Castara, 1634-40. the Scholemaster, 1570

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...surelie, beside contentinge me, you shall both please and profit verie many others. I made some excuse by lacke os habilitie, and weakenes os bodie: well, sayth he, I am not now to learne, what you can do. Our deare srende, good M. Goodricke, whose iudgement I could well beleue, did once sor all, fatisfye me sullie therein. Againe, I heard you say, not long agoe, that you may thanke Syr John Cheke, sor all the learninge you haue: And I know verie well my seise, that you did teach the Quene. And theresore seing God did so bleffe you, to make you the Scholer os the best Master, and also the Scholemaster os the best Scholer, that euer were in our tyme, surelie, you should please God, benefite your countrie, and honest your owne name, is you would take the paines, to impart to others, what you learned os soch a Master, and how ye taught such a scholer. And, in vttering the stuffe ye receiued os the one, in declaring the order ye tooke with the other, ye shall neuer lacke, neither matter, nor maner, what to write, nor how to write in this kinde os Argument. I beginning some sarther excuse, sodeinlie was called to cum to the Queene. The night sollowing, I slept litle, my head was so sull os this our sormer taulke, and I so mindesull, somewhat to satisfie the honest request os so deare a srend. I thought to praepare some litle treatise sor a New yeares gift that Christmas. But, as it chanceth to busie builders, so, in building thys my poore Scholehouse (the rather bicause the sorme os it is somewhat new, and differing srom others) the worke rose dailie higher and wider, than I thought it would at the beginninge. And though it appeare now, and be in verie deede, but a small cotage, poore sor the stuffe, and rude sor the workemanship, yet in going sorward, I sou..