| | By nature. | As by the cause and the effect, the father, and the sonne, are considered. |
| | By some maner or waye vsed. | The magistrate, and the Mace, the Kyng, and his sworde caried before hym are compared together. |
| | By degrees in callyng. | The lord, and his seruant, the aduocat, and his client. |
| | By kynted. | The brother and Sister. |
| Relatiues are compa∣red one with an o∣ther. | By ma∣riage. | The sonne in lawe, the mo∣ther in lawe. |
| | By coue∣naunt. | The graunter of a lease, and the tenaunt. |
| | By acci∣dētal, hap∣penyng. | A poete, to be a lier, a phi∣sician, to be a man queller, or a lawyer, to be a thefe. |
| | By natu∣ral kynd. | A man, a woman. |
| | By yeres. | A yong man, an olde man. |
| | By condi∣cion of life. | A poore man, a riche man, a freeman, a bonde man. |