A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes

by Richard Sherry

v. When y^t is done is put for y^e doer.

[Synecdoche.] [Intellectio], Intelleccion whẽ one thyng is vnderstand by another y^t is of the same maner and kynd, and this is done many wayes.

i. When of the whole is vnderstãd a parte, as: Abraham set a calfe before them, for calues fleshe.

ii. By a parte the whole, as: He receyued the straũgers vnder the succour of hys house rofe, for into hys house.

iii. By one many, as: The Frenchemã in y^e batail had the ouerthrow.

iiii. By a kynd y^e general, as: If thou se thyne enemies Asse fal vnder his burden, for cattell.

v. By the general the kynd: Eue the mother of al liuing things, for of al mẽ: Preach to al creaturs, to al mẽ

vi. By that goeth before, the thynge that foloweth, as: He set hys spurres to hys horse, for he rode a pace, or fled faste awaye.

vii. By that y^t foloweth, the thinge wente before, as: I got it wyth the swete of my face, for w^t my labour.

viii. By the matter, y^e thynge that is made of it, as: Fleshe and bloude shewed the not it.
ix. ¶ By the signe, y^e thyng y^t is signified as: Lo, naw the toppe of the chymneyes in the villages smoke a farre of: wherby Vyrgyl signifieth night to be at hande.