysure enough to tell of
these thinges our bellies full.
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Notes by Project Gutenberg Transcriber
_Explanations of some obsolete words, and in some cases the
transcriber's justification for over-riding the proofreaders'
readings._
[1] _et passim_ "Duche lande": i.e. Deutschland = Germany.
[2] _et passim_ "Stove:" _A sitting-room or bedroom heated with a furnace.
Chiefly with reference to Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, or
Russia_. (OED). This is an older sense than the heating apparatus itself.
[3] "after a niuer facion": if this is correctly read, the "niuer" does not
seem to appear in the OED, unless it be a form of "never" used as an
adjective. The Latin is _aegre et parce_ "reluctantly and sparingly".
[4] "startops": Latin _perones_, thick leather boots.
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