hath occasioned at this instaunt, this discourse to come vnto your
handes. There was, if you remember, at your last beeng with mee in
the Countrey, a man of great abilitie, dwelling about a mile from me,
his name was B. and if I faile not of memorie therein, wee had once
at a dinner together sitting (by occasion of a pleasaunt Gentleman
then beeing in our companie) greate speaches of him: the man I knowe
is not cleane out of your conceite, and therefore I will cease in
further speaches at this presente to reuoke him. What generall hate the
people bare him, and howe ill hee deserued from his first conuersing
among them, you haue not (I am sure) forgotten, in so much as he was
called the _Hell_ of the world, the _Plague_ of a common-weale, the
_Mischiefe_ of men, and the _Bondslaue_ of the deuill. And no maruaile,
for what iniurie mighte bee conceiued, that was not by him imagined?
what euill coulde there bee that hee shunned to practise? What
mercilesse dealing that hee woulde not proffer? What apparant wrong
that hee ceased to inferre? What execrable extortion that hee cared not
to committe? What villanie so damnable that he durste not put forwarde?
O God, it is incredible to thinke, and vnpossible to bee surmised,
howe greate, howe forcible, howe manifolde, howe mischieuous, howe
insufferable, howe detestable hath beene the originall, progression,
continuation, and determination of his most wicked and shamelesse life,
and were it not that by the incessant outcries, continuall cursinges,
and horrible denuntiations of the innumerable multitude of those, whome
in his life time hee yoked, whome with his actions he feared, whom
with the weighte of his endelesse wealth, hee poized downe, that they
durste not then whisper in secrete, what nowe they openlie discouer,
whereby the force of his wickednesse being then secrete, became not as
nowe so open and apparant. I durste not me thinkes of my selfe so much
as surmize but the one halfe of that, wherein he became so notorious,
so rare and vnused are the euils, wherein hee seemed so throughly to
bee fleshed. I haue woondered sithence with my selfe many times: what
soyle it might bee, or what constellation so furious, as effected
their operations in production of so bad and vile a creature, at the
time when hee was first put forwarde with liuing into the worlde: In
the search whereof I haue beene the lesse astonied, in so much as
thereby I haue growne into some particular knowledge of his originall
and parentes. His sire I haue vnderstoode was a villaine by birth, by
nature, by soyle, by discente, by education, by practise, by studie, by
experience: his damme the common sinke of euerie rakehels filthinesse:
the one of whome (after innumerable offences committed, whereby
hee deserued a thousande deathes) was at the last for a detestable
and notorius crime burned peecemeale vppon a stage in Holland, and
the other (after sundrie consuming and filthie diseases, neuer able
to rid her) was in like manner hanged aliue in chaines for a most
horrible murder in England. Expect you not then, that the procreation
and generation of such an issue, must by argumente of the Parentes
condition, sorte to some notable purpose: you doe I know, and in
trueth howe coulde it otherwise bee likely. Nowe if hereby wee shoulde
conceiue of his education, and howe his childehoode past away beeing
fostered vp as hee was, from one place to another, without any certaine
abiding, but onely _Cœlum omnibus commune_, the common habitation of
the worlde. We must no doubte suppose that he sawe much, knewe much,
practised much, ouerpassed much, and was glutted with verie much. And
surely if I shoulde giue credite to some whome I durst beleeue, that
knewe him euen then when hee was not much more then a childe, the
verie yeares he lastly bare, gaue not more assured testimonie of what
hee nowe was, then the season in which he then passed, did yeelde an
inuiolable approbation, what in time following he would become, for
euen thē; what rapine, what theft, what iniurie, what slaunder, what
lying, what enuie, what malice, what desperate boldnesse, and daring
to enter into any mischiefe, was in him throughly planted? There was
not (by reporte) any one thinge whereby a man might afterwarde bee
coniectured to become infamous, but was in him fully replenished.
Credite mee, I coniecture so manifoldly of the sequell of his actions,
as when I vnderstande what hee was so ripely, I maruaile that hee
liued thus long so wickedly. But shall I turne here from, to his
Adolescencie, and shew what therein I haue hearde? Truely it passeth
all capacitie to be censured: and it is too much to bee thought vppon.
His pride, his bouldnes, his shameles countenance, his lookes, his
gesture, his shew, his liuing, his conuersation, his companie, his
hauntes shewed still what hee was: There was no rake-hell, no ruffian,
no knaue, no villaine, no cogging raskall, no hatefull companion, no
robber on high waies, no priuy pilferer, but his hande was in with him,
and that hee was a copesmate for him, no brothell house but he haunted,
no odde corner but hee knewe, no cutter, but hee was a sharer with,
no person so lasciuious, abiect, vilde, or dissolute, but hee would
bee a copartner with. Yet after all these trades, hauntes, sharinges,
and partakings, hee became at last to serue an olde miser, aged for
his yeares and miserable for his couetousnes. This wretched olde man
(as each one fancieth as hee liketh) conceiued so much of the odde
youth, that hee took him into his seruice, where, with badde attire,
and thredbare diet, hee liued with him a prettie season, somewhat more
then quarter maister. In the ende (by whose thefte God knowes) the man
had a chist broken vp, and a little coyne and plate stolne, where with
(becomming desperate) it was deliuered hee hung himselfe for griefe,
and beeing nowe deade, lefte no issue or other heire, to succeede his
wretchednesse and double barred hoorde, but B. his man, who being a
strong lubber, was by this time growne a sturdie knaue, and would
needes bee counted a man, and thereupon hee became owner and intruder
to his maisters pelfe, wretchednes and miserie. To reckon to you since,
howe hee came into the countrie here, beecame a purchaser, howe hee
hath spente his youth, passed his olde age, what bribery, extortion,
wrong, crueltie, rapine, mischiefe, and all kinde of villanie, hee
hath bolstered, perpetrated, followed: what infidelitie, falshoode,
reuenge, priuy guile, treacherie, betraying the innocent, beating downe
the poore, fatherlesse and widowes: howe much euill hee hath done and
what litle good he hath deserued, what shoulde I clogge my selfe with
the remembrance, or trouble you with the rehearsall. It is too much, I
am not able, I cannot, nay, it were vnpossible to perfourme it. What
resteth then, but that I hasten to the scope which in my foremost
purpose was intended, that hauing deliuered his shamefull life, I
doe reporte vnto you his shamelesse and vnaccustomed death. See then
the incomprehensible power and iustice of God, see the weight of his
measure, see the woonderfull demonstration of his secrete iudgement,
howe of a carelesse life ensueth a cankered death: of a wilfull liuing
a wretched ending: of such money misers so manifolde miseries; as
whereof I sigh to thinke, and grieue to remember. The man somewhat
before his sicknesse grew into an extreame numnesse, in so much as hee
that neuer lusted to helpe others, was not nowe able to helpe himselfe,
nor any cared to relieue him: afterwardes fretting and fuming with him
selfe as it seemed, that not withstanding his greate masse of money,
and huge heape of wealth, none could bee entreated with prayers, or
hiered with guiftes, so much as to meddle with him, he grew into such
a frensie, and consequently, into so ranck a madnes, that hee sate
swearing and blaspheming, crying, cursing, and banning, and that most
execrable, his lookes were grimme, furious and chaunged, his face
terrible, his sight fiery and pearcing, they that sawe him feared, and
they that heard of it durst not come nigh him. In conclusion, some that
pittied him more then his deseruing, and grieued to see that, they
coulde not redresse in him, caused a companie to watch him, others to
prouide warme brothes, and in conclusion vsed all meanes possible to
comforte him. But what can man doe to preuent the secret determination
of the almightie? For loe whilst all men lefte him, and each one stoode
in doubt of him, a companie of rattes vpon a sudden possest his house,
his tables, his chymnies, his chambers, yea his verie bed and his
lodging, vpon which & about which, they were so bold, as in the sight
of the beholders they durst appeare and come before them, and beeing
stroken, aboade, and were killed, and others come in their places:
What shall I say, the sight became so vncouth, as all men shunned,
ech one feared, and none durst abide it; whereupon the miser beeing
lefte alone, thus pittifully died. The stench of his corpes admitted
neither day-light nor companie wherein to bee buried. Two onely that
were the conueyers of him, sickened vehemently, and one of them dyed,
the other is yet scarcely recouered. The matter hereof seemed vnto me
so straunge, and therewithall so opportune to warne vs of our actions,
considering how seuerely God punisheth when hee is once bent to
correction, as I coulde not but deeply consider of it, weighing with
my self that such as was his life, such was his death, the one beeing
hated of manie, the other not to be tolerated of any. The circumstance
whereof, referring herewith to your deep consideration, I doe bid you
hartily farewell.
_Of Epistles deliberatiue.
Chap. 10._
=The next vnto these laste of this |Demonstratiue| kinds are nowe the
|Deliberatiue|, the first titles whereof in order suted forth, appeare
to bee |Hortatorie|, |Dehortatorie|, |Swasorie|, and |Disswasorie|.
These beeing as I saide before, neerlie affined together (sauing
onelie that the |Hortatorie| and |Dehortatorie| are a little more
vehement, stirring and pricking then the others, yet both consisting
in well aduising and counselling, the one by necessitie, the other
as an inducement to thinges laudable and worthie) neede therefore in
all seeming but one maner of direction in them to be followed. You
shall then vnderstand that the seuerall partes in either of these
|Hortatorie| or |Swasorie|, to be considered, doe principally stand
vppon a diuersitie of affections, which nature as it seemeth, hath from
the beginning ordained, to bee as it were stirrings or prouocations
within vs, thereby to propose a direct and most readie waie vnto
|Vertue|, or to terrifie by like degrees, or withdrawe vs from the
pursuing of vices.=
=The motions or effects herein frequented, may bee said to bee either
of praise or mislike, of hope or reward, or feare of euill to folow,
of loue to well doing, or of hate vnto badnes, of emulation of others
praise, glory, or reputation, of expectation thereon depending, of
examples or of intreatie. By laying out of all or either of these, as
occasion shall serue, consisteth the efficacie of all exhortation or
aduising, pulling backe or disswading. Now how the qualities of these,
or any other in generall touching the propertie they haue with |Vertue|
or |Vice|, may for any turne be allotted: I must as well for this
|Deliberatiue| kind ensuing, as for all other titles whatsoeuer, the
same hereafter requiring, wholy referre the learner to the places in
the chapter preceeding the Epistles |Laudatorie| and |Vituperatorie| in
all things to be directed.=
=As touching these particularities, which wee haue tearmed |Motions|
and |affects|, let vs consider if you will in seuerall, and see what
efficacie by distinguishment of all their properties & partes they may
beare in this writing. |Praise| (no doubt) in matter of exhortation
or stirring vp to well doing is of most singular force, and so
questionlesse is |Mislike|, when generallie it may bee drawne from a
regarded conceite of the greatest and woorthiest, to the withdrawing
from euill. For if we shall but enter into, or consider of our owne
common passages: what is it I pray you that preferreth or disalloweth,
giueth grace or disableth the actions and endeuours of men, but the
speciall allowance or mislike that is euery where had of them? Is
it not account alone that giueth encouragement vnto |Vertue|? Is
|Vertue| so fullie aduaunced in anie thing as in the estimate prayse
and reputation, that is attributed vnto her? No surelie. And this by
insight had into the verie woorst and lowest sort of men shall you
find, that there is hardlie anie lyuing of so base and contemptible a
spirite, but that by |Prayse| and commendation, hee may bee drawne vppe
to some liking of well dooing. And howebeit the issues of mens actions
doe at anie time seeme to bee spotted with euill, yet desire they at
the least wise for their reckoning sake, that they might bee esteemed
as good.=
=By this appeareth the singularitie of thinges excellent, in so much as
nothing is, or séemeth rightlie prayse-woorthie, but what is accounted
good, so little reputation haue the perpetratours of euilles, as
that of necessitie they are compelled to seeke credite, by falselie
attributing vnto themselues the name of good. Howe much more then true
|Prayse| and |Mislike| of thinges woorthie, or to bee despysed, may by
all lykelihoode bee auailable with those of good spirite, to drawe them
to |Vertues|.
=To applie nowe this prayse in exhorting or counsailing anie one, it
behooueth wee first conceyue what disposition, habiliments, or other
matter of value are in him whome wee haue to deale with, furthering
or conuenient to such a purpose, whereunto wee woulde exhort or
perswade him, and the likelihoode of the same, greatlie to put foorth
or commende: or if before time he haue behaued himselfe anie wayes
well, we shall incourage him in praysing of that alreadie done; and in
shewing that the more excellent the thing is, the more difficult it is
to bee attained, for _Difficilia quæ pulchra_, and yet the difficultie
not so great as the prayse, glorie and recordation thereof, shall
thereby afterwards be returned honourable.=
=Likewise, if the state of the partie doe serue thereunto, it shall
not bee amisse to put him in minde of his parentage, or that fayling,
of his Fortune, Vertue, Nobilitie of minde, Wit, towardnesse, his
great expectation, abilitie, age, and Discretion, all of them no lesse
requiring, but this with great modeste to be deliuered, least in
séeming to preferre the certaintie of those vertues which are of good
account to be in him, we doe not palpably gloze with the partie, and
as it were seeke to drawe from his person, or account, the things that
neuer came neare him.=
=Now as |Prayse|, and the laudable estimate of euerie good action,
together with the iust mislike of thinges euill, spurreth and eggeth
forward to great purposes, so verie much thereunto preuaileth this
other of |Hope|, not that which of a seruile and base humour or
condition ensueth, which expecteth nothing that is frustrate of gain,
and performeth all endeuours by expectation of reward, but that
vertuous kinde of |Hope|, which enableth to the perfection and absolute
summe of all worthinesse, and whose limit is honour, reputation,
estimate and account: A like Companion whereunto is |Loue|, beeing
a zealous affectation of thinges singular, which |Loue| produceth
likewise in it selfe, not a mislike onelie, but a burning |Hate| of
things vile, contemptible, and vnbeseeming.=
=As these in themselues doe each particularlie thrust forwards to
goodnes, so many times |Feare|, or doubt of inconuenience that may
ensue, terrifieth or disswadeth from euils. |Commiseration| of the
lamentable estate of any one, prouoketh also sometimes to pittie, and
disturneth in like sort manie times from reuenge. |Expectatiō|, as wel
of |Loue| as of |Hate|, of good opinion as mislike in compassing of
any thing is not the least. |Shame| & ignomie of the action also, the
dependance whereof is oftentimes occasion sufficient of well doing, and
hindrance alike, and withdrawing from euill purposes. But aboue all is
the spur of |Emulation|, whose force gathered by a certaine kind of
|Enuie|, of others proceedings kindleth flames of regarde to aspire vnto
the like, but not that sluggish and execrable enuie bred of most wicked
and detestable malice, which when it selfe cannot, nor is able to doe
any thing worthie, snatcheth and continuallie gnaweth on the deserts
of others, but that generous and noble kind of enuie which discreete
|Nature| and vertue haue insinuated in our mindes, emulating by a
feruent desire to compasse, or possibly to go beyond what mightily by
others hath béene performed.=
=The authoritie of |Example| is also very weightie, giuing warrant to
any vertuous imitation that may be prescribed, and lastly requests and
intreatie which euer more preuaileth according to the writers credit or
grauity. These being sufficently considered, we will nowe according to
such like directions, endeuour to suite foorth vnto you some particular
examples.=
_An Example of an Epistle Exhortatorie for
the attaining of vertue._
[Sidenote: _Exordium._]
[Sidenote: _Prosonomasia._]
[Sidenote: _Insinuatiō._]
[Sidenote: _Auxesis._]
[Sidenote: _Meiosis._]
[Sidenote: _Synonymia._]
[Sidenote: _Hypotyposis._]
[Sidenote: _Antipophora._]
[Sidenote: _Epiphonema._ Praise of the person.]
[Sidenote: _Paræmia._]
[Sidenote: _Exhortatiō._]
[Sidenote: _Confirmatiō._]
[Sidenote: _Antipophora._]
[Sidenote: _Ab æquo._]
[Sidenote: praise of his ancestors.]
[Sidenote: _A necessitate._]
[Sidenote: Of expectation.]
[Sidenote: Of loue and hate.]
[Sidenote: _Hyberbole._]
[Sidenote: _Epilogus._]
[Sidenote: entreatie.]
I haue manie times desired with my selfe (good Cosin) to obtaine some
necessarie meanes, whereby to manyfest the greate good will I doe
owe vnto you, and in some sorte or other to giue you to vnderstande,
howe much and howe greatly I haue tendred those good partes, that
manie times I haue seene and prooued to bee in you. And for as much
as _Fortune_ hath denied vnto mee the estate, reputation and wealth,
that manie haue gained, and the most doe couet, whereby I cannot if I
woulde, bestowe vppon you such riches and treasures as might breede
content vnto others: I am determmined to imparte vnto you, that, which
vnto your present condition seemeth most requisite, and wherewith vse
and common experience hath heretofore inured mee, in steede of wealth
to giue you wordes, in steede of golde, good, for riches, reason, and
in lue of liuing, to affoord you a louing and constant hearte. And
whereas I am enfourmed, that contrarie to the expectation of some
(who ouer peremptorily haue heretofore deemed of these your young
yeares to be laden with loosenesse, and led forwarde by libertie) you
haue of your selfe, and of your owne motion and free will, obtained
license and allowance of your father to go to _Cambridge_, in minde to
giue your selfe whollie to studie, and the sole fruition of learning,
I mused with my selfe whether I might more commende the motion, or
attende your perseuerance in the action that thereby you haue taken
in hande, in so much as the memorie of the one cannot bee for the
worthinesse more permanent, thē the glorie of the other, to your
euerlasting commendation, will appeare to be most excellent. It is
reported of the mightie _Alexander of Macedon_, that he was a King,
that he was puissant, that he was warlike, that hee was famous, that
he was a Conqueror, and that hee subdued the whole worlde: but when
he came to himselfe, to the conuincing of his owne appetite, to rule
reason by the square of right he became a meacocke, a childe, an
infant, what should I say? he was no bodie. Howe much greater then
hee was, hadde the woorthie Prince appeared, if as in the conquest
of sundrie mightie kinges, regions and prouinces, so in all other
thinges tending to the suppression of his owne peculiar affectes, he
had bene no lesse or fullie so much as _Alexander_. _Scipio_, the most
renowned amongst the Romanes, and for his sundrie great exploites in
_Affrica_, surnamed _Affricanus_, we doe reade, atchieued many valiant
and incomparable victories, and were it but that sole battell which
hee fought (when _Rome_ was nowe at wracke, her Nobilitie spoyled,
and her glorie trode vnder foote, readie almost vppon any reasonable
condition to bee deliuered into the handes of the enemie) in which hee
then freed his citie, repulsed _Haniball_ by a mightie ouerthrowe,
and thereby daunted so farre foorth his pride for euer, as expelled
from him all hope thence forwarde, at anie time else to become a
Conquerour: It coulde not otherwise bee saide without question, but
herein, yea in this onelie action, hee deserued eternall memorie: But
was hee herein, thinke you, and for this onely matter throughout all
the prouinces recounted so famous? No assuredlie. It was also his
rare and most singular vertues otherwise, that fullie perfected and
polished the glorie thereof. It was his rare _Temperance_, _Modestie_,
_Continencie_, and _Sobrietie_, wherein with woonderfull admiration
hee exceedinglie flourished, and became extolled aboue all others.
This was it, wherein more then Alexander hee became regarded and
famous. The conquestes that by this meanes hee daylie made of himselfe,
returned more glorie to Rome, more firme faith and reuerence, then
the forcible progression of all other his fattall ouerthrowes and
victories: of so greate and woonderfull reputation is Vertue to all
her followers. This beeing so, how can I then say, but in this your
action, you haue of your selfe right wel begun, how can I think, but
aboue many others you haue therein verie well deserued? Wherein shoulde
I augmente your praise if not in that which you haue heereby so well
performed, the force, operation, and effect of all which, hath onely
consisted in subduing your owne appetite? Great commendation haue
you won I must needes confesse, and more then with common worthines
haue you in this thinge demeaned your selfe, but (my good Cosen) it
is not ynough to haue well begun in a matter, without also therein
you doe vse perseuerance. _Hanniball_ knew well how to subdue, but he
knew not howe to entertaine his victories. As you haue alreadie in
this your resolution gotten great good liking, so behooueth both for
the preseruation of what alreadie woone, and to induce a perpetuall
increase to the same, that you doe euermore frequente and by earnest
and zealous prosecution seeke still to entertaine the fruits thereof.
Proceede then a Gods name, and goe on with good lucke in your
enterprise, the more harder and greater you finde the difficulty in
attaining to _vertue_, the more vehemente shall bee your glorie, and
the more honourable the reputation that thereby is pursued. For, what
hath a man of all that may be left vnto him in this worlde, whereof to
vaunt himselfe, but the memorie of that wherein he hath most worthily
trauailed. The rich reape possessions, which when themselues are once
passed away, are immediately distributed to others. The pleasures of
the worlde are momentarie, and after wee are once deade wee perceiue
them no more. Worship, honour and dignitie, perisheth euen in the verie
selfe remembrance. The reuenues of the mightie, when life is once fled,
are no more to be tendred. Shall wee then for a number of fruitelesse
vanities, (the regarde whereof doeth neuer last longer, then whilest
wee are in present vse of them) neglect the search of that which is of
all others most permanent? No surely. So behooueth not such as your
selfe, that of your auncestours haue had so many good encouragements,
beseemeth not the remembrance of their excellencies in you alone to
bee perished. Tis _vertue_, beleeue me, that procureth _Fame_, and
soly _Fame_ that makes men immortall. All other meanes are feeble as
the originall from whence they are deriued is vncertaine. At leaste
wise, it shall many other waies stande you greatly vppon, to continue
this course, in so much as by the æmulation of the vertues of others,
you shall thereunto be constrained, besides the loue and regarde
that all men haue borne, and euer doe beare to the remembrance of
vertue, the expectation of your entirely fauouring and carefull louing
friendes, who with greate longing doe attende the prosequution of your
woorthinesse, the ill conceite, malice and spite that some haue hadde
towardes you, whereby to ouerthrowe the good opinion of your father,
who with greater greedinesse than Woolues themselues, with more enuie
than the Crocodile, and farre more poyson than the serpent, doe lie in
waite but onely to hearken after the newes of your declination, and the
dissolued purpose of your good intention. Finally, my dearest and best
fauoured kinsman, I doe adiure you, pray you, and as earnestly as I
can beeseech you, by the verie pure and entire loue of vertue, whereof
you nowe shall become partaker, by the immortall fame thereunto onely
awarded, by the care you are bounde and ought to haue of your selfe,
by all the kindred that hath tied vs in affinitie together, by all the
loues and possible entreatie that I can, you doe persist, continue and
remaine firme in this your intended purpose. In pursuite whereof you
shall minister vnto your friendes ioy and comforte, to your enemies
shame and reproch, to your selfe praise and eternall regarde, and to
all sortes of your acquaintance occasion to admire you. Preferring many
times my care and earnest affection towards you, with my manifolde
greetings vnto your good selfe. I doe bid you farewell. &c.
Of Epistles Responsorie.
_Chap. 11._
=For asmuch as the knowledge of letters |Responsorie| are as méete to
bee vnderstoode in the ordinarie occasions hereof as any others: I
deeme it not amisse amongst the passages of these seuerall titles of
Epistles to sorte you foorth also of them some particular Examples,
the better in their disposition to enable yᵉ learner as occasion
may serue. Touching which, it is to bee vnderstoode that the matter
of euerie answere taketh his originall of a letter precéeding, and
dependeth principally on the parts thereof. The ordering whereof
(except in Letters |Excusatorie| or |Defensorie|) is wholy exempted,
the course in those other letters prescribed, and the obseruation in
these, is principally to consider on what partes the letter which ought
to be answered consisteth or is chiefly grounded. Those, howebeit it
behooueth we doe fully answere, yet shall you not (as some ignorant
of weldoing haue done) recite in your answere the whole circumstance
of the matter charged, |verbatim| in a manner as it is written
before you, for that woulde bréede tediousnesse, besides a ridiculous
disorder by such meanes frequented, but you shall (if néede so vrge)
capitulate the principall partes of euerie seuerall matter charged,
and thereupon frame you to answere the points, in sorte as before you,
shall be deliuered. Or sometimes not needing any rehersall at all, if
the pointes be but fewe, you shall answere onely as the matter you haue
in hande is to bée deliuered. Or otherwise in this sorte: |Touching
the pointes in your Letter to bee answered: for the first I say, or it
is thus or thus, &c. In the second, it is so or so. For the thirde,
in this manner or that. Touching the fourth, &c.| And so answere the
partes by their number. By which meanes you shall both drawe your
selfe to a breuitie therein, and become far more pithie in the matters
you haue to write of then otherwise can be expressed. And this béeing
sufficient for all matters hereafter, touching these |Responsorie|
kindes, we will nowe for the first Example set you downe an answere to
the epistle precéeding.=
_An example Responsorie to the last Epistle be-
fore remembred._
[Sidenote: _Prosonomasia._]
[Sidenote: _Dichologia._]
[Sidenote: _Allegoria._]
The regard of your exceeding good will, and weight of your aduise and
good exhortations (my verie good Cosen) haue mooued me many times to
thinke on you, and to thank you for the same, I take no litle comfort
of your great good liking of my determination, and that the endeuour
therof beareth so forcible allowance at your handes, as to reckon the
same in so hie and great accompte, as you doe. I did (I confesse) erre
a while, but howe? as a young man, I went astraie I graunt, but not
with perseuerance, for I reclaimed my selfe ere I fell, and stoode
vpright ere by ouer much weight I slided too far in my purposes,
_Errare est humanum, sed persistere belluinum_. The course I haue
taken in hand as it was estranged from the opinion of many: so in
the prosecutiō thereof, I hope to vse such pursuit, as willingly by
declination therein, I meane not to become offensiue to any. Feare you
not sir, the account is alreadie set downe, for notwithstanding my
greene yeares must yet of force continue their note of imbecilitie:
This prerogatiue yet remaineth, that I may as I liste adapt my opinion
to grauitie. You shall (good Coosen) doe mee a great pleasure, if as I
am partner of your loue and entyre affection, so I may sometymes bee
partaker with you of those exercises and sweet pleasures, wherewith
your studie is frequented: I meane that with some discourses of yours
you will nowe and then remember mee. By expectation whereof, you shall
often prouoke mee to aunswere you. Thus assuring my selfe of that I
neuer yet distrusted at your handes, your zeale and fidelitie towardes
mee; I regarde you as faithfull as I haue euer found you, and so will
alwayes account of you, &c.
_An example of an Epistle hortatorie, to the studie of learning._
[Sidenote: _Exordium._]
[Sidenote: _Insinuatiō._]
[Sidenote: _Propositiō._]
[Sidenote: _Merismus._]
[Sidenote: _Procatalepsis._]
[Sidenote: _Synonymia._]
[Sidenote: _Asyndeton._]
[Sidenote: _Paradigma._]
[Sidenote: _Commoratiō._]
[Sidenote: _Ab honesto._]
[Sidenote: _Allegoria._]
[Sidenote: _Synathrismus._]
[Sidenote: _Anthesis._]
[Sidenote: _Etiologia._]
[Sidenote: _Epanodis._]
[Sidenote: _Paramologia._]
[Sidenote: _Epiphonema._]
[Sidenote: _Auxesis._]
[Sidenote: Dignitie and zeale of others.]
[Sidenote: _Auxesis._]
[Sidenote: By example.]
[Sidenote: _Peroratiō._]