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. 7. Of Assurance.
ASsurance is hope, arising from an imagination that the helpe is neare, or the evill a farre off.
The things therefore that beget Assurance are,
The remotenesse of those things that are to be feared, and the nearenesse of their contra∣ries.
And the facility of great, or many helpes or remedies.
And neither to have done; nor received Injury.
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And to have no Competitors, or not great ones; or if great ones, at least friends; such as we have obliged, or are obliged to.
And that the danger is exten∣ded to more, or greater than us.
Assured, or Confident are
They that have oft escaped danger.
And they to whom most things have succeeded well.
And they that see their equals, or inferiors not afraid.
And they that have where∣with to make themselves feared, as wealth, strength, &c.
And such as have done others no wrong.
And such as thinke themselves in good termes with God-Al∣mighty.
And such as thinke they will speede well, that are gone be∣fore.
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