Oenon in Ouides epistles ioyneth to gy-
ther qualitie and naturall impulsion / say-
enge. A iuuene et Cupido credatur reddita vir-
go? whiche is in Englysshe. Thynke you
that she that was caried awaye of a yonge
man / and hote in loue / was restored agayn
a mayde?
¶ Tulli in the oracion for Milo / amonge
other argumētes bryngeth in one against
Clodius by naturall impulsion of hatred /
shewynge that Clodius had cause to hate
Milo fyrst / for he was one of them that la[-]
boured for the same Tullyes reuocacyon
from exyle / whiche Tulli Clodius malici-
ously hated. Agayne that Milo oppressyd
many of his furiouse purposes. And final-
ly by cause the sayd Milo accused hym and
cast hym afore the Senate and people of
Rome.
¶ Raciocinaciō is that cometh of hope of
any commodity / or to eschew any discom-
modity. As Tully argueth in his oracion
for Milo agaynst Clodius by raciocinaci-
on to proue that it was he that layde wayt
for Milo on this maner.
IT is sufficient to proue that this cru-
ell and wicked beest had a great cause
to slee Milo / yf he wolde brynge his ma-
ters that he wēt about to passe / and great
hope if he were ones gone / nat to be letted
in his pretenced malyce.
¶ After raciocinacion foloweth compro-
bacion / to shewe that no man els had any
cause to go there about / saue he whome we
accuse / nor no profite could com to no man
thereof: saue to hym.
¶ These are the wayes whereby an
oratour shall proue that the persone
accused had wyll to the thynge
that is layd to his charge.
TO proue that he might do it: ye
must go to the circumstance of
the cause / as that he had leyser
ynough thereto / and place conuenient and
strength withall. ¶ Also you
shall proue it by signes / whiche are of mer-
uaylouse efficacye in this behalfe / where-
fore here must be noted that sygnes be ey-
ther wordes or dedes that either did go be-
fore or els folow the dede. As Tully in his
oracion now often alleged argueth against
Clodius by signes goynge afore the dede /
as that Clodius sayd thre dayes afore Mi-
lo was slayne: that he shulde nat lyue thre
dayes to an ende. And that he went out of
the city a lytle afore Milo rode furth with
a great companye of stronge and mysche-
uous knaues.
¶ Signes folowynge are as yf after the
dede was done he fled / or els whan it was
layed to his charge: he blusshed or waxed
pale / or stutted & coulde nat well speke.
¶ The contrary places (as I sayd afore)
long to the defender / saue that in signes he
must vse .ii. thinges / absolucion & inuerciō.