The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-15

tur nebour; neigh abbreviated ne. This
Is abominable--which he would call abb
homlnable; 1t insinuateth me OF insanirei
ne intelligis. domino? TO make frantic.
iunatic.
'Nathaniel--I.aus Dec. bone. inteIiiso.
''Holofcrnes--Bon. bon, for bent Pris-
clan a little scratched uAtin somewhat
Incorrectly; Z will serve.
tthaniel-videsne quis venit7
\,lofernes-video. ct gaudeo."
We infer that the schoolmaster at Strait
ford In Shakespeares boyhood was a
pedant, but not ungenial. when he went
to school. In 157i. Walter Roche was the
master; six years later Thomas Hunt was
appointed. Whether Shakespeare read
Homer. Seneca or Plautus carefully, 1T Is
certain that tho schoolmaster introduced
them to him. OF a knowledge of Greek
We find no trace in his pla$s. A. Sydney
Lee says:
1T is Just possible that at the most en-
cient country schools the more advanced
scholars. before the passage OF some
nsighboring magnate or the existence OF
college scholarship enabled them to
proceed TO the universities, learnt some
thing OF the Greek grammar, with the
Greek testament and Socrates and De-
mosthenes. But Shakespeare was doubt
less Withdrawn from school In conse-
uuence OF his fathers pecuniary misfor-
tunes"
Hoioferres may have been partially a
"reminiscences of Mr. Roche or Mr. Hunt;
II So Shakespeare had not an unkindly
remembrance OF his schooimasters who
were doubtless severe on their insistencs
on very pedantlc pronunciation--a cor
rective which no doubt speakers OF tho
warwickshirc dialect badly needed
We all know that the best influences on
boys life are not from books. Shake
speare's country rambles. his evenings by
the freside, listening to the old tales Of
fairies, u England's Elories. of Guy OF
Warwick. OF the kingmaker that ether
Warwick, OF the grewsome doings OF Eng
iish kings. as seen through the popular
fancy. II the schoolmaster through hts
declensinns and conjugatione trained his
mind. the sights about Stratford trained
his Imagination And the sounds. too, for
Stratford and all England were places OF
singing In the time OF Elizabeth. His was
quick ear. and he easily caught the ca
dence OF the popular music. The old
Shakespeare house. with its chimney seats
there arc closets for smoking bacon In
it--may yet be seen. Here the boy sat o.
winter nights and roasted the chestnuts
he had gathered in his precious lesson
time. while the crab apples simmsred in
the bowl he recalls the winter nights In
the Anal song Of Loves Labor Lost:
when icicles hang by the wall.
And Dick, the shepherd, blows his nall
And Tom bears logs into the hall
And milk comes frosen home In pail.
When blood is Rlpp'd ana ways 10 foul.
Then nightly sings the staring owl.
Tu-whiL
Tu-whoo. a merry note.
While greasy Joan doth keep the pot.
s'Wh rn all aloud the wind aoth blow.
And coughing browns the parsons say,
And birds sit breeding Ia the snow,
Apd Maf1aa's ness looks rcd and raw.
Mhen roasted GRATIS hiss IN the bowl.
Then nightly sings tho staring owi,
Tu-whlt,
Ti-whao. q merry note.
While kFossy Joan doth keep the pot"
The 'dsist,s pied and the viaaets blue
xcu VIII fnd about Siralford ~ their sea
s8n. Shakespeares fora and fauna give
no shock 20 the accurate when they sre
the agrA and fauna II Sfratfard. Tha
snArtea o&N near the stream. The very
deer on WhleA tho melancholy Jacques
Facilitated may be seen there TODAY az
they WsrV Impressed ass zoe receptive
seASss " the little VIII There. too are
the gseas- blossom. tho reeds oy the river
ard the sweet ruuSk rosee' ia their sea-
son. that TitAHiA levei You uay ana
tho "lusciaus wocihgne.~ ana IN the
xPring fhn flowers ana herbs thst nphelsa