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To the right worshipfull syr Thomas Chaloner knight , and Clerke of the Kynges maiesties priuie Counsayle .
ALbeit right worshipfull , that this my treatise is bothe to vyle and base to bée set foorthe vnder your protection , beynge woorthely estéemed of all men , to be as well learned wyse and vertuouse , as any gen - tleman in this realme , notwithstandinge vpon hope of the humanitee and gentlenesse , which is euer in - cident to persons of sutche woorthie qualities , I am at this present bolde , hauing no acquaintance with y o[?] ur maistership , to dedicate this my rude collections vnto you , praying you to accepte it as a thinge written by me to induce children to the Latine to ( n ) gue , not moued thereto with the desire of vaine glory but with a feruente affection and loue I beare vnto my coun - trey . For accordynge to the sayinge of the deuine philosopher Plato . We are not borne onely for our owne commodi tée[?] , but partly our parentes , partly our fréendes , and partly our coun - trey , doth clayme a certaine dewtie of vs , whiche thinge made Codrus kynge of Athens , Curtius and Decius Romayne knightes , also Zopirus the noble persion , with diuers others to iopard their liues for the sauegard of their countreis , which examples of Infidels were sufficient to reproue me , if I should refuse to take a little peyne for the profyte of the publyke wealthe , and specially to preserue the tender youthe thereof from the infectioun of barbarousnesse , whiche therewith wil bée soone corrupte , not possible of longe tyme to be restored .
For as Horace doth witnesse , the potte will longe sa u[?] our of the lycour wherewith it is seasoned . Also the finest colours will soonest be staygned , neyther can they be so soone purified and made cleane agayne . These thynges considered , I haue resorted to the most famous and ancient auth o[?] urs , out of the
A . ij .whiche a2vTHE PROLOGVE .whiche as out of cleare fountaynes I haue drawen as dili - gentlye as I coulde , the propre names of thinges conteyned vnder one kynde , and disposed them in suche ordre , that a very childe b[?] eyng able to reade , may with little labour perfitely im - printe them in memory : Whiche shall not be onely profitable for them nowe in t[?] heir tendre age , but hereafter when they shalbe o f[?] more iudgement and yeres , it shalbe vnto them a sin - gular treasure : for the lacke whereof they shalbe compelled , as I haue herde many profounde clerkes bothe in disputacion as also in familiar communication to vse in stéede of the pro - per and naturall woor d[?] e ,[?] a paraphrase or circumlocucion .
Now if in the transl a[?] ting , or in the englishyng of these woor - des I haue erred , as I can not but so doo in so weightie a mat - tier , or if I haue omitted any thinge , as I haue done many purposely , because diuers greate learned men can not agrée v - pon them , I humbly submitte my selfe to your maystershippes correction , whome I knowe to bee excellentlye well learned bothe in the Gréeke and in the Latine , prayinge you here - after , whan occasion shall serue , to put your helpynge hande to the finisshynge of this little booke , whiche if you doo by the exaumple of syr Thomas Elyote that woorthy knyghte , you shall not onely binde all that be studious to praye for you , but also purchase to your selfe immortall fame and honour , whiche I pray God sende you , with longe life to his pleasure .
- ADiectiues , belonginge some to the body , some to the mynde . fo . 78
- Adiectiues of order , from the first to a thousande . fo . 82
- Adiectiues of numbre . fo . 83
- Aduerbes of numbre . fo . eod .
- Affinitée . fo . 66
- Ages . fo . 71
- Aire , with [( that )] perteineth . fo . 2
B
- ¶ Baker , and brewer , with other vittailers . fo . 29
- Bake house , with his vessels and instrumentes . fo . 42
- Barbar with his shoppe and instrumentes . fo . 37
- Bath , stew or hot house . fo . 51
- Battayle with his appendentes . fo . 74
- Beastes that laboure . fo . 15
- Bed chambre , with the apparell . fo . 50
- Bees . fo . 6
- Birdes . fo . 4
- Birdes of the water . fo . 5
- Birdes about the house . fo . 5
- Boultyng house . fo . 42
- Broderer . fo . 36
- Brew house , with vessels and instrumentes . fo . 42
- Buttrye , with his vessels . 43
C
- ¶ Carpenter , with his instru - mentes , and suche as worke in tymbre . fo . 31
- Churche yarde ( and ) churche with ornamentes , and th a[?] t belongeth . fo . 61
- Citée , with that perteineth to a citée . fo . 54
- Clothe maker of linnen , with his instrumentes . fo . 33
- Clothe maker of woull , with his instrumentes . fo . 33
- Clothynge or apparayle for men . fo . 52
- Cl o[?] thyng for women . fo . 54
- Cobler or Botcher . fo . 37
- Corne . fo . 20
- Corne fielde , with that belongeth . fo . 20
- Corne market . fo . 56
- Colours of cloth . fo . 34
- Coriar , with his instrumentes . fo . 37
- Craftes men . fo . 34
D
- ¶ Deiry house , or chéese house his vesselles , and that perteyneth . fo . 41
- Dier , with his colours . fo . 54
- Diuine seruice , with the appertinences . fo . [...] 6
- Draper . fo . 35
E
- ¶ Earthe , with that belon -
- geth to it . fo . 10
- Ewry , with vessels , instrumentes , and other , that lo ( n ) geth to the ewry . fo . 44
F
- ¶ Feire . fo . 56
- Field s[?] and lande abrode in the countrey . fo . 13
- Fishes of the sea . fo . 8
- Fisher with his instrumentes . fo . 29
- Fisshe market . fo 56.
- Fiue wittes . fo . 81
- Flesshe market . fo . 56
- Flies and other . fo . 6
- Foure elementes . fo . 2
- Foure partes of the yere . fo . 22
- Foure partes of the worlde . 3
- Foure f[?] ooted beastes . fo . 14
- Fouler or birder , with his instrumentes . fo . 30
- Freshe water fishe . fo . 9
- Fruites . fo . 23
- Fruite market . fo . 56
- Fuller . fo . 34
G
- ¶ Goldesmith . fo . 35
H
- ¶ Hall , with thinges belongynge to the hall . fo . 50
- Heardes men , haywardes , sheaperdes , with such other as kepe cattell . fo . 17
- Hell , with thinges conteyned in it . fo . 12
- Herbes , gathered by dyuers men , specially by maister Linaker . fo . 25
- Herbe market . fo . 56
- Hogges . fo . 16
- Housebandeman , with suche other as labour in houseba ( n ) dry . fo . 17
- Housinge for the housbandma ( n ) , with that belongeth . fo . 37
- Houses of office with vessels and instrumentes . fo . 42
- Holy place with that perteyneth . fo . 64
- Housynge as in a towne or citie . fo . 55
- Hunter with his instrumentes . fo . 30
I
- ¶ Instrumentes of musike . fo . 63.
- Instrumentes of warre , and battayle . fo . 65
- Iter , a iourney , with that belo ( n ) geth . fo . 81
- Iusting place . fo . 55
K
- ¶ Kechin , with his partes , vessels , ( and ) instrume ( n ) tes . fo . 45
- Kinrede . fo . 69
L
- ¶ Labourers . fo . 34
- Larder house . fo . 45
- Lawe , with the ministers therof . fo . 60
M
- ¶ Mayre of a towne or citie , with the subiectes and comminaltée . fo . 57
- Mayres house . fo . 55
- Market place . fo . 55
- Mason with his instrumentes and mattier , wherewith he worketh . fo . 32
- Meales , as breakefast , diner , and supper . fo . 49
- Meate . fo . 48
- Medowe with that belongeth , fo . 21.
- Mettals and the place where they be digged . fo . 12
- Miller . fo . 29
- Ministers and seruauntes in the churche , with that perteineth . fo . 62
- Minstrels and dauncers . fo . 65
N
- ¶ Names of birdes . fo . 4
- Names of fisshes . fo . 8
- Names of corne , with that perteyneth . fo . 19
- Names of trées . fo . 22
- Names of wynes . fo . 25
- Names of herbes . fo . 25
- Names of kinrede . fo . 65
- Names of affinitie , with the appertinence . fo . 66
O
- ¶ Officers and waiters , as in a great housholde . fo . 49
P
- ¶ Pantrie with bread and instrumentes . fo . 43
- Parke . fo . 14
- Partes of a horse . fo . [...] 5
- Partes of a trée . fo . 2
- Partes of housing , with that belongeth . fo . 39
- Partes of the body . fo . 67
- Phisition and chirurgio ( n ) , with the appertinence . fo . 80
- Places where maistries and playes be shewed . fo . 55
- Place where market is kepte . fo . 58.
- Places for correction , a[?] nd for execution . fo . 57
- Place where executio ( n ) is done . fo . 57.
- Playinge with instrumentes that belong to playing . fo . 63
- Planettes . fo . 1
- Potage . fo . 47
- Poticarie . fo . 80
- Pryson , fetters , pillorie , galowes , and other . fo . 57
Q
- ¶ Quoyner , with his weightes . fo . 37
R
- ¶ Renning place . fo . 59
- Ruler in the prouince with
- his subiectes , officers , and that perteyneth . fo . 57
S
- ¶ Sa u[?] ce . fo . 47
- Schole with that belongeth therto . fo . 61
- Sea , with that belongeth to it . fo . 8
- Sempster or shepster . fo . 35
- Serpentes , wormes , and créepynge beastes . fo . 12
- Seuen planettes . fo . 1
- Shell fishe . fo . 9
- Sherman . fo . 35
- Shippe with other water vessels . fo . 9
- Shomaker with his shoppe , and instrumentes . fo . 37
- Sickn e[?] sse , gréefe , and diseases . fo . 71
- Smith , with his forge , and instrumentes . fo . 32
- Spices . fo . 29
- Stable , with that pertayneth fol. 38.
- Stewes , with baudes , harlottes , and théeues . fo . 56
- Strife and wronge , as extorcion , disceite , or thefte . fo . 59
- Surgion . fo . 81
T
- ¶ Taylour , with his shoppe and instrumentes . fo . 35
- Tilling of the lande , with the instrumentes of husbandrye . fo . 18
- Towne , with that perteineth . fo . 41
- Tymes . fo . 1
- Trées with that belongeth . 21
- Twelue signes . fo . 1
U
- ¶ Uine yarde , with that belongeth . fo . 24
- Uitteyler , that selleth bread , meate , and drinke , as in an ale house or other . fo . 30
- Uncleanesse of the body . fo . 70
- Uncleanesse of the soul , with filthie qualities . fo . 69
- Uplandishe village . fo . 41
W
- ¶ Water bearer . fo . 3
- Warderobe , with his instrumentes . fo . 52
- Ware , and thinges belongyng therto . fo . 78
- Water . fo . 7
- Weauer with his shoppe and instrumentes . fo . 34
- White meate and egges . fo . 51
- Wyndes . fo . 3
- Wynes , with theyr names and colours . fo . 25
- Wyne seller , with his vessels and instrumentes . fo . 44
- Woode market . fo . 56
- Wrestling place . fo . 55
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This is a facsimile and transcription of A shorte dictionarie for yonge beginners. : Gathered of good authours, specially of Columel, Grapald, and Plini. Withals, John. London: Henry Wykes, M.D.LXVIII. It is held by the Taylor Institution Library (shelf mark: ARCH.8o.E.1568).
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A shorte dictionarie for yonge beginners , or “ A little dictionarie for children ” , as it is called in the running titles , was compiled by John Withals and is here represented in a print from 1568. While earlier prints ( e.g. 1556 , cf. EEBO ) exist , the do not differ dramatically from this edition , apart from typesetting and sometimes spelling . However , the dictionary was later revised and expanded , which might indicate a prolonged interest in the book . The given print includes a title page , introduction , table of contents , and the dictionary itself .
The English-Latin dictionary presents terms in Early Modern English with their Latin counterparts , often including related words and further comments both in Latin and English . Throughout the book , the typesetting consistently differentiates between the two languages by rendering English in gothic script . However , unlike a modern dictionary , the headwords are not sorted alphabetically . Instead , they are grouped thematically , or as the author describes it , “ in suche ordre , that a very childe beyng able to reade , may with little labour perfitely imprinte them in memory ” ( a2v ) . Therefore , the dictionary may not only be interesting linguistically in terms of early modern lexicography and translation correspondences between Early Modern English and Latin . The book's author also shows didactic intent to facilitate early language learning for children . It is for that second aspect that I decided to include the full table of contents – a part that might otherwise seem rather boring – in this excerpt , since it conveys the semantic fields the author deemed most important for young learners of Latin , and since it also reflects the semantic structure of the whole book . Thus , the “ little dictionarie ” can illustrate an early modern approach to language learning while at the same time being a refreshing way to brush up one's Latin nowadays .
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