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A68079	The enimie of idlenesse teaching the maner and stile how to endite, compose and write all sorts of epistles and letters: as well by answer, as otherwise. Deuided into foure bokes, no lesse plesaunt than profitable. Set forth in English by William Fulwood marchant, &c. The contentes hereof appere in the table at the latter ende of the booke.; Stile et maniere de composer, dicter, & escrire toutes sortes d'epistres. English.	Fulwood, William.	1568 (1568)	STC 11476; ESTC S102757	94,193	322

And certainly also this pleseth me well that it should so bée for this cause for often tymes I presupposed and as it were prognosticated that it would so come to passe therfore I pray thée hold on as thou hast begon Diuine to the ende that thou maist likewise make me a true Diuinator In respect of that that thou extollest y e Marsilian in euery place with passing praises I doe maruell no whit at all Who is he that in pronouncing his proper praises is not vehement and warmeth not him selfe who is hee so vnsensible that delyteth not himselfe in that which belongeth vnto him selfe Francus declared vnto vs that thou hast had talke of vs with all the wise and learned especially with Hirmolaus Barbarus What wilt thou that I do for thée certainly I wil willingly do it Farewel Politianus answereth vnto Marsilius Ficinus THou perceiuest not in me euery day new things which are worthy to be praised but rather new things in thy selfe through y t which thou praisest mée and that which semeth vnto thée such abundance is thy excéeding loue whereby as Propertius recyteth of nothing is raysed a great history And veryly I think thou wilt make me a Diuinator for thou hast caused me to Diuine whē as euery day I say and preach that thou art a Diuine Farewell Innocent Pope to Angelus Politianus MY welbeloued Sonne health and Apostolicall benediction The booke which thou lately didst sende vnto vs translated out of Greke into Latin we haue hartely and gladly receiued aswell for the noueltie of the thing as for the iudgement of diuers whome in these partes we esteme for learned and wise It is so well furnished with learning and wit that therewith our Lybrarie shalbe greatly adorned and therfore we giue thée most hartie thanks recommending thy vertue vnto our Lord and exhorting thée from henceforth to perseuer in such lyke things to the ende that by these honest labours thou mayst one day get greater prayses and that thou maist deserue at our hands more fertile grace And in token aswell of the good will that we know to be in thée as for the great fatherly loue that we beare towards thée we haue thought good to send thée two hundred Crownes by our welbeloued sonne Iohn Turnabon to the ende that by suche succour of liuing thou mightest more easyly support and accomplysh thy labours and workes Youen at Rome at Saint Peters vnder the Seale of the Fisher The .xvj. of August 1487. The third yere of our Pontificalitie Innocent the eight Pope to his vvelbeloued sonne Laurentius de Medicis VVElbeloued sonne health and Apostolicall benediction We giue thanckes vnto thy deuotion for that through the same our welbeloued sonne Angelus Politianus a man very learned and expert hath sent vs a booke translated out of Greke into Latin the which he dedicated vnto our name the which not onely by our owne iudgement but also by the iudgement of other wyse men vnto whome we haue shewed it is greately commended It shall be of vs as appertayneth greatly estemed and honoured and shall bée an ornament in our Librarie the whiche shall bée a Testimonye of his Vertue and Learning wée exhort thée aboue all things to prouoke and moue the same Angelus by thy authoritie to make and compose like workes which shall bring forth vnto him vulgar estimation and vnto vs no small delectation who for so honest labours partly by benefits partly by other things will cause that worthy thanks reward shalbe employed and giuen vnto him And now in token therof we haue appointed to be sent vnto hym by oure welbeloued sonne Iohn Turnabon .ij. C. Crownes to the ende that this booke shold not remayne without recompense Youen at Rome at Saint Peters c. Angelus Politianus to Innocent the .viij. Pope rendreth Salutaion I Knowe not in what sort to render thée thanks most holy Father Innocent Soueraigne Bishop which hast with so great prayses and ample liberalitie rewarded our small labours which thing I consider and interpret to haue ben so done for this cause to wit that it hath pleased thy holynesse and blessednesse by this meanes to erecte and stirre vp the myndes of learned men whiche of long tyme haue lien still and as it were slombred when they vnderstand to be in such a worthy Bishop of this time suche and so great humanitie and liberalitie that now euen the basest and least in order remayne not only praysed and honored but also liberally recompenced Certainly these prayses togither with the presēt and vnloked for benefits on me bestowed haue added vnto me as it were spurs and pricks and haue charged me with a great carefulnesse so to kepe and behaue my selfe that at no time or by no cause I be found to be vnworthy of this thy liberalitie and fauour wherevpon I will take care and will so enforce my selfe that this our tender territorie to the tillage whereof thy magnificence hath now giuen such and so great succoure shal bring forth hereafter new reuenues to thy sacred Maiestie Valeat tua sanctitas Florentiae c. A certayne man writeth to a Bokebynder of Paris VVOrshipfull Syr assured I am that if I should commend me an hundreth thousand times vnto you yet shold I doe lesse than nothing if it pleased you not to accompt me for one of those that wish you well therefore I pray you commend me vnto you certifying you that synce my departure I haue written sufficient matter vnto you according to my rudenesse whereunto you haue made me no aunswere Howbeit I maruell not thereat considering that you haue ben so busyed about the vrgent affaires of the king that you haue had no leysure to attend thereunto wherefore you are worthely to be excused And though it be so that I am transported into a farre cuntry to execute needfull things yet is it not to be supposed that true loue shold decay through the visible seperatiō made betwene two frendes whereof you are the one and I the other at the least I am yours and beleue that you are myne And therefore as myne I haue not nor wil not deferre to write vnto you trusting and being assured that through the receiuing of my Letters I shall cause you to be more ioyfull and to haue me in remembrance Doing you also thereby to vnderstand that if it would so please you I would gladly haue certaine little bookes whereof I spake vnto you dispatched from the bynding hansomely and fynely as you know wel how to doe them yea farre better than it is possible to expresse or write vnto you Of a thing well done the praise remayneth to the Author and doer thereof wherein I know you shall be partaker for that you worke so perfectly that no man will nor can fynde fault therewith Moreouer if there be any thing in these partes wherin I may plesure you doe but commaūd it and I will obey according to the possibilitie of your sayd frend not

giuing generall commission and charge of businesse or affayres THere is yet another fort of letters whereby we giue commission or charge of certayne businesse generally or particularly and such letters must contayne foure partes First to purchase his beneuolence saying that for the loyaltie that is in him and also the confidence that we haue of his person and that for the loue of vs he wil entreat our businesse euen as his owne therefore haue we deliberated to commit our busynesse vnto him Secondly to declare what businesse and with what persons and how he hath to doe Thirdly to expresse the authoritie that we minde to giue him ouer our busynesse with all other clauses necessary to the expedicion or execucion of the same businesse Fourthly to promise to take in good parte whatsoeuer to him shalbe done c. The Example wherein Cicero committeth to Scipio his authoritie ouer all his businesse in Rome I Know not any thing so weighty or so di●●icill my more than dere frend Scipio yea though death it selfe should follow that for you I would not most willingly doe For so willeth the loue beneuolence that inwardly ioyneth and vniteth vs together and I doe stedfastly beleue that you wil do the like for me whensoeuer I néede Secondly the cause that moueth me to write thus vnto you is y e I haue much businesse to dispatch at Rome where personally for my other affayres I can not be assistant therefore it behoueth me to haue some frende resydent there for me that may take the charge of my affayres Thirdly and although that I could commit them to dyuers other my frendes yet notwithstanding I am affrayde in so doing that I should to much offende you and should séeme that I would wholly separate my selfe from you if I shold not commit my causes and affaires vnto you and lykewise if you desist from giuing me commission of yours our naturall and mutuall loue might be diminished Which case to auoyde I now sende you playne and especiall procuration in my vrgent and nedefull businesse hauing stedfast confidence in you that nothing shall perish through negligence And especially concerning the cause and pursuyte betwene me and such a one wherof I pray you procure spéedy expedition as knowing well the great wrong of the aduerse partie my good right which hath great néede of ayde and succour Fourthly I besech you againe to haue my affaires in remembrance whereof I giue you the charge and playne commission irreuocable all which things I would haue you to do and procure euen as though I my selfe were personally present and whatsoeuer you shall doe I promise to be content withall vnder obligation and bond of all my goods according as more plainly is conteined in the procuration or Letter of attorney which I sende you here withall And thus fynish I my letter praying c. How to write letters giuing particular Commission for some affayres OFtentimes yt happeneth that we commit and giue charge of some particular busynesse and such letters must be diuided into foure parts euen as the other before written Howbeit in the second part we must expresse one or moe businesse and affayres by order in euery article the things that we would haue dispatched being particularly shewed plainly and manifestly The Example wherein Appius constituteth Cicero his receyuer in Sicilia THe perfectnesse of fidelitie that I haue in you my loyall friende Tully and the which you vse towardes all your frendes as I haue alwayes perfectly perceyued it doeth giue me no small hope together the loue and beneuolence wherwith we are vnyted that your wysedome and liberall humanytie taketh great pleasure to employ it selfe aboute my busynesse if I commit any vnto you Secondly and to the ende that I giue you to vnderstand what businesse I intend that you doe for me at this present you shall know and vnderstand that in your prouince I haue hadde to doe for the Senate of Rome and that great summes of money remayne due vnto me by dyuers of my creaditours thereaboutes And seing that I am at this poynt assured of the good will that you beare vnto mée I haue thought good to constitute you my procurour or attourney to receyue of such a one so much and of such a one so much c. Whereof I sende you the cedules and obligations Thirdly and if any of them or any other wyll resyst you and refuse or delay the payment I gyue you power and aucthoritie to constrayne them by all wayes of Iustice euen as I might my selfe if I were there personally present Fourthly whatsoeuer you shall doe for me I promise you to be content therewithall bynd me by the procuration which I sēd you by this bearer with y e billes writings seruing to that effect I commit the whole vnto you certefiyng you that in me you haue a frend prest and ready to do whatsoeuer you shall commaunde him From Rome the. c. How to write certaine myxed Letters YEt is there another sorte of Letters conteyning entermixed matters whiche are to be deuided into two parts onely First to declare the most necessary businesse Neuerthelesse we must always begin with some honest preamble lyke as if we write to our frende saying though we bee occupied and busyed with many affayres yet we intend to visit him with our letters Secondly to declare particularly and plainly our intent And if peraduēture it behoue vs to aunswere letters receiued from our frende in such a case for the preamble we shall say that we haue receiued his letters the which were very comfortable vnto vs and that we intend orderly to giue aunswere in the ende whereof we may wryte that which we will besyde offering as in the other before c. The Example wherein Cicero writeth to Curio concerning his businesse I Haue by this bearer receued your letters my singular frende Curio wherby I greatly reioyced whē I vnderstoode the good health prosperitie that is with you and yours yet notwithstanding I was something sory when I sawe my selfe accused of negligence for that I haue not written vnto you so often as you desired as I ought to haue done And certainly I cōfesse that I am greatly to be blamed for in deede I was not very much busyed and am very glad that I know that my letters do so greatly comfort you promising you that from henceforth there shal passe no messāger but I will visit you with my writings and will neuer thinke it any labour to write vnto you so long as I may pleasure you Secondly you write vnto me that I should certifie you of your busynesse in what state they are I assure you that day and night I go about to dispatch them but the craftinesse of your aduersaries is so great that I am forced to deferre attending the good houre to breake and frustrate their malyce the which notwithstanding I beseche God to mayntaine you in your honour and dignitie And