SECT. II. the PARTS OF A THEME, with G. HE PARTS of a THEME are tion, Simile, Example, Testimony, and Conclufion. Which may be remember'd by this Verse. Pono, Probo, Firmo, Simil, Exemp, Testeq; Claudo, An Example of a THEME. The Theks or Plurimum enim intererit, quibus Artibus, & quibus hunc tu Children, like tender Oziers, take the Bow, 4 Dryden jun. PROPOSITION. Nemo poteft illos dedif cêre Mores, aut eam excutere. vivendi Rationem, ad quam ab ipfis olim Incunabulis affuevit. REASON. Quoniam Impetus ille primus, te 1 neræ Pueritiæ inditus, tam magnum habet in universâ Hominum Vitâ Momentum, ut dediscat id ferò, quod quis didicit diu. CONFIRMATION. Quæ enim longâ Annorum Serie, frequentissimâque Actionum Iteratione acquiruntur, in alteram quasi Naturam tranfeunt. SIMILE. Quemadmodum Avium Pulli, & Ferarum Catuli, femel manfuefacti, femper manent cicures etiam quando in grandiores evaferint: Non diffimiliter quos didicerit Mores Puerilis Atas, eofdem etiam tum quando adoleverit, penitiffimè fibi infixos ufque retinebit. EXAMPLE. Ovidio, fcribendis Verfibus à teneris Annis dedito, tam familiaris ac penè naturalis facta est Poetica Facultas, ut illi per universam deinceps Vitam-- Sponte fua Numeros Carmen veniebat ad aptos;- Nec diffimiliter contigit in reliquis Artibus, vivendique Inftitutis. TESTIMONY. Ad quid enim aliud refpexit Cicero, cum dixerit, Nullum nos posse majus meliufve Reipublicæ afferre Munus, quàm docendo & erudiendo Juventutem, nifi quòd, Retta Juventutis Inftitutio ad fummum Reipublicæ Emolumentum conducat maximè. CONCLUSION. Proinde Siquis in votis habeat, Liberos fuos ad Virtutem formare, ac bonos Mores, id imprimis Operam det, ut Virtutis atque Pietatis Odore, ab ipfis statim Fasciis, intimius imbuantur; quem ad extremam usque senectutem redolebunt. Adeo in teneris affuefcere multum eft. ΑΝΝΟΤΑATIONS. liditas, &c. Quanta deinceps in Dividendo Prudentia, quam fubtilis & crebra Argumentatio: quibus Viribus inspiret, quâ Jucunditate permulceat : quanta in Maledictis Afperitas, in Jocis Urbanitas. Ut denique dominetur in Affectibus, atque in Virg. See Pectora irrumpat, Animumque Judicum fimilem iis, quæ dicit, efficiat. Tum in Ratione Eloquendi, quod Verbum proprium, ornatum, fublime: ubi Amplificatio laudanda, que Virtus ei contraria. Quid speciosè tranflatum, quæ Figura Verborum; qua See Clark's Formula Oratorie, 1670. See also those Examples of Orations, Declamations, Themes, &c. from SCRIPTURE and the CLASSICS, which I have refer'd to the Head of Pronunciation, for the diligent Student to exercise himfelf in that Part of Rhetoric. ΑΝΝΟΤATIONS. quæ lenis & quadrata, fed virilis tamen Compositio. - Nec id quidem inutile, etiam cor. ruptas aliquando & vitiofas Orationes, quas tamen plerique Judiciorum Pravitate mirantur, legi palam Pueris, oftendique in bis, quam multa impropria, obscura, tumida, humilia, fordida, lasciva, effeminata fint: quæ non laudantur modò à plerisque, fed (quod pejus eft) propter hoc ipfum, quod funt prava, laudantur. Hoc Diligentiæ Genus aufim dicere plus collaturum difcentibus, quam omnes omnium Artes. Nam in omnibus ferè minas valent Præcepta quàm Experimenta. Init, lib. 2. cap. 5. 6 PART PART III. Of ELOCUTION, or, The Adorning our Expreffions with Tropes, Figures, and Beautiful Turns. In what doth Elocution confist, and what are it's Parts? What doth Composition regard? What does Elegance confift in? What mean you by Dignity of Language? What's the Difference between Tropes and Figures? §. 1. What is a Trope? How many and what are the Chief Tropes in Language? What is a Metaphor? an Allegory? a Metonymy? Synecdoche? an Irony? Hyperbole? a Catachrefis? Where are these Tropes well explain'd? Read the Explication, Meaning and Derivation of the Terms, with Examples. What Other Tropes are there? How many and what are the Faults of Tropes? §. 2. What is a Figure? How many, and what are the Principal Figures in Speech? What is an Ecphonefis? an Apo_ria? &c. Read the Explication, Meaning and Derivation of these Figures, with Examples. What Other Figures are there? How many and what are the Faults of, Figures? §. 3. What are Repetitions or Fine Turns? How many, and what are the Principal Repetitions? What is Anaphora? EpiStrophe? H. ftrophe? &c. Read the Meaning and Derivation of those Repetitions, with Examples. What other Repetitions are there? What is to be obferv'd in the Use of Repetitions? E LOCUTION confifts in the finding out proper, polite, and ornamental Expreffions to fignify our Thoughts. Hence it's Parts are Compofition, Elegance, and Dignity. OBS. I. ΑΝΝΟΤATION S. ELOCUTION PARTS. Omnis Oratio tres habet Virtutes, ut emendata, ut dilucida, ut ornata fit. Quint. Inft. 1. c. 5. Hinc tria in se habere debet, Compofitionem, Elegantiam, Dignitatem. Cic. ad Her. 4. 12. 1. COMPOSITION. Concerning which DIONYSIUS Halicarnafsfeus writes thus, Ἐσὶ τῆς Συνθέσεως ἔργα, οἰκείως θεῖναι τα τε ὀνόμαζα παρ ̓ ἄλληλα, κὶ τοῖς κώλοις ἐποδέναι τὴν αρισήκυσαν ἁρμονίαν, κὶ ταῖς πεειόδοις διαλαβεῖν αὐτὸν ὅλον τὸν λόγον, The Business of Compofition is to rank our Words in the exactest Order respecting each other, to render to each Member it's proper harmonious Sound, and to diftinguish the whole Oration into it's most agreeable Periods. Lib. de Comp. c. 2 He tells us alfo in chap. 5. "Ὅτι πολλὴ πρόνοια τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἦν, κỳ COMPO ποιηταῖς κὶ συγγράφασι, φιλοσόφοις τε κὶ ρήτορσι, τῆς ἰδέας ταύτης· κὶ ὅτε τα ὀνόμαζα τοῖς ὀνόμασιν, ἔτε τὰ κῶλα τοῖς κώλοις, ἔτε τὰς περιόδος ἀλλήλαις εἰκῇ συνάπτειν βονλο δεῖν, That the Ancients, as well Historians as Poets, as well Philofophers as Orators, had the greatest Regard to this Part of Eloquence; being well assur'd that Words ought not to be crowded upon Words, Sentences upon Sentences, Periods upon Periods, without such Care and Premeditation. And in Chap. 10. Ἡδονὴν το κὶ τὸ καλὸν ἐπιζητεῖ ἡ ἀκοὴ, ὅμοιον τι πάχεσα τῇ ὁράσει, For the Ears in a perfect Oration, like the Eyes in a finish'd Picture, expect to find both Beauty and Pleasure.-QUINTILIAN fays, In Compofitione laudamus Verba bene Rebus accommodata. Barbarismi & Solæcifmi Fæditas abfitCICERO fays, Collocatio confer E |