L I B. VI. Of the Advancement of Lear?ting, 1 8 1 



Life. And as to the labouring and culture of this Art, the Emulation 

 of Arijioile with the Rhetoricians of his time, and the earnelt and ve- 

 hement diligence of C/Ver^Jabouring with all might to raife and enno- 

 ble that /^rf, joyned ^♦ith long Experience, hath made them in their 

 Books written of thi|il;7 to exceed themfclves. Again, the excellent 

 example of £/i?^«tv/(re in the Orations of DeMojihenes, and Cicertf, added 

 to thefubtilty and diligence of Precepts , have doubled the Progref- 

 fion in this Art. Wherefore the DeJi'cjeKts which we find in this Art , 

 will be rather inlbme Colleftions, which may as Hand- maids attend 

 the Art 5 than in the Rules and the ufe of the Art it felf. For even 

 then when we made mention of aPromptuary Knoivledge in Loj^i^:^^ we 

 engaged our felves by Proraile, to exhibit Examples at large thereof in 

 Rhetoric/^. 



Nottvithjiandiffg that we may ftir up and fubdue the earth a little , 

 about the Roots of this Science ^ as our manner is to do in the reft , 

 lurely Rhetoric^ is fttb-fcrvient to tlie imagination^ as Logicl^ is to the 

 "Dnder landing. And the office cind duty of Rhetoric^ ( if a man well 

 weigh the matter) is no other, than to apply and command the Di&ates 

 of Reafon to the Imagination , for the better moving of the Appetite and 

 IVill, For we fee the government of Reafon isdilquieted, and aflailed 

 three ways 5 tithtx by lUaqheatioa oi'Sophifms, which pertains to Lo- 

 gick^'-, or by the deceits of words, which pertains to Rhetoricl^j or by 

 the violence of PaJJions, which pertains to Morality : And as in nego- 

 ciation with others,a man may be wrought and overcome either by C««- 

 tiing, or by Importunity^ or by Vehemency, fo in that inward negociation 

 which we praftife within our felves, either we are undermined Ap ^''•'e 

 Fallades of Arguments •■) orfollicited and dilqnieted by the ajjiduity of 

 imprejfions and objervationsj or (haken and tranfported by the ajjault of 

 affe&ions andpajfims. But yet the ftate of manij nature is not fo un- 

 fortunate, as that thofc Powers and Arts (hould have force to difturb 

 Reafon^ and not to eftablilh and advance it j nay, rather much more do 

 they conduce to this effeft, than to the contrary. For the end of Lo- 

 gick., is to teach a form of Arguments, to (ecure Realbn, and not to en- 

 trap it 5 (bthe end of Morality is to compofe the AffeHions, that they 

 itiay fight for Reafon, and not that they may invade it; the end like- 

 wife of Rhetorick^, is to fill the Imagination with obfervations and re- 

 femblances, which may fecond Reafon, and not opprefs and betray 

 it : for thefeabufes of Arts come in but ex obliquofox prevention, not 

 for practice. And therefore it was great injuflice in P/«/<7 Cthough j^ g 

 fpringing out of a ju(t hatred to the Rhetoricians of his timej to place 

 Rhetorid^ivnong^ Arts voluptuary^ referabling it to Cookery, that did 

 marr wholefbme meats, and help unwholefome by the the abufe of 

 of variety of fawces and feafbnings, to the pleafure of the tafte. But 

 beitfaravv-ay, that fpeech fhould not be giuch moreconverfant ina- 

 doringthat which is fair and honeft , than in colouring that which is 

 foul and evil : for this is every where at hand ^ and there is no man but 

 fpeaks more honeftly than he can do or think. Indeed it was excel- '' 



lently noted by Thucydides , that fbme fuch thing as this , ufed to be 

 objedlcd to CJcon^ that becaufe he ufed to hold the bad fide in caufes 

 he pleaded , therefore he was ever inveighing againft Eloquence, and 

 goodfpeccl'^ for he knew no man could fpeakfair of things fordid and 



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