what will become of me I am ashamed of my ingratitude T. You are far more happy than they that having committed a fault deny that they are guilty or if they confess it they are not sorry for it as thy Tears shew thee to be G. I am indeed grievously guilty and I am afraid God will not pardon me T. God is indeed angry with stubborn Children but if they beg pardon of God he will forgive their sins God delighteth to shew mercy it pleaseth him to see sinners repenting G. I have been guilty of this fault many times notwithstanding that I have promised my Father better Obedience T. Be of good chear I will intreat your Father to pardon you and he will pray for you that God also may be reconciled G. My Father is a man of most sweet temper he was reconciled before I came from home he was even ready to pardon before my repentance T. I am glad of that Beware thou displease him not for the future that God may bless thee If thou study to obey God and thy Parents thou shalt be kind to thy self thou shalt live comfortably and enjoy Eternal Happiness G. By the help of God I will be obedient DIALOGUE III. Master and Scholar S. SIR I intreat that you would be pleased to grant me one request Mast If my grant may profit thee I will not deny If thou ask those things which tend to thine own hurt I must refuse Sch. I only beg Sir that you would be pleased to repeat to me those instructions that you gave to our Form yesterday Mast I like well thy asking such things But thou knowest that I always admonish the whole School together not one particular Form Where wert thou when I was admonishing Sch. Sir I was not at School yesterday in the afternoon because my elder Brother was then returned from Italy my Father bad me stay to spend the Afternoon with my Brother M. That indeed is a sufficient reason if thou speak the truth Sch. I dare not lye Sir Mast Why didst not thou ask some of thy Schoolfellows rather than me they certainly can remember those few Precepts which I gave them Sch. The hearing them from your mouth Sir will more affect my mind Mast I will grudge no labour whereby I may benefit thee I will tell thee in short I told them how necessary it was that besides Family-prayer and the Prayers which they are present at in the School each Boy privately pray to God every Morning and Evening with upright heart and religious mind So God shall bless him Night and Day He that doth not begin and end the Day with committing himself to the care of the Almighty God seemeth to separate himself from God's Family and is most unworthy of his fatherly protection I charge them all the day to be diligent at School and obedient at Home God revengeth injuries offered to Parents and shame recompenceth the slothful I endeavoured to dissuade them from lies Speak the truth at all times It is not lawful for Boys to lye to avoid danger or punishment Rather suffer than sin If thou be worthy of punishment confess thy guilt ingenuously lest after thou hast made thy Master angry by committing thou make God thine Enemy by denying Lye not in mirth Jesting lies bring serious Sorrows He is a fool that destroys his own Soul to make others sport I admonished them of the horrid nature of Oaths They are like Darts that being shot out of the mouth rebound and smite the shooters heart Swear not by sacred things for they ought never to be mentioned but for the confirmation of weighty Truths before those that have power to demand of thee an Oath He that feareth God feareth an Oath And lastly I put them in mind of that Duty which I have frequently admonished them of to wit that they be mannerly and observant towards Superiors and courteous towards Equals I then minded them but of these few things observe thou them also that God and men may love thee Sch. I thank you Honoured Sir I will observe DIALOGUE IV. William and Bartholomew Will. Whither is the man gone that killed his Mother Barthol Is it possible to be imagined that any man should be so bloody Will. You know well enough whom I mean viz. him that two men pursued last night Barthol I heard some men talk of a Murderer that was put in Prison but I know not whether it be the same that you speak of or another Will. I suppose then that it is he he is a very bloody man he killed his Mother which is worse than common Murthers He stampt upon her after he had wounded her and after that barbarous act broke her Skull with an Hammer which encreases his guilt Barthol The Murder and the circumstances which you speak of are very barbarous Nor is it a false Report that I have heard But with what moved did he it Will. Men talk of many causes according to their various suspicions which I have not now time to tell But the most probable report is That he did it that he might the sooner enjoy the Money that she had hoarded up for him Barthol To what a pass are things come It is hard to be known what a man any one is I am sure all things were given him that he had need of But the Devil tempted him by desire of Riches than which nothing is more prevalent He that is forsaken of the Grace of God hearkeneth to Satan and committeth all manner of wickedness that Hell can devise Pleasures and profits are the Devil's snares which men are easily taken in Will. So hasty Heirs that shorten their Parents lives shall have their Inheritance in Hell DIALOGUE V. Mark and Anthony MAR. My Father's Apprentice is fled from his Service and hath taken away store of Money with him besides my Father's Horse that he took out of the Stable and many other things that used to be committed to his charge as to a faithful servant He hath committed many things worthy of punishment before this but now he hath done more evil than in all the rest of his life Anth. As I remember I have heard your Father commending him formerly Mark He hath been always accounted one of an excellent Nature When he was a Boy every Body thought him a Child of great hope And since his riper years most men that knew him have thought him a Servant of most faithful Conscience Anth. He hath need of a great deal of honesty that can behave himself honestly among so many temptations which lay wait for a young man If he had had help from God which he had great need of he had been safe from Satan's Temptations Pythagoras the Philosopher was wont to liken young men to Colts and that comparison was fit For unless they be restrained with a Bridle they rush headlong into their own destruction Mar. I was always afraid that he would be an unprofitable Servant and I was
than it might otherwise have been rather than put them upon the Practise of a Rule they have not yet arrived at Sixthly I have given Examples to the most useful and frequently occurring of Mr. Walker's Particles because there is scarce any English totally without them and to them I have added many useful Grammatical Observations both from mine own Experience and others And if there be occasion for any Particle which is not here exemplified Mr. Walker's own Book may be consulted or a short and cheap Compendium thereof in a late Practical Grammaâ— compiled by an Elaborate School-master Seventhly Because when Boys make a considerable progress they begin to be above short Sentences and their skill is not so much tried in them as in continued Discourses I have added some Dialogues and Epistles wherein they are reminded of the former Instructions Eighthly In all the Examples I have endeavoured to intermix some useful Admonitions relating to the duty of Children towards God or Man or themselves because they can never have principles of Virtue or Prudence suggested to them too soon considering the natural forwardness of young ones to Vice and the many evil Examples which tempt them thereto Ninthly For a good part of the Book I have caused the force of the Rule to be printed in different Letter for the Direction of Boys at the beginning but not in all the Examples to try their own Discretion nor quite through the Book because they may be supposed to be able themselves to distinguish when they have been a while experienced where the force of the Rules lies Lastly Because at the first beginning to Translate or make Exercises they either have not or cannot well use a Dictionary I have compiled an Index of all the words in the Sententious Examples to the Grammar-Rules unless a few by chance escaped inspection But not farther because when Boys come to some perfection they cannot be without Dictionaries for other uses as well as Exercises And it is meet they be practised in the use of them A Work of this Nature and Model sparing the Master's labour in writing Englishes and guiding the Scholar by easie and successive steps I hope may facilitate both the Master and Scholar's work and competently prepare them for making Epistles Themes or any other Exercises of their own proper Study that shall be expected Which if it be found to do by those that shall not disdain to make experiment the success will sufficiently requite the Labour of him who unfeignedly desires the advancement of Learning the flourishing of Schools and the Temporal and Eternal good of Children J. G. Praeliminary Exercises on the Fundamental Rules Rule 1. Concord 1. IN a Sentence the Verb must be put in the same Number and Person that the Nominative Case is of Note All Nouns and Pronouns are of the third Person except Ego Tu Nos and Vos and the Vocative Case I sup I mistake I blow I halt I wink I grieve I encrease I run I fail I agree I strive I learn Thou lovest Thou washest Thou callest Thou weepest Thou spinnest Thou sillest Thou doest refute Thou doest drive Thou doest creep Thou doest stuff Thou doest patch Thou doest prop. He doth rub He doth forbid He doth cut He doth grow He doth bind He doth tarry Note That A An and The are signs of Nounsubstantives Common All names of Men Women and Places that have not these signs afore them are Names Proper A Dog barketh The Sheep bleateth The Fire burneth The Grass withereth The Ox belloweth The Goose cackleth The River overflows The Wind blows The Cock crows The Bell rings The Bird sings The Grass springs A Man doth go A Bird flyeth A Fish swims A Worm doth creep A Wolf howleth An Hog grunts We fight We laugh We eat We hear We drink We lament Ye carry Ye tarry Ye marry Ye patch Ye catch Ye snatch They keep They weep They sleep They fear They bear They hear Parrets speak Bulls bellow Magpies do chatter Asses bray Horses neigh. Lovers do flatter I did rub Thou didst scratch He did tear We did run Ye did go They did creep I stood They moved We perswaded Ye ask'd Thou playedst They slew They have blamed Women have spun Ye have climbed We have despised He has hedged Thou hast vomited I have said I had drawn Thou hadst sawn They shall take Ye will pull God will rule Sinners shall quake Hear thou Thou shalt attend Let them speak Swear ye Let us pray Let the Devil rage I may hide We can slide Thou mayst moan Ye can buy He may die They can groan We might roul He should foul Ye would wonder Thou couldst pay I might play The Heavens would thunder Thou mightest have ruled I should have obeyed Ye could have commanded We could have served He would have profited They could have hurt When I shall have supped When thou shalt have written When ye shall have sleeped When ye shall have risen When we shall have sat When they shall have walked The Man feels Cloth is felt The Eyes see Pictures are seen I know I am known We hear We are heard Thou teachest Thou art taught Ye shave Ye are shaven I was propt Thou wast bought He hath been sold We were driven Ye have been forced They have been perswaded Thou hast been urged He hath been overcome I had been led We shall be thrust Ye had been beaten The doors shall be shut Thou hadst been loosed Thou shalt be bound Let them be pricked We had been touched Ye will be drawn Let us be deceived Be thou broken Thou wilt be bended Let him be moved We could be tamed Be ye pressed They might be subdued Thou wouldest be established I might have been despised He could have been kickt They might have been taught Ye might have been torn They might have been caught When thou shalt have been left When thou wilt have been sent When he shall have been called When we shall have been burned When ye shall have been turned When they shall have been required Rule 2. Concord 2. EVery Adjective must be of the same Case Gender and Number that the Substantive is of to which it belongs A white Horse trots A beautiful Woman pleases A sweet Apple doth delight A great loss grieves A sharp Spur pricks A crooked Horn does sound An heavy Weight tires An hard Lesson vexeth A weary Traveller sits A black Bean feedeth A thick Book teaches The broad Sea appeareth The filthy Swine wallow Perverse Infants cry A whorish Woman paints A mad Drunkard reels Filthy Harlots entice Swelling Rivers overflow The fair Rose withers The lovely Face fades The white Snow falls A fair Cheek grows pale A long Life endeth Strong Men die Black-Berries are gathered White Mushrooms are trod upon Filthy gain is esteemed Famous Vertue is despised A naughty Girl is beaten Good Boys are loved The hot Summer burns The cold Winter freezes Precious time is neglected Winged hours slide away Rowling
those that are better and wiser than thy self of whom thou maist learn something he that learneth of all with whom he converseth is like a Bee that when it is to perform its wonted task gathereth honey every-where but he that chuseth only useful Companions is like the Ermin which when it is to move from its former place treadeth only in the cleanest paths 2. Converse with those that are more honourable than thy self so shalt thou be honoured of all that observe thy choice but avoid those that are too much greater than thy self they will be Lords not Friends they will scorn thee when thou art to undergo misfortunes Rule 7. The English of the Infinitive Mood Passive after any Tense of Sum must be rendred by the Participle of the Future in dus never by the Infinitive Latin 1. The goodness of God is to be praised who bestoweth even upon his enemies innumerable kindnesses who giveth rain and other necessaries to those that serve him not It becometh us to imitate his blessed example let us do good to our enemies that piety is to be admired which is extended to so great a degree 2. He is to be blamed that is over-prodigal they are to be despised that are covetous with-hold not thy money when there is need of it nor waste it when there is no need Riches are treasures lent to men by God which they must use as he pleaseth they are not to be laid out without his leave nor to be detained when he demandeth them Rule 8. The English of the Infinitive Mood signifying to the end for or that he might is made by the Gerund in dum or the Subjunctive Mood with ut or with a Relative 1. The Prince that hireth Soldiers to fight his Battels buyeth enemies to destroy himself they that for desire of reward will revenge any quarrel are dangerous to those to whom they seem Friends and whose cause they defend for more money will buy their force against their former Masters the richer Prince shall always have their help they serve Money not the Prince 2. He that buyeth Books only to lay up in his Closet who never readeth them is like a man that is desirous of fine Cloaths but layeth them up in his Chest and doth not put them on 3. He that only lives to gratifie his sensitive appetite is not a man but a beast he lives a bestial life he is the most base of all slaves that serves himself that man is to be honoured that prefers his noblest reason before his senses Reg. 9. Gerundia in di pendenta quibusdam c. 9. When the English of the Infinitive Mood active comes next after any of these Substantives viz. studium causa tempus gratia spes opportunitas modus ratio potestas licenta consuetudo consilium vis norma amor cupido locus or after an Adjective which would govern a Genitive Case of a Noun such English Infinitive Mood must be rendred by the Latin Gerund in di 1. Foolish sinners neglect Exhortation till time is past and when their wishes are vain Death approaching they then desire opportunity to amend their lives when they have abused Divine Patience they afterward beg space to return Late repentance is seldom true 2. He that hath stedfast hope to live for ever is not angry with Divine Providence when it bids him go hence he is sure to see Cod and what earthly felicity is to be compared with that vision 3. A desire to die is culpable when it proceeds only from impatience by reason of trouble But he that is desirous to live when death would be more honourable to God and Religion wanteth Christian courage is of a feeble mind 4. He that is greedy to heap up riches to himself nor careth by what arts or means he obtaineth them layeth up for himself repentance Unjust gain pleaseth the covetous but displeaseth God and the remembrance of it will become bitterness at last 5. The Devil useth many stratagems he hath many ways to deceive he is skilful to destroy time and experience have increased his cunning but he flieth from those that resolvedly resist him the strength of God assisting Reg. 10. Posterius supinum passivè c. Rule 10. The English Infinitive Mood passive coming after a Noun adjective must be rendred by the latter Supine of the Verb active 1. A man is hard to be found that preferreth the advantage of his Friend before his own that not only pitieth his Friend's calamities but also helpeth him with all his might Adversity is the fittest time to try the sincerity of Friendship The Bonds of Friendship are to be observed as sacred 2. Parents are worthy to be reproved that indulge their children too much He that careth not for his Family is worse than an heathen he is worse than a brute But those Parents that give children leave to live and act according to their own will are unfaithful to them 3. The conditions of parents is to be bewailed that are deprived of their children but the hard lot of children is more worthy to be lamented that are destitute of Parents for they are exposed to unknown events 4. A child that feareth God is afraid to speak those things which others act he is afraid to repeat words which other Boys spoke His pious parents tell him That all wickedness is not only sinful to be committed but is also sometimes dangerous always unhandsom to be express'd But children too often speak of the evil words and works of their companions with delight at best without hatred N. B. The English Infinitive Mood after Adjectives may elegantly be also rendred by the Subjunctive Mood of the Verb with the Relative qui For Exercise of which Boys may be accustomed to render that clause of the former Example wherein the force of the Rule lies both ways in the same Exercise viz. both by the latter Supine and by the Subjunctive Reg. 11. The English Infinitive Mood Active after any Tense of Sum when the Infinitive Mood noteth property duty or place must be rendred by the Latin Infinitive as it seemeth to be but the word that seemeth to be the Nominative case to Sum must then be turned into the Genitive governed of Sum or it may be rendred by opportet c. 1. The Master is to take care that the Scholar neglect not his Study while he is in School but Parents are to look-to-it that Children obey them when they are dismiss'd from School It is not meet to trouble the Master with Domestick faults 2. Children and men are to avoid rash speaking All must use consideration He that speaketh without care often remembreth some words which fill him with sorrow afterwards An hasty Tongue is full of folly and vanity and most frequently guilty of lies Those that expect peace and safety are to restrain their Tongues with a bridle Reg. 12. The English Infinitive Mood Active coming after Adjectives betokening worthiness fitness or something like