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harangue_n but_o how_o shall_v we_o order_n '_o they_o if_o there_o be_v no_o exception_n against_o the_o matter_n nor_o the_o oration_n expose_v the_o proposition_n present_o at_o the_o beginning_n then_o request_n attention_n and_o benevolent_a audience_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o exception_n we_o be_v to_o anticipate_v the_o auditory_a bring_v first_o our_o apology_n and_o excuse_n as_o brief_o as_o we_o can_v and_o request_v the_o favour_n of_o the_o hearer_n chap._n xxxi_o of_o narration_n after_o all_o this_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n that_o either_o we_o relate_v or_o call_v to_o mind_n past_o transaction_n or_o that_o we_o declare_v present_a action_n or_o that_o we_o foretell_v such_o as_o be_v to_o come_v to_o pass_v hereafter_o if_o then_o we_o be_v to_o repeat_v the_o transction_n of_o a_o embassy_n it_o will_v behoove_v we_o to_o relate_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v say_v perspicuous_o that_o first_o the_o grandeur_n of_o the_o oration_n may_v appear_v for_o this_o 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refutation_n where_o he_o intend_v to_o handle_v other_o thing_n that_o be_v intermix_v must_v promise_v in_o the_o progress_n of_o his_o oration_n to_o make_v they_o out_o to_o be_v true_a pretend_v first_o to_o make_v out_o other_o thing_n more_o difficult_a which_o be_v do_v there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o they_o will_v believe_v the_o rest_n which_o be_v the_o way_n to_o cure_v the_o incredulity_n of_o the_o hearer_n chap._n xxxii_o a_o no_o w_n we_o shall_v order_v these_o narration_n manifestation_n and_o prediction_n after_o a_o threefold_a manner_n for_o if_o the_o action_n of_o which_o we_o discourse_v be_v few_o and_o notorious_a to_o the_o hearer_n we_o must_v join_v the_o relation_n to_o the_o exordium_n lest_o that_o part_n be_v place_v separately_z shall_v seem_v too_o short_a but_o when_o the_o affair_n be_v very_o many_o and_o unknown_a it_o be_v requesite_a that_o relation_n be_v join_v to_o every_o one_o and_o that_o we_o make_v they_o out_o to_o be_v just_a 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but_o when_o we_o design_v to_o extol_v any_o affection_n or_o thing_n any_o oration_n or_o estate_n we_o praise_v what_o be_v most_o worthy_a commendation_n in_o they_o from_o the_o stock_n we_o derive_v our_o encomium_n thus_o if_o his_o progenitor_n be_v famous_a we_o be_v to_o enumerate_v every_o one_o from_o the_o first_o of_o the_o race_n to_o the_o person_n live_v and_o of_o every_o one_o make_v some_o remarkable_a observation_n if_o the_o first_o be_v person_n of_o industry_n and_o man_n of_o renown_n and_o that_o the_o rest_n be_v person_n never_o note_v for_o any_o worthy_a act_n we_o be_v to_o extol_v the_o first_o and_o pass_v by_o the_o rest_n pretend_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a number_n of_o his_o ancestor_n thou_o will_v not_o be_v tedious_a in_o ennumerate_v the_o whole_a line_n beside_o that_o it_o can_v be_v unknown_a to_o all_o man_n that_o they_o who_o be_v bear_v of_o generous_a parent_n general_o tread_v the_o footstep_n of_o their_o forefather_n 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