The enimie of idlenesse teaching the maner and stile how to endite, compose and write all sorts of epistles and letters: as well by answer, as otherwise. Deuided into foure bokes, no lesse plesaunt than profitable. Set forth in English by William Fulwood marchant, &c. The contentes hereof appere in the table at the latter ende of the booke.

Hovv to aduertise one, of the conditions of ano∣ther.

LEtters to aduertise the condi∣tions or maners of any person must be deuided into three parts. First, we must get beneuolence to the person of whome we write, saying y^t we haue don our diligēce to enquire of the maners, and to haue knowledge of the person, or of the thing wherof we intreate: but if we write of our selues, we must omit the first parte, and in steade thereof purchase beneuo∣lence to our selues, excusing vs yf peraduenture we saye any thing of our selues, that it is not for ar∣rogancy, but euen onely to make vs to be knowne vnto him, that desyreth to vnderstand what we

are: and that done go forwarde with the thirde parte as before. Secondly, we must make recitall of the maners & conditions, &c. Thirdly, we shal say that this is all that we know at this present, of the person or of the thing, be∣ing redy to enquire more and al∣so cause it to be manifested. Offe∣ring our selues &c.