...presence either of father or mother ... I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presendy sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them . . . ) whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and...

...parents. and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in the presence either of father or mother ... I am so sharply taunted. so cruelly threatened. yea presently sometimes with pinches. nips. and hohs. and other ways [which I will not name for the honour I hear them . . . ) whatsoever I do else...