The arte of rhetorique for the vse of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English, by Thomas Wilson.

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The arte of rhetorique for the vse of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English, by Thomas Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.
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[[London] :: Richardus Graftonus, typographus regius excudebat],
Anno Domini. M.D.LIII. [1553] Mense Ianuarij.
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Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
Oratory -- Early works to 1800.
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Places of Confirmation to proue whether he had power to do suche a dede, or no.

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[ i] The grounde where the man was flaine, whether it was in the hygh waye, in a woode, or betwixt two hylles, or els where, nighe to an hedge or secrete place.

[ ij] The tyme, whether it was earlye in the mornynge, or late at nyght.

[ iij] Whether he was there about that time or no.

[ iiij] Whether he ranne awaye after the deede done, or had a∣nye bloude aboute him, or trembled, or stakerde, or was contrarie in tellyng of his tale, and how he kept his counte∣naunce.

[ v] Hope to kepe his dede secrete, bi reason of the place, time, and secrete maner of doynge.

[ vi] Witnesses examined of his beynge, either in this or that place.

[ vij] By comparinge of the stxengthe of the murtherer wyth the other mans weakenes, armoure with nakednes, & stout∣nes with simplicitie.

[ viij] His Confession.

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