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A19966	The English secretorie VVherin is contayned, a perfect method, for the inditing of all manner of epistles and familiar letters, together with their diuersities, enlarged by examples vnder their seuerall tytles. In which is layd forth a path-waye, so apt, plaine and easie, to any learners capacity, as the like wherof hath not at any time heretofore beene deliuered. Nowe first deuized, and newly published by Angel Daye.	Day, Angel, fl. 1575-1595.	1586 (1586)	STC 6401; ESTC S119008	166,059	274

their virtues haue compensed the loue which to their parentes they coulde not shew to their children and succession in many degrees after them Such were the families of the Gracchi Fabii Cornelii Hortensii Horatii Metelli Aemilii Scipiones and Fabritii UUhereby I coniecture that the custome heereof by such emulation adorned became afterwardes a dignitie and so succeeded in honour to euery posterity Those Romaines therefore vsed onelye in the front of their Letters to write firste their owne names titles adoptiue and surnames after that his to whom they wrote and lastly their salutation or maner of greetinge● giuing also like additions vnto the other as to him belonged whether it were by familye office or some other dignitye And this was the forme M. T. Cicero M. Varroni Sal. Dicit or C. Caesar Cornelio Balbo salutem dicit But that custome according to the antiquitye of the tyme is longe since worne out and these dayes and seasons haue induced vnto vs for euerye estate of callinge a more statelye reuerence according to the dignity and worthynes of the same The reuerend Maiesty of Emperours Kinges and Princes beeing aduanced with a more excellency and supreme magnificence The names of Dukes Marquises Earles Barons and other Magistrats with more solemne and honourable titles The offices of Estate and places moste Noble amplyfied with larger honours and names accordaunt to their seuerall dignities And albeit few are the nomber that heerein shall be occasioned to occupy their penne but knoweth or almost euerye day may vnderstand the formall application of euery personages honour or worship yet in so much as all sorts are not perfectlye skilled nor euery man lyueth in place so conuenient to vnderstand it and that it hath been parcell of a prescribed order so to doe by those that haue wrytten the lyke method I will set downe so many examples of estates for directions as to the matter and purpose hereof maye be adiudged conuenient beginning from the highest that are or haue beene latelye accustomed in our common-wealth the soueraigne Maiesty excepted vnto the meaner and moste ordinarye vsed and in present practize amongest vs. And first with the dignity of Archbishop to whome in this sort we frame our direction To the most reuerend Father in God the L. Archbishop of Caunterbury or Yorke Primate of England and Metropolitane his very good grace To the right reuerend Father in God and my very good L. the Lorde Bishop of London To the hie and mightye Prince T. Duke of B. his most noble grace To the right honorable and my especiall good L. the Lord Chauncellor or Lorde hie Treasorer of Englande To the right Honourable the L. Marquise of UU Earle of UUilshire c. To the right Honourable the Earle of L. Lord liuetenaunt for her Maiestie in the c. To the right honourable the Earle of H. Lord President of her Maiesties most honorable Councell established in the North. To the right Noble and my singular good L. the Lorde B. one of the L. of her highnesse moste honourable priuie Councell To the right honourable sir W.M. knight Chauncellour of her highnesse court of Ex. and of her Maiesties moste honourable priuy Councell To the right honourable and my singuler good L. and father or Lady mother the Earle or Countesse of N. To the right honourable and my very good Lady the Lady A. Countesse of W. To the moste noble Lady and Paragon of all vertue the Lady M.H. one of the daughters to the deceased right honourable Countesse of P. To the prudent and vertuous Lady endued with al singularitie the Lady F.D. To the moste noble and towardly young gentleman G. T. sonne and heire or one of the sonnes to the right honourable L.D. To the right honourable sir R.D. knight L. Mayor of the Citie of London To the right worshipfull W.F. Esquier sergeant at law and Recorder of the Citie of London To the right worshipfull W. L. Esquier one of the Iustices of her Maiesties Court of common Pleas. To the right worshipfull and my singuler good Lady mother the Lady D.H. To my very good father W.C. merchaunt of the Citie of B. To the worshipfull his especiall good Maister M. R. Merchaunt and Alderman of the Citie of L. To my seruaunt R.D. at C. c. Other examples besides these were needelesse to set downe for that if any alteration at all happen herein it is by reason of familiaritie addition of offices or change of titles Onely let herewith be noted that when letters doe passe from some number of the councell or from anie L. of the same to a noble man or knight these directions of honour and worship are seldome vsed But rather thus To our very good L. Sir I. P. Knight L. Deputie of Ireland To our very louing friends the L. Mayor of the Citie of L. and W. C. and R. P. Aldermen of the the same To my very good L. the L. T.H. To my very louing frend sir T. P. knight To our very louing friends sir R. S. knight Custos rotulorum of her Maiesties Count. of B. and ● W. and S. P. Esquiers Iustices of peace of the same shyre The like directions also are vsed of an Earle to anye of these estates to hym inferiour in callyng and of a Baron to a Iustice of peace but if he be a knight he will commonlye adde vnto hym hys title of worshippe After whiche titles or directions thus framed it shall behooue especially in the vse of the foremost to set down the place of dwelling or abode as at the Courte or els where At N P. or D. geuing the name of the place Mannour or house where hee remayneth to whome the superscription passeth and so is the direccion made perfit CAP. VII Additions of other thinges in this methode to be considered NOWE after all these partes herein mentioned to be considered remaineth yet some fewe poyntes whiche I haue not thought good to passe vnremembred A speciall note to hym that would desire to be harkened vnto in his writing in any wise to haue regard to his oportunitie which in the chapters before layd downe I haue sondrie times concluded vnder the nam●f time Neyther is the same time herein alleadged of such consideration to bee esteemed of small regard but rather in affayres importing the same to be accompted of great weight For that I haue seene some and heard of manye that by fauour of honourable and worshipfull beeing in state to haue obtayned great matters haue notwithstanding by theyr great rashnesse and not aduerting tyme conuenient to require what they would at the ●●ast beene of all hope of benefite vtterly dispossessed It is straung to see the shamelesse condition of somme and yet a thing that my selfe haue many times noted yea euen in those of reasonable accompt whoe hauing large and great habilitie to wade thorough the weightiest of theyr

I haue vnto you all most hartely wished I had almoste let slippe my commendations vnto your brother which for anye thinge I woulde not had beene forgotten vppon whome as of greatest choyce I will make my reposing The lyking I haue to N. maketh me heere to remember him whose good demeanour as your owne I haue in chiefest reconinge My greetinges and paper haue all one ende togeather onely our friendship indissoluble can neuer be forgotten Thinke how exceedinglye I haue alwayes well wished vnto you and accordingly therevnto measure the rest of mine affection towardes you Haste compelleth me to ende sooner then I woulde wherein notwithstandinge I can neuer omitte sufficientlye to greete you eftsoones recognizing as behooueth your especiall good likinge towardes me I ende as becommeth me Innumerable of these and suche like might be imagined both in greetinges and farewels the course whereof beeing furnished with suche varietie as it is I haue left the residue vnto the conceipt of the Reader accompting the plenty heerein set downe for anye studious follower to be already sufficient And now to Supscriptions the diuersities whereof are as beste they maye be allotted in sence to eyther of these to be placed forewarned alwayes vnto the vnskilfull heerein that writing to anye personne of accompt by how much the more excellent hee is in calling from him in whose behalfe the Letter is framed by so muche the lower shall the Subscription therevnto belonging in any wise be placed And if the state of honour of him to whome the Letter shall be directed doe require so much the verye lowest margent of paper shall doe no more but beare it so be it the space be seemelye for the name and the roome fayre inough to comprehende it which Subscriptions in all sorts to be handled shall passe in this order or substaunce to be framed Your L. most deuoted and loyally affected Your Honours moste assured in whatsoeuer seruices Your L. in whatsoeuer to be commanded The most affectionate vnto your L. of all others He that hath vowed to liue and die in your Honorable seruice Your L. most faithfull and obedient Sonne Your Lad. louing and obedient Daughter UUho but by your L. is only to be commaunded UUhose heart is your honours and his lyfe by your L. to bee disposed He that lyueth not but for your worship and to doe you seruice UUhose regarde stretcheth vnto your worship more then vnto any others He that vnto your worship hath vowed to becomme most assured UUhom none haue euer so much bound as the desertes of your L. Your Lordsh. in all humblenes Your honours euer to bee commaunded At your worships gentle commaund Your Lad. moste bounden and affectionate At your honourable direction Alwayes attendaunt vpon your L. pleasure Your worships in all good accompt Yours euer louing and moste assured To none so much as your selfe He that in all accompts tendreth your welfare Whom by your only courtesie you haue euer conuinced The same which I expect from you and not otherwise Such as I am or as you wishe to finde me He that in his likinge is onelye yours UUhome you haue euer knowne but neuer approoued UUhose liking onelye accompteth of your worthynesse Suche as you haue euer founde mee and not otherwise wise Yours in whatsoeuer to bee employed More charie of your welfare then carefull of him selfe Yours as you like to haue me Yours faithful and euer assured Yours or not his owne He who found you but neuer knew you He that once fauored you but sithence hath vowed neuer to regarde you Whose liking by your ingratitude hath beene quenched In whose accompt you once were but now abandoned Who once wished to loue but coulde neuer hate thee Whom thy deserts haue made an enemye Whom hereby you may winne if you list for euer to become a friend To each one louing but of thee most charie Whose hart shall fayle in any thing sooner then in conceipt towards thee He whose in loyaltye thou dide●t protest to bee UUho liueth not but to pursue thee UUho euer looked on but neuer loued thee The same as you left me Such as you saw when you parted from me The same and none other which I haue euer seemed to be UUhose word hath bound him and faith shall assure him Yours most affectioned Yours deuoted till death Yours whilst life swayeth in mine inward parts Yours as farforth as any others c. with many other applications whose Epithets are infinite and rather vpon the cause suggested then otherwise to be euermore added altered or couceaued These as the others may onelye suffice for the present purpose referring what to be expected to the regarde of a more curious or delicate inuention And heerein I thought good to aduertize the learner that some-times it falleth out that this acknowledgment of duety mentioned in the beginning of the greetinges and farewelles is in diuers Letters expressed in the foremost part and the Exordium therevppon framed for that the same in truth is one of the partes therevnto belonging effected in the personne or condition of him to whom we wryte which to doe if in his writing also the same may be deemed necessary he maye then vse some other order of Farewell or taking leaue eyther by imitation of others or if he thinke meete what herein els prescribed consonant and agreeing to the state and reputation of the same partie to whome he wryteth Now then shall follow the directions which on the outside of euery Letter the same beeing made vp and sealed are for the moste part infixed and commonly are termed by the name of Superscriptions CAP. VIII Of Superscriptions and directions AMonge the auntient Romaines when learning firste grew vnto skilfull perfection and men first deuised excellentlye to write there then beganne to be extant in memorye diuerse formes of wrytinge immediatelye by the name and title of Epistles to be published to the posteritie In the directions whereof animated as I thinke with the virtues of their parents and accompting it as in truth it was then so reputed to be a great honour vnto them to be intituled with the adopted name of the principall authour of their families they sought no farther stile of magnificence but were his parentage neuer so statelye or honourable beeing therewith contented did onely vppon such regarde intitle their directions For who that hath beene but ordinarilye acquainted with the histories of their actes but knoweth and hath read with what reuerence those tymes greedye of virtue fame and glory entertaigned the honourable desertes of suche as for the common-wealth and publique aduauncement of the state haue eyther aduenturouslye hazarded or couragiously lost a frayle vncertaine or transitorie lyfe to the intent to purchase vnto their Countrye quiet honour or victorie and to them selues and posteritie eternized fame and euer flourishing glorye Neither was their countrye vnkinde vnto them heerein which for their sakes and for the reuerend regarde of