Here all the whole sence of the dittie is suspended till ye come to the last three wordes, then do I loue againe, which finisheth the song with a full and perfit sence.
[Sidenote: Epitheton, or the Qualifier.]
When ye will speake giuing euery person or thing besides his proper name a
qualitie by way of addition whether it be of good or of bad it is a
figuratiue speach of audible alteration, so is it also of sence as to say.
Fierce Achilles, wise Nestor, wilie Vlysses,
Diana the chast and thou louely Venus:
With thy blind boy that almost neuer misses,
But hits our hartes when he levels at vs.
Or thus commending the Isle of great Brittaine.
Albion hugest of Westerne Ilands all,
Soyle of sweete ayre and of good store:
God send we see thy glory neuer fall,
But rather dayly to grow more and more.
Or as we sang of our Soueraigne Lady giuing her these Attributes besides
her proper name.
Elizatbeth regent of the great Brittaine Ile,
Honour of all regents and of Queenes.
But if we speake thus not expressing her proper name Elizabeth, videl.
The English Diana, the great Britton mayde.
Then is it not by Epitheton or figure of Attribution but by the figures Antonomasia, or Periphrasis.
[Sidenote: Endiadis, or the Figure of Twinnes.] Ye haue yet another manner of speach when ye will seeme to make two of one, not thereunto constrained, which therefore we call the figure of Twynnes, the Greekes Endiadis thus. Not you coy dame your lowrs nor your lookes.
For [your lowring lookes] And as one of our ordinary rimers said,
Of fortune nor her frowning face,
I am nothing agast.
In stead of [fortunes frowning face.] One praysing the Neapolitans for
good men at armes, said by the figure of Twynnes thus.
A proud people and wise and valiant,
Fiercely fighting with horses and with barbes:
By whole prowes the Romain Prince did daunt,
Wild Affricanes and the lawlesse Alarbes:
The Nubiens marching with their armed cartes,
And sleaing a farre with venim, and with dartes.
Where ye see this figure of Twynnes twise vsed, once when he said horses and barbes for barbd horses: againe when he saith with venim and with dartes for venimous dartes.