The Autobiography Of Thomas Platter A Schoolmaster Of The Sixteenth Century

Author : Thomas Platter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260122148
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a Schoolmaster of the Sixteenth Century (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Platter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a Schoolmaster of the Sixteenth Century Before his death I conversed with him, and then he told me that he knew ten more men in the parish of Visp who were all older than he. When he was 100 years old he married a woman, who bore him one son. By his first wife he left sons and daughters, of whom some were white-headed and some grey before he died. They called him old Hans Summermatter. The house in which I was born is near the village of Grenchen, and is called Am Graben. My mother could not nurse me herself, therefore I was obliged to drink cow's milk through a small horn, as is the custom in that country when they wean a child: because they give the children nothing to eat, but only milk to drink, till they are four or five years old. My father died when I was so young that I do not remember ever to have seen him. It is usual in that country for almost all women to be able to weave and sew. Before the winter, almost all the men go into the territory of Berne to buy wool this the women spin, and make rustic cloth of it for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.