TRansmutacion helpeth much for varietie, the whi∣che is when a woorde hath a proper signification of the owne, & beyng referred to an other thyng, hath an other meanyng, the Grecians cal it Metonymia the whiche is diuerse waies vsed. When we vse the au••••hor [ i] of a thyng, for the thyng selfe. As thus. Put vpon you the Lord Iesus Crhiste, that is to say, be in liuyng suche a one, as he was. The Pope is banished England, that is to saie, al his superstition, and Hypocrisie, either is, or shoulde be gone to the Deuill by the Kynges expresse will, and com∣maundement. Againe when that whiche doeth conteyne, is [ ii] vsed for that whiche is conteined. As thus. I haue dronk an hoggeshead this weeke: Heauen may reioyce, and hell may lament, when olde men are not couetouse. Contrarywise, [ iii] when the thyng conteined is vsed for the thyng conteinyng. As thus. I praie you come to me, that is to say, come to my house. Fourthely, when by the efficient cause, the effecte is [ iiii] streight gatherde thereupon. As thus. The Sonne is vp, that is to saie, it is day. This felowe is good with a long bowe, that is to saie, he shouteth wel.
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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- Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.
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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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15530.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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¶Transmutacion of a worde.
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Transmuta∣••ion.