Synopsis
Excerpt from The English Works of Roger Ascham, Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth: Containing, I. A Report of the Affairs of Germany, and the Emperor Charles the Fifth's Court, II. Toxophilus, or the School of Shooting, III. The Schoolmate, or Perfect Way of Bringing Up Youth, Illustrated by the Late Learned Mr. Upton, IV. Letters to Qu
Roger having pafled his firft years under the care of his parents, was adopted into the family of Antony [mug/fold, who maintained him, and committed his education, with that of his own fons, to the care of one Bond, a domellick tutor. He very early difcovei'ed an unufual fondnefs for literature by an eager peiufal of Eng/171) books, and having palled happily through the fcholaftick rudiments, was put, in 1530, by his patron m'rzgfio/d, to St. Yob/z's college in Cambridge.
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