[Pronominacio.] [Antonomasia] is, whych for ye proper name putteth some other word: As: the Archebyshop confuted the errour, for Cranmer. The Philosopher lyed that the worlde was eternall, for Aristotle. The Apostle sayeth wee be iustified by faythe, for Paule.
[Periphrasis.] [Circuicio], is a larger descripcion eyther to garnyshe it, or if it bee foule to hyde it, or if it be bryefe to make it more playn: by etimology, by sygnes, by definicion. ¶ Example of the fyrste: The prouidẽce of Scipio ouerthrew ye might of Carthage. Here saue onlye for garnyshyng sake he myghte haue sayde playnlye: Scipio ouerthrew Carthage. Of the nexte: When Saule was doyng his busines, Dauid might haue killed hym. Doyng hys busines, ye wot what it meaneth. Of ye thyrd, you haue the larger exposicions vpon the Gospels called by the name of thys figure.
By [Etymologie] or shewyng the reasõ of the name. Well maye he be called a parasite, for a parasite is yt loueth other because of his meat.
By [sygnes], as when by certeine notes, we describe anye thynge, as if a man vnderstãdyng anger wyll saye that it is the boylynge of the mynde, or color whych bryngeth in palenes into the coũtenaũce, fiersenes of the eies, and trẽblyng in the members.
By destincion. The arte of well indyghting, for Rethorique.
The second parte of Trope.
[Allegoria], the seconde parte of Trope is an inuersion of wordes, where it is one in wordes, and another in sentence or meanynge.
[Aenigma.] [Sermo obscurus], a riddle or darke allegorie, as: The halfe is more thẽ the hole.
[Paremia.] [Adagium], a sayinge muche vsed and notable for some noueltye, as: The wolfe is in our tale.
[Ironia.] [Dissimulatio], is a mockyng whiche is not perceiued by the wordes but eyther by the pronũciacion, or by the behaueour of the person or by the nature of the thyng, as You are an honest man in deede.