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afore many noble yonge men were detecte of treafon in the fame buiines. And [C vi b] then alib the citie was almofte deftitute of vitailes / and all other commodities neceffary for the defence.
Lyke wyfe eafynes or difficultie are conteyned in the circum- ftaunces of the caufe. As in the example nowe fpokew of/ what an harde enterprife it is for one man to entre into a kynges arrnye / and to come to the kynges pauilio# in the face of his fouldiers to aduenture to flee hym.
Of the feconde part of contencion / called confutacion.
Confutacion is the foilynge of fuche argumentes as maye be induced agaynfte our purpofe / whiche parte is but lytle vfed in an oracion dernonftratiue. Neuer the leffe / fowtyme may chauce a thynge that mufte be eyther defended or els at the lefte 1 excufed. As if any ma wolde fpeke of Camillus dede / wherby he recouered his co/ztrey / & delyuered it trom the hand^ of the Frenche men. Here mufte be declared that the bargayne made afore was nat by Camilus violate.
Of the conclufion.
The conclufion is made of a brife enumeracion of fuche thynges that we haue fpoken of afore in the oracyon and in mouynge of affections.
In delectable thinges or fuche thinges [C vii a] that haue bene well done / we moue our audyence to reioce thereat / and to do lyke.
In fad thynges and heuy / to be fory for them. In yll and per- uerfe actes / to beware that they folowe nat them to theyr great fhame and confufyon.
��Of an oracion demonftratyue / wherin are praifed neither per- fones nor actes / but fome other thynge 2 / as religion / matrimony / or fuche other.
The befte begynnynge wyl be if it be taken out of fome hygh prayfe of the thynge. But a man maye alfo begyne otherwyfe / eyther at his owne perfon or at theyrs afore whom he fpeketh / or at the place in the whiche he fpeketh / or at the feafon prefent / or otherwyfe / as hathe afore ben fpecified / and here muft we take good hede that yf we take vpo vs to praife any thynge that is no 8
1 B. leeft. 2 B. thynges. 3 Both A. and B. no.
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