Lib. Vl Of the Advancement ofLedrnhii. 1 8 5 



Which Amplication and variance of fpeech (if a man defire indeed the -■•' 

 perfedion and height thereof) ought to befo far extended, tliat if the PJ^unEv- 

 fame things Ihoiild he fpoken tifeveralperfons, he Jwildfpea^ to them all MONii*^' 

 refpe&ively, and fcveral ways. Though it is certain that the grcateft O- ^'^'^'^' ^^•• 

 rators many times may want this politick and a&ive part of Eloquence in 

 private Speech 5 whilft by the observing the Grace, and Elegant forms 

 of Expreflion ; they loofe that voluble application •■, and charaBers of 

 fpeech^ which in difcretion they (hould have ufed towards particular 

 perfons. , Surely it will not be amifs to recommend this whereof we 

 now fp'^ak, to z nt^ Ifiqiiiry^ and to call it by name, The IVifdom of 

 private Speech ^ and torefef it to Defi'cietits j a thing certainly which 

 the more fa-ioufly a man fhall think on , the more highly he Ihall va- 

 lue 5 and whether this kind of Prude*jce fliould be placed be- 

 tween Rhetoric^ and the Politic^/ , is a matter of no great confe- 

 quence. 



§ Now let us defcend to the Deficients in this Art,whieh (as v^e have 

 faid before) are of fuch nature as may be eftefemed rather Appendices^ 

 thun portions of the Art it (elf j and pertain all to the Promptuarji pan 

 of Rheterickf 



II, Firft, we do not fiad that any man hath well purfued orftpplied * 

 the wifdoraand the diligence alfoof Arijiotle : for he began to make colores 

 a colleftion of the Popular Signs and Colours of Good and Evil in appea- M°<fu.''^ 

 ranee, both fintple and comparative^ which are, indeed, the Sophijms of ^'^'^'*^P' 

 Rhetorick^: they are of excellent ufe, fpecially referred to bufineft, 

 and the wifdom of private fpeech. But the labours of AriUotle con- 

 cerning thefe Colours, is three ways defe&ive 3 Firji^ that there be- 

 ing many, he recites very few. Secondly, because theit Ele*!chs or Re~ 

 prehenjions are not annext. Thirdly, that he conceiv'd but :n part the 

 ufe of them, for their ufe is not more for Probation, than forimpreffi* 

 on and railing the afffeftions. For many Forms of fpeaking are equal in 

 ^gnification, wh\ch are different in imprejfion : for that which is (harp 

 pierceth more forcibly, than that which is flat, though the ftrength of 

 the percuflion be the fame. Surely there is no iiian but will be a 

 little more raifed by hearing it faid, Tottr enemies vpill triumph iii 

 thisj 



Hoc IthacHs velit ^ ffiagtio mercehtur AtridtC, Virg.of n. 



Then if it (hould be merely thus rendredjTi^/V will be toy our difadvantage^ 

 wherefore the fjarp- edged, and quick^pointed fpeeches are not to be de- 

 fpifed. And being we report this part as Deficient, we will,according 

 to our cuftom,confirm it by ExampleSj for Precepts have not fufticiently 

 illuflrated the Point. 



Examples 



