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very ufefu! to learn Languages with more eafe, and tofpeak them 
with more exadlnefs. And having made thefe New Men aft their 
part, he declares, w^hat hath been the true Origin of Tongues, and 
that 'cis not Hazard that hath made men findouc the Ufe of Speech j 
yetfbewing withal, that Speech is fubjeft to mens Will, and that 
(Gurtome or the common Confenc of men exercifes an abfolute 
power over Words : Whereupon he gives Rules to know which are 
the Laws of Cupme, and to obfcrve them, after he hath infirufled 
his Reader which are the Laws prefsribed by Reajm. And thefe 
are the Contents of the firft of the Four parts of this Book, 
In the fecoftd part he obferves, that the mod fercil Languages are 
not able to furnifli terms proper to exprefs aHour Idea's, and that 
therefore we muft have recourfe to Arc , borrowing terms from 
things that are in a manner alike, or have fome connexion or rela* 
tion with thofe that we would exprefs, and for which the ordinary 
ufe doth n u afford us proper words : Which borrowed Exprefll* 
ons are called IV<?/^/ ; of all the kinds and ufes of which he treats 
at large. In the fame part he takes notice, that Nature Jiath fo 
difpos'd our Body as that it falls into portures proper to fhun whar 
may hurt it,orinio thofe that are fitteft to receive what may do it 
good ; fo the fame leads us to take certain turns in fpeaking, capa- 
ble to produce in the minds of our hearers the effefls we defire, 
whether it be Meeknefs or Choler, Hatred or Love s Which terms 
are called ; of whichthe Author treats with a particular 
diligence, not being contenc to give us their Names with fome Ex- 
amples, (as is vulgarly done) but aUo teaching us theNaturecf 
each Figure^ and the life to be made thereof. 
ISfext he confiders in the third part, that forafpjuch as the facili- 
ty with which men fpeak , and the pjeafure that a difcourfe well 
pronounced begets,have brought men rather tomake ufeof Speech 
to fignifie their thoughts, than of any other Sign ; they have there- 
fore ftadied to find in the ranging of Words, that which makes a 
difcourfe to be utter'd more eafily, and to be heard iDore delight- 
fully. And hereupon the Author enlarges himfelf by-fhewing, 
what is to be avoided,and what is to beobferved in thedifpofition 
of the words to facilitate the Utterance and to pleafe the Ear. And 
here it is that he treats of the coiupofition of Periods and of the 
Art of Verfification^^; and having (hewed whac it is that can pleafa 
theEar in the foundof words, he adds, how the Rules prefcribed 
by Mafters for compofing Periods and making Verfes in . all langMa?-' 
