十六世纪下半叶最受欢迎的英拉词典是约翰·威瑟尔斯编纂的《初学者小词典》(以下简称《初学者》).它是专为学生编辑的英拉词典。第一版于1553年问世。最后一版,即第十六版于1634年出版。它的首版要比罗伯特·考特里的英语词典《按字母顺序排 The most popular English-Latin dictionary of the second half of the sixteenth century is the English-language dictionary edited by John Weissels, a beginner’s dictionary (hereafter referred to as “beginner”). The first edition came in 1553. The last edition, the 16th edition, was published in 1634. Its first edition is more alphabetical than Robert Cotley’s English dictionary