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The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a by Thomas Platter 1 The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a by Thomas Platter The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century., by Thomas Platter This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. Author: Thomas Platter Translator: Elizabeth Anne Finn Release Date: October 15, 2010 [EBook #33860] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS PLATTER *** Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a by Thomas Platter Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/autiobiographyt00platgoog 2. Greek text [Greek: ] is transliterated. 3. Diphthong Oe represented by and [Oe] [Illustration: Thomas Platter.] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS PLATTER, A SCHOOLMASTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, By MRS. FINN. Second Edition. WITH FAC-SIMILE ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: B. WERTHEIM, ALDINE CHAMBERS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1847. LONDON: C. F. HODGSON, PRINTER, 1 GOUGH SQUARE FLEET STREET. CONTENTS. 2 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER I. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A GOATHERD 3 CHAPTER II. CHAPTER II. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A TRAVELLING SCHOLAR 4 CHAPTER III. CHAPTER III. MASTER THOMAS BEGINS TO STUDY 5 CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER IV. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES A ROPE-MAKER AND HEBREW PROFESSOR 6 CHAPTER V. CHAPTER V. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES ARMOUR-BEARER AND THEN SCHOOLMASTER 7 CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VI. MASTER THOMAS IN THE WAR, AND PROFESSOR IN BASLE 8 CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VII. MASTER THOMAS TURNS PRINTER 9 CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER VIII. MASTER THOMAS BECOMES PROFESSOR AGAIN--DIES ORIGINAL MAXIMS FOR THE YOUNG. BY J. C. LAVATER. Translated from the German, by Mrs. FINN. Cloth lettered, 1s. "We cannot enough recommend this unpretending volume to those who have charge of the rising generation."--Monthly Mag. "An epitome of moral duties for Children, drawn up with considerable ability by the original author.... the translation does great credit to the Daughter of a Clergyman."--British Mag. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 10