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PRIMA SALUTATIO—Morning Greetings
Puer, Mater, Pater—Boy, Mother, Father
In this dialogue there are three parts: the first contains the mutual salutations expressed in the morning when the little charms of early childhood are skilfully displayed. The second part contains the sport of a boy with a dog. The third gives a conversation with this boy concerning the school, the opportunity for which arises from the incident with the little dog.
I. Morning Salutation
Boy. Hail, my father! hail, my mother dear (salve mea matercula)! I wish that this may be a happy day for you, my little brothers (germanuli). May Christ be propitious to you, my little sisters!
Father. My son, may God guard you and lead you to great goodness (ingentes virtutes).
Mother. May Christ preserve you, my light. What are you doing, my darling? How are you? How did you rest last night?
Boy. I am very well and slept peacefully.
Mother. Thanks be to Christ! May He grant that this may be constantly so!
Boy. In the middle of the night I was roused up with a pain in the head.