CHAP. III.
Of the things that make an Oration Flat.
THe things that make an Oration flat, or insipide, are four.
1. Words Compounded; [and yet a Man may Compound a word, when the Compo∣sition is necessary, for want of a simple word; and easie, and seldom used.]
2. Forraign Words. As for Example, such as are newly derived from the Latine; which though they were proper among them whose tongue it is, are Forraign in another Language: and yet these may be used, so it be moderately.
3. Long, impertinent, and often Epithets,
4. Metaphors, indecent, and obscure. Ob∣scure they are, when they are far fetcht. In∣decent when they are ridiculous, as in Co∣medies; or too grave, as in Tragedies.