18.11.24: Comenius; in a 17th century school [1]; text and translation

Notice how Comenius focuses on the key vocabulary by numbering them and relating them to the image.

A School, 1. │ Schola, 1.

is a Shop in which │ est Officina in qua

Young Wits │Novelli Animi

are fashion'd to vertue, and │ ad virtutem formantur

it is distinguish'd into Forms.│ & distinguitur in Classes

The Master, 2. │ Praeceptor, 2.

sitteth in a Chair, 3. │sedet in Cathedra, 3.

the Scholars, 4. │Discipuli, 4.

in Forms, 5. │in Subselliis, 5.

he teacheth, they learn.│ ille docet, hi discunt

Some things │ Quaedam

are writ down before them │ praescribuntur illis

with Chalk on a Table, 6. │ Creta in Tabella, 7.

Some sit │ Quidam sedent

at a Table, and write, 7. │ ad Mensam, & scribunt,

he mendeth their Faults, 8. │ ipse corrigit 8. Mendas.

Some stand and rehearse things │ Quidam stant, & recitant

committed to memory, 9. │ memoriae mandata, 9.

Some talk together, 10. │ Quidam confabulantur, 10.

and behave themselves wantonly │ ac gerunt se petulantes

and carelessly; │ & negligentes

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These are chastised │hi castigantur

with a Ferrula, 11. │ Ferula (baculo), 11.

and a Rod, 12. │ & Virga, 12.