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Wliy hr my layde labour I humbl your good lordel'i
as to the chyefr m.iyntener and norilThcr of my (tody* befetl you, though it be ferrc within your mcryt/i" done to me, to a< it as tin- i\ if my pore and fymple wyt; which if it roaye
fyrlt pleale your lurdri'hyppc, and next the rcdcrs, I truftc by the ayde of ah ^od to endight J other werkes both in this fatultyc
and other to the laudc of Me hyghe godhed, of whom all goodnes doth procede, and to your lordefhyppes pleafure, and to profyt delectacyon of the reder.
| A iiii a | The arte or crafte of Rhethoryke.
\\ holbmeuer defyreth to be a good oratour or to dyfpute and cowmune of any maner thynge / hym behoueth to hauc foure thynges. 1 lie fyrfte is called Inuencyon, for he imiftc fyrlte of al imjgjrJLe or inucnt in hi> niviule what he shall lave. The .ii. 4 is named Judge- ment / for he mufte haue wyt to difcerne and iudge whether tho thinges that he liathc founde in his mynde be conuenient to the purpofe or nat / for often tymes yf a man lake 5 thys propriete* he may alwell tell that that is agaynfte hym /as with hym / as expe- rience doth dayly fhew. The i vfpofycyon wherby he maye knowe howe to ordre and let euery thynge in his due place. Leltc thoughe his inuencyon and Judgement be neuer fo goode he happen to be counted as the cowmune prouerbe fayeht To put the carte afore the horfe. The .iiii. & is UK h thynges lalte as [sic] he hathe Inuentid and by Judgement knowen apte to his purpole when they ar let in theyr ordre fo to fpeke them that it maye be pleasant and delectable to the audience. So that it maye be layde of hym that hiftoryes make mencion that an olde u ivd ons by demofthenes and [A iiii b] lyns hathe bene a cowmune prouerbe amoirge the grekes otrroa coTi 8 whiche is almoch to ia\ he). And this lafie propriete is callvd amonge lernyd men cloimcnce. Of thefe .iiii.' the molt difficile or harde is to inuente what thou mufte lave, whcr-
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