CHAPTER I.

THE INTRODUCTION.

Of _belief_ proceeding from our _invention_, that part which consisteth in _proof_ is already spoken of.

The other two parts follow; whereof one ariseth from the _manners_ of the _speaker_, the other from the _passions_ of the _hearer_.

The _principles_, _colours_, or _common opinions_ upon which a man’s belief is grounded concerning the manners of him that speaks, are to be had, partly out of that which hath before been said of _virtue_ (Book I. chap. 9); partly out of those things which shall be said by-and-by concerning the _passions_. For a man is _believed_, either for his _prudence_ or for his _probity_, which are _virtues_; or for _good will_, of which among the _passions_.

The _principles_ concerning belief, arising from the passion of the hearer, are to be gathered from that which shall now be said of the several passions in order.

In every one of which, three things are to be considered.

1. First, _how_ men are affected.

2. Secondly, _towards whom_.

3. Thirdly, _for what_.

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