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 May 1, 2024.
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CHAP. 4. Of Love, and Friends.
TO Love, is to will well to another, for that others, not for ones owne sake.
A Friend is he that loves, and he that is beloved.
Friends one to another, are they that mutually lo••e••••e an∣other.
A Friend the••efore is he,
That rejoyceth at ••••••••hers Good.
And that grieves at his h••••t.
And that wishes the same with ••s to a third, whether good, or hurt.
And that is ene••y or friend to the same man.
We love them,
That have done good to us, or ours, ••specially if much, readi∣ly,
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or in season.
That are our Friends Friends.
That are our Enemies Ene∣mies.
That are Liberall.
That are Valiant.
That are Iust.
And that we would have love us.
And good Companions.
And such as can abide Iests.
And such as breake Iests.
And such as praise us, especi∣ally for somewhat that we doubt of in our selves.
And such as are neat.
And such as upbraid us not with our vices, or with their own benefits.
And such as quickly forget in∣juries.
And such as least observe our Errours.
And such as are not of ill tongue.
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And those that are ignorant of our Vices.
And such as crosse us not when we are busy, or angry.
And such as are officious to∣wards us.
And those that are like us.
And such as follow the same course or trade of life, where they impeach not one another.
And such as labor for the same thing, when both may be satisfi∣ed.
And such as are not ashamed to tell us freely their faults, so it be not in contempt of us, and the faults such, as the world, rather then their owne consciences condemnes.
And such as are ashamed to tell us of their very faults.
And such as wee would have honour us, and not envy, but i∣mitate us.
And such as wee would doe
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good to, except with greater hurt to our selves.
And such as continue their friendship to the dead.
And such as speake their mind.
And such as are not terrible.
And such as we may relie on.
The severall kinds of friend∣ship, are Society, Familiarity, Consanguinity, Affinity, &c.
The things that beget love are,
The bestowing of Benefits. Gratis.
The bestowing of Benefits. Vnasked.
The bestowing of Benefits. Privately.
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