One dialogue, or Colloquye of Erasmus (entituled Diuersoria) / Translated oute of Latten into Englyshe: And Imprinted, to the ende that the Judgement of the Learned maye be hadde before the Translator procede in the reste.

by Desiderius Erasmus

Notes by Project Gutenberg Transcriber

Explanations of some obsolete words, and in some cases the transcriber's justification for over-riding the proofreaders' readings.

[1] et passim "Duche lande": i.e. Deutschland = Germany.

[2] et passim "Stove:" A sitting-room or bedroom heated with a furnace. Chiefly with reference to Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, or Russia. (OED). This is an older sense than the heating apparatus itself.

[3] "after a niuer facion": if this is correctly read, the "niuer" does not seem to appear in the OED, unless it be a form of "never" used as an adjective. The Latin is aegre et parce "reluctantly and sparingly".

[4] "startops": Latin perones, thick leather boots.

[5] "fistinge, or fisseling". "Fist": To break wind (OED). The Latin is flatum ventris. "Fisseling" may be assumed to have a similar meaning, perhaps from Latin fesiculatio.

[6] "iump" (i.e. "jump"): exactly, precisely (OED). The Latin is Sic.

[7] "linne": To cease, leave off; desist from (OED).

[8] "sod(de)": Past participle of seethe to boil.

[9] "Grimson": the Latin is merely barbatus "bearded one". Perhaps connected with "grimsire": austere, stern, morose or overbearing person (OED).

[10] "Siuicoxe": I cannot place this English word. Again the Latin is barbatus.