The Pastime of Pleasure by Stephen Hawes A literal reprint of the earliest complete copy (1517) with variant readings from the editions of 1509, 1554, and 1555 together with introduction notes, glossary, and indexes: By William Edward Mead |
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Of pronūcyacyon the .iiii. parte of rethoryke. Ca. xii.
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XII. Of pronūcyacyon the .iiii. parte of rethoryke. Ca. xii.
Whan the mater / is founde by inuèncyon
Be it mery / or yet of grete sadnès
Sette in a place / by the dyspocycyon
And by elocucyons / famous clerenès
Exornate well / and redy to exprès
Than pronuncyacyon / with chere and countenaunce
Conuenyently / must make the vtteraunce
Be it mery / or yet of grete sadnès
Sette in a place / by the dyspocycyon
And by elocucyons / famous clerenès
Exornate well / and redy to exprès
Than pronuncyacyon / with chere and countenaunce
Conuenyently / must make the vtteraunce
With humble voyce / and also moderate
Accordynge / as by hym is audyence
And yf there be / a ryght hye estate
Than vnder honoure / and obedyence
Reasonably done / vnto his excellence
Pronounsynge his mater so facundyous
In all due maner / to be centencyons
Accordynge / as by hym is audyence
And yf there be / a ryght hye estate
Than vnder honoure / and obedyence
Reasonably done / vnto his excellence
Pronounsynge his mater so facundyous
In all due maner / to be centencyons
For thoughe a mater be neuer so good
Yf it be tolde / with tongue of barbary
In rude maner / without the dyscrete mode
It is dystourbaunce / to a hole companye
For to se them / so rude and boystously
Demeane themselfe / vtterynge the sentence
Without good maner / or yet intellygence
Yf it be tolde / with tongue of barbary
In rude maner / without the dyscrete mode
It is dystourbaunce / to a hole companye
For to se them / so rude and boystously
Demeane themselfe / vtterynge the sentence
Without good maner / or yet intellygence
It is a thynge / ryght gretely conuenable
To pronounce the mater / as it is conuenyent
And to the herers / ryght delectable
Whan the vtterer / without impedyment
With ryght good maner / countenaunce and entent
Doth tell his tale / vnto them tretably
Kepynge his maner / and voyce full moderatly
To pronounce the mater / as it is conuenyent
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Whan the vtterer / without impedyment
With ryght good maner / countenaunce and entent
Doth tell his tale / vnto them tretably
Kepynge his maner / and voyce full moderatly
This is the costome / that the petes vse
To tell theyr tale / with all due cyrcumstaunce
The vylayne courage / they do moche refuse
That is boystous and rude of gouernaunce
And euermore / they do to them auaunce
Nurture maner / and all gentylnes
In theyr behauynge / with all semelynes
To tell theyr tale / with all due cyrcumstaunce
The vylayne courage / they do moche refuse
That is boystous and rude of gouernaunce
And euermore / they do to them auaunce
Nurture maner / and all gentylnes
In theyr behauynge / with all semelynes
And thus the gentyll rethorycyan
Through the labour / of his ryall clergy
The famous nurture / orygynally began
Oppressynge our rudenes / and our foly
And for to gouerne vs / ryght prudently
The good maner / encreaseth dygnyte
And the rudenesse / also inyquyte
Through the labour / of his ryall clergy
The famous nurture / orygynally began
Oppressynge our rudenes / and our foly
And for to gouerne vs / ryght prudently
The good maner / encreaseth dygnyte
And the rudenesse / also inyquyte
The famous poete / who so lyste to here
To tell his tale / it is solacyous
Beholdynge his maners / and also his chere
After the maner / be it sad or ioyous
Yf it be sadde / his chere is dolorous
As in bewaylynge / a wofull tragedy
That worthy is / to be in memory
To tell his tale / it is solacyous
Beholdynge his maners / and also his chere
After the maner / be it sad or ioyous
Yf it be sadde / his chere is dolorous
As in bewaylynge / a wofull tragedy
That worthy is / to be in memory
And yf the mater / be ioyfull and gladde
Lyke countenaunce / outwardly they make
But moderacyon / in theyr myndes is hadde
So that outrage / maye them not ouertake
I can not wryte / to moche for theyr sake
Them to laude / for my tyme is shorte
And the mater longe / whiche I must reporte
Lyke countenaunce / outwardly they make
But moderacyon / in theyr myndes is hadde
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I can not wryte / to moche for theyr sake
Them to laude / for my tyme is shorte
And the mater longe / whiche I must reporte
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Of pronūcyacyon the .iiii. parte of rethoryke. Ca. xii.
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