Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

First, Ambassadors and therefore ought to deliver their embassage as nakedly as may be, they are interpreters, and therefore the less they mix of their own, the better it is; so the more purely the word is delivered, the better it is. The Orators of Athens were then suspected when they began to speak besides the matter, making excursions into florid expressions.

First, Embassadors and therefore ought to deliver their embassage as nakedly as may be, they are interpreters, and therefore the less they mix of their own, the better it is; so the more purely the word is delivered, the better it is. The Orators of Athens were then suspected when they began to speak besides the matter, making excursions into florid expressions.

So there is a suspicion in the Ministers when they mix their words with Gods, God is not pleased with it.

So there is a suspition in the Ministers when they mix their words with Gods, God is not pleased with it.

Secondly, Because the native colour of the word is best, when it is without any other tincture, if the face be fair enough what needs it painting? other things since the fall being out of order there are arts to reduce them; but the word is pure as being immediate from the spirit, it is enough to adorn the word with it own ornaments, it needs no beauty but it own, it is best when it is steeped in it own liquor; because whatsoever is added unto it, doth not adorn it as conceits do an oration, but detracts from it something: as for men of a masculine virtue to be calamistrati est compti, for them to be effeminate, it doth not add but detract from their gravity, so the word being of a Masculine Oratory, when such light things are added, it detracts from the beauty of it.