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Aelfric’s Colloquy

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/* A Colloquy, For Exercising Boys In Speaking Latin */
<div id="Baker"></div><br>
''Master''. What have you to say, Baker ? What is the use of your craft, or can we live our life without you ? <br>
'''''Baker'''''. You might indeed, for a while, live your life without me, but not for long, nor well; for without my craft, every table would seem empty, and without bread all food would be distasteful. I stablish the heart of man, I am the strength of men, and even the little ones cannot pass me by.<br>
<div id="Cook"></div><br>
''Master''. What shall we say of the Cook ? Do we in any way need his craft ? <br>
'''''Cook'''''. If you drive me out of your society, you will have to eat your vegetables and your meat raw, and anyhow you cannot have good gravy without my craft. <br>
''Master''. We do not care about your craft, nor is it necessary for us, for we can ourselves cook the things that need to be cooked, and roast what has to be roasted. <br>
''Cook''. If therefore you drive me out, to do as you say, then you will all be servants, and none of you will be master, and yet without my craft you will not be able to bite your food. <br>