DedicationTo the ryght worshypful Master Thomas BrookeEsquire, Rychard Shyrreywysheth health euer-lastynge.Figures and Tropes¶ A briefe note of eloquciõ, the thirdparte of Rhetoricke, wheruntoall Figures and Tropes bereferred.Notes on the TextParagraphsSome paragraph breaks in this e-text are conjectural. The printed book had the following kinds of breaks:conventional paragraph with indented first lineunambiguous paragraph with non-indented first lineambiguous paragraph: previous line ends with blank space, but the space is not large enough to contain the first syllable of the following linesentence break corresponds to line break: this happens randomly in any printed book, and only becomes ambiguous when the book also has non-indented paragraphsIn this e-text, the second type of paragraph is marked with a simple line break (no extra space) and pilcrow ¶. The third type has a pilcrow ¶ but no line break. The fourth type is not marked.Transcriber’s Footnote*homotelento, -teleto:In the facsimile edition, the body text hashomoteletobut the Index hashomotelento. In the other available text, the body text hashomotelẽtowith clear overline. The correct form is “homeoteleuton” (in this book’s spelling, probably “homioteleuton”).SpellingThe pattern of initialv, non-initialuis followed consistently.The spelling “they” is more common than “thei”.The form “then” is normally used for both “then” and “than”; “than” is rare.The most common spelling is “wyll”, but “wyl”, “wil” and “will” also occur.Word DivisionLine-end hyphens were completely arbitrary; words split at line break were hyphenated about two-thirds of the time. The presence or absence of a hyphen has not been noted. Hyphenless words at line-end were joined or separated depending on behavior elsewhere in the text:Always one word(re-joined at line break): som(e)what, without, afterward(e)sUsually one word:often( )times, what( )so( )euerOne or two words:an( )otherUsually two words:it/him/my...( )self/selues; shal( )be; straight( )wayAlways two words:here toRoman NumeralsNumbers were printed with leading and following .period. When the number came at the beginning or end of a line, the “outer” period was sometimes omitted. These have been supplied for consistency.
To the ryght worshypful Master Thomas BrookeEsquire, Rychard Shyrreywysheth health euer-lastynge.
¶ A briefe note of eloquciõ, the thirdparte of Rhetoricke, wheruntoall Figures and Tropes bereferred.
Some paragraph breaks in this e-text are conjectural. The printed book had the following kinds of breaks:
conventional paragraph with indented first lineunambiguous paragraph with non-indented first lineambiguous paragraph: previous line ends with blank space, but the space is not large enough to contain the first syllable of the following linesentence break corresponds to line break: this happens randomly in any printed book, and only becomes ambiguous when the book also has non-indented paragraphs
conventional paragraph with indented first line
unambiguous paragraph with non-indented first line
ambiguous paragraph: previous line ends with blank space, but the space is not large enough to contain the first syllable of the following line
sentence break corresponds to line break: this happens randomly in any printed book, and only becomes ambiguous when the book also has non-indented paragraphs
In this e-text, the second type of paragraph is marked with a simple line break (no extra space) and pilcrow ¶. The third type has a pilcrow ¶ but no line break. The fourth type is not marked.
*homotelento, -teleto:In the facsimile edition, the body text hashomoteletobut the Index hashomotelento. In the other available text, the body text hashomotelẽtowith clear overline. The correct form is “homeoteleuton” (in this book’s spelling, probably “homioteleuton”).
The pattern of initialv, non-initialuis followed consistently.
The spelling “they” is more common than “thei”.
The form “then” is normally used for both “then” and “than”; “than” is rare.
The most common spelling is “wyll”, but “wyl”, “wil” and “will” also occur.
Line-end hyphens were completely arbitrary; words split at line break were hyphenated about two-thirds of the time. The presence or absence of a hyphen has not been noted. Hyphenless words at line-end were joined or separated depending on behavior elsewhere in the text:
Always one word(re-joined at line break): som(e)what, without, afterward(e)sUsually one word:often( )times, what( )so( )euerOne or two words:an( )otherUsually two words:it/him/my...( )self/selues; shal( )be; straight( )wayAlways two words:here to
Always one word(re-joined at line break): som(e)what, without, afterward(e)s
Usually one word:often( )times, what( )so( )euer
One or two words:an( )other
Usually two words:it/him/my...( )self/selues; shal( )be; straight( )way
Always two words:here to
Numbers were printed with leading and following .period. When the number came at the beginning or end of a line, the “outer” period was sometimes omitted. These have been supplied for consistency.