noughte so communely said I wil handle you like a warde She is a steppe mother to me that is to saye she is not a naturall mother who is worsse shodde then the shomakers wife that is to saye gentilmens children full ofte are kepte but meanelye Trotte sire and trotte damme how should the fole amble that is when bothe father and mother were noughte it is not like that the childe wil proue good without an especial grace of God Likeryshe of tongue lighte of taile that is he or she that will fare dainetelye will ofte liue full wantonlye Sone rype sone rotten Honoure chaungeth maners Enoughe is as good as a feaste It is an euill coke that can not liâ—ke his owne fingers I will soner truste mine eye then myne eare But what nede I heape all these together seynge Heywodes Prouerbes are in prynte where plentye are to be hadde whose paynes in that behalfe are worthye immortall prayse Thinges notable in this life are those the which chaunce to fewe As this To see a man of an hundred yeres of age A yonge chylde as sober as a man of fiftye yeres A woman that hath hadde .xxiiij. chyldren A man once worthe three or foure thousande pownde now not worthe a grote A yong man fayrer then anye woman A woman that hath had seueÌ„ or eyght husbandes A man able to draw a yarde in his bow besides the feathers A man merye nowe and deade wythin halfe an houre after There is none of all these but serue muche to make oure talke appeare vehemente and encrease the weight of communication As for example If one woulde perswade an olde man to contemne the vanities of thys worlde he might vse the examples of sodayne death shew that childreÌ„ haue dyed in their mothers lappe some in their cradell some stryplinges some elder that not one emonge a thousande commeth to thre score yeres Or be it that some lyue an hundred yeares beyonde the which not one in this last age passeth what is there in this lyfe for the whiche anye manne shoulde desire to liue longe seynge that olde age bringeth this onelye commoditye wyth it that by longe liuinge we see many thinges that we woulde not see and that manye a manne hath shortened his life for wearines of this wretched worlde â–ª Or what thoughe some pleasures are to be hadde in this life what are they al to the pleasures of the lyfe to come Lykewise in speakinge of euill happe I myght brynge him in that was once worthe three thousande pounde and is not nowe worthe three grotes and perswade menne either to set lyghte by riches or elles to comforte theim and perswade theim not to take thought seyng great harmes haue happened to other heretofore and time maye come when God will sende better These sentences aboue rehearsed being largely amplified encrease much any suche kinde of matter â—vhat is amplification AMplification is a figure in Rhetorique which coÌ„sisteth mooste in Augmentynge and diminishynge of anye matter and that diuers wayes The deuision of Amplification AL Amplification and diminishynge eyther is takâ—n oute of the substaunce in thinges or els of wordes Oute of the substaunce and matter affections are deriued oute of wordes suche kindes of amplification as I wyl nowe shewe and partly haue shewed before when I spake of the Conclusion or lappynge vp of anye matter The firste kinde of Amplification is when by chaunging a woorde in augmentynge we vse a greater but in diminishynge we vse a lesse Of the firste this may be an example When I see one sore beaten to saye he is slayne to call a naughtye felowe thiefe or hangemanne when he is not knowen to be anye suche To call a womanne that hathe made a scape a commune harlot to call an Alehouse haunter a dronkarde to call one that is troublâ—d with choler and often angrye a madde manne to call a pleasaunte gentilman a raylynge iester to call a couetous man a deuill Of the latter these examples shalbe when one hath sore beaten his felowe for the same manne to saye that he hathe scant touched him When one hath sore wounded another to saye that he hurt him but a little when one is sore sicke to be saide he is a little crased In lyke maner also when we geue vices the names of vertue as when I cal him that is a cruell or mercilesse man somewhat soore in iudgement When I call a naturall foole a playne symple man when I call a notable flatterer a fayre spoken man a glutton a good felowe at hys table a spende all a liberall gentilman a snudge or pynche penye a good husbande a thriftye man Nowe in all these kindes where woordes are amplified they seme muche greater if by corretion the sentence be vtterde and greater wordes compared with them for whome they are vtterde In the whiche kynde of speache we shal seme as thoughe we wente vp by stayres not onelye to the toppe of a thinge but also aboue the toppe There is an example hereof in the seueÌ„th action that Tullie made against Uerres It is an offence to bynde a Citezen of Rome with chaynes it is an haynous deede to whyppe him it is worse then manslaughter to kyll him what shall I call it to hang hym vp vpon a gibet If one woulde commende the aucthoritye whiche he alledgeth he myght saye thus These wordes are no fables vtterde emonge men but an assured truth lefte vnto vs by wrytynge and yet not by anye commune writynge but by suche as all the worlde hathe confirmed and agreed vpon that it is autentique and canonicall neyther are they the wordes of one that is of the commen sort but they are the wordes of a doctour in the church of God and yet not the woordes of a deuine or doctoure of the commune sorte but of an Apostle and yet not of one that is the worste but of Paule that is the best of al other and yet not Paules but rather the wordes of the holye ghost speakyng by the mouthe of Paule He that loueth to enlarge by this kinde must marcke well the circumstaunces of thinges and heapynge them altogether he shall with ease espye how one thinge riseth aboue an other And because the vse hereof extendeth largelye I wâ—ll largelye vse examples As thus If a gentleman and officer of the kinges beynge ouercharged at Supper with ouermuche dryâ—ke and surfetyng with gorge vpon gorge should vomite the next daye in the Parliamente house I myght enueyghe thus O shameful dede not onelye in sighte to be lothed but also odious of all men to be hearde If thou haddest done this dede at thyne owne house beynge at Supper wyth thy wyfe and children who would not haue thought it a filthy dede but now for the to do it in the Parliamente house emong so manye gentilmeÌ„ such yea the best in al England beyng bothe an officer of the kynges and a man of muche aucthoritye and there to caste
our health the sauegard of our bodies but the lawe of a Realme wherby the wicked are condempned and the godly are defended ¶ An Epistle to perswade a young ientleman to Mariage deuised by Erasmus in the behalfe of his frende ALbeit you are wyse enough of your selfe throughe that singulare wisedome of yours most louyng Cosyn and litle needes the aduise of other yet either for that olde fryndshippe whiche hath bene betwixt vs and continued with our age euen from our cradles or for suche your greate good turnes showed at all tymes towardes me or elles for that faste kynred and alliaunce whiche is betwixt vs I thought my selfe thus muche to owe vnto you if I woulde be suche a one in deede as you euer haue taken me that is to saie a man bothe frendly and thankeful to tell you freely whatsoeuer I iudged to apperteine either to the sauegarde or worshippe of you or any of yours and willyngly to warne you of the same We are better seen oftentymes in other mens matters than we are in our owne I haue felte often your aduise in myne owne affaires and I haue founde it to be as fortunate vnto me as it was frendly Nowe if you wil likewyse in your awne matters folowe my counsail I truste it shal so come to passe that neither I shal repent me for that I haue geuen you counsail nor yet you shal forthynkâ— your self that you haue obeyed and folowed myne aduise There was at supper with me the twelfe daie of Aprill when I laie in the countrie Antonius Baldus a man as you knowe that most earnestly tendreth your welfare and one that hath bene alwaies of great acquaintaunce and familiaritie with your sonne in lawe A heauie feast we had and ful of muche mournyng He tolde me greatly to bothe our heauinesse that your mother that moste godly woman was departed this lyfe your sister beyng ouercome with sorow heauinesse had made her selfe a Nunne so that in you onely remaineth the hope of issue and maintenanuce of your stocke â–ª whereupon your frendes with one consent haue offerde you in Mariage a ientlewoman of a good house and muche wealthe fayre of bodie very well brought vp and suche a one as loueth you with all her harte But you either for your late sorowes whiche you haue in freshe remembraunce or elles for Religion sake haue so purposed to lyue a syngle lyfe that neither can you for loue of your stocke neither for desier of issue nor yet for any entreatie that your frendes can make either by prayeng or by wepyng be brought to chaunge your mynde And yet notwithstandyng all this if you wil folowe my counsaill you shalbe of an other mynde and leauyng to lyue syngle whiche bothe is barren and smally agreeyng with the state of mannes nature you shall geue your selfe wholy to moste holy wedlocke And for this parte I will neither wishe that the loue of your fryndes whiche elles ought to ouercome your nature nor yet myne aucthoritie that I haue ouer you shoulde doe me any good at all to compasse this my requeste if I shall not proue vnto you by moste plaine reasons that it will be bothe muche more honest more profitable and also more pleasaunt for you to marie than to lyue otherwyse Yea what will you saie if I proue it also to be necessarie for you at this tyme to Marie And firste of all if honestie maie moue you in this matter the whiche emong all good men ought to bee of muche weighte what is more honest then Matrimonie the whiche CHRISTE hym selfe did make honest when not onely he vouchesaufed to bee at a Mariage with his Mother but also did consecrate the Mariage feaste with the first miracle that euer he did vpon yearche What is more holie then Matrimonie whiche the creatour of all thynges did institute did fasten and make holie and nature it selfe did establishe What is more praise worthie than that thyng the whiche whosoeuer shall dispraise is condempned streight for an Heretique Matrimonie is euen as honourable as the name of an Heretique is thought shamefull What is more right or mâ—ete than to geue that vnto the posteritie the whiche we haue receiued of our auncesters What is more inconsiderate than vnder the desire of holinesse to escew that as vnholie which God hym selfe the fountaine and father of al holinesse woulde haue to be counted as moste holie What is more vnmanly than that man shoulde go against the lawes of mankynde what is more vnthankfull than to deny that vnto youngelynges the whiche if thou haddest not receyued of thine elders thou couldest not haue bene the man liuyng able to haue denied it vnto theim That if you woulde knowe who was the first founder of Mariage you shal vnderstande that it came vp not by Licurgus nor yet by Moses nor yet by Solon but it was first ordeined instituted by the chief founder of all thynges commended by the â—ame made honourable and made holie by thesame For at the firste when he made man of the yearthe he did perceyue that his lyfe shoulde be miserable and vnsauerie excepte he ioyned Eue as maâ—e vnto hym Wherupon he did not make the wyfe vpon the same claie wherof he made man but he made her of Adams ribbes to the eude we might plainely vnderstande that nothyng ought to be more deare vnto vs theÌ„ our wyfe nothyng more nigh vnto vs nothyng surer ioyned and as a man woulde saie faster glewed together The selfe same GOD after the generall floude beyng reconciled to mankynde is saied to proclaime this lawe firste of all not that men shoulde lyue single but that they shoulde encrease be multiplied and fill the yearth But howe I praie you could this thyng be sauyng by mariage and lawful comyng together And first least we shoulde allege here either the libertie of Moyses lawe or els the necessitie of that tyme What other meanyng els hath that commune and commeÌ„dable reporte of Christe in the Gospell for this cause saieth he shall man leaue father and mother and cleaue to his wyfe And what is more holie than the reuerence and loue due vnto parentes and yet the truthe promised in Matrimonâ—e is preferred before it and by whose meanes Mary by GOD hym self at what time Forsouth not onely emoÌ„g the Iues but also emong the Christians Men forsake father and mother and takes themselfes wholie to their wyfes The sonne beyng past one and twentie yeres is free and at his libertie Yea the sonne beyng abdicated becommeth no sonne But it is death onely that parteth maried folke if yet death doe part them Now if the other Sacramentes whereunto the Churche of Christe chiefely leaneth bee reuerently vsed who doeth not see that this Sacramente shoulde haue the most reuerence of al the whiche was instituted of GOD and that firste and before all other As for the other they were instituted vpon yearthe this was
quod he wil haue a Trope to be in these wordes This is my bodye But surely I would wishe the T. were taken awaye and they had that for their labour whiche is lefte behinde What carye you master Person quod a gentilman to a Prieste that hadde his woman on horsebacke behynde him haue you gotte your male behinde you No syr quod the Prieste it is my female The interpretation of a worde doth oft declare a witte As when one hath done a robbery some wil saye it is pitie he was a handsome man to y â— which another made answere you saye truthe syr for he hathe made these shyftes by hys handes and gotte his liuyng wyth lyght fingeringe therfore beinge handsome as you saye he is I woulde God he were handsomelye hanged Sometimes it is delightfull when a mannes word is taken and not his meaninge As when one hadde sayde to an other whose helpe he must nedes haue I am sory sir to put you to paynes The other aunswered I will ease you syr of that sorowe for I will take no paynes for you at all The turning of a word deniynge that wherwith we are charged aunswering a much worsse doth often moue the hearer There was one Bassus as Quintilian dothe tell whiche seinge a Ladye called Domitia to be very nighe her selfe spake his pleasure of her Wherupon she being greued charged hym wyth these woordes that he shoulde saye she wâ—s suche a pyuche penye as woulde sell her olde shoue for money whereupon he aunswered No forsothe madâ—me quod he I saide not so but these were my wordes I saide you bought olde shoâ—e suche as you coulde geâ— beste cheape for money The Hollanders woordes ars worthye rehearsall who beynge a pore man as Erasmus telleth the tale had a cow or two goyng in â—he communes wherupon it happened that an Oxe of a riche mans who then was Maior of the towne hadde gored the pore mannes cowe and almoste kylled her The pore man being in this case halfe vndone thought notwithstanding by a wittye deuise to get right iudgâ—ment of master Maior for the losse of his cowe if he gotte nothynge elles and therfore thus he framed his tale Sir so it is that my cowe hath gored and almoste kylled your Oxe What haâ—h she quod he by sainte Marye thou shalte pay for him then Naye quod the poore man I crye you mercye youre Oxe hathe gored my cowe Ah quod the Maior that is an other matter we wyl talke of that hereafter at more leasure These wordes were spoken of purpose but now you shal heare what an olde woman spake of simplicitie In the dotynge worlde when stockes were saintes and â—umme walles spake this olde grandamme was deuoutelye kneling vpon her knees before the ymage of our Ladye Wherupon a merye felowe asked her what she meante to crouche knele there Marie quod the olde mother I praye to our Ladye that she maye praye to her Sonne for me with that he laughed at her ignoraunce Wherupon she thinkinge that her wordes were spoken amisse corrected her owne sayinge in this wise Naye quod she I praye to Christe in heauen that he will praye for me to this good Ladye here Wordes rehearsed contrarie to that which was spoken as a man would say ouerthwartly answered do much abash the opponent delite the hearers As when Sergius Galba being sicke therfore â—eping his house had appointed certaine of his freÌ„des to hear a matter of one Libo Scribonius Tribune of the people a man muche noted for hys noughtye and vncleane life this Libo saide to him in this wise Good Lorde when shall wee see you Sir abroade out of youre Parloure Marye quod he when thou kepeste thy selfe oute of an other mannes chambre meanynge that he was ouer familiar with an other mans wife Thus we se howe and in what maner pleasaunt sawes are gathered and vsed vpon the occasion of diuers wordes spoken Pleasaunte sporte made by rehearsynge of â— whole matter THe nature whole course of a matter being largelye set oute with a comelye behauoure doth much delite the hearers and geuâ—th good cause of greate pastime And this difference is betwene a â—este in a word and a iest vtterde in a longe tale That whiche is still deliteful with what wordes soeuer you tell it is contâ—inâ—d in the substaunce or nature of a loÌ„ge tale that which loseth his grace by alteration of a worde is conteyned in the nature of a woorde They that can liuely tell pleasaunt tales and merye dedes done and set theim oute as well with gesture as with voyce leauynge nothynge behynde that maye serue for beautifiynge of their matter are mooste mete for thys purpose wherof assuredlye there are but fewe And whatsoeuer he is that canne aptelye tell his tale and wyth countenaunce voyce and gesture so temper his reporte that the hearers maye styll take delyte him counte I a man worthye to be hyghlye estemed For vndoubtedlye no man can dooe anye suche thinge excepte they haue a greate mother wytte and by experience confirmed suche their comelines wherunto by nature they were most apte Many a maÌ„ readeth histories heareth fables seeth worthye actes done euen in this our age but few can set them out accordingly and tel them liuely as the matter selfe requireth to be told The kindes of delitinge in this sorte are diuers wherof I will set forth many as hereafter they shall folowe Sporte moued by tellinge olde tales IF there be any olde tale or straunge history wel wittely applied to some maÌ„ liuing al meÌ„ loue to hear it of life As if one wer called Arthur some good felow that were well acquainted wyth kynge Arthures bokâ— and the knightes of his rounde table woulde wante no matter to make good sporte and for a nede woulde dubbe him knyght of the rounde table or els proue him to be one of his kynne or â—ls whiche were muche proue him to be Arthure hym selfe And so likewise of other names mery panions would make madde pastime Oftentimes the deformitie of a mans bodye geueth maâ—ter enoughe to be ryght merye or els a picture in shape lyke an other man will make some to laughe right hartely One being greued with an other man saide in his anger I will set the oute in thy coloures I will shewe what thou arte The other beinge therwith muche chafed shewe quod he what thou canste with that he shewed him pointinge with his finger a man with a bottell nose blobbe cheaked and as redde as a Bouchers bowle euen as like the other manne as anie one in all the worlde could be I neede not to saye that he was angrye An other good felowe beinge merelye disposed called his acquaintaunce vnto him said Come hither I saie and I wil shewe thee as verye a lowte as euer thou sawest in all thy lyfe before with that he offered him at his commynge a stele
and ingenious capacitee for mundane affaires I cannot but celebrate and extolle your magnificall dexteritee aboue all other For how could you haue adepted suche illustrate prerogatiue and dominicall superioritee if the fecunditee of your ingenie had not been so fertile wouÌ„derfull pregnaunt Now therfore beeyng accersited to suche splendent renoume dignitee splendidious I doubt not but you will adiuuate suche poore adnichilate orphanes as whilome ware coÌ„disciples with you and of antique familiaritie in Lincolne shire Emong whom I beeyng a Scholasticall panion â—btesiate your sublimitee to extoll myne infirmitee There is a sacerdotall dignitee in my natiue countrey contiguate to me where I now contemplate whiche your worshipfull benignitee could sone impetrate for me if it would like you to extend your scedules and collaude me in them to the right honorable lorde Chauncellor or rather ArchigraÌ„macian of Englande You knowe my literature you knowe the pastorall promocion I obtestate your clemencie to inuigilate thus muâ—he for me accordyng to my confidence and as you know my condigne merites for suche a compendious liuyng But now I relinquishe to fatigate your intelligence with any more friuolous verbositie and therfore he that rules the climates be euermore your beautreux your fortresse and your bulwarke Amen What wise maÌ„ readyng this letter will not take him for a very Caulfe that made it in good earnest thought by his ynkepot termes to get a good personage Doeth wit reste in straunge wordes or els standeth it in wholsome matter and apt declaryng of a mannes mynd Do we not speake because we would haue other to vnderstande vs or is not the tongue geueÌ„ for this ende that one might know what another meaneth And what vnlearned man can tell what half this letter signifieth Therfore either we must make a difference of Englishe and saie some is learned Englishe and othâ—r some is rude Englishe or the one is courte talke the other is couÌ„trey speache or els we must of necessitee banishe al suche affected Rhetorique and vse altogether one maner of laÌ„guage When I was in Cambrige and student in the kynges College there came a man out of the toune with a pinte of wine in a pottle pot to welcome the prouost of that house that lately came from the courte And because he would bestow his present like a clerke dwellyng emong the schoolers he made humbly his thre curtesies and said in this maner Châ— good â—uen my good lorde and well might your lordship vare Understandyng that your lordeship was come knowyng that you are a worshipfull Pilate and kepes a bominable house I thought it my duetie to come incantiuantee bryng you a pottell a wine the whiche I beseche your lordeship take in good worthe Here the simple man beyng desirous to amendâ— his mothers tongue shewed hymself not to bee the wisest manne that euer spake with tongue Another good felowe in the couÌ„trey beyng an officer and Maiour of a toune and desirous to speake like a fine learned man hauyng iust occasion to rebuke a runnegate felow said after this wise in a greate heate Thou yngram and vacacion knaue if I take thee any more within the circumcision of my dampnacion I will so corrupte thee that all vacacion knaues shall take ilsample by thee Another standyng in muche nede of money and desirous to haue some helpe at a ientlemanns hand made his complaint in this wise I praie you sir be so good vnto me as forbeare this halfe yeres rent For so helpe me God and halidome we are so taken on with contrary Bishoppes with reuiues and with subsides to the kyng that al our money is cleane gone These wordes he spake for contribucion relief and subsidie And thus we see that poore simple men are muche troubled and talke oftentymes thei knowe not what for lacke of wit and want to Latine Frenche wherof many of our strauÌ„ge woordes full often are deriued Those therefore that will eschue this foly and acquaint themselfes with the best kynd of speache muste seke froÌ„ tyme to tyme suche wordes as are commonly receiued and suche as properly maie expresse in plain maner the whole conceipte of their mynde And looke what woordes wee best vnderstande and knowe what thei meane thesame should sonest be spoken and firste applied to the vtteraunce of our purpose Now whereas wordes be receiued aswell Greke as Latine to set furthe our meanyng in thenglishe tongue either for lacke of store or els because wee would enriche the language it is well doen to vse them and no man therin can be charged for any affectacion when all other are agreed to folowe thesame waie There is no man agreued when he heareth letters patentes yet patentes is latine and signifieâ—h open to all men The Communion is a felowship or a commyng together rather Latine then Englishe the Kynges prerogatiue declareth his power royall aboue all other and yet I knowe no man greued for these termes beeyng vsed in their place nor yet any one suspected for affectacion when suche generall wordes are spoken The folie is espied when either we will vse suche wordes as fewe men doo vse or vse theim out of place when another might serue muche better Therfore to auoyde suche folie we maie learne of that most excellent Orator Tullie who in his thirde booke where he speaketh of a perfect Oratoure de lareth vnder the name of Crassus that for the choyse of wordes foure thinges should chiefly be obserued First that suche wordes as we vse shuld bee proper vnto the tongue wherein wee speake again that thei be plain for all men to perceiue thirdly that thei be apt and mete moste properly to sette out the matter Fourthly that woordes translated from one significacion to another called of the Grecians Tropes bee vsed to beautifie the sentence as precious stones are set in a ryng to commende the golde ¶ Aptenesse what it is SUche are thought apt wordes that properly agre vnto that thyng whiche thei signifie and plainly expresse the nature of thesame Therfore thei that haue regard of their estimacion do warely speake and with choyse vtter woordes moste apte for their purpose In weightie causes graue wordes are thought moste nedefull that the greatnesse of the matter maie the rather appere in the vehemâ—ncie of their talke So likewise of other like order muste be taken Albeit some not onely do not obserue this kynde of aptnes but also thei fall into muche fondnesse by vsyng wordes out of place and applâ—yng theim to diuerse matters without all discrecion As thus An ignorant felowe comyng to a ientlemannes place seyng a greate flocke of shepe in his pastour saied to the owner of theim now by my truthe sir here is as goodly an audieÌ„ce of shepe as euer I saw in al my life Who will not take this felowe meter to talke with shepe then to speake emong menne Another likewise seeyng a house faire buylded saied to his
STomake grief is when we will take the matter as hote as a tost We nede no examples for this matter hote men haue to many of whom they may be bould and spare not that fynde them selues a colde Some tymes we enâ—reate earnestly and make meanes by praâ—er to wynne fauour Somtymes we seke fauour by speakyng well of the companie present As. Thorowe your helpe my lordes this good deede hath been done Some tymes we speake to hurte our aduersaries by settyng forth their euil behauior Sometymes we excuse a fault and accuse the reporters Sometymes we wishe vnto God for redresse to euil Sometimes we curse the extreme wickednes of some pastgood roisters In al whiche I thynke neither examples neede nor yet any rehersal had been greately necessarie coÌ„sidering al these come without any great learnyng sauing that for apt bestowing iudgement is right nedeful ¶ Of figures in sentencies called Schemes WHen any sentence vpon the placyng or settyng of wordes is said to be a figure thesaied is alwaies called a Scheme the whiche wordes beyng altered or displaced the figure streight doth lose his name and is called no more a scheme Of this sorte there be diuerse suche as hereafter folowe ¶ Doublettes DOublettes is when we reherse one and thesame worde twise together Ah wretche wretche that I am Tullie against Catiline inueighyng sore against his traiterouse attemptes saith after a loÌ„g rehersed matter and yet notwithstandyng all this notouriouse wickednesse the maÌ„ liueth stil liueth Nay mary he cometh into the counsel house whiche is more An other Darrest thou showe thy face thou wretched theef thou theefe I saie to thyne owne father darrest thou looke abrode Thus the ofte repeatyng of one worde doth munhe stirre the hearer and makes the worde seeme greater as though a sworde were ofte digged thrust twise or thrise in one place of the bodie ¶ Alteryng parte of a worde ALteryng parte of a word is when we take a letter or sillable from some word or els adde a letter or sillable to a worde As thus WilliaÌ„ Somer seyng muche a do for accomptes makyng that the Kynges Maiestie of most worthie memorie Henry theight wanted mony suche as was due vnto hym And please your grace ê™ he you haue so many frauditours so many conueiers and so many deceiuers to get vp your money that they get al to themselues Whether he said true or no let God iudge that it was vnhappely spoken of a foole I thynke he had some Scholemaister he shoulde haue saied Auditours Surueyours and Receauours ¶ Repetition REpetition is when we begynne diuerse sentencies one after another with one and thesame worde As thus When thou shalt appere at the terrible daâ—e of iudgemeÌ„t before the high maiestie of God where is then thy richesse where is then thy deintie faire where is theÌ„ thy great band of men where are then thy faire houses wher are then al thy laÌ„des pastures parkes forestes I might saie thus of our soueraine lord the Kynges maiestie that now is Kyng Edwarde hath ouerthrowne idololatrie Kyng Edwarde hath bannished superstition Kyng Edward by Gods helpe hath brought vs to the true knowlege of our creation Kyng Edwarde hath quieted our coÌ„sciencies laboured that al his people should seeke healthe by the death and Passion of Christ alone ☞ Conuersion COnuersion is an ofte repeatyng of the last worde is contrarie to that which went before WheÌ„ iust dealing is not vsed welth goeth away fryndship goeth away truth goeth awaie all goodnes to speake at a worde goeth awaie Where affections beare rule there reason is subdued honestie is subdued good wil is subdued al thinges els that withstande euil for euer are subdued ¶ Comprehension COmprehersion is when bothe the aboue rehersed figures are in one kynd of speakyng vsed so that bothe one first worde must ofte be rehersed likewise al one last worde What winneth the hartes of men Liberalitie What causeth men to aduenture their lifes and dye willyngly in defence of their masters Liberalitie What coÌ„tinueth the staâ—e of a Kyng Liberalitie What becometh a woman best first of al Silence What seconde Silence What third Silence What fourth Silence Yea if a man should aske me til dowmes day I would stil crie silence silence without the whiche no woman hath any good gifte but hauing thesame no doubt she must haue many other notable giftes as the whiche of necessitie do euer folow suche a vertue ¶ Progression PRogression standeth vpoÌ„ contrarie sentences which answere one another If we would rebuke a naughty boie we might with coÌ„mendyng a good boie say thus What a boie are thou in coÌ„parâ—son of this fellow here Thou sleapes he wakes thou plaies he studies thou art euer abrode he is euer at home thou neuer waites he stil doth his attendaunce thou carest for no body he doeth his dutie to al men thou doest what thou caâ—st to hurt al please none he doth what he can to hurte none please all ¶ Lyke endyng and lyke fallyng THen the sentences are said to ende lyke when those wordes do end in like sillables which do lacke cases Thou liues wickedly thou speakes naughtely The rebelles of Northfolke ê™ a most worthie man that made an inuectiue against theÌ„ through slauerie slew Nobilitie in dede miserably in fashioÌ„ cruelly in cause deuilishly Sentencies also are said to fal like when diuerse wordes in one sentencâ—e ende in lyke cases that in ryme By great trauaile is got muche auaile by earnest affection men learne discrecion These .ij. kyndes of Exornacion are then most delitefull when contrarie thynges are repeated together when that ones again is vtterde whiche before was spoken when sentencies are turned and letters are altered Of the first this may be an example Where learnyng is loued there labour is estemed but wher sleuth is thought solace there rudenes taketh place A Kyng is honoured that is a Kyng in dede wil you drink or you go or wil you go or you drinke There is a diffrence betwixt an horsemilne a milnehorse He is a meter man to driue the Carte than to serue in the Courte Through labouâ— cometh honour through ydell lyuyng foloweth hangyng Diuerse in this our tyme delite muche in this kynd of writyng whiche beeyng measurably vsed deliteth muche the hearers otherwyse iâ— offendeth and werieth mens eares with sacitie S. Augustine had a goodly gifte in this behaulf yet some thinkes he forgot measure and vsed ouermuche this kynde of figure Notwithstandyng the people were suche wher he liued that they toke muche delite in rimed sentences in Orations made ballade wise Yea thei were so nyce so waiwarde to please that excepte the Preacher from tyme to tyme coulde ryme out his Sermon they woulde not long abide the hearyng Tacitus also sheweth that in his tyme the iudges