shall fright Lions The Crows shall fly through the Air whiter then Snow Swans shall be as black as pitch Oxen shall cut the Aire with their wings Marbles shall be softer then Wax The Chickens shall prey upon the Kite and Geese upon the Fox The Hare shall chase the Hound and the Dove the Hawk sooner then Fortune shall become constant Confirmatio à perpetuitate veritatis ubi obiter variantur Perpetuò Semper Whilst Sun and Stars shall run their course While Stars shall embellish Heaven and Flowers the Earth Whilst Neptune's arms shall embrace the earth Whilst Cynthia shall renew her Horns Whilst Lucifer foretells th' approaching Morn Whilst Arctos shuns the Sea Whilst Mountains give their shades Whilst Streams their tribute to the Ocean pay Whilst Day hath Light and Night succeeds the Day Whilst the Summer follows the Spring and Autumn succeeds the Summer Whilst the Sun casts light or the Earth shadows Whilst the Land bounds the Sea and Aire the Land Whilst the Rivers carrie Waters or those waters Fishes Whilst the Earth hath Trees Whilst the Bore loves the tops of Mountains Whilst Bees love thy me and Bears honey ever will Fortune be inconstant Till time and memory shall be no more Till time shall have no plumes Till time shall be as bald before as he is behind Till time shall be swallowed up by Eternity Till Lachesis have no more thread to draw †Those Proverbiâ—l speeches which stand for Never may by prefixing Till or Vntil stand for Ever as appear by these Examples Till the Woolfe shall marry the Sheep Till the Sun shall change his Course Till the Sun shall rise in the West Till day shall want his light Till Time that gives all things their end shall have it self an End To the last Syllable of recorded Time Never will Fortune be inconstant I will not trouble you nor my self any longer with so sad and so unwelcome a Subject and therefore though Fortune can never rest yet I here will Sentence V. Labour bringeth forth Glory Synonymia simplex Heterosis Activi Passivo GLory is brought forth by Labour Labour breeds Glory Glory is bred by Labour Labour begets Glory Glory is begot by Labour Labour engenders Glory Glory is engendred by Labour Labour brings Glory Glory is brought by Labour Labour sends Glory into the World Glory is sent into the World by Labour Industry brings forth Glory Glory is brought forth by Industry Study begets Fame Fame is begot by study Painfulness breeds honour Honour is bred by painfulness Vigilancy brings esteem Esteem is brought by vigilancy Care engenders reputation Reputation is engendered by Care Diligence brings praise Amplificatio Metaphorica ex relatis Heterôsis Verbi cum Nomine Heterôsis seu Mutatio Affirm Negat Praise is brought by diligence Labour is parent to glory Glory is the child to labour Labour is the father to Hâ—nour Honour is the son to Labour Industry is the mother to Glory Glory is the daughter to Industry There is nothing brings forth Glory more then Labour There is not any thing that bringeth forth Glory more then Labour Erotâ—sis seu Interrogatio Nothing brings forth Glory but Labour What brings forth Glory Labour What bringeth forth Glory but Labour What bringeth forth Glory if not Labour What doth not Labour bring forth Glory What more brings forth Glory then Labour What can more bring forth Glory then Labour Can any thing bring forth Glory more then Labour How should any thing bring forth Glory more then Labour Is there any thing so bringeth forth Glory as Labour Hath the wide World any thing that bringeth forth Glory more then Labour In what dark and blind corner lyeth that thing that bringeth forth Glory more then Labour What from East to West so bringeth forth Glory as Labour In what secret and unknown region lieth that thing that bringth forth Glory more then Labour What is that at last which bringeth forth Glory like Labour Where shall we find that thing that bringeth forth Glory more then Labour What new found Land doth contain that thing which bringeth forth Glory as Labour is wont What new America not yet discovered hath any thing that bringeth forth Glory more then Labour What unknown Land amongst the Antipodes contains a thing that brings forth Glory more then Labour Ecphonesis seu O the great O the strange Exclamatio O the wonderful O the incredible O the unspeakable O the inexpressible O the inconceivable O the singular Glory that labour brings forth O the innumerable O the infinite Honours that come from Labours Admiratio cum Isodynamia periphrastica Good God! how Labour brings forth Glory Good gods how Labour makes a way to Glory Immortal God! how Labour prepares a way to Glory Immortal gods how Labour paves a way to Glory Good lack how is Labour the high way to Glory O! how doth Labour lay the foundation to Glory O! how true is that old saying Labour is the Foundation of Glory O yee Gods above how doth Labour digg the foundation of Glory Oh ye Gods and Goddesses how doth Labour cast the foundation of Glory Adjuratio Let me not live Let me die Let me not enjoy my health Let me perish miserably If I do not believ it most true that without Labour there is no Glory So let the Muses love me So may the Gods favour me So may the Heavens be propitious to me So may I ever be master of my desire As I think it most true that Labour is the fountain and spring of Glory Commiseratio Alass what Glory could there be if Labour did not produce it Ah! what folly is it to expect Glory without Labour since Glory owes her original to Labour Woe is me how it irketh me to see their ignorance that do not know that Labour is the Authour of Glory Addubitatio I do much doubt whether there be any thing that more procureth Glory then Labour I am not certain whether there be any thing in the World that advanceth Glory as Labour doth It is a thing to me not free from all controversy whether Glory come from any thing but Labour I know not well by what we attain Glory more then by Labour It is a very great question to me whether there be any thing that more excites Glory then Labour Abominatio Fie upon his intolerable blindness that doth not see that Labour layes the first stone in the edifice of Glory Out upon his gross ignorance that doth not know that Labour is the cause of Glory O shame can any be ignorant of this that Glory naturally flowes from Labour Collatio ad simile As the many-colour'd flowers spring from the ground so doth Glory from Labour As you see the light beaning out from the Sun so doth Glory issue forth from Labour Have you not seen a stream deriving it self from the Fountain even so
doth Glory proceed from Labour Like as the Rivers flow from the Sea so doth Glory arise from Labour As I have seen the industrious Bees bring forth Honey so Labour brings forth Glory As the fragrant Smel comes from the Flowers so Glory comes from Labour As the Tree bringeth forth fruit so doth Labour bring forth Glory As the flame ascends from the Fire so doth Glory shine forth out of Labour Collatio ad contrarium As Idleness bringeth forth infamy and contempt so Labour bringeth forth Honour and Glory Metaphora Allegoria Glory is a Stream from Labour's Fountain Glory is a Flower out of Labour's Garden Glory is a River of Labour's Ocean Glory is a blossome of Labour's Tree Glory is a flame from Labour's Fire Distributio partium The Liberal Sciences by their Study and Watching profess that all their Glory proceeds from Labour and the Mechanical by their publick and continual toyling seem openly to proclaim that they expect little Glory without Labour Grammatica Grammar hath called all her Jury of Parts of Speech under Examination and they all with one consent give in this Verdict that They that decline Labour can in no wise attain to Glory Rhetorica Rhetorick presently cites her Demosthenes for an Example who though at first he could not pronounce the first letter of her Name yet afterwards by his Labour came to a wonderful height of Glory Logica Logick tells us No man will deny it but he that is so absurd to deny conclusions Musica Musick harps upon no other string but the truth of this Sentence Arithmetica Arithmetick esteems it as true as her Golden-Rule Geometry holds it as true as any Geometria of Euclides propositions and is ready to Demonstrate it by a Diagramme Astronomia Astronomy is so convinced of the evidence of this truth that she complains the brightness of it out-shines her Stars Collectio Illatio sive à Majore Now since this is the speech of the Liberal Sciences certainly the Mechanical were if they were permitted to speak would not contradict them Asteismus He that can count the Stars of the Skie or the Sands on the Lybian shore let him go count the Honours and Glory which Labour doth bring forth Obiter variatur Multi The Honours that proceed from Collatio ad minus Labour are more then the Sands of the Sea Stars of the Skie Hairs Auxesis Hyperbolica of the Head Drops of Rain Pellets of Hail Flakes of Snow Drops of Dew Leaves of Trees Boughs of Forrests Blades of Grass Ears of Corn Birds of the Air Fishes of the Sea Flowers of the Spring Apples of Autumn Summer's Flies Summer's Ants Motes in the Sun Bees in Hybla Billows of the Carpathian Sea c. Collatio ad minus To bring forth Glory and not by Labour would be a greater work then the twelve Labours of Hercules Admiratio O what a strange sight would it be to see Glory and not brought forth by Labour Confirmatio Amplificatio per praefationem Hyperbolicam formas generales Who can express What tongue can express No words can express Who can count No Tongue can count No Arithmetick can number the infinite Honours that come from Labour Auxesis I am not able to express No Eloquence is able to express It is not to tell It is wonderfull to tell It is not to be believed It is beyond belief It transcends a strong belief how much Labour gives occasion for Glory It is not to think No man can in mind conceive You can scarce believe how much Labour gives occasion for Glory Even to a Proverb It hath the place of a Proverb It is instead of a Proverb It is become a Proverb It hath obtained the force of a Proverb It hath crept into the number of Proverbs It is an Adage of a received authority It is a saying as true as old Labour bringeth forth Glory Amplificatio Confirmatio per Asserverationem I will never again believe mine own nor the judgment of all the Ancient if Glory can be obtained but by Labour If Glory doth not arise from Labour I know not from whence it doth Cave credas Never believe but that Glory is the companion of Labour It is a Truth approved by the consent of all men It is a Truth manifest even to blind men It is a thing so plain as nothing can be plainer so certain as nothing can be more certain Paradiastole Metaphora It is a Truth so apparent and evident that it seems writ not with Ink but with the Beams of the Sun It is a matter out of question and needs no dispute It is a Truth approved of by the Judgment and Testimony of the whole World It is as true as either Jove's or Apollo's Oracle It is as true as the Ammonian Dodonean or Delphick Oracle Apollo never answered truer from his tripos than that where Labour goes before Glory is not far behind It is a Truth that requires not many words or a long Oration to confirm it It appears more clearly then the midday-Sun The Sun needs no other light that it may be seen nor a Trumpet to proclaim the brightness of his Beams so is it in this evident Truth He lights a Candle in the Sun-shine that goes about to explain this Truth It is a Truth than which what can be more certain what more plain Asteismus It is a Truth so out of all Controversy that he that would prove it may go tell men The Sun shines when he triumphs in his meridian-Glory Enantiôsis He must be either of great boldness or very little wit that denies Hypothesis He that seriously considers it is blind if he do not see obstinate if seeing he do not confess that Glory accompanies Labour Amplificatio per Confutationem primò per Interrogationem Who is so blind as not to see Who is so impudent that he dares deny What impudence is it not to confess Who doth not understand Who but a Mad-man would deny Who lives in such Cymmerian darkness that he doth not see and confess Who except he have his Brains in his Heels will deny Who except he have his soul instead of salt will deny Can Impudence her self so put off all shame as to deny that Labour promotes Glory Nothing is more frequent in Orators Poets Historians than None but the most impudent man in the World can deny that Glory follows Labour Asteismus Let him affirm with that doting Philosopher that Snow is black who denies It were better to deny all things than this one Allegoria He should be cudgell'd into belief and confuted with club-Arguments who denies One Democritus will not suffice to laugh at his Folly who denies Hyperbole An acre of Hellebore will not cure him that denies Give
him some Hellebore to purge his Brain that will not confess He understands little that doth not know Paradiastole He doth not speak but bray like an Ass that denies No man's Nose is so stopt but he easily smels out this that Glory is the shadow to Labours body Send him to Bedlam as a man that hath a Vertigo in his Brain who denies Collatio They are but as Sibyll's leaves whatsoever are objected against this Truth The Arguments against this Truth are lighter and vainer than the leaves of the Sibylls Metaphora They are but Ropes of sand Towers of Lamia Old-wive's Tales vain Dreams that men prattle against this Truth Metaphora There is neither crumb nor drop of sense or reason in those things that are spoken against this Truth Similitudo As one said of the Nightingal she was a Voyce Protasis and nothing else so they Apodosis are words and wind and no more that are objected against this Truth that there can scarce be Labour without Glory or Glory without Labour Paradiastole It comes not from Apollo's Tripos but the Old-Wive's Trivet whatsoever is muttered against this Truth Epitrope Let him be rich let him be noble let him be great let him be what you will fool he must needs be and fool-hardy too that dares mutter against this Truth Metaphora I could wish my self a Squinancy to stop his saucy chaps which dare bark against this Truth Hypothesis Ironica Sarcastica If he be not blind enough make him blinder that doth not see and acknowledge this palpable Truth He must either shut his eies or put them out to whom the light of this Truth doth not clearly shine He is hardened against all Truth that denies this manifest Truth Asteismus Let him go deny Principles that will not confess this Maxim that Laboâ—r ends in Glory He must have a Forehead of Brass a Brain of Lead and a Tongue of Iron that dares contradict so confessed a Truth Metonymia Adjuncti Rubb over your Forehead Impudence and dare to deny that Labour ends in Glory Confirmatio ab Exemplo Poetico Do you desire that this may yet be made more plain by an Example Hercules Consider Hercules who by his many and infinite Labours which he with much patience undertook got not only great Fame and Glory amongst men while he lived but immortal glory amongst the gods when he died being received into their number and Society Ab Exemplo Historico Cleanthes Or if you desire a more familiar Example look upon Cleanthes who when he had not where withall to pay his Teachers he drew water in the night and so earned money to give to those that taught him Philosophy on the day By which his Labour and Pains he became a most Excellent and Famous Philosopher and his very Name carries in it The Flower of Glory For the Testimonies and judgments Confirmatio à â—estimonio of ancient writers in this point I could be more then infinite Hesiod The gods have set Sweat before Virtue saith Hesiod that ancient yet true Poet. Euripides Labour is the Father of a good report saith Euripides the grave Tragedian Epicharmus He that refuseth Labour condemneth himself as unworthy of all good things for whatsoever is at all good is got by Labour as Epicharmus an ancient Authour writes Socrates Neither a woman without a man nor good hope without Labour can bring forth any profitable thing saith Socrates judged by Apollo's oracle the wisest of men Amplificatio à tropis figuris sive dictionis sive Sententiae And if you look upon the contrary à Contrario on Idleness what shall you find Plato that grave Philosopher will tell Plato you Idleness is a living death and that a man while he sleepes is no more worth then if he were dead Labour breeds no contempt Labour brings foâ—th no infamy Labour doth not end in ignominy Shame and contempt do not use Litotes Meiôsis Tapinôsis Ironia to follow Labour and industry O take heed of Labour you shall get nothing by that but loss of time and infamie Yes indeed I am in earnest am I not think you Allegoria Glorie's harvest comes from Labours tillage Metaphora Labour is the Gentleman-usher of Glory Epizeuxis Labour labour it is that Glory brings And adds more Pearls unto the Crowns of Kings Anadiplôsis By Labour's ladder glory doth ascend Ascend till heaven doth her Aspiring end Anaphora Labour breeds Glory Labour raiseth Fame Labour gives Honours Labour gives Good-name Epistrophe As corn growes none without Labour and pain So Glorie's gone without Labour and pain Symploce What Glorye 's that doth not from Labour grow What Honours that doth not from Labour flow Epanalepsis Glory comes after Labour's shade is Glory Epanodos Labour breeds Fame and Fame by Labour bred Advanceth Labour Labour crowns Fame's head Pragmat ographia periphrasis Labour is the best fruit and provision Hypotyposis Descriptio of Old age the Ornament of the Green-head the Crown of the Hoary-haire the most bitter meat in the first tast the sweetest in the last rellish the Wisedome of Young men the Praise of Old and the gods money for which they sell all good things to Mortals Parodiastole Labour doth not only prevent shame and infamy but bringeth Glory and Honour Enantiôsis Labour commends Glory by its difficulty and Glory honours Labour by its dignity Synoeceiôsis Glory is not glory which is not sweetned with the pleasure of the by-past Labour Inglorious is that glory that hath Oxymoron not a tast of sweetness even from the asperity of that Labour by which it was procured Aetiologia Labour must needs bring forth Glory because Glory is fastned to the heels of Labour Epitrope Let Labour be troublesome I confess it let it be loath some I do not deny it let it be unwelcome to humane nature I grant it yet it brings forth Fame and Glory and Immortality Climax incrementum Labour hath raised from the earth magnified amongst men advanced to the Stars placed amongst the gods Erotêsis What words What tongue What eloquence can sufficiently express the celebrity of that Glory which comes from Labour Ecphonesis O the incredible fruit and benefit of Labour which alwaies ends in Glory and Honour Epiphonêma Labour is even able to make men gods such and so great is the force of Labour Epanorthôsis Labour never bringeth forth any infamy infamy did I say nay it alwaies brings great Honour and Glory Labour brings forth Glory as appears Aposiopêsis from but I will not trouble you with such known Examples Hirmos Asyndeton Dialyton Glory Fame Honour Dignity good Name Reputation Esteem proceed from Labour Hirmos Polysyndeton So infamy and
shame and ignominy and reproach contempt and obloquie poverty and calamity proceed from Idleness Apophasis Labour brings forth Glory I do not tell you withall that it brings forth Wealth Knowledge c. Paralipsis Labour brings forth Glory to let pass her other Fruits and Benefits Pleonasmus Who have not heard with their Ears of thousands and who have not seen with their Eyes infinite numbers which by Labour have ascended to the highest top of Glory Parenthesis Labour but who knows not that brings forth Glory Many of mean Births and no Fortune's men in the Eyes of the World of no hopes or reckoning have by Labour attained to such an height of Glory Wealth Wisdome Learning and Knowledge that they have become the principal men in the Common-wealth O Labour how Apostrophe bitter is thy beginning How sweet and fruitful is thy end O Idleness how pleasant and delightful art thou in the beginning how shameful and ignominious in the end Aporia What shall I do which way shall I turn me how shall I order the course of my Oration Into what harvest shall I thrust my sicle Shall I go to the Poets There I meet with Homer Hesiod Virgil Ovid Horace Shall I betake my self to the Oratours there I meet with Demosthenes Aeschines Cicero Hortensius Caesar Crassus Brutus If I take a journey to the Historians there meet me Herodotus Thucydides Plutarch Livie Tacitus Salust If I come to the Philosophers there compasse me about Socrates plato Aristotle with innumerable swarms of divers Sects Dare I go into the Army amongst Souldiers there meet me legions Alexander Epaminondas Themistocles Caesar Pompey Cato Scipio Hannibal And all these by Labour have purchased to themselves an immortal Name and Glory Tell me ô Hercules By what Anacoenosis Communicatio steps didst thou ascend into Heaven how I pray thee didst thou become so famous and glorious though thou thy self holdest thy peace yet thy example at this day tells us loud enough that thou by thy truly Herculean labour becam'st so renowned I could call thee to witnesse O Plato thee O Aristotle thee O Socrates thee O Cleanthes but I forbear Prosopopoeia For methinks I hear Hercules himself speaking and you if you hearken attentively may enjoy the Benefit of his Speech O vertue when I stood in the Bivium and thou propoundedst one way to me Pleasure another how happy was my choyce how happy was thy eloquence which perswaded me to go this way though troublesome full of labour and encombrances since in the end I found nothing but ease and pleasure glory and delight and now am I a God whereas if I had gone the way of pleasure I had bin a stinking carkass Inversio But may some men say Doth not Riches Wealth Learning Wisdom procure glory how then doth labour only bring it forth because Riches Wealth Learning and Wisdome are Labour's daughters and Glory is the portion he gives them Anthypophora Subjectio Prolepsis Labour may some say may be some occasion of Glory in some things at some times in some men Nay Labour and Industry can never miss of Glory Amplificatio per Impossibile ubi obiter variantur Impossibile Nunquam It is Impossible It is not possible How is it possible Can it be pâ—ssible It cannot be How can it be Can it be It can by no means be but that Labour should bring forth Gloâ—y All things may sooner be than What cannot sooner be than that Glory should not come from Labour It is not to be avoided It is not to be refused Can it be avoided refused but that Labour will end in Glory It must needs be It cannot but be How should it otherwise be but that Honor doth arise from Labour Paraemia 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 Gnat milk The Crabs shall go forward The Nightingale shall cease to Sing when Labour is not the forerunner of Glory The Owle shall sing like the Nightingale The Heavens 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 when Labour misseth of Glory 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 Past moments shall be recalled The Meadows 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 when Glory doth not tread on the heels of Labour 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 Summer shall give Snow Does shall fright Lions The Crows shall fly through the Air whiter then Snow Swans shall be as black as pitch Oxen shall cut the Aire with their wings Marbles shall be softer then Wax The Chickens shall prey upon the Kite and Geese upon the Fox The Hare shall chase the Hound and the Dove the Hawk when Labour doth not conclude in Glory Amplificatio perpetuitatem veritatis ubi obiter variantur Perpetuo Semper Whilst Sun and Stars shall run their course While Stars shall embellish Heaven and Flowers the Earth Whilst Neptune's arms shall embrace the earth Whilst Cynthia shall renew her Horns Whilst Lucifer foretells th' approaching Morn will Glory be the companion of Labour Whilst Arctos shuns the Sea Whilst Mountains give their shades Whilst Streams their tribute to the Ocean pay Whilst Day hath Light and Night succeeds the Day Whilst the Summer follows the Spring and Autumn succeeds the Summer Whilst the Sun casts light
we find that thing that nourisheth Arts as honour is wont What unfound Land doth contain that Art which honour doth not cherish What new America not yet discovered hath any thing that more nourisheth Arts then honour What unknown Land amongst the Antipodes containeth any thing which so nourisheth the Arts as Honour Ecphonesis seu Exclamatio O the great O the strange O the wonderful O the incredible O the unspeakable O the unexpressible O the inconceivable O the singular O the innumerable O the infinite benefits bestowed by honour upon the Arts Admiratio cum Isodynamia periphrastica Good God! how doth honour nourish Arts Good gods how are the Arts nourished by honour Immortal God! how indulgent is honour to Arts Immortal gods how doth honour favour Arts Good lack how dear are the Arts to honour Metaphora O how honour carries the Arts in her bosom O how true is that old saying Honour nourisheth Arts O ye Gods above what a singular friend is honour to the Arts Oh ye Gods and Goddesses all how much are the Arts beholden to honour Adjuratio Let me not live Let me die Let me not enjoy my health Let me perish miserably If I do not think it most true that Honour nourisheth Arts. So let the Muses love me So may the Gods favour me So may the Heavens be propitious to me So may I ever be master of my desire As I think it most true that Honour nourisheth Arts. Commiseratio Alass how little can the Arts do without the help of honour Ah the Arts pine away and die if honour do not cherish them Woe is me it irketh me to think how the Arts would hang their heads if honour did not raise them up I do much doubt whether there be Dubitatio any thing which nourisheth the Arts more than honour I do much doubt whether there is any thing whose care of the Arts is equall to that of Honour I am not certain whether there be any thing in the whole World that nourisheth Arts so much as Honour Abominatio Fie upon his intolerable blindness that doth not see that honour nourisheth Arts. Allegoria Out upon the gross ignorance of him that doth not know that by Honour's dew the Arts grow O shame can any man be ignorant of this that Honour adds wings and spirits to the Arts. Collatio ad minus The Indulgent mother doth not so embrace and cherish her Infant as Honour doth the Arts. What careful Nurse can with more love and diligence suckle and bring up her nursling than Honour the Arts The dew doth not so fecundate the grasse nor Favonius so favour the flowers as Honour the Arts. The breath of honour is the Zephyrus Metaphord the Favonius of the Arts. Allegoria The Arts grow under the drippings of Honour's tree The fountains and the springs do not so irrigate and moysten the earth that it may be fruitful as honour the Arts. The rain doth not so with timely showers ripen the Corn as Honour the Arts. The Sun by his cherishing-heat doth not so enliven and amplify all things as honour by her fructifying beams doth encrease and augment the Arts. Distributio partium The liberal Sciences ascribe all they have to honour and the Mechanical arts are not so rustick and without art as not to acknowledge the same Grammatica Grammar complains of the want of words to express how much she is obliged to honour Rhetorica Rhetorick confesseth that she received her tongue from Honour and could not speak a word till Glory gave her Language Logica Logick and all Philosophy confess that their followers are all Creatures of Glory and as much desirous of Glory as Wisdome for all their talking i. e. whatsoever they talk Musica Musick confesseth that she could never have reached neither so sweet nor so high strains if honour had not scrued up i. e. extended her strings Honour is the rozen of Musick's-fidlestick and it is honour that gives breath to all her Wind-Instruments Aâ—ithmetica Arithmetick is counting that infinite number of thanks she owes to Honour but is not yet come nor will ever come at the totall summ Geometria Geometry feels the weight of those Obligatons wherein she stands bound to honour and is scarce able to stand under the burden Astronomia Astronomy never thinks of honour but she looks upon her Stars and every one represents some benefit received from her Collectio Illatio Inductione Argum. à Majore And if the Liberal Arts acknowledge with such gratitude the courtesy of honour certainly the Mechanical cannot be so ungrateful as not to †Imitate second follow them Hirmos Asyndeton Dialyton Honour makes the Arts active couragious industrious quick nimble lively sedulous diligent indefatigable sagacious and what not Asteismus He that can count the Stars of the Skie or the Sands on the Lybian shore let him go count the thanks which the Arts owe to Honour Obiter variatur Multi The courtesies of Honour towards Collatio ad minus the Arts are more then the Sands of the Sea Stars of the Skie Auxesis Hyperbolica Hairs of the Head Drops of Rain Pellets of Hail Flakes of Snow Drops of Dew Leaves of Trees Boughs of Forrest Blades of Grass Ears of Corn Birds of the Air Fishes of the Sea Flowers of the Spring Apples of Autumn Summer's Flies Summer's Ants Motes in the Sun Bees of Hybla Billows of the Carpathian Sea c. Hyperbole Honour nourisheth the Arts with a juyce far sweeter then Nectar and much more pleasant then the Ambrosia of the gods They must be very strange Arts which honour doth not nourish I do not know that Art which honour doth not nourish Confirmatio Amplificatio per Hyperbolicam praefationem formas generales Who can express What tongue can express No words can express Who can count No Tongue can count Auxesis No Arithmetick can number the benefits of Honour towards the Arts. I am not able to express No Eloquence is able to express It is not to tell It is wonderfull to tell It is not to be believed It is beyond belief It transcends a strong belief to credit It is not to think No man can in minde conceive You can scarce believe how much Honour doth nourish Arts. Even to a Proverb It hath the place of a Proverb It is instead of a Proverb It is become a Proverb It hath obtained the force of a Proverb It hath crept into the number of Proverbs It is an Adage of a received authority It is a saying as true as old Honour nourisheth Arts. I will never again believe mine own nor the judgment of all the Ancient if honour do not nourish Arts. If honour doth not nourish Arts I know not what doth Cave credas Never
believe there is any thing nourisheth Arts more then honour ConfirmatiÌ„o Confutatio Nothing is more frequent in Orators Poets Historians than None is so ignorant but knows Honour nourisheth Arts. None but the most impudent man in the World can deny 〈◊〉 Let him affirm with that doting Philosopher that Snow is black who denies It were better to deny all things than this one He should be cudgell'd into belief and confuted with club-Arguments who denies One Democritus will not suffice to laugh at his Folly who denies that honour nourisheth Arts. An acre of Hellebore will not cure him that denies Give him some Hellebore to purge his Brain that will not confess He understands little that doth not know Paradiastole He doth not speak but bray like an Ass that denies No man's Nose is so stopt but he easily smels out this Send him to Bedlam as a man that hath a Vertigo in his Brain that denies Rubb over your Forehead and dare to deny that the Arts are stirred up by honour Confirmatio per Interrâ—gationem Who is so blind as not to see Who is so impudent that he dares deny What impudence is it not to confess Who doth not understand Who but a Mad-man would deny Who lives in such Cymmerian darkness that he doth not see and confess Paroemia his * Cerebrâ—m in calcaneis Who except he have Brains in his Heels will deny that honour is the nurse of Arts. Paroemia his soul only as †To keep his body from stinking Who except he have salt will deny Can Impudence so put off all shame as to deny that honour is the patron of Arts. Confirmatio per Asseverationem It is a Truth approved by the consent of all men It is a Truth manifest even to blind men It is a thing so plain as nothing can be plainer so certain as nothing can be more certain Paradiastole Metaphora It is a Truth so apparent and evident that it seems writ not with Ink but with the Beams of the Sun It is a matter out of question and needs no dispute It is a Truth approved of by the Testimony and Judgment of the whole World that honour is the whetstone of the Arts. It is as true as either Jove's or Apollo's Oracle It is as true as the Ammonian Dodonean or Delphiâ—k Oracle It is a Truth that requires not many words or a long Oration to confirm it It appears more clearly then the mid-day-Sun that honour is the whetstone of the Arts. The Sun needs no other light that it may be seen nor a Trumpet to proclaim the brightness of his Beams so is it in this evident Truth He lights a Candle in the Sun-shine that goes a bout to explain this Truth It is a Truth than which what can be more certain what more plain Asteismus It is a Truth so out of all Controversy that he that would prove it may go tell men The Sun shines when he triumphs in his meridian-Glory He must be either of Enantiôsis very great boldness or very little wit that denies Hypothesis Suppositio He that seriously considers it is blind if he do not see obstinate if seeing he do not confess Confirmatio per Confutationem They are but as Sibyll's leaves whatsoever are objected against this Truth Collatiâ— The Arguments against this Truth are lighter and vainer than the leaves of the Sibylls that the Arts are Honor's darlings Metaphora They are but Ropes of sand Towers of Lamia Old-wive's Tales vain Dreams that men prattle against this Truth Metaphora There is neither crumb nor drop of sense or reason in those things that are spoken against this Truth Collatio à simili As one said of the Nightingal she was a Voyce and nothing else so they are words and wind and no more that are objected against this Truth Paradiastole It comes not from Apollo's Tripos but the Old-Wive's Trivet whatsoever is babbled against this Truth Epitrope Let him be rich let him be noble let him be great let him be what you will fool he must needs be and fool-hardy too who dares to open his mouth against this Truth Metaphora I could wish my self a Squinancy to stop his saucy chaps which dare bark against this Truth that the Arts are Honor's favourites Hypothesis Ironica If he be not blind enough make him blinder that doth not see and acknowledge this palpable Truth He must either shut his eies or put them out to whom the light of this Truth doth not clearly shine that Arts are perfected by Honour He is hardened against all Truth that denies this manifest Truth Asteismus Let him go deny Principles that will not confess this Maxim He must have a Forehead of Brass a Brain of Lead and a Tongue of Iron that dares contradict so confessed a Truth that Arts are perfected by Honour Confirmatio ab Exemplo There were no good Physitians at Athens because there were no rewards nor Honours for Physitians At the same Athens Honour and the applause of the Citizens nourished the Art of Eloquence in Demosthenes to the highest perfection So in Cicero at Rome The same may be said of Aristotle Archimedes and divers other famous Philosophers Confirmatio à Testimonio Where there is no rewards there is no Art saith Aristophanes that Prince of Comick Poets amongst the Grecians Tâ—st Every thing that is honoured is increased and that which is contemned is diminished saith Jamblicus a most ancient Authour Test to Flaccus saith O Flaccus let there be but †Favourers of Arts. Mecoenas's there will not want * Learned Poets Martiaâ— that witty Poet writing Maro's and your own grounds will give you a Virgil Well therefore did the Ancient feign †Honour râ—nown Euphemia the mother of the Arts. Apodosis and as it were blowing upon the Arts makes them which otherwise would be * Paronomasia Even as a prosperous Wind filling Confirmatio per Similitudinem Protasis the Sayls of the Ship makes it pass through the Waves with a triumphant speed which otherwise is carried with a slow languid and uncertain motion so Honour animating resty and rusty to move with an happy and chearful Progress till by degrees they arrive at the Haven of perfection Ironia It is not honour that nourisheth the Arts no by no means the Arts are not at all beholden to honour nor depend upon her vain and uncertain breath very true forsooth Honour doth not disregard the Arts. Tapinôsis Meiôsis Litotes Honour is no enemy to the Arts. Honour wisheth not ill to the Arts. Climax Incrementum Subjectio seu Anthypophora Doth honour love the Arts Yea shee feeds them cherisheth them embraceth them kisheth them bears them in her bosome brings them up with much care and indulgence
to their full ripeness and perfection Epizeuxis It honour honour is that whets the Arts. Anadiplôsis Honour alone encourageth the Arts Arts those ingenions Nymphs of knowing Souls Anaphora Honour doth feed Honour doth cherish Arts Honour puts courage in their drooping hearts Epistrophe What Arts can live if Honour lends not breath Arts needs must die if Honour lends not breath Symploce Honour alone doth breed and nourish Arts Honour alone doth feed and cherish Arts. Art's honour's client Fames delight Epanalepsis is Art Epanodes Art's honour's child Honor's Art 's tender mother The mother 's good the child can be no other Epiphonèma Nothing doth Honour hold too dear whereby she may promote and advantage the Arts so great so singular is her courtesy to them Epanorthôsis Honour nourisheth Arts what did I say nourisheth yea gives them life and liveli-hood being and well-being Aposiopèsis So much do the Arts depend upon the beams of Honour's favour that but I will not put the Arts to a blush Apâ—strophe O Honour with what courtesy doest thou embrace the Arts with what indulgence doest thou further their increase and perfection Synoeceiâ—sis Arts are not arts which Honour doth not nourish Oxymoron Arts would be art-less if Honour did not cherish them Tell me O Diomedes Aldus Anacoenosis Communicatiâ— Phocas Priscian Linacre Despauterius and all you other Captains of Grammar's Army What made you to write such great Volumes and to set out the Art which you did profess so fully and plainly Was it not that Honour that should survive your ashes What Cicero made thee take such unwearied pains in Reading Translating and Imitating the Greek Orators Was it not the glory of the Romane Forum and the unanimous applause of all the Senate Anathora Let me begg leave to ask thee O Demosthenes What was it that induced thee so soon to leave thy bed to contend with the Mechanicks who should first be up in a morning to cut the hair on one side of thy head that being a shamed to comeforth thou mighst be more intent to thy studies Was it not Honor was it not the applause of the Athenian theater was it not a desire to bear away the victory from all other Orators especially thine envious and emulous adversary Aeschines Paralipsis Honour doth nourish the Arts to pass in silence that she gives them their portion and patrimony and in them their chiefest nerves strength and vigour Pleonasmus I have heard with these Ears and seen with these Eies many professours of Arts who have protested that they would not spend one hour more in the Study of their Arts if the hope of Honour and Reward did not intise them Parenthesis I believe nor is my belief vain that nothing nourisheth the Arts more then Honour I hold and judge and why may I not openly profess it that the Arts would perish if it were not for Honour Aporia Addubitatio What shall I doe what shall I at last resolve on I know neither well how to begin nor beginning how to end if I should undertake to relate how much the Arts are obliged to Honour Pâ—osâ—poâ—â—eia Me thinks I see and hear all the Arts squealing like so many hungry Infants and Honour standing by them like a tender Mother with her breasts laid forth and bare and thus speaking to them Come my children dearer to me then life it self draw out from these nipples that nectareous juyce which alone can preserve your life Every milk will not fit your stomach nor will any nâ—urishment adde strength and vigour to your bodies No no they are these milk-bottles that contain your genuine nutriment draw them dry then and spare not that when they are empty I may replenish them with that liquor which abounding to you you grow apace and which fayling you decay as fast Which said the Arts with a wonderful greediness each one in their order even wearied her with lugging her breasts Invâ—â—siâ— But me-thinks I hear some man say Honour doth not always encrease and nourish the Arts for many times Arts as they are invented out of poverty and want so are they encreased by the hope of wealth and plenty To which I answer that therefore doth Honour nourish the Arts because they are encreased out of hope of wealth and plenty for wealth and plenty is a kind of Honour and they that live in wealth and plenty live in much Honour and Esteem above the poor and needy So that this argument notwithstanding this Truth remains firm and certain that Honour nourisheth the Arts. 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 the Arts are nourished by Honour All things may sooner be than that Honour should not nourish the Arts. It is not to be avoided It is not to be refused How can it be avoided How can it be refused Can it be avoided refused but that the Arts must owe their nourishment to Honor. It must needs be It cannot but be It cannot otherwise be but How should it otherwise be but that Honor feeds the Arts. Paroemia The 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 Gnat milk The Crabs shall go forward before any thing be found that more nourisheth the Arts then Honor. The Nightingale shall cease to Sing 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 when Arts live and flourish not nourished by Honour The motion of each starr shall be irregular 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 Past moments shall be recalled The Meadows shall never more have flowers The Heavens shall want 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 weights shall fly like Atoms through the skie when the arts shal not be beholden to Honour