a colloquy on the occupations translation

I give whatever I catch to the King, as I am his huntsman. How do you dispose of what you have caught?

The dogs drove him towards me, and I, standing towards him, suddenly cut his throat.Ī huntsman must not be fearful, for a number of various beasts haunt the woods. How was it that you were daring enough to cut the throat of the boar? I took the stags in nets, and I cut the throat of the boar. I was not, because it is the Lord's Day, but yesterday I was hunting. I take stags, and boars, and fallow deer, and goats, and sometimes hares. I make myself nets, and set them in a fitting spot, and I urge on my dogs, to chase the wild animals, till unawares they get into the nets, and so they are entangled, and I cut their throats when in the nets. What do you say, Ploughboy, how do you carry on your work? Some are ploughboys, some shepherds, some oxherds, some also are huntsmen, some fishermen, some fowlers, some chapmen, some tailors, some salters, some bakers in the place. I am preparing to be a monk, and every day I sing seven times with the brethren, and I am busy with reading and singing yet in the meantime I wish to learn to converse in the Latin language. I ask you what you are to talk about? What work have you?

We would rather be flogged that we may learn, than remain ignorant, but we know that you are kindly, and that you will not lay strokes upon us, unless we oblige you to do so. We do not care what we talk about, as long as our speech is correct, and useful, and not foolish, or base.Īre you willing to be flogged while learning? We boys beg you, Master, to teach us to speak Latin correctly, for we are ignorant, and we speak badly.

A colloquy on the occupations translation