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euery Coniugation of all sorts of Verbes: whereof he shall rehearse after-wards some part ordinarily every day, illustrating the same with examples of diuers Nounes and Verbes. And so hauing learned the concordances of speach, made plaine vnto him by the examples there added, and being about eight yeeres old, let him moue foorth into the second fourme, to practise the precepts of Grammar, in expounding and vnfolding the works of Latin Authors: whereof the easiest shall be chosen first, the middle sort next, and the hardest last. Now, because Children learne first to talke familiarly with their fellowes or others, Dialogs are most easie for their capacitie, as are the Dialogs of Corderius and Castalion. The Maister shall first reade sensibly a competent Lecture, then declare the argument and scope of the Author, afterward english it either word for word, or phrase for phrase, as the propertie of both languages will permit. Last of all teach, or cause another to teach the diuers sorts of the words, their properties and syntaxes of speach. And about three or foure houres after, the Schollar shall be diligently in euery point examined, and tryed how he can referre the examples of his Lecture to the rules of Art. This exercise of the artificiall ex-pounding of other mens works, I neede not to set foorth by examples, for that it is common and manifest, as is also the last exercise of making some-what without imitation: only imitation therefore remaineth to be declared by examples. For the which in this place the Maister shall propound a like sentence in English, which the Schollar shall expresse by like phrase in Latin. As if the Schollar haue learned and rendered this short Lecture, Pater bonus diligit falium probum, A good father loueth an honest Bonne, the Maister may propound the like sentence with diuersitie, first of Nombers, then of Genders, thirdly of Persons, fourthly of Tenses, fifthly of the forme of the Verbe, and lastly of the words. For the variation of nombers, he may vse this English, Good fathers Ioue honest sonnes, which peraduenture may be hard for a beginner to make in Latin all at once: but leue fit quad bene fertur onus (F3v-[F4]v).
Then Kempe explains in detail the process of varying the parts.
Now after that the Schollar hath bin a fewe dayes enured to this imitation, he shall three or foure times euery weeke, meditate alone to make the like in writing also. This kind of exercise will both leade him to vnderstand the congruitie and syntaxes of speach, and also make him expert in forming of Nounes and Verbes. And so hawing ended hi9 yeare, let him march forward into the third fourme, the which besides the harder Dialogs, shall reade also Tullyes Epistles collected by Sturmius, learning them in such manner as is shewed afore, and noting moreouer the principall phrases in a note booke. And heere the exercise of writing Latin by imitation, shall be a translating of the same speach into another like sentence, but altered with many varieties at once, and chiefely with the last varietie of the words ([F4]v--~Gir),
whereupon Kempe describes how to vary and imitate a letter of Cicero.
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