The Diuision of an Epistle or Letter.
IT is to bee noted that euerie Epistle conteineth three partes, euen as an Argument doeth, which consisteth of the Maior, the Minor, and Conclusion, which the
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.
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- 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.
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- Anno 1568.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68079.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.
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Orators ••all the cause, the intent, and the consequence: The cause is in place of the Maior, which mo∣ueth or constrayneth vs to write to an other, willing to signifie vn∣to him our mynde: The intent is in steade of the Minor, whereby we gyue him to vnderstand what our mynde is by Epistle or letter. The consequent or conclusion is of it selfe sufficiently knowne.