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Show 0 f the .Aduancement ifLearning, Hand~ may des attend the Art; than in the Rules> or vfe be t\rt it felfe. · ., · ·, • No. withftanding, .to fiirre the Earth a little .a. . bout the Roo.tes of this Science, as we haue done c.f the refi; 1 he dutie and Office of Rhetorkke is, T ~ ~pp/y, lteafon to ;~,tgrnatio»-, for th.e b~t!er tn~~uing ot the \Vill; For vv.ee fee Rt'~tfon I-S d1flurbed Hl the Adminiflration thereof by three tneanes ; by InzqtJt· ~~tion, or Sophifm~, which. pertaines t.O·L·ogicke; by lm~illatiPn or Impr' fron, which pertaines to Rlutc· ~";llndb.y,rRaf<itJn or t.AjfeElit n, \vhich penaines Mora!itie. And as in Negotiation with others; ·men are wrought by cunning, by lin port~lnitie,and~ ~ 'ychemencic; So in this NegotiatioaNvirhin our: elues·; menarcvnd't!rmined by !r;confequetre.t:, {o!"· J.icited and importtuaed, by lmpre(~ions 0r O{Jue;~fari· ,n.s: and tranfported by Ptlj~ii1H: Neither is the Na~ ~wre Qf Man (o vnforrunate1y built, as that rhofe ·PoweEs a.ndArtsthOt d haueforce to difturbe Rea· fon, and not to cfiabliili and aduance it :For the end of lf{(icke, is to teach a fourme of ~~rgumenr, tofe- . fcure Reafon, and not to entrappe ih 1 he end of M()rfllitie, is to fll cure the .A.fedions to obey Rea~ .fon, andnbt1oiouaeejc. The end of Rhetorirkc, is to fill theltnagination tofecond R.eafon, and not to oppreae it: for thefe abufes of Arts come in) but Ex 1bl~quu, for C~lttio nd thorfar.c~'Wa eat Jnitdtice in P/~rr,though ingiag GUt of a ibtft h rrd of the Rhetoricians of his ·m to.CftccmeofRhtllri"ke~_ but asav.oluptuarie . ~Jfl 'The fecond'Boo'<!. . 67 c., efetnbling it to Cookerie)thac didtnarre who I~. ' e Meaies}and·helpe·vnwholefome by varietie Qf te~, to the pleafure of the taft . For wee fee tLiat ech is n1uch more conuer!ant in adorning that his good, than in colouring that which is euill: bere is rio ~~n but fpea~eth more hW1effi~,than an doe or th1nke; And It was ex.cellently note·d TIJtlrididts in C!eon, that becaufe he vfed to hold e bad fide in Caufes of efiate; therefore hee :cuer inn.eying againfl Eloquence> and good cb; kpowing that no tnan can fpeake fair.e of :~Birtttts fordide and bafe. And· therefore as Plato ·. d-clcga~tly.: 'Ih .. tvtrtut,i{fht.'ecouldbt flen, would ~reat /cue ~; nd afjeCfion : So feeing that fhe can- 811tce !hewed to t.he· s efiv'e, -by corpora11 fhapejthe .... rr~gree is, to fhewe her ·to the Imagination in eprefentation: fGlr to fr.ewe her toR ta(on,Qnl~~ itie · of Argun1ent, W:t.s a thing euer de- ltlft.(khry_(ipp:u, and many of the Stoykes, who _.llllttolhrufi vertue vppon men by {harpe dir• ums and concluftons, which haue no Sytnpa,...., iththe\vill of Man~ · ,, if the affeCtions in themfelu·es ·\vere .. IBI,and obedient: to Rea1on, ~tr \Vere true, Ide bee ng great vfe ef perfwafion-s .,....,,~··ations to the \Vill, mare than of naked~ IQIII~n and Proofes: but in regard of the con· .. tinies and Seditions of the Affections.: ~Drtaf.a : 11Jeli&rll-, Proboqttt; Dcteriora (eqttor ;·. · ~-··4'· would become Captiuc and /eruile, ·if . ~· -· :· R I 3 t.!Btf_tJf tJ(I· I . ......_ - - ..._.. -- .. |
