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QUintilian willeth, that streight and immediatly af¦ter the Narracion, there should also be vsed suche sentences, as might bee full of pithe, and contein 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thē the substance of muche matter, the rather that the hearers maie be stirred vpō the only report, of some sen∣tencious saiyng, or weightie text in the law. As in speakyng largely against extorciō, one might after his reasons applied
to the purpose, bryng in a pithie and sentencious proposicion as thus. Those handes are euill that scratche out the iyes: and what other dooe thei, that by force robbe their Christian brethrē? Wo be to that realme, where might outgoeth right Or thus, whē rage doth rule, and reason doeth waite, what good mā can hope to liue long in rest. Also an act of a realme maie wel serue to make a proposicion. As thus. The lawe is plain: that man shall dye as an offendour, whatsoeuer he bee thatbreaketh vp another mannes house, and seketh by spoyle to vndo his neighbour. Now here is no man•• that doubteth, but that thou hast doen this deede, therfore, what nedes any more, but that thou muste suffer, accordyng to the lawe? In diuidyng a matter, proposiciōs are vsed, and orderly applied for the better setting furth of the cause. As if I should speke of thankfulnesse, I might first shewe, what is thankfulnesse,* 1.1 next how nedefull it is, and last, how commendable and pro∣fitable it is vniuersally? Thankfulnesse is a kynde of remē∣bryng good will shewed, and an earnest desire to requi••e the same. Without thankfulnesse, no man would do for another. The brute beastes haue these properties, and therefore man cannot want thē, without his greate rebuke. Some proposi∣cions are plain spoken, without any cause, or reason added therunto. As thus. I haue charged this man with felony, as you haue hard, but he denieth it: therfore iudge you it, I pray you Sometymes a cause is added, after the allegyng of a pro¦posiciō. As thus, I haue accused this man of felonie, because he tooke my pursse by the high waie side, and therfore I call for iustice.* 1.2 Thus proposicions might bee gathered, nexte and immediately after the rehersall of any cause, and beautifie muche the matter, beyng either alleged with the cause anne∣xed, or els beyng plainly spoken, without geuyng any reason to it at all.
Thankfulnes, what it is.
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