The English Secretary; or, Methode of Writing Epistles and Letters (1599): With, a Declaration of Such Tropes, Figures, and Schemes, as Either Usually or for Ornament Sake Are Therein RequiredDay, Angel, active 1575-1595
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The English Secretary; or, Methode of Writing Epistles and Letters (1599): With, a Declaration of Such Tropes, Figures, and Schemes, as Either Usually or for Ornament Sake Are Therein Required
Day, Angel, active 1575-1595
English language -- Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800; Letter writing -- Early works to 1800; Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800
=To the most reuerend Father in God, the L. Archbishop of Canturburie,
or York, Primate of England, and Metropolitane his verie good grace.
To the right reuerende Father in God, and my verie good Lorde, the
L. Bishop of London. To the high and mightie Prince, L. Duke of B.
his most noble grace. To the right honourable and my especiall good
L. the Lorde Chauncellor, or Lord high Treasurer of England. To the
right Honorable the Lorde Marquese of W. To the right Honourable the
Earle of E. Lorde Lieutenant for her maiestie in the, &c. To the right
Honourable the Earle of H. Lorde President of her Maiesties most
honorable Councell established in the North. To the right Honorable,
and my singular good L. the lorde B. one of the lords of her highnes
most honourable priuy Councell. To the right honorable sir W. M.
knight, Chancellour of the Exchequer, and of her Maiesties most
honorable priuy Councel. To the right honorable and my singular good
Lord and father, or ladie mother, the Earle or Countesse of N. To the
right honourable and my verie good ladie, the ladie A. Countesse of W.
To the most noble ladie and Paragon of all vertue, the ladie M. H. To
the right vertuous ladie endued with all singularitie, the ladie F. D.
To the most noble and towardlie yong Gentleman G. T. esquire, if hee be
a noble mans sonne vnder the degrée of a Baron. To the right honourable
sir W. S. knight, L. Maior of the citie of L. To the right worshipfull
W. L. esquire, one of the Iudges of her Maiesties court of common
Pleas. To the right worshipfull and my singular good ladie mother, the
Ladie D. H. To my verie good father, W. C. Marchant of the citie of B.
To the right worshipfull his especiall good maister, M. R. Marchant and
Alderman of L. To my seruant R. D. at C. &c.=
=Other examples besides these were needelesse to set downe, for that if
any alteration at all happen herein, it is by reason of familiaritie,
addition of offices, or change of titles. Onlie let herewith be noted,
that when Letters doe passe from some number of the Counsell, or from
any Lord of the same, to a noble man or knight, these directions of
honour and worship are seldome vsed. But rather thus. To our verie
good L. sir W. R. knight, lord Deputie of Ireland. To our verie good
L. the L. Maior of the citie of L. and to our verie louing friends W.
C. and R. P. Aldermen of the same. To my verie good lord, the L. T.
H. To my verie louing friend, sir. T. P. knight. To our verie louing
friends sir R. S. knight, _Custos rotulorum_ of her Maiesties Count. of
B. and R. W. and S. P. esquires, Iustices of peace of the same Shire.
The like directions also are vsed of an Earle, to any of these estates
to him inferiour in calling, and of a Baron to a Iustice of peace, but
commonlie they will adde the title of worship.=
The diuisions of Letters and vnder what titles all sortes
of Epistles are contained. _Cap 7._
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