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A55359 Practical rhetorick. Or, Certain little sentences varied according to the rules prescribed by Erasmus, in his most excellent book De copia verborum & rerum Wherein children may be exercised, when they first begin to translate Latin, with many advantages, as will appear by the ensuing epistle. Framed first for the use of a private school, kept in the house of Mr. Francis Atkinson: and now commended to the use of all schools. By Joshua Pool, Mr. of Arts. Poole, Josua, fl. 1632-1646. 1663 (1663) Wing P2817; ESTC R217925 62,773 223

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office of Consul Of Varro taken from the Shambles to the Consulship Or of Marius the seventh of the Tyrants who one day was made Emperour the next seem'd to Rule and the third was slain by a Souldier who being ready to strike him said This is the sword Sarcasinus that thou thy self mad'st because he had formerly been an Iron-smith Of Servius Tullius who being born a slave died a King with infinite others Anacoen●sis communicatio Tell me ô Quintus Coepio didst not thou sufficiently feel the inconstancy of Fortune when after thou hadst been Praetor Consul Pontifex Maximus called the Patron of the Senate and hadst triumpht in the City thy body as of a malefactor was mangled by the hands of the common Executioner a publick and sad spectacle to the people of Rome And thou ô Marius thou most miserable amongst the miserable and most happy amongst the happy didst not thou tast the cruelty of Fortune's inconstancy who after thou hadst subdued Africa drove King Jugurth before thy Chariot defeated the Armies of diverse Enemies of the people of Rome erected two trophies in the City been seven times Consul wast at last proscribed and banished And Alcibiades hadst not thou as great cause as any to exclaim against the inconstancy of Fortune Yes surely if after Nobility Riches Beauty favour of the Hirmos Asyndeton Citizens greatest Command highest Power quickest Wit Condemning Banishment Selling of thy goods Poverty Hatred of thy Country and after all a violent Death can give sufficient cause of complaint But how shall I enough commend thy prudence Philip in considering the inconstancy of Fortune who when much and various felicity happened to thee in one day criedst out Oh Fortune strike me with some misfortune So well didst thou know her inconstancy Prosopopeia Polycrates King of the Samians if he should rise from the dead and appear upon the Stage would thus declame against Fortunes inconstancy Oh Fortune thou blind inconstant and mad goddess what a spectacle of thy inconstancy didst thou designe me how didst thou flatter me that thou mightst deceive me how didst thou allure me with a seeming constancy of thy favour I could not wish what I did not presently obtain all things succeeded according to my desire I was forced to make mine own misfortune which I did by throwing a Ring dear to me into the Sea yet that was brought back again to my Table in the belly of a Fish so that I became the wonder and the envy of almost all the World yet at last didst thou change thy countenance sufferedst me to be taken Prisoner by Orontes one of Darius * Praefectus Commanders and by him to be † Cruci assigi Gibetted on the highest top of the Mountain Mycale where my joynts and members rotted in the aire a joyfull Spectacle to the Samians mine own Subjects Occupatio Anthypophora Subjectio Prolepsis Fortune may some man say is inconstant indeed in some things a few small matters scarce worth the looking after Yea she is inconstant in many in all in the highest things and of greatest Consequence and triumphs most to shew her inconstancy in them Inversio Fortune is constant say some for she keeps a constant course in going about the World taking from some giving to others now smiling now frowning now shining now raigning now building up now throwing down I answer Such a constancy is an argument of greater inconstancy Polysyndeton High and Low and Rich and Poor Kings and Peasants Great and Small Good and Bad Honest and Dishonest are all alike subject to Fortune's inconstancy Paralipsis Fortune is inconstant that I may let pass her other vices Fortune is inconstant I do not tell Apophasis you that she is mad and blind Pleonasmus Who hath not heard with their Ears and seen with their Eies even in a thousand things the inconstancy of Fortune Parenthesis I believ nor is my belief vain that Fortune is the most inconstant thing in the World Parenthesis I hold and judge and why may not I profess it that nothing is more inconstant then Fortune Amplificatio per Impossibile ubi obiter variantur Impossibile Nunquam It is Impossible It is not possible How is it possible It cannot be Can it be How can it be It can by no means be but that Fortune be inconstant All things may sooner be then What cannot sooner be then that Fortune should be constant It is not to be avoided It is not to be refused Can it be avoided refused but that Fortune wil remain inconstant It must needs be It cannot but be How should it otherwise be but that Fortune should be uncertain Paroemia A Wolfe shall marry the Sheep A Locust shal bring forth an Elephant The Sea shall bring forth Vines The Snayl shall out-run the Hare and the Tortoyse the Eagle Brambles shall bring forth Violets and Thorns Roses The Rivers shall be carried towards their Fountains The Fountains themselves shall thirst The Earth shall fly The Beetle shall make honey and the Guat milk The Crabs shall go forward The Nightingale shall cease to Sing before Fortune leave her inconstancy The Owle shall sing like the Nightingale The Heaven shall fall The Earth shall ascend above the Skie Mountains shal be transplaced The Mule shall bring forth Water and Fire shall agree together The Fire shall be kindled with Snow A Tempest shall be calmed with a song The Earth shall be bored thorough The Sun shall change his course The Loadstone shall turn from the North Groves shall grow on the Waves Sea-weeds shall be found on the Mountains The Stars shall fall The motion of each starr shall be irregular The Day shall be turned to night The waters of the Sea shall leave their saltness The Sea shall be plowed A Crop shall be reaped from the Sand when Fortune bids adieu to her inconstancy Past moments shall be recalled The Meddows shall never more have flowers The Heavens shall want their Stars Day shall want Light No sweetness shall be in Roses The Fish shall burn in the Ocean No Joy shall be in Heaven nor Pain in Hell The Flames shall descend The Mountains forgetting their weight shall fly as Atoms through the skie If ever Fortune embrace constancy The Heavens shall rest The Sun and Stars shall shine together The Pibbles shall mount up to the Stars The Earth shall be adorned with Stars The Flocks shall invite the Lions to their folds The Skies shall endure the heavy plough The Water shall give flames and Fire waters The Sun shall rise in the West The Ants shall leave their industry The Bees shall forget to make Honey Maenalian Hounds shall fly from the Hare Nature shall become preposterous No Element shall keep his proper seat Fire shall be cold and Water shall give heat sooner then Fortune shall become constant Summer shall give Snow Does