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42 Osfyle in speaking and writing^
CAAP. VI.
Os ft)le in [peaking and writings and
os Hiftory,
Since speech Is theChara&er os a man,snd the In*
: rpre eros his mind; and writing, the Image of
that: that so often as wespeak or write,so oft we un-
dergo censure and judgement os our selves: labour fir A
by all means to get the habit of a good style in fpeaking
and writing.as wel Englisli as Latin. I call with Tully
that a good and eloquent slyle os ipeakingjILsori? there
is a judicious sitting os choise words, apt and grave Sen-
tences >vnto matter -well disposed, the [ante being utterred
with a comely moderation os the voice, countenance, and
gesture ; Not that same amp.ullous and Scenical pomp,
with empty surniture of phrase, wherewith the Stage,
and our petty Poetick Pamphlets sound so big, which
like a net in the water, though itseeleth weighty, yet
it yieldeth nothing : fince our speech ought to resera-
ble Plate, wherein neither the curiousnelTe of the Fi-
gure,or fair proportion of Letters, but the weight is
to be regarded : and, as Plutarch saith,when our thirst
is quenched with the diink, then we look upon the
ennameiing and workmanship of theboul; so firstyour
hearer coveteth to have his desire satisfied with mat-
ter,ere he looketh upon the form or vinetry os words,
which many times fall in of c! emselves to matter well
contrived, according to Horace:
la ArrePaet R-*™ bene dispositam vel verba invita sequuntur:
To mat ter well dispos’d,words of themselves do fall.
Let your fly le thereforebe surniflied with solid mat-
ter, and eompa£t of che best,choise, and mod samiliar
words; taking heed os speaking,or writing such words,
as men shall rather admire than iinderstand, Herein
w^erS'
Cicc'o t, de
0,at»re>
C‘c in prtfcg.
Rhetor i
CAAP. VI.
Os ft)le in [peaking and writings and
os Hiftory,
Since speech Is theChara&er os a man,snd the In*
: rpre eros his mind; and writing, the Image of
that: that so often as wespeak or write,so oft we un-
dergo censure and judgement os our selves: labour fir A
by all means to get the habit of a good style in fpeaking
and writing.as wel Englisli as Latin. I call with Tully
that a good and eloquent slyle os ipeakingjILsori? there
is a judicious sitting os choise words, apt and grave Sen-
tences >vnto matter -well disposed, the [ante being utterred
with a comely moderation os the voice, countenance, and
gesture ; Not that same amp.ullous and Scenical pomp,
with empty surniture of phrase, wherewith the Stage,
and our petty Poetick Pamphlets sound so big, which
like a net in the water, though itseeleth weighty, yet
it yieldeth nothing : fince our speech ought to resera-
ble Plate, wherein neither the curiousnelTe of the Fi-
gure,or fair proportion of Letters, but the weight is
to be regarded : and, as Plutarch saith,when our thirst
is quenched with the diink, then we look upon the
ennameiing and workmanship of theboul; so firstyour
hearer coveteth to have his desire satisfied with mat-
ter,ere he looketh upon the form or vinetry os words,
which many times fall in of c! emselves to matter well
contrived, according to Horace:
la ArrePaet R-*™ bene dispositam vel verba invita sequuntur:
To mat ter well dispos’d,words of themselves do fall.
Let your fly le thereforebe surniflied with solid mat-
ter, and eompa£t of che best,choise, and mod samiliar
words; taking heed os speaking,or writing such words,
as men shall rather admire than iinderstand, Herein
w^erS'
Cicc'o t, de
0,at»re>
C‘c in prtfcg.
Rhetor i