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Aelfric’s Colloquy

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/* A Colloquy, For Exercising Boys In Speaking Latin */
|''Scholar''|| 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.
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|''Master''|| What do you say, Ploughboy, how do you carry on your work?<br>
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|<br><div id="Ploughboy"></div>'''''Ploughboy'''''|| <br>Master, I have to work far too much; I go out at dawn, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough ; I dare not in the severest weather lie hid at home, for fear of my lord ; and when I have yoked the oxen together, and fastened the ploughshare to the plough, I have to plough a whole acre every day, or more.
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|''Master''|| Have you any companion?