=Page 96.=--_Henry Peacham._ "A travelling tutor, musician, painter, and author," who wrote on drawing and painting, etiquette, education, etc. His father, whose name was the same, was also an author, and it is doubtful whether certain books were written by him or by his son. _Roger Ascham_ (1515-1568) was a noted classical scholar and author. He was tutor to Elizabeth (1548-1550), and Latin Secretary to Mary and Elizabeth (1553-1568). His chief works were the _Toxophilus_ (1545) and the _Scholemaster_ (see page 115 below). =Page 97.=--_Took on him as a conjurer._ Pretended to be a conjurer. Compare _2 Henry IV._ iv. 1. 60: "I take not on me here as a physician." =Page 98.=--_Who could speak Latin, etc._ Latin, the language of the church, was used in exorcising spirits. Compare _Hamlet_ (i. 1. 42), where, on the appearance of the Ghost, Marcellus says: "Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio." So in _Much Ado About Nothing_ (ii. 1. 264), Benedick, after comparing Beatrice to "the infernal Ate," adds: "I would to God some scholar would conjure her!" See also Beaumont and Fletcher, _The Night-Walker_, ii. 1:-- "Let's call the butler up, for he speaks Latin, And that will daunt the devil." =Page 99.=--_Transparent horn._ Used to protect the paper, as explained in the quotation from Shenstone on page 101. The horn-book was really "of stature small," the figure on page 100 being of the exact size of the specimen described. One delineated by Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps is of about the same size. See Chambers's _Book of Days_, vol. i. p. 46. [Illustration: INTERIOR OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BEFORE THE RESTORATION] =Page 101.=--_Shenstone._ William Shenstone (1714-1763) was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. His best-known work is _The Schoolmistress_. =Page 102.=--_The modern plastered ceiling, etc._ This has been removed within the past few years. Its appearance before the restoration is shown in the cut (from Knight's _Biography of Shakspere_). =Page 103.=--_Sententiæ Pueriles._ Literally, Boyish Sentences, or Sentences for Boys. _Sir Hugh Evans._ The title of _Sir_ (equivalent to the Latin _dominus_) was given to priests. The "hedge-priest" in _As You Like It_ (iii. 3) is called "Sir Oliver Martext." In _Twelfth Night_ (iii. 4. 298) Viola says: "I had rather go with sir priest than sir knight." _'Od's nouns._ Probably a corruption of "God's wounds," which is also contracted into _Swounds_ and _Zounds_. So we find "od's heartlings," "od's pity," etc. Dame Quickly confounds _'od_ and _odd_.