[25] The technical significances of this section cannot safely be suggested by translation. The available terms of modern English, if not misleading, would be at least prejudicial to an interesting inquiry. A considerable part of the original is printed by Thurot, 415: “De punctis ... et modo punctandi,” etc. [26] “Quod paritatem sillabarum et similem consonantiam sine ulla temporis consideratione observat.” The example is the hymn _Ave, Maria, salvatoris_. There is added, by way of caveat, the different ancient definition of _rhythmus_; but the medieval use is vindicated “ad delectationem et quandam mollitiem; quoque ad dignitatem....” So Conrad: “Rithmicum observat tantummodo certum numerum sillabarum, distinguendo clausulas versiculorum in quadam finali concinnantia.” Rockinger, I. 419. [27] Cf. Conrad’s list headed _Diversitas personarum_. Rockinger, I. 425 seq. [28] The ancient term _auditor_ is kept, as well as the traditional three functions. The second function being cardinal in a letter, _benevolentiæ captatio_ in some manuals, e.g., Alberic’s (Rockinger, I. 18), is used as the heading, instead of _exordium_. In others, as, here, it is a subheading. The doctrine here is from _Rhet. ad Herennium_ I. [29] Reference to the opponent is kept from ancient rhetoric, though often inapplicable in a letter. But see the opening of John of Salisbury’s letter at the beginning of this Chapter. [30] The ancient counsel against pomp in the _exordium_, though repeated, seems to have been less regarded than the others. [31] E.g., by Geoffroi de Vinsauf, _Poetria nova_, 126-133 (Faral, 201); Guido Fava (Rockinger, I. 185; Gaudenzi, 129). [32] The term is said to be more inclusive. “Narrationum genera tria sunt: oratorium, digressorium, et poeticum.” _Digressorium_ probably refers to the _digressio_ for which a place in the speech was provided by ancient rhetoric after the division (see ARP, 65). _Poeticum_ is of course divided into _historia_, _fabula_, _argumentum_ (for which see the index). The author makes no use of this, or of the whole division, which indeed is inapplicable to a letter; but it seems to have troubled him, as it troubled the _poetriæ_ (see above, page 193). Quintilian’s clear distinction seems to have escaped them: “Et historiæ, quæ currere debet ac ferri, minus convenissent insistentes clausulæ,” etc., IX. iv. [33] At this point the author turns from Roman use to French, beginning Book VI with a new set of definitions. [34] Alberic’s _Rationes dictandi_ are printed in Rockinger, I. 9-28, and are followed by _Albericus de dictamine_, 29-46. [35] _Liber pontificalis_, 162, vol. II. 311, as translated by Poole (84) in context. The Chancellor was afterward (1118-1119) Pope Gelasius II. [36] The key phrases are Clark’s (10), repeated by Poole (90). The grave accent in the last indicates that at this point there is often a secondary, lighter stress.