Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars.

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Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars.
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Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.
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London :: Printed for J. Kirton ...,
1659.
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Latin language -- Readers.
Natural history -- Juvenile literature.
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XCIX. (Book 99)

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99

Artes sermonis.

Grammatica, 1. versatur circa Literas, 2. ex quibus componit Voces (verba 3. eas{que} docet rectè eloqui, scribere, 4. construere, distinguere [interpun∣gere]

Rhetorica 5. pingit 6. quasi

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rudem formam 7. Sermonis Oratoriis Pigmentis, 8. ut sunt Figurae, Elegantiae, Adagia (Proverbia) Apophthegmata, Sententiae (Gnomae) Similia Hieroglyphica, &c.

Poesis 9. colligit hos Flores Orationis 10. & colligat quasi in Corollam, 11. atque ita, faciens é prosâ ligatam Orationem, componit varia Carmina, & Hymnos (Odas) ac proptereà coronatur Lauru. 12:

Musica 13. componit Notis Melodias, 14. quibus Verba aptat, atque ita cantat sola vel Concentu (Symphoniâ) aut voce, aut instrumentis Musicis. 15

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Arts belonging to the Speech.

Grammar, 1. is conversant about Letters, 2. of which it maketh words 3. & teacheth how to utter write, 4. put together, and part them rightly.

Rhetorick, 5. doth as it were paint 6.

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a rude Form 7. of Speech with Oratory Flourishes, 8. such as are, Figures, Elegancies, Adagies, Apophthegms, Sentences, Similies Hieroglyphicks, &c.

Poetry 9. gethereth the Flours of Speech 10. and tyeth them as it were into a little Garland, 11. and so making of Prose a Poem, it maketh several sorts of Verses, and Odes, and is therefore crow̄ned with a Laurell. 12.

Musique 13. setteth Tunes, 14. with Pricks, to which it sitteth words, and so singeth alone, or in Consort, or by voyce, or Musical Inurument. 15.

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