Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/autiobiographyt00platgoog 2. Greek text [Greek: ] is transliterated. 3. Diphthong Oe represented by and [Oe] [Illustration: Thomas Platter.] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS PLATTER, A SCHOOLMASTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, By MRS. FINN. Second Edition. WITH FAC-SIMILE ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: B. WERTHEIM, ALDINE CHAMBERS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1847. LONDON: C. F. HODGSON, PRINTER, 1 GOUGH SQUARE FLEET STREET. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A GOATHERD CHAPTER II. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A TRAVELLING SCHOLAR CHAPTER III. MASTER THOMAS BEGINS TO STUDY CHAPTER IV. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A ROPE-MAKER AND HEBREW PROFESSOR CHAPTER V. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES ARMOUR-BEARER AND THEN SCHOOLMASTER CHAPTER VI. MASTER THOMAS IN THE WAR, AND PROFESSOR IN BASLE CHAPTER VII. MASTER THOMAS TURNS PRINTER CHAPTER VIII. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES PROFESSOR AGAIN--DIES ORIGINAL MAXIMS FOR THE YOUNG. BY J. C. LAVATER. Translated from the German, by Mrs. FINN. Cloth lettered, 1s. "We cannot enough recommend this unpretending volume to those who have charge of the rising generation."--_Monthly Mag_. "An epitome of moral duties for Children, drawn up with considerable ability by the original author.... the translation does great credit to the Daughter of a Clergyman."--_British Mag_. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER I. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A GOATHERD. [Illustration: I had drawn myself up by the grass about a step but could get no farther.]