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Newton's undergraduate accounts book, giving a fascinating insight into his lifestyle as a student. Though generally frugal, he records occasional indulgences: beer and wine, a visit to the tennis court, and a surprisingly large outlay on cherries. The notebook also reveals that he was operating a money-lending operation for his fellow students.
See Brewster (1855), 1: 17-18.
Contains Newton's expense accounts from 19 March 1659 (i.e. 1660?) through his early years at Cambridge.
On the cover: a fragment in shorthand. Inscribed on the first page: 'Quisquis in hunc librum teneros conjecit ocellos./ Nomen subscriptum perlegat ipse meum./ Isaac Newton. Martij 19 1659.' pp. 3-38 consist of a guide to Latin pronunciation headed 'Vtilissimvm prosodiae svpplementvm'. Then follow 13 pp. of personal expenses under the headiings 'Impensa Propria' and 'Otiose & frustra expensa'.
in Latin and English
Bought at the Sotheby sale by Maggs Brothers for £210 and later offered for sale as Item 35 in their catalogue 'Mercurius Britannicus' (the date of which is unknown). It was presented to Trinity at an unknown date by the Pilgrim Trust.
The notebook has been written from both ends: the expenses listed on pp. i-xii are written from the back of the book, the remaining pages from the front. The expenses are here placed first as they are much the most interesting part of the document.
Folio 2 of the Latin textbook appears to have been bound out of sequence; it clearly belongs between folios 8 and 9, and is placed there in the transcription.
Laid out 13d more nli.
Quisquis in hunc librum teneros conjecit ocellos. Nomen subscriptum perlegat ipse meum.
Isaac Newton.
Martij 19
1659
B. Excipe cabro, labor, verbum, labes,
tabes, talum, pabulum, fabula, Derivativa in abilis, abundus, abulum, abrum,
C. Excipe acer adjectivum,
chium, cacabo, cacbus, cloaca, co
chluca, facundus, graculus, hippa
co, iracundus, machina, macer,
maceries, meracus, oparcus, paco,
placo, pastinaca, portulaca, pi
stacium,
nium. Derivativa in aceus, aci
us, acus, acundus. Propria A
cys, Bonaces, Phœacea, Paruvius,
Sarraca, Syracusæ, Thracia Achan
D. Excipe caduceum, clades, cicada,
radix, rado, suadeo, spadix, vado, is
trado. Propria Gades, Conradus,
Menradus, Ladas, Ladon, Variantur
Gradivus, Quadi, Adamus.
E. Excipe Afer, venafrum, venafra
num.
G. Excipe agalima, agea, lagopus,
magalia, sagum, sagio, strages;
stragulum, tragula, tragoma va
gina Derivata in ago, ages, agu
lum, aginta. Quæ incipiunt ab f, vel
p; ut fagus, pagus. præter fragor,
fragilis, frago, flagro, flagrum,
flagellum, plagium, plagiarias,
plaga, pro reti. Propria Agis,
Bagrada, Cragus, Lagus, Mago.
L. Excipe ales, alea, ala, balo,
balæna, calo, caliga, canalis, gale,
halo, halec, malo, malabathrum,
magalia, mapalia, mala, malum,
malus substantiva. Palopalus li,
qualis, qualus, sandalium, sodalis,
talus, talaris. Derivativa latina in alis, ale.
M. Excipe ames amens, ament
camus, contamino, clamo, dama,
fama, flamen, gramen, hamus,
lama, lamina, lamentor, ram
ramex, squama, stramen, trama,
trames, thymiama. Derivativa in amen, & amentum. Propria
Amianus, Damon, Damætas,
Mamurrus, Mamercus. Ada
mus.
N. Excipe anus ni, aranea, bac
chanalia, canus, fanum, granum,
ganea, janua, lana, lanugo, lu
panar, mano, mane, manes na
nus, planus, panis, rana, sanus,
vanus. Adjectiva in anis, anus,
aneus, anius. Propria Anippe,
Bolanus, Cranus, Canidia, Danu
bius, Ianus, Garganus, Lucanus,
ano, Vomanus. Variatur Pelicanus.
P. Excipe capo, crapula, napus, papa,
papilio, rapa, sapo, soperda, sinapis,
vapulo. Propria, propria Apis: A
napus, Æsculapius, Iapix Mesapus,
Neapolis, Papinius, Serapis.
Q. Excipe nequaquam & quæ ex
quàfiunt, ut qua
R. Excipe ara, area, areo, ava
rus, amarus, amaracus, anga
ria, baris, calvaria, carex, ca
rus, gnarus, glarea, larus, naris,
pareo, phalaraca, quare, varus,
varix, tiara. Finita in arius, præter hilaris, Pha
laris. Propria Aruns, Caphare
us, Baleares, Margarita, Laris
sa, Larunda, Naricium, Sara,
Varus, Variatur, Darius.
S. Excipe agaso, basio as; caseus,
colocasia, laserpitium, nasus, Propria Asia, Lacus, Aso,
Iason, Naso, Nasica, Naridius, P
Phasis, Thrasymache, Pasiphaë, cum reliquis a πας
T Excipe ator, atrium, crates,
crater, clathrum, cicatrix, fra
ter, fatum, gratus grabatus, la
tus, adject: laterna luparum,
mater, matella, maturus, natura,
matutinus, pratum, palatum pa
latium, pirata, quatenus, sclata,
vates. Derivativa in atrum, atus,
ater, ates, atim, atius, atuus. Propria Abys, Crathis, Latona, Statius,
V. Excipe clavus, clavis, clava, flavus,
gnavus, gavisus, navis, navo, pavo, pra
vus, ravis, suavis, Et a ante v in medi
is Prop: Mavors, Davus vari: Batavus.
B. Excipe creber, debeo, debilis,
ebrius, gleba, plebes. Propria He
be, Hebrus, Thebæ, Vebius.
C. Excipe Echo, lecythus, mechani
cus, secius, securus, thera, vecors,
verecundus, imbecilis Derivativa in ecula, ut
D. Excipe aëdon, alcedon, acredu
la, acedia, cupedia, cedo, credo,
dromeda, ficedula, medica mon
dula pede, sedo, seditio, sedes,
sedulus. Propria Diomedes, Me
dus, Medea, Sarpedon. Dedalus.
G. Excipe Collega, privilegium,
lego as, legitimus, regulus, rePropria Cethogus,
Gregorius, Megareus, Pegasus,
Phlegius, Slege, Syplogas.
L. Excipe anhelus, camelus, can
dela, chelæ, delubrum,
Elogium, famelicus, felis, pelamis,
Phaselus, spelunca, tela, telum,
velum, veles, velox Zelus. Derivativa in ela, elis.
M. Excipe abstemius, Academia,
blasphemia, clemens, demum, demo,
eremus, eminus,
mentum, mnemosyne, nemo,
semita, temetum, vindemia. Græcanica in ema, ut thema:
& quæ ab
componuntur. Propria Cremes,
Emathia, Remus, Remigius.
N. Excipe crena, denus, denuo,
deni
penicillus, strenuus, senus, strena
threnos, vena, venor. Derivativa appellativa in enum, enus,
P.
prasepe. Propria Asclepius, Æ
sephus, Cepheus, Cephissus, Ce
pio, Epirus, Iosephus, Leponticus,
Sephias.
Q. Excipe nequam, nequitia neru
bi. & que a ne componuntur. Item
Sequana, proprium.
R. cratera, cera, cerussa,
S. Excipe carchesium, Etesiæ, eccle
sia, resina, thesaurus, vesanus, vesi
ca. Numeralia in esimus, ut centes
simus. Græcanica in Propria Artesius, Besa, Ctesiphon,
Galesius, Hesiodus, Hestone, Ma
gnesia, milesius, Myndesius, Onesi
mus, Peloponnesus, Rhesus,
Titaresus, Alesus.
T. Excipe aretum, beta, boletus,
creta, lethe, lethum, meta, meteor,
theta, teter, temetum. Derivativa in etum, etus, eta, eticus, præter vegetus.
V. Excipe levis pro glabro. Propria
Eva, Levita, Suevus.
B. Excipe fibula, hibernus, ibis,
libo, libum, liber adject: & pro
Baccho, libra, seribo, sibilus, tibia, Propria
Hible, Ibicus, Libethrus. Oribasus,
Scribonius, Tibur.
C. Excipe amicus, apricus, anti
cus, caprificus, cervical, dico is,
dica, ficus, ficedula, febricito,
ico, icon, licium, lectica, lorica,
lumbricus, mica, marica, myrica,
medicus, multicium, matricida,
periculum, pica, postica, pudicus,
petricosus, rubrica, sicut, spica,
spiculum, trica, tricesimus vi
cessimus, vicus, vicinus, urti
ca, vesica, umbilicus. Dimin: Derivat:
a Propria Aritia, Alaricus, ffre
dericus,
cus, Micipsa, Nasica, Pirenus, Phy
cus, Sicilia (non Siculus), Sicania
Ticinus. Variatur Sichus, Lycas,
Numicius, Vaticanus.
D. Excipe chelidon, considero,
desidero, fastidio, fido, Idem , idus, idolum, nideo, nidus,
F & G. Excipe auriga, biga, caligo,
castigo, instigo, figo, fligo, frigo
frigus, fuligo, fastigium, oxiga
num. Origo & substant: in igo.
quadriga, salpiga, triga, trigin
ti, viginti, vectigal, vestigo. Prop: Gygos, Sigæum, Sigerius, Variatur Strigilis.
L. asylum, bilis, condylo
M. Excipe vimus, crimen, cimex,
clima, climax, enthimema, imus,
limus, lima, limes, limen, mimus,
opimus, primus,
simus, simius, trimus, vimen. Substant: in imen a verbis quartæ ut
N. Excipe acinaces, binus
crinis, declino inclino cum alijs a κλίνω. finis, lacinia, linea,
P. Excipe Gryphus, pipo, ripa, scipio
sipho, sysarium, stipo, stipes, vipe
ra. Propria Enipeus, Euripus.
Q. Excipe antiquus, liquor verb
obliquus: Variatur liquor Nom
R. Excipe Collyrium, Chirur
gus, & quæ a χὲιρ, dirus, delirus,
S. Excipe divisus, gavisus. & Participia lia in isus. pisum, paradisus,
T. Excipe aconitum, aruitus, am
bitus, Participi. clitellæ, catami
V. Excipe In Ninive, simbrivium.
B. Excipe ambobus, duobus, bobygobio, nobis, october, robur, so
brius, vobis, utrabiPropr. cano
bus, Iobus, Iacobus.
C. Excipe focale àfaucibus. Suffoco,
præfoco, negocium, ocium, Oceanus,
phoca, poculum, procerus, vocalis. Verba in ocinor, ut patrocinor. Substantiva in
D. Excipe custodio, erodius, codex,
lodex, podex, nodus; plodo, pro
digium, rodo, prosodia, cum omnibus ab ὠδὴ. Zodiacus.
F. & G. Excipe cogo, Zographus, & quæ ab ἀγωγὴ ut pædagogus,
L. Excipe boletus, capitolium,
colum, dolium, idolum, moles,
molior, molis, nolo, olim, præsto
lor, proles, solus, solor. Composita à πωλω
M Excipe aroma, axioma, amo
mum abdomen, comissor, co
mœdia, como, comitia, cominus,
fomes, momus, monumentum, no
men, omen, pomus, quomodo, tomentum, vomer, Prop: Rom
Romulus.
N. Excipe conor, conus, conops,
colonus, concionor, donec, donum,
nonus, nonæ, opsonor, octonus, pono,
pone, pronus, patronus, persona,
Zona. Omnia in ona, monia, monium. PropriaPropria Antonius, Hipponax;
Ionia. Acrisione. Adonis, Alcona.
P. Excipe copia, copula, conopeum
dropax, hyssopus, populus, arbor,
scopæ, sclopus, sopio, tophus. Prop:
Æsopus, Canopus, Europa, Iopas,
Opis, Pyroxus Sophronius.
Q. Excipe alioqui, quandoquo
quoquam, utroque.
R. Excipe aurora, ciborium, coram
corus, corytus, floreo, gloria, hora,
ignoro, lorum, moros,
ora, oro, oporinus, ploro, prora,
psora, peloris, prætorium, sorex,
sorites, thorax, victoria. Derivat: in orumin orum, ora, orus, & orium, oria,
orius ab obliquis longis. Prop: An
thores, Cytorus, Doris, Diores, Horos,
Noricum, Orighya, Soracte, et quæ a δωρον. Variatur Orion.
S. Excipe prosa, rosidus. Derivata in osus.
T. Excipe asotus, ægrotus, coturnix,
doto, deltoton, iota, lotophagus, poto,
plota, protinus, soter, totus. finita in otes, otis, oticus.
V. Excipe ovum, provincia.
B. Excipe Bubulcus, coluber, cubo,
cubitus, dubius, guberno, juba, jubar
jubeo, jubilæus, innuba, lubet, lugu
bris, pronuba, rubeo, rubea, rubus,
subulcus, tuba, tuber, titubo, ubi. Prop: Corduba, Danubius, Heruba.
C. Excipe cuculus, cucumis, cucur
bita, ducenti, educo as, fucæ, lucrum,
lucerna, mucro, nucleus, reduces,
trucido, truculentus, volucer. Prop:
Lucretius, Lucrinus.
D. Excipe pudet, rudis, rudens, studeo,
sudes, trudes, tudes.
F. et G. Excipe fugo, fugie, jugum,
L. Excipe culex, culina, culullus,
fulica, gula, mulier, sotularis, spe
culum, simulacrum, torcular, ulula, Verba in ulo & ulor, præter adulor. Substantiva in ulum, ulo, ulus.
M. Excipe autumo, contumax, contu
melia, columen, cuminum, cumera,
cruniena, cumulus, cucumis, humus,
humilis, humerus, irruino, incolumis,
numerus, numisa, rumex, tumeo,
tumulus, tumultus. Verbalia in
men et mentum. ut dorumen, te
gumentum: Prop: Numa, Numitor,
Numantia. Variat. pumilio.
N. Excipe cuneus, cunicus, tunica. proprium Albinea.
P. Excipe aucupor, cupio, cornu
peta, cupressus, duplex, lupus, nun
cuper, occupor, quadrupes, super
supellex, superbus,
pes, stuprum, supinus, upupa,
volupe. Numeralia in uplus ut quadruplus. Propr. Rupilius.
R. Excipe curulis, camurus, furo
i, lemures, nurus, purpura, spu
rius, tugurium, saturo Substant: in uria, ut luxuria.
S. Excipe pusillus, susurrus; Prop:
Blandusia, Canusium, ebusus, Pe
rusinus, volusus.
T. Excipe arbutus, butyrum, cu
tis, diuturnus, frutex, futurus lu
tum, mutilus, nutrio, puto, putris
puteus, pueal, pluteus, ruttilus,
rutrum, scutica, trutina, uter substantivum. uterus, uti.
U in uva, uvesco, uvidus. In reliquis corripitur.
Finis.
Habes (Candide Puer) priorem
catalogum revisum, recisum.
Vitiosa extrusimus, otios exclusimus.
Si quæ deesse videantur ex primi
tivorum quantitate, Conjugatio
num characteristica, genitivi
incremento promptissimè intel
ligas. Quæ igitur tam facilè
deprehendas, nolo ut, quasi o
missa, reprehendas. Hoc unum
monebo benevolos, quòd (in
quantum ex penultimæ pro
genitivos metiri non possint)
sciant, istiusmodi omnia pro
ductim crescere: Excipias ducis, trucis, nucis; bovis, Iovis, viri, nivis, picis, strigis, Stygis, Phrygis, Salis, Maris, facis, gregis, pedis, á dux, trux, nux. &c.
Vale.
FINIS
B. Excipe flabam, fabor, nabam, na
bo, stabam, stabo, tabo. Abacuc.
C. Excipe Achademia, (Horat:
Dacia, facundia, macero Ovid. Desine in aculum. & quæ b, & p, habent, ut ba
D. Excipe cladila, padus, quadra, quadro,
quadriduum, radico, traduco. Adenago.
F. Africa, excipitur
G. Excipe agelina, lagus, saga, sagus.
tragedia, tragicia, vagio, Agar, Agrees.
L. Excipe alitus, alipes, alo as, balista,
palantes habitunt qualea, salebra,
squalor, abalieno, Albanus, Aledius,
Aloides,
M, ut amentum. Var: amen.
N. Excipe anulus, caneo, canon, canies,
canities, canabis, danus, Dane, ianus,
fanum, ffanus, trano, vanesco, Affra
nius, Alanus, Alcanor oris.
P. Excipe Aphrica, Apher, apulus,
lia
priapus, pape, saphirus.
Q.
R. Excipe aruncus, arunca, charus, ca
rica, clarus, clareo, harum, Iarus, la
rex, narix, narea, naritia, naret, nares, naritia, Pharus, quarum, rarus, ra
resco, stare, amaracus, amaracinus.
S. Excipe basium, casus, pernasos rasus, sua
sus, vasa. Amasis
T. Excipe Atramentum, blatio, blata, blaton,
brathea, bratheola, catus cata catolicus,
matertera, materia, natalis, quatuor
quatinus, stratum, statera, vaticinus,
vaticinor. Denominativa, participia, verbalia & supina ut barbatus, amatus, ar
Excipe Avius, davidicus, flaveo, fla
vius, lavinia, mavis, mavors, navigo,
navita, pravo.
B. Excipe crebeo, debitum, debilico,
flebam, febris, flebilis, glebo, hebreus,
nebam, nebo, nebris, plebiscitum,
prebeo Phebas, rebus, Phebus, equus,
rebar, sebum,
C. Excipe cerus, ceco, fecundo, fecundus,
feteo, fetus, feto, fecis, fecundia, Grecia
mechus, mechor, precor, preconium, Al
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