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A10647	A booke called the Foundacion of rhetorike because all other partes of rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde: made by Richard Rainolde Maister of Arte, of the Uniuersitie of Cambridge. 1563.; Foundacion of rhetorike	Rainolde, Richard, d. 1606.	1563 (1563)	STC 20925A.5; ESTC S104585	88,800	132

can not take place to help thē Soche as do folowe the life of the Greshopper are worthie of their miserie who haue no witte to foresée seasons and tymes but doe suffer tyme vndescretly to passe whiche fadeth as a floure thold Romaines do picture Ianus with two faces a face behind an other before which resemble a wiseman who alwaies ought to knowe thinges paste thynges presente and also to be experte by the experience of many ages and tymes and knowledge of thynges to come ¶ The comparison betwene the twoo thynges WHat can be more descritlie doen then the Ante to be so prouident and politike as that all daunger of life necessitie is excluded the stormie times of Winter ceaseth of might honger battereth not his walles hauyng soche plentie of foode for vnlooked bitter stormes and seasons happeneth in life whiche when thei happen neither wisedō nor pollicie is not able to kepe backe Wisedome therefore it is so to stande that these thynges hurte not the miserable ende of the Greshopper sheweth vnto vs whiche maie be an example to all menne of what degree so euer thei bee to flie slothe and idelnesse to be wise and discrite ¶ Of contraries AS diligence prouidence and discrete life is a singulare gift whiche increaseth all vertues a pillar staie and a foundacion of all artes and science of common wealthes and kyngdomes So contrarily sloth and sluggishnesse in all states and causes defaseth destroyeth and pulleth doune all vertue all science and godlines For by it the mightie kyngdome of the Lidiās was destroied as it semeth no small vice when the Lawes of Drac● dooe punishe with death idelnesse ¶ The ende THerefore the diligence of the Ante in this Fable not onelie is moche to be commended but also her example is to bee followed in life Therefore the wiseman doeth admonishe vs to go vnto the Ant and learne prouidence and also by the Greshopper lette vs learne to auoide idelnes lesse the like miserie and calamitie fall vpon vs. ¶ Narratio THis place followyng is placed of Tullie after the exordium or beginnyng of Oracion as the seconde parte whiche parte of Rhetorike is as it were the light of all the Oracion folowing conteining the cause matter persone tyme with all breuitie bothe of wordes and inuencion of matter ¶ A Narracion A Narracion is an exposicion orderlaracion of any thyng dooen in deede or els a settyng forthe forged of any thyng but so declaimed and declared as though it were doen. A narracion is of three sortes either it is a narracion historicall of any thyng contained in any aunciente storie or true Chronicle Or Poeticall whiche is a exposicion fained set for the by inuencion of Poetes or other Or ciuill otherwise called Iudiciall whiche is a matter of controuersie in iudgement to be dooen or not dooen well or euill In euery Narracion ye must obserue sixe notes 1. Firste the persone or doer of the thing whereof you intreate 2. The facte doen. 3. The place wherein it was doen. 4. The tyme in the whiche it was doen. 5. The maner must be shewed how it was doen. 6. The cause wherevpon it was doen. There be in this Narracion iiij other properties belōging 1. First it must be plain and euident to the hearer not obscure 2. short and in as fewe wordes as it maie be for soche a matter 3. Probable as not vnlike to be true 4. In wordes fine and elegante ¶ A narracion historicall vpon Semiramis Queene of Babilon how and after what sort the obtained the gouernment thereof AFter the death of Ninus somtime kyng of Babilon his soonne Nuius also by name was left to succede hym in all the Assirian Monarchie Semiramis wife to Ninus the firste feared the tender age of her sonne wherupon she thought that those mightie nacions and kyngdomes would not obaie so young and weake a Prince Wherfore she kept her sonne from the gouernmente and moste of all she feared that thei would not obaie a woman forthwith she fained her self to be the soonne of Ninus and bicause she would not be knowen to bee a woman this Quene inuented a newe kinde of tire the whiche all the Babilonians that were men vsed by her commaundement By this straunge disguised tire and apparell she not knowen to bee a woman ruled as a man for the space of twoo and fourtie yeres she did marueilous actes for she enlarged the mightie kyngdome of Babilon and builded the same citée Many other regions subdued and vallauntlie ouerthrowen she entered India to the whiche neuer Prince came sauing Alexander the greate she pa●●ed not onely men in vertue counsaill and valiaunt stomacke but also the famous counsailours of Assiria might not contende with her in Maiestie pollicie and roialnes For at what tyme as thei knewe her a woman thei enuied not her state but marueiled at her wisedome pollicie and moderacion of life at the laste she desiryng the vnnaturall lust and loue of her soonne Ninus was murthered of hym ¶ A narracion historicall vpon kyng Richard the third the cruell tiraunt ▪ RIchard duke of Glocester after the death of Edward the fowerth his brother king of England vsurped the croune moste traiterou●●●e and wickedlie this kyng Richard was s●●ll of stature deformed and ill shaped his shoulders beared not equalitie a pulyng face yet of countenaunce and looke cruell malicious deceiptfull bityng and chawing his nether lippe of minde vnquiet pregnaunt of witte quicke and liuely a worde and a blowe wilie deceiptfull proude arrogant in life and cogitacion bloodie The fowerth daie of Iulie he entered the tower of London with Anne his wife doughter to Richard Exle of Warwick and there in created Edward his onely soonne a child of ten yeres of age Prince of Wales At the same tyme in the same place he created many noble peres to high prefermente of honour and estate and immediatly with feare and faint harte bothe in himself and his nobles and commons was created king alwaies a vnfortunate and vnluckie creacion the harts of the nobles and commons thereto lackyng or faintyng and no maruaile he was a cruell murtherer a wretched caitiffe a moste tragicall tyraunt and blood succour bothe of his nephewes and brother George Duke of Clarence whom he caused to bee drouned in a Butte of 〈…〉 the staires sodainlie remoued wheron he stepped the death of the lorde Riuers with many other nobles compassed and wrought at the young Princes commyng out of Wales the .xix. daie of Iuly in the yere of our lorde 1483. openly he toke vpon him to be king who sekyng hastely to clime fell according to his desart sodainly and ingloriously whose Embassage for peace Lewes the Frenche king for his miseheuous boodie slaughter so moche abhorred that he would neither see the Embassador nor heare the Embassage for he murthered his .ij. nephues by the handes of one Iames Tirrell

there bee then in a vnitée of life the housebande to liue with his wife The beastes in their kinde doe condemne mannes brutishe affections herein there is no facte that sheweth a man or woman more like to beastes then whoredome ¶ The obieccion But you will saie many calamitées happeneth in mariage ¶ The solucion Fortunne herein is to bee blamed and not mariage if any misfortune happeneth to manne therein the felicitée and quiet state that any man enioieth thereby The discrete eleccion is therein approued in the state itself nothyng can bee founde worthie reprehension if a man will impute the bitter stormes of life to mariage whatseouer happeneth our owne reason maie iudge contrary Place before thy iyes all the affaires and occupacions of this life bee all tymes pleasaunte to the housebande man many a colde storme perceth his bodie and many a mightie tempeste dooeth moiest hym and greue hym Sommer is not the tyme to caste his seede in the grounde or implowyng to occupie hymself shall he therfore leaue his housebandrie or doeth he rather neclecte it his diligence therein is the more and labour more industrious From whence commeth the tempeste the stormes and bitter seasons From his house from his wife from his art and occupacion all those thynges by violence are expelled from the aire No state of life is able to giue riches healthe or securitée to his state There hath been princes and Emperours nedie full of infirmitées and sickenes in daungerous state oppressed with many calamitées was their dignitie and office the cause of their calamitées No God tempreth the state of euery one how and after what sorte to possesse the same Some are fulle fortunate in Mariage if Mariage were of necessitée the cause then all should be onely fortunate or onely vnfortunate then in mariage is not the cause if in marige the maners doe disagrée and loue is extinguished blame thyn own maners thy choise and thy eleccion The Mariner that passeth the daungerous Seas and by dreadfull tempestes and huffyng waues is alwaies in perille and many often tymes drouned The Marchaunt lesyng his marchaundise by shipwrack shall thei impute the daunger and losse to their wife at home Or doe the Mariners leaue for all these tempestes their arte of Nauigacion Or the owner breake his shippe Or the Marchaunt proue no aduentures because of his losse and many haue been of this sort drouned No. But more earnestlie thei dooe assaie theim selues thereto Because warre spoileth many a man of his life doe Princes therefore leaue to moue armour againste the enemie but because who so in the defence of his countrée dieth manfullie is worthelie aduaunced and in perpetuall memorie no daunger is refused because euill thynges happeneth in life is the state of good thynges to be auoided and eschued Were it not vnsemelie if housebande men for no storme or tempeste doe leaue their state their laborious and rough cōdition of life nor the shipman his arte of Nauigacion because he seeth many drouned venteryng thesame and he hymself often tymes in daunger nor the soldiour or capitain their perilous condicion of life doe leaue for daunger Should Mariage bée lesse sette by because alwaies riches and quietnes happeneth not ¶ The obieccion The losse of a good wife and children is a greate grefe to any man and a cause to blame mariage ¶ The aunswere You your self are borne to dye thei also by death obaye likewise Nature this is the Lawe of Nature ones to dye whiche you seeme to blame Thou the death of thy wife and childrē is not the blame in Mariage What is the cause that you dye Natures imbecillitie and weakenes then in theim Mariage is not the cause Nature in her firste molde hath so framed all wherefore doe you ascribe that to mariage that is founde faultée in Nature Thei die that marie not what infirmitie daunger or peril happeneth to any in mariage as sharpe and perilous doe molest and torment the other If any manne by death leaseth aright honeste wife clothed with all chastites demurenesse sobrietée and also with all singularitée of vertue adorned he hath losse a rare treasure a iewell of price not in all to bee sounde Did you loue your wife that was so goodlie so honeste and vertuous there was greate cause saie you for her vertuous sake God hath chosen her frō a mortall creature to immortalitée with her it can not bee better There is no cause why you should blame mariage for the losse of her or of thy children or for the losse of thee she to blame mariage If for thy owne sake this sorowe bee Estseipsum amantis non amici it is then of a self loue to thy self not for her cause for I muste aunswere as Lelius did to A●●ricanus Cumea optime esseactū quis neget quid est quod no assecuta est immortalitatem Who can deny saieth he but that with her it can not bee better What is it that she hath not attained Immortalitée She was vertuous chaiste sober descrete of behauiour womanlie for her vertues beloued Well now she hath immortalitée and blesse are you sorie thereat that were enuious Did you loue her liuyng loue her also departed her vertuous shewed vnto vs her immortalitee ¶ The obieccion There is a care for the wife and children if the housband dye before theim ¶ The aunswere If thou leaue them riches hope not that thy riches shal be a staie to theim though thei bee innumerable a wretched a miserable executour wasteth and destroieth oftentymes the fruictes of thy trauaile who reioyseth more of thy death then of thy life Or thy childrens father in Lawe shall spoile and spende with a merie harte that whiche thou haste long t●rauailed for Staie thy self and thyne vpon Gods prouidence for it hath been seen many a riche widowe with infinite treasure lefte to her children also like porcions descendyng afterwarde bothe wife and children haue been brought to miserie and beggerlie state Otherwise poore children committed to the prouidence of God and vertuouslie brought vp and the wife in like state yet thei haue so passed their daies that thei haue rose to a goodlie state See that thy richesse bée not iniuriouslie gotten by falshode by liyng by Vsurie if it so be then Male parta male dilabuntur That is this gooddes euill gotte euill spente soche riches neuer giue déepe roote to their ofspryng That is an euill care by a iniurious care to purchase thynges and gooddes wickedlie Also mariage taketh awaie widowhed and doeth repare with a newe freshe mariage the lacke and priuacion of the other She that was by death left a widowe mariage again hath coupled her to a newe housbande and doeth restore that whiche death tooke awaie That that death dissolueth and destroieth mariage increaseth augmēteth and multiplieth Bee it so but mariage is a painfull life it forceth euery one to trauaile to vpholde and

Democratia The thiefe The murtherer Houses Families Tounes Citees Obedience of Lawes did stablishe the mightie monarchies The life of the Magistrate a lawe The Epistle of Theodosiu●s Emperor of Rome Princes Lawe Theiues and all iniurious persones Demosthenes in Aristogiton The force of lawes wicked men burdeins of the yearth Maimed soldiours muste be prouided for The saiyng of a shuld our to Alexander the greate The drūkard The proude persone The prodigal The coueites is The robber The adulterer The hariot The homicide Thefte horrible amōg the Scitheans A sentence agenst thefte Horrible vices Vserers The sentence of Cato against vsurers Vsure is ●●●ther The sentence of Cato a discomfort 〈…〉 Vsure a dangerous gaue Princes and magistrates be as Gods on the earth The 〈◊〉 ▪ The Theue The Adulteror Whey the pictures of magistrates bee picturid with oute handes Princes and magistrates graue ●●●stante Lawes giue equitee to all states What briueth y e magistrate to horrible sentence against wicked persons Magistrate Subiect The begynnyng of vice is to be cutaf Wherein the praise of a citie consisteth The praise of London Brutus builded Londō in the. ● yeare of his raine Fraunce and Scotlande vpholdid by y e gouernors of this lande Cambridge Oxforde Obliuion Who liue in all ages Good fame chieflie routeth after death Tuilie Demostheues Iulius Cesar Ocrauius Augustus Vespasianus Theodosius Traianus Adrranus Good man good magistrate boothe a good man and a good magistrate The saiynge of the Philosophers Obliuion Cadmus Amphion Hercules Nobility rose by vertue Cesar Scipio Catilina Marcus Antonius Commodus Seuerus Marcus Antonius Caracalla Aiax Vlisses Nobilitee A beginnyng of nobilitee Galerius a Shepherds sonne Emperor of Rome Probus a Gardeiners sonne Emperour The dutie of good gouernors Nowe a kingdome riseth to all felicitie Couetousnes a great euill Beotia Thebes A valiant capitain to his countrie a pillar to his ●●●mie a occasiō to dexteritie Hector Achilles Numa Pompeius Adrianus Vertue Vice what is vertue Rome Carthage Destruction of Rome to ashes in tune Agrippina Seneca schol maister to Nero. The dreame of Agrippina mother to Nero in his concepcion Nero a viper Pontus Colchis Cappadocia Armenia Nero vnworthie to be chronicled Seneca ▪ The shamful life of Nero. Galba Caius Iulius The death of Nero. Nero. Caligula Domitianus Antoninus Plato Aristotle Tullie Thusidides The enuious manne The ignoraunte Darius Philip. Demostheues Antipater Demosthenes Archias Marcus Antonius Tullie Eidolopoeia Lucius Brutus Catiline Kyngdomes Okes. Cedars Fortune hath no staie Hector Priamus The armie of Xerxes Xerxes a cowarde Xerxes laste in battaile and first to runne awaie The pride of Xerxes Themistocles The saiyng of Vespasianus A sentence comfortable to al princes Kyngdomes continue by mariage and cōmon welth The dignitee of man sheweth the worthines of mariage Godlie procreacion A similitude The libertie in mariage A brutishe societie with harlottes Ehastitee in mariage The loue of a harlotte Hercules Omphala The harlottes lesson to her louers The life of the Amazones Thalestris The offer of a woman to Alexander The answer of Alexander to the offer The facte of the matrones of Rome Papirius The Oraciō of a matrone to the Senatours Eleccion in Mariage Emperours Mariage The Mariners The Marchauntes warre The lawe of Nature A chaste woman A wretched executour Gods prouidence Death Mariage The mariage of a chaste woman The choise of a wife Lawe The moste rigorous and moste cruell lawe of Solō Adulterie a horrible vice Plato againste adultrie made a lawe Catos sentence vpon adulterie Lawe The Iudge a liuely lawe A godly law The good manne Lawe Vice as a lawe by custome Adulterie The lawe vniuersall and equall to all menne Thefte The Iudge liuely lawe The will of a tyraunte his owne lawe Lawes were made for two causes The state of good lawes