A TREATISE 



fuch as are likely to arife out of the aftion wee endeavour to 

 draw him unto with whom we treat. In both thefe , the ufuall 

 labour is , to make our neighbours willing to leave feme prefent 

 good, in hope of a greater to come ; or to be content to under- 

 goe fome prefent harme, for feare of a greater to enfue. The ge- 

 nerall instrument which they ufe, is <difcoHr(lng whole vertue 

 confifteth paply inourownemind, and partly in delivering our 

 mind to others : for firft we muft know what we ftiould fay , 

 and next in what manner we {hould fay it. 

 6. The art which direcleth our owne mind, and teacheth us what 



OfLoglck. to fay, is Logic ke : whofe parts are two; according as the af- 

 faires falling into difcourfe, are likewife of- a twofold nature : the 

 one inftrafteth us how to manage and order our reafon, when it 

 dealeth with fuch fubjecls as wee may attaine to certainty in. 

 And here the rules of Demon fir atio* take place; teaching us to de- 

 fine, to divide, and to conclude. The'Qthcrinftrudeth us how to 

 behave our felves, when we meet with fuch fub/e&s, as a good 

 probable guefle is the fartheft wee can reach unto towards the 

 knowledge of them :and for thefe ; the Toficall part of Logick 

 ferveth; the which, taking a view of all the accidents belonging 

 to any thing prupeunded , (heweth how to draw probabilities 

 from every one or them. 

 7 Our dilcourfing to others, is either to open our mindes barely 



Of Grammar, unto them ; or to perfwade them of fomewhat our felves believe; 

 ortowinnrthemtofomtwhatwee would have them doe. For 

 the bare delivery of our minds to others, we have Grammar', the 

 fCopc of which att, confiftcth firft, in teach us to deliver our con- 

 ceptions plainly and clearly, ( which is the siaine intent of fpea- 

 king) next, in making, our difcourfe bee fuccindt and bhefe, 

 ( which is the meafure of our fpeaking , both for our felves tnd 

 others ; ) and laftly , in forting our words , fo as what wee 

 fay, may bee accompanied with fweetnefle; both in com- 

 mon, in regard of the eare, by avoyding fuch harfh founds as 

 may offend ii; and iti particular , in regard of the cuftomcot 

 the language wherein we fpeak, and of the perfons to whom 

 we fpeak. 

 9. The art whereby we may perfwade others, and winne them to 



Of Rhetorick. a flfent unto what we would have them, is RlretorickfMci rules in- 

 flruft us how to difpofe and order with beft adyintage, in regard 



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