A panoplie of epistles, or, a looking glasse for the vnlearned Conteyning a perfecte plattforme of inditing letters of all sorts, to persons of al estates and degrees, as well our superiours, as also our equalls and inferiours: vsed of the best and the eloquentest rhetoricians that haue liued in all ages, and haue beene famous in that facultie. Gathered and translated out of Latine into English, by Abraham Flemming.
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A panoplie of epistles, or, a looking glasse for the vnlearned Conteyning a perfecte plattforme of inditing letters of all sorts, to persons of al estates and degrees, as well our superiours, as also our equalls and inferiours: vsed of the best and the eloquentest rhetoricians that haue liued in all ages, and haue beene famous in that facultie. Gathered and translated out of Latine into English, by Abraham Flemming.
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Imprinted at London :: [By H. Middleton] for Ralph Newberie, dwelling in Fletestrete a litle aboue the great Conduite,
Anno à Virgineo partu 1576.
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"A panoplie of epistles, or, a looking glasse for the vnlearned Conteyning a perfecte plattforme of inditing letters of all sorts, to persons of al estates and degrees, as well our superiours, as also our equalls and inferiours: vsed of the best and the eloquentest rhetoricians that haue liued in all ages, and haue beene famous in that facultie. Gathered and translated out of Latine into English, by Abraham Flemming." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00941.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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Ch. Hegend. to Laur. Cz▪
THE ARGVMENT.
By this short letter, hee teacheth howe a letter of request should bee made by one friend to another, if the one maye refourme that wherin the other is abused: immagining his argument or matter of a Sycophant, or vaine lying merchaunt, whose studie it is to carrie tales vpp and downe from eare to eare, that trueth might be falsified.
I Haue a request to your goodnesse (right worshipfull syr) wherein I would gladly bée satisfyed. So it is, that a cer∣taine Sycophant, and •…•…alse varlot, wel ynough knowne vnto you, ouercloyeth me with many and continuall troubles: in consideration whereof, because vppon sundrie considerations I sée it auayleable, I haue thought good to open ye matter vn∣to you, as to one that fauoureth not any such deceitful & lewd fellowes, to the intent you may take him in hand, suppre•…•… his •…•…awcinesse, and make him leaue off his mallapertnesse, that I, through your benefite, may finde an end of disquiet∣nesse. Can any thing be seasoned with more iustice, then one frend to take another frendes part, to defend and maintaine him against the backbiting, slaunderous, and hellish barking of a maliciously disposed Sycophant? And surely, I cannot sée what you may do wyth more facilitie and easinesse, sythence a countenaunce of your authoritie, may redresse this abuse. Doe but so much as giue this naughty fellowe warning, to rule his spitefull tongue: and to leaue his opprobrious spea∣ches, and raseallike raylinges. This may you doe passing conueniently, at such time as hée commeth to sal•…•…le and vi∣site you, as hée is accustomed: and I am yours in what you please, at seruice and commaundement.