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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

that your pleasure is turned to my pennaunce and your nicenes to my annoyaunce with as much losse as by restraint resteth hetherto vnrewarded I will master my liking til with more vsury I may be repaied in causes of loue Neuertheles not so farre estranged from you but that in anye cause of courtesie I will not forget you are a Gentlewoman and therefore yet be content as before time in such sort to respect you whereof had it not beene your contrary pleasure you needed not as you haue done to make any exception Not meaning heereafter to trouble your remembraunce with anie more of my speaches otherwise then beseemeth a familiar acquaintaunce I hereon doe conclude my laste determination and farewell VPon this resolution was defined all this matter of liking occasioning the seuerall letters hereby in order deliuered the maner whereof both in respect of the pleasure as for the be●ter opening of the occasiō to the ful conceipt of their applications and meaning I haue the more largely layd foorth And for as much as the diuersities already deliuered in this booke doe arise to so grose a volume as se●meth in quantitye sufficient for the firste perusing and that the laying hereunto the residue of the partes Iudiciall and Familiar with such other thinges as thereunto are intended to be added woulde greatlye and more then ●oble haue augmented the bignes of the same I haue thought good in this place to determine this foremost worke Praying the courteous viewers of these my labours to become as friendly censurers as gladly I haue gone abaut herein to publish my indeuours so shall they bind me by their bounty in performing no more then they owe in courtesie Laus Deo domino Iesu. Definition of a letter The longe vse of letters Epistles diuers VVriters of Epistles Three notes to be obserued in Epistles Aptnes bre uity come lines principally required in letters Comelines in deliueraunce Aptnes of words wherin to be cōsidered Ill imitators Horace Satyre The foremost motion in ducing argument Of what validitie the same shalbe Time place and oportunitie Forme of deliuerie Choyce and best kinde of speech Suche the stile as the partie in accounte to whom it goeth VVhat breuitie is Tolleration of continuaunce Breuitie in plentie of deliuerance Necessarie speeche what it is Iterations and superfluitie to be auoyded Ouermuche more tollerable then curtold breuitie Affectation of too much breuitie A pleasaunt conceite Superfluous intrudors vvithout skill or vvit Decorum what it is Person to whome we write and the cause Lightnesse or grauitie of those to whome we write Cause to be considered Horace de arte poetica Decorum indecorum Enblemata Alciat Triall onely maketh difference of wisedom or folly Character of an Epistle generall Epistles distinguished into general and speciall Letters general are familiar Letters speciall le tters whe● in is continuaunce of matter Inuention Disposition Eloquuotin Helpes to Inuention and Eloquution Stile of Epistles speciall Sublime Humile and Mediocre Skilfull vse of writing Parts of an Epistle Exordium Narratio Propositio confirmatio Confutatio Peroratio Foure contents in an Epistle Salutation Maner of salutations VVhere and how vsed Epithetts Varietie of greetinges and farewels Subscriptions Maner and varietie in Subscriptions Acknowledgment of dutye in the Exordium Superscriptions directions of the Romaines Diuersitie of estates Directions to an Archbishop Bishop Duke L. Chauncellor L. Treasorer Earles and in office Lordes Knights of the priuie councell Knight of the priuie Councell Countesses Ladies Gent. of estate L. Maior Re order Iustice of peace Ladies of worshipp Merchaunt Alderman Seruaunt Directions from the Councell thus framed Opportunitie Hurt of rashnesse Reprehension of importunacye of sommer Ill kinde of letters No sortes to be too much importuned His leysure to whome we write His humor and affectation VVant of opportunitie Oportunitie wherein it consisteth Vnused wordes and confused deliuerie to be auoyded VVordes improper and impugning the sence Errors common to the learned as well as the vnlearned A ridiculous maner of writing Aieste Vrbanitie and exasperate vnproperly placed Definition of exasperate Of Vrbanitie Correction Formes of Epistles Foure kinds or titles demonstra●iue Deliberatiue Iudicial and familiar letters Partes Demonstratiue Descriptory Partes Deliberatiue Partes Iudiciall Partes Familier Partes in an Epistle descriptorie Comparison of the writer and painter Painter VVriter Ptolomie and other writers De situ orbis Virgill in his Aeneidos Ouidii Metamorphoseo Example Exordium Narratio Scituation Deckinges Streates Gouernment Habite of the people Conclusio Exordium Narratio Pleasaunt ayre vnfrequented Inuoluntatie abstinence Hard seeding Ill lodging Danger Conclusio Exordium Narratio Sodaine sicknes Declaration of his speeches Mislyke of the world Certaine notice and liking of death His death Conclusion A declaration of the parts comprehended in euery of these letters First Letter Second letter Third letter Demonstration praise dispraise most vsed vnder other titles Places of praise or dispraise Honest which is tied to virtue Vnhonest Necessity Vtilitie Difficulcie Places of Confirmation or confutation These places referred to other kindes Exordium framed of the condicion of the partye to whom we write Narratio Occupatio Synonymi● Propositio● Praise of the prince in generall Praete●●tio Of his discent parentage Parabola Allegoria Obiectio Anthypophora Anadiplosis per Emphasin Of his infancie and childhoode Of his adolescencie Paradigma Hiperbole per interrogationem Parenthesis Transitio Comparatio ab incremento Hypophora His mans estate His outward actions His inward vertues His bounty and great humilitie His modestie Apothegma Eretoma admiratio Pelisindeton nis Eephonesis Metaphora His death Charientisunis Confutatio Prayse of his death Peroratio Epiphonema Hypozeuxis Conclusio Exordium of the cause mouing admiration Narratio Propositio Allegoria Expostulatio Epiphonema Paradoxin Hyperbole His parents Metaphora Hypophora● Apostrophe His childehood Ecphonesis● His Adolescencie Confirmatio Congeries Desperate Miserie His youth and age Incrementum Aporia Transitio ●aronomasia Pathos His inordinary sicknes His death Hipallage Peroratio Homooeteleuton Laus ab honesto Ab aequo A necessitate Ab. vtilitate A dificili Presidents of Bountie Of Liberalitie Courtesie Modestie Chastitie Continencie Patience Sufferaunce Motions spurres vnto Virtue Efficacie of praise Encoragement Hope and feare Loue and hate Commiseration Aemulation Expectation Examples Obtestation or entreaty Exordium● Paranomasia Narratio Of prayse Synonymia Andiplos●s Of example Epiphonema Amplificatio Exhortatio Confirmatio Hypophora Ab aequo Praise of his auncestors A necessitate Of expectation Of Loue. Of hate Hiperbole Intreatie Peroratio Intendmen● oft e last letters Distinguishment of the parts Responsory Epistles A modest admission of praise Dicaeologia Excusatio Assurance of his course taken Answere to his offer of good will VVeight of his expectation Conclusion Exordium ●nsinuation Propositio ●atiotinatio Increme●tum Comparati● Confirmatio Of honest Correctio Of necessarie Theworthines The necessitie Occupatio Confutatio Exhortatio Prayse of the person Loue. Delight Honour Profite Example Epilogus Learning a thing pretious Places of exhortation Mitigation of exhortation Exordium Narratio Propositio Prayse of the person Lenisieng the exhortation Ab exemplo Expostulatio Occupatio Incrementum Amplificatio Epilogus Notes in Epistles Responsorie Briefe repiticions Narratio Propositio Longanimitie performeth the excellencie of vertue Vertue hath three entrances Confirmatio Adhoratio Exhortations mixed with prayse Prayse of the action ab honesto Ab aequo necessario A genere Ab exempl● A pa●●e A spe metu Occupatio Epilogus Exordium Propositio● Distributio● Prosope●● Confirmatio Epiphonema Comparatio Mutius Se●●ola Furius Camillus Transitio Epiphonema VValworth L. Maior of London Synonymia Adnectio Ecphonesi● Apotia Dicaeologia Confirmatio A worthie saying of Camillus Comparatio Finitio Loue of virtue Hate Peroratio Exordium Insinuation by supposion o● the estate of the pa●tie Occupatio Narratio propositio Distributio Confirmatio Ab honesto Prayse of the person Confutatio Vulitie Necessitie Exordium Narratio Propositio Distributio Confirmatio Petoratio Allegoria Natratio Propositio● Distributio Antimetabole Comparatio Amplificati Amplificatio Asynditon Parenthesi● Anthypophara Oc●upatio● Confutatio Epilogus Difference of dehortatorie and disswsisorie perswsion to marriage Disswasion from the same Incommodities of mariage Perswasion to wine Diswasion of the fauour Exordium by iusinuation of mislike of the cause Narratio Propositio Incrementum Distributio Hiperbole The inhonestie Discommodity Inequalitie Ironia Indignitie Confirmatio Intollerable admittance Metaphora Hypophora Epilogus Narratio Propositio Distributio The vnhonesty Indignitie Distributio Inequalitie Confirmatio Antithesis Ill conceipt Discommoditie Parenthesis Ignomie Comparatio Consutatio Epilogu● Narratio Prepositio Incrementum Ecphonesis Distributio Parenthesis Confutatio Finitio Tde vnhonestie Comparatio Confirmatio Amplificatio The difficulcie Impossibilitie Concessio Indignitie Consutatio Perill● Epilogus Exordium Propositio● Pleonasmus Epilogns Epistles Petitorie Exordium Narratio cum Propositione Petition Honestie of request The meane to performe the same Remuneration Narratio Propositio Distributio Parenthesis Petitio Peroratio Exordium Narratio Propositio Petitio Meane of performāce Remuneration Peroratio Petitio Meane of performāce Possibilitie Remuneration Meane of accomplishment Petition Acknowledgment of courtesie Remuneration Exordium of a simile Propositio Acknowledgment of courtesie Remuneration Necessity of the matter Peroratio Acknowledgement of courtesie Petition Meane of accomplishment Remuneration Greetinges Secrecie Dispatch Epistles commendatorie Narratio Recommendation Praise of the partie Petitio Peroratio Narratio Propositio Recommendation Petition Peroratio Narratio Propositio Recommendation Petition Peroratio Narratio Recommendation Propositio Petition Remuneration Peroratio Narratio Recommendation Petition Peroratio Epistles Consolatorie Extenuation Common condicion of men Exordium Insinuation Narratio propositio Distributio Confirmatio Epithetum Allegoria Confirmatio Epilogus Exordium Propositio Metaphora Distributio Confutatio Confirmatio Eicon Anthypophora Pathos Peroratio Metonomia Exordium Narratio Proposnio Distributio Mitigation by the common hap of all Confutatio Ab exemplo Finitio Incrementum 〈◊〉 Hypophora 〈◊〉 A similie Transitio● Prosopopoeia Contraria Confirmatio Allegoria Parenthesis Peroratio Epistles Monitorie Exordium Propositio Distributio Monition by the circūstances Allegoria Confutatio Peroratio Exordium Narratio Propositio Monitio Peroratio Exordium propositio Distributio Dicaeologia Finitio Adagium Confirmatio Mitigatio Epilogus