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WHo someuer desyreth to be a good Oratour or to dys∣pute and commune of any maner thynge / hym beho∣ueth to haue foure thinges.
¶ The fyrst is called In∣uencion / for he must fyrst of all imagin or Inuent in his mynde what he shall say.
¶ The seconde is named Iugement. For he must haue wyt to deserue & iuge whe∣ther tho thynges that he hath founde in his mynde be conuenient to the purpose or nat. For oftētymes yf a man lacke this property / he may aswell tell that that is against hym as with hym / as experience doth dayly shew. ¶ The thyrde is Dispo∣sicion / wherby he may know how to order and set euery thynge in his due place / leest thoughe his inuencion and iugement be neuer so good / he may happen to be coun∣ted (as the comon prouerbe sayth) to put the carte afore the horse. ¶ The fourth & last is suche thynges as he hath inuen∣ted: and by Iugement knowen apte to his purpose whan they are set in theyr order so to speke them that it may be pleasaunt and delectable to the audience / so that it may be sayd of hym that hystories make mencion that an olde woman sayd ones