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
|Fidelitie|, whose life was not spared when each one drew backe for
feare to be brought in hazard. And as to this action of |Dauid|, I haue
vsed all these |Oratorie| parts, so in causes of sway and gouernment,
a man might by the like parts and places be praised for his great
wisdome, whereby in handling of some notable action in ambassage or
consultation, he hath onely by graue aduise, industrie, discreete
search, perswasion or circumspection, compassed weightie matters to the
common weale, or thence auoyded huge and imminent dangers: |Cicero| in
the coniuration of |Catiline|, beeing a mightie enemie agaynst his owne
Citie of |Rome|, might herein be an excellent patterne, who without
stirring the people at all, without any maner of bodilie resistance or
force of armes, without passing by any priuate or indirect means, did
by the sole matter of his |wisedome, =waightines of spéech, forcible
reasons, enforcements, rebukes, and perswasions driue him cleane out
of the Citie, and being expulsed (to the common peace, tranquilitie
and surety of the same Citie) did afterwarde by like demeanour,
industrie, and circumspection, so preuent his purposes, so circumuent
his policies, so turne him vpside downe, as he dared not, he could
not, he shamed to perpetrate what so often hee had sworne, and so many
wayes intended: in which action of |Ciceroes|, all these |Oratorie|
parts are in like maner included. So likewise, for some one rare &
singular point of |Iustice| another might be extolled, as beside common
expectation exercising the same. A president hereof might bee the L.
chiefe |Iustice| of Englande in the time of King |Henrie| the fourth,
who was so streictlie bent to the obseruation of iustice, as hauing one
of the Princes seruants arraigned before him at the Kings Bench barre,
for a fellon, and beeing one that the young Prince greatlie (at that
time of his youth) fauoured. The prince came to the barre, and at the
Iudges hands required his seruant; who answered that he was the King
his fathers prisoner, and stoode there vpon his triall by lawe for
his offences, that he could not in iustice, nor would (by his pardon)
deliuer him without his triall. The Prince mooued with such deniall,
stroke the Iudge on the face, and woulde by force haue withdrawne
the prisoner. The Iudge withstoode him, and aduertising him mildlie
of the offence he had done to the seate and place wherin he sate of
iustice, in such sort to strike him, stoutlie commanded him to Warde,
whereunto (uppon such admonition) the Prince obeyed, and accordinglie
remayned in durance, attending the aduertisement and knowledge of
his fathers pleasure. Here might bee a great contention, whether the
worthie Iudge in his equall administration and execution of iustice,
without feare, whereon stoode the hazard of his owne life, beeing vpon
him that was in succession to become his soueraigne Lord, were more to
be commended: or the Prince, in his subiection, and of all other most
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