A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



The time table may be summarized thus : 



SCHOOL HOURS, 1650 



5.0 Get up. Sing Latin psalm in chambers. 



5'~5'3 Clean chambers, make beds, wash hands and face, brush hair. 



5.30-6.0 Chapel. 



6.0-9.0 School. 



9.0 Hall. Grace. Breakfast. 



9.30-11.0 Books Chambers. 



11.0-12.0 School. 



12.0 Hall. Grace. Dinner, during which chapter read by Bible clerk. Grace. 



1.03.30 School. Verse tasks. 



3.30 Bevers. 



4.05.0 School. 



5.0 Prayers. Go circum in cloisters. 



6.O Hall. Supper (Ccena, modern tea). 



6.30-7.45 Books Chambers. 



7.45 Merenda (modern supper). 



8.0 Chapel. 



8.15 Chambers. Bed. 



The authors read are stated, and may be reduced to the following 

 table : 



AUTHORS READ, 1550 



The authors read on Tuesday and Thursday, which were 'reme- 

 dies,' are not stated. There was no school on those days, and ' Books 

 Chambers' from 9.30 or 10 to 11 was probably devoted either to 

 preparation or to verse and prose tasks. There are some difficulties 

 about the list. The attribution of Pindar to Fifth Book on Friday is 

 derived from the line 



Audiet ad Lyricum modulantem Quinta Poetam. 



This might, of course, mean Horace's Odes, which otherwise would 

 be neglected. But as Herman in 1519 calls Pindar the best of poets, 

 and Sixth Book were reading a Greek poet on that day, probably Pindar 

 was meant. There is a mysterious line about Theognis 



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