[Antithesis.] [Contrarium], contrary is, that of two diuerse thynges confirmeth ye one bryefely and easelye, thus: For he that alwayes wyll be an enemy to hys owne rekenyngs, how shuld a man trust that he wold be a frind to other mens matters? He that in familiare cõmunicacion and company of hys friendes wyl neuer say truth, thinkest thẽ yt he wil absteine from a lye in a cõmon audience.
[Colon.] [Membrum oracionis], a mẽber of the reasõ is so called when a thinge is shewed perfitely in fewe wordes the whole sentence not shewed, but receyued agayne wt an other parte, thus: Thou dyddest bothe profite thyne enemie, and hurte thy frynd.
Thys exornacion may be made of two partes only, but the perfiteste is made of thre, thus: Thou diddest profite thine enemy, hurt thi frind, and dydst no good to thy selfe.
[Dialyton.] [Articulus], article is, when eche word is set asunder by cutting the oracion thus. By sharpnes, voyce, countenaunce, thou madeste thyne enemyes afrayd. Thou destroyedst thyne enemyes wyth enuye, wronges, power, falsehead.
[Isocolon.] [Compar], euen or equall, is when the oracion hath in it the partes of the whyche we spake before, & that they be made of euen number of sillables: but thys equalitie must not stand by numbrynge of them, but by perceyuyng of it in ye mynd. Christe afore the Iudge was led, & on hys head a croune of thorne was putte, in token that in dede, the kynge of Iews he was borne. Here be some mo wordes in on mẽber then in an other, yet sound they to the eare of lyke lengthe.
[Homioptotõ] [Similiter cadens], fallyng al alike is, when in the same construccion of wordes ther be two wordes or mo which be spoken alyke in the selfe same cases, thus: Thou praysest a man nedye of vertue, plenteful of money. Cicero for Flaccus: There is in thẽ no varietie of opinion, none of wyll, none of talke.
[Homotelẽto.][*] [Similiter desinens], endynge al alyke, when words or sentẽces haue alyke endyng, as: Thou dareste do fylthely, and studiest to speke baudely. Content thy selfe wt thy state, in thy herte do no man hate, be not the cause of stryfe and bate.
[Climax.] [Gradacio], is, when we rehearse again the word yt goth next before, & descẽd to other thinges by degrees thus: To Affrican industry gat vertue, vertue glory, glory hatered.
[Orismus.] [Definicio], definiciõ, wher by ye proper effect of any thynge is declared briefely & absolutely in this wyse: This is not diligẽce but couetousnes, because yt diligẽce is a nedy sauing of thine own: couetousnes is a wrongful desyre of other mens. [Metabasis.] ¶ [Transicio], transiciõ is, wherby briefly we monyshe what hath ben spoken, & what may folowe, as: What he hath ben to hys contrey I haue told, now ye shal hear how he hath shewed him self to hys parẽtes. Also Cicero for the law of Manilius: Because we haue spoken of ye kind of the warre, now wyll we shewe a fewe thynges of the greatnes of it. [Paralepsis.] ¶ [Occupatia], occupacion is, when we make as though we do not knowe, or wyl not know of ye thyng yt wee speke of most of al, in this wyse: I wyl not say that yu tokest money of our felowes, I wyl not stand much in thys that yu robbedst kingdoms, cityes, and al mens houses: I passe ouer thy theftes, & al thy rauyns. [Asindeton.] ¶ [Dissolutio], when the oracion lacketh coniũccions, thus: Obey thy parẽtes, be ruled by thi kinsfolke, folow thy fryndes, obey the lawes.
[Apostrophe.] [Auersio], auersion, when we turne our speche from them to whom we dyd speake to another personne, eyther present or absent, or to a thing to the whych we fayne a person, as a precher, speaking of priestes, that feede not the flocke, may fytly turn hys speche vnto Peter, sayinge: O Peter, I wold thou liuedst, & sawest what thy brethren do, howe far they be gone frõ that thou prescribedst them to do. Againe: O world, howe pleasant be the thynges that thou dost promyse, how bytter ben they that thou geuest.