CHAP. III. (Book 3)
Concerning that secrecie of speech which
consists in the words, Either
By inventing new ones,
as in- Canting.
- Conjuring.
Or by a changing of
the knowne
languag, whither - Inversion.
- Transmutation.
- Diminution.
- Augmentation.
(Book 3)
THe secret wayes of speaking, which consists in the matter of discourse have beene already hand∣led. Those that are in the words are twofold. Either
1. By inventing new words of our owne, which shall signifie upon compact.
2. Or by such an alteration of