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A13811	The art of memory, that otherwyse is called the Phenix A boke very behouefull and profytable to all professours of scyences. Grammaryens, rethoryciens dialectyke, legystes, phylosophres [and] theologiens.; Artificiosa memoria. English	Petrus, Ravennas, ca. 1448-1508 or 9.; Copland, Robert, fl. 1540-1547.	1545 (1545)	STC 24112; ESTC S107342	8,521	32

of y e voyce the which all thynges do vnderstande and y e Rustykes in theyr demonstration and to speake more euydēt they are concordinge vnyformal in speche vulgar and latyn In suche dyctions I demaunde none other ymages But put that same that y e sayd dyction soūde and all the syllables of suche dyctions may be by good mention collocate easyly For in y e body of man I haue sounde ymages of cases so that the head is the case Iuuima The ryght hande the genityfe The lyft hande y e datyue The ryght fote the accusatyue the lyfte fote the vocatyue And the bely or stomake the ablatyue And for the synguler nōbre I set a fayre mayden naked And for the plurell the same mayde well arayed and rychely or her that I wolde be remembred of Or I wyll collocate some thynge or a man yf it be some thynge as bread I wyll collocate a mayden all naked in the place touchynge y e bread with her ryght fote And yf I wyll collocat any dyctiō I set a man constytued in offyce or dygnyte as a Bysshop I collocat a Bysshop in the place smytynge y e bare erth with his ryght fote And yf thou consyder dylygently these thynges O ryght swete reder thys mention wyll shew very goodly vnto the and thus I was accustomed for to collocat these dyctions THe .vii. conclusyon is that we may collocat dyctions by soūde of the voyce Iestures of the body of the symilytudes and of their ymages I vse it ofter for I set my frende for the dyction I knew a doctour that had alway in his mouth communication of y e law spekynge of the tyme of appellations Thys doctour of law sayde he coulde say all the lawe by herte or rote only I than wyllynge to collocat the sayd lawe I set thys dolour that alway hytteth laughters by the Iestes of the body are set y e ymages whan any Iestures be made in the dyction I make my frēde for this worde spolio the whiche dyspoyleth another And for this worde Rapio I set my frende rauysshynge somewhat by force by symylytude I set the ymages whan I fynde y e thyng at the dyction semblable letters howbeit that they are vnlyke in sygnyfycation whan I colloke well for this worde cano THe .viii. conclusyon is for the lordes Iurisconsultes a lawyers And I wyll begyne to speake of the volumes of the cyuyll lawe And whan I wyll gyue these thynges to the places I take y e colours of y e couerynges as for F. veteri a blacke skynne For y e Code a grene skynne For a volume a skynne of varyable colour For the instytutions a lytell boke And y e autentyke a Notary hauynge a great Instrument For y e autentike I set a mayden hauynge a pryuylege For the boke of feodes I set some castell For the decret autentyke I sette an olde man wrytynge in the place by cause y e auctorytees of holy fathers is in it For y t decretalles a bysshop syttynge in a chayre For clementynes a mayden named Clemence For the syxt an instrument so called in Itally wherof Ouyde wryteth Altera pars staret pars altera duceret orbet For y e conmētatours of the lawe I set thē that haue lyke name But I take the ymage of y e glose of the doctryne by my selfe of me fyrst gyuen in y e collocacions of dyctions And I haue for the Dygestes fayre Iunipera gyuynge a harp to a florentyne that he maye synge the Iester of Rome The allegations of y e decrete shalbe thus collocated for a mayden is set for y e allegation And this mayden maketh a cloth or a cedule And set for the question y e fayre Iunipera beatynge her mayde And for the consyderation I set a preste consecratynge the hoost And for Penaunce I set Iunipera shryuyng her to me of her lyght synnes THe .ix. conclusyon shalbe that I wyll shew how placꝭ ought to be gyuen to y e rubrysshes of eche lawe set two ymages for y e same as I am wont for yf I wyll remēbre me of the rubrysshe of transaction I set Thomas hauyng frogges or the gest of the body I feyn two men that wolde nat of longe tyme cease theyr contension and debate and gyuynnge eche to other tokēs of peace That is the fayre ymage of the rubryshe of the transactions But the pryncyples of the lawes where as chapyters be set in place by alphabete or sounde of voyce symylytude or gestures of the body wherof is spokē afore and playnly ynoughe THe .x. is in collocatynge argumentes For the whiche I am accustomed to set two images The fyrst is the gest of y e body as yf one sayd thus The testamēt a vayleth to none but yf it be made with .vii. witnesses Therfore I feyne the testatour to haue made this testamēt before two wytnesses and a rynge that sealeth the sayde testamente The seconde ymage is it that collogateth two other diction more princypall of the argument Take here of an example thou Iurisconsul of this phylosophres wote my meanynge Whan in the act the wyll is demaunded of any he ought to ꝓcede Here be sondry wordes but it suffyseth to collocat set the wyll fro procedynge And than we may say by and in memory y e other partyes of the argument of the collocation of two or thre dyctions The other thynges we shall recyte elegantly beleue this y t the mayster hath experymēted it ryght well THe .xi. conclusyon and thus I haue the ymages vnto the nō of a C. whiche are .x. I haue also .ix ymages of the nombre begynninge from one to y e nōbre .x. The whiche I haue dyuyded on the fyngers of men I haue gyuen to the fyrst fynger of the ryght hande for the fyr●t nōbre or for one The seconde for y e secōde or for two And so I procede to y e .iiii. fynger of the left hande And bycause that these thynges may the better be retayned in mynde I saye the fyrste fynger of the ryght hande to be of the Gelfes The seconde of the Gelbilayts The thyrde of the Iewes the forth of the rynges The v. of the eares And so of the lefte hande I call the fyrst fynger of the Gelfes for Gelfes be estemed ryche and of great estymation the seconde of the Gelbelayts And the thyrde of the Iewes For yf ye poynt to a Iewe with that fynger he wyll loke away fyersly And who that wyll knowe the cause shall fynde it euydent Therfore I call the forthe and the .v. euen so for the nombre of a M. I haue set here yf any nōbre be to me ꝓposed easyly to haue the ymage of the same The conclusyon is suche yf any shulde aske yf that in one selfe place he ought to set many thynges I answere thus yf I wolde put the thynges in places that are ꝓposed to me of other bycause that I ought forthwith to reherce the sayde thinges proposed I wyll collocat onely in the place the ymages of one thynge But yf I dyspose to set in places the thynges that I rede ī my bokes so that I maye recyte by herte in remembrynge them I doubt nat to set very often in one place the ymages of many thynges THe .xii. conclusyon shalbe very propre That is I wyl make and shewe in what maner ought to be made the ymages of nombres for all nombres that we can thynke I haue onely founde .xx. ymages And therfore I wyll descrybe them chyefly For y e nombre of .x. I take a great crosse of golde or syluer for the nombre of .xx. I take the symylytude of y e lettre of yren or of wood vnioyned to any thynge that is rounde For we shall wryte the nōbre of .xx. in y e carde or scroll in this maner or for .xxx. and y e symilytude of this fygure is coniunct in thys maner to the thynge Therfore I shall fynde some examples whiche I wyll set wherby the reder maye vnderstande in the more easyly although it be of a rude wyt or conclusiō yf I wyl say ii.q.iii I must haue a g●lfe in the place holdynge in his ryght hande a crosse and a Iewe that with all his strengths seketh to take it fro hym by vyolēce of that made fro the ryghthande Yf I wyll say .ii. Corinthios .iiii. I wyll feyn the Gebelyn in the place that shall holde a curtayne in his ryghthande shewynge it to a fayre mayden whiche shall receyue it in her ryghthande for the fourth fynger I wyll set a mayden maryed And so I collocat and set for the. iiii and .ix. nombre yf I wyll remembre me of penaunce in the .iiii. dystynction I wyll colloke an olde preeste and nat yonge to whom Iunipera shal shryue her fautes And she shall do a woūderous thynge for she shall absolue the preste holdynge her ryght hande ouer his head and so of the other And bycause that this be nat that processe let vs here make an ende of the art of memory artificyall and preceptes of whome all thynges is cōprised simplycytyuely at y e lest so explycityuely to leaue any thynge that I promysed to wrytte in this place to Iudge an vtyle thynge herī in place to set in y e .v. place a hande of gold In the .x. a crosse gylted in y e .xv. a hāde of syluer And in the .xx. y e ymage of y e same nombre And this my doctryne teacheth for to do in all other thynges Thus endeth the art of memory other wyse called the Phenix Translated out of french in to englyshe by Roberte Coplande And Impryted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George by Wyliyam Myddylton

THE ART OF MEMORY THAT otherwyse is called the Phenix A boke very behouefull and profytable to all professours of scyences Grammaryens Rethoryciens Dialectyke Legystes Phylosophres Theologiens ¶ The prologue of this present boke FOr asmuch as many ī thꝭ tyme moderne y t p̄sētly rēneth be of a slow memory late mynded this lytell boke was made composed for to gyue and presēt it to all people albeit that at the begynnynge it was dyrected to the Italyke nacion Knowe ye therfore all noble reders that yf any do kepe these preceptes and cōmaūdementes of this boke easyly in short tyme he may touch y e sūmite reach y e heyght of thꝭ art It is of a great effect and profyt to them that haue nat theyr myndes prompte stronge and redy For it semeth more to be inuented by dyuyne inspyracion than by arte or scyence of mankynde I haue also founde by wrytynge that whan the authour of this presēt worke experymented his knowledge through al the Itallies that many affirmed to haue seyne this worke more dyuyne than humayne so that some dyd blysse thē by great admiracion The author reported that he had no teacher of this art but y t it came to hym by inuencion throughe the socour and help of god that lyghtned and inspired his spyrite Rede therfore my preceptes ryght dere dyscret persones and yf thou take laboure dyligence to vnderstāde these purposes perfytly thou shalt gather the grayne therof and bere with the great prosperous worke of proffytte and honoure THe fyrste conclusyon shalbe suche This arte is and consysteth of places and magnytudes The places be as cardes or scrollꝭ or other thynges for to wrytte in The ymages be y e symylytudes of the thynges that we wyll retayne in mynde Than I wyl fyrst p̄pare my carde wherin we may colloke ordre y e ymages in places And for the foundacion of this fyrst cōclusyon I wyll put foure rules THE fyrste is this The places are the wyndowes set in walles pyllers anglets with other lyke THE .ii. rule is The places ought nat to be to nere togyther nor to fare a sōder For the nerenesse trouble greatly the naturall memory by the opposytion of thynges for yf y e places were to fare dystaunt We wyl recyte with a lytel leaser the thynges that shalbe gyuen to places where by they shalbe of meane dystaunce And that shalbe done whan one is vi fote fro y e other THE .iii. rule is suche But it is vayne as me semeth For it is the opynyon of talkers that the places ought nat to be made where as mē do haunt as in churche and comyn places For it suffyseth to haue sene church vacaunt wher as people walke nat alway and in that hath ben taught y e cōtrary experyence Whiche is the mayster of those thynges THE .iiii. rule is thꝭ That the places be nat to hye For I wyl that the men set for the ymages or in the steade of ymages may touch the places y t whiche I haue iudged as behouefull I take than the churche greatly knowen by me the partyes wher of I do cōsyder and go into it walkynge it .iii. or .iiii. tymes and thā retourne home to my house there I tourne in my thought to remembre the thynges by me sene And in that maner I gyue the begynnyng of the worke to y e places on y e ryght syde of the gate fro the whiche men go in the ryght pathe or yle to the hygh auter ther I fyx and ordayne the fyrst place and the seconde on y e walle next it a .v. or .vi. fote of And yf there be any notable thynge set as a pyler in the wyndowe or other lyke there put the place And yf the notable thyng be nat there or lacke I feyn that in my ymagynation or at myne arbytre ymagynary although some forgynge these placꝭ wolde leaue thē fearynge that he shulde put in forgetfulnes The thynge opposyd to that is taken suffred so that he be myndfull to haue constytued and ordeyned the place And so to be ꝓceded fro place to place tyl y t y e fabrycant of y e places retourne to the same gate And these thynges to be done on y e fyrste walle of the churche al thyngs lest that be in the myds therof And yf any desyre to haue y e circūferēce of the places entre by ordre in to a monastery and fyll it ful all of places or cōpare the places on the walles without the churche And he that wylbe remēbred of many thynges must cōpare many placꝭ But bicause y t I haue wylled to surmoūt all the men of Itally by habundaūce of thynges and holy scryptures in Canone lawe and Cyuyl and in other authoritees of many thynges whyle that I was but yonge adolescent I haue prepared a C. M. places And now I haue added to them y e other .x. M. places wherin I haue put the thynges which are to say vtter by my selfe so y t they be promptemēts whan I wyll experyment the vertues and strengthes of my memory And whan I do leaue my coūtre assigned I visite y e cytyes of Itally as a pylgryme or a wayfarer I may frely say that I bere with me all my thynges and yet I ceas nat to edyfy I do you to wyte y t the places in any churche or mynster is sene onely for to repose marke the thigꝭ which must be recyted euery day as be y e argumentes reasons hystoryes fables and predicacions made in Lenten And let this offyce be deputed to these places onely And I haue set declared at the ende for these places a thynge that shalbe Iudged necessary and vtile For I wyl that the yonge infāts shalbe couyetous herof by my ryght documēt ensygned by the places so constytuted put in ordre by oftē repetynge thre or foure tymes in a moneth For the repeticion of placꝭ can nat be praysed in any maner THe seconde conclusyon shalbe that whan any hath the carde or scroll I wyll shewe the maner to wryt in the same as I was some tyme beynge yonge adolescent in y e cōpany of sondry noble mē It was proposed of thē to recyte names of men that one of y e assysten●s shulde say I denye nat that And these be the names that folowe I dyd set in the fyrst place a certayne frende of myne hauynge the same name In the seconde place lykewyse and as names dyd I colloke set in place as they had named and they thus collocated were by me recyted afterwarde And let the collocatoure aduyse him to set alway his frende doynge the thynge that he is accustomed to do comynly and procede this cōclusion clerely and names knowen And yf the frende be knowen haue suche a name Boxdrab Zorobabell than set y e same thinge that is spokē or named in his place I say asmuche of lyke thynges in names of beastes as of the