A briefe of the art of rhetorique Containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three bookes of that subject, except onely what is not applicable to the Engligh tongue.

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A briefe of the art of rhetorique Containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three bookes of that subject, except onely what is not applicable to the Engligh tongue.
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Aristotle.
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London :: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crook, and are to be sold at the black Bare in Pauls Church-yard,
[1637?]
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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"A briefe of the art of rhetorique Containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three bookes of that subject, except onely what is not applicable to the Engligh tongue." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21323.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.

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CHAP. I. The Introduction.

OF beleefe proceeding from our Invention, that part which consi∣steth in proofe, is already spoken of.

The other two parts follow: whereof one ariseth from the manners of the speaker; the other from the passions of the Hearer.

The Principles, Colours, or Common Opinions, upon which a mans beleefe is grounded concer∣ning the manners of him that speakes, are to bee had partly out

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of that which hath beene said before concerning Vertue, Booke 1. Chap. 9. partly out of those things which shall be said by and by concerning the Passions. For a man is beleev'd either for his Pru∣dence, or for his Probity, which are Vertues; or for good will: of which among the Passions.

The Principles concerning be∣leefe, arising from the passion of the Hearer, are to bee gather'd from that which shall now bee said of the severall Passions in order.

In every one of which three things are to be considered.

  • 1. First, how men are affected.
  • 2. Secondly, Towards whom.
  • 3. Thirdly, For what.
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