The priest had a writing teacher at Rome make three alphabets--one large, one middling, and one small; and pointed out to him that by the help of a sharp instrument he could trace the letters on a slate, and thus learn to write.

• 教士从罗马的一位教书先生那儿弄来了三套字母，一套大楷，一套中楷，一套小楷，教他用一种尖利的东西在石板上学写字母。