... Epitome troporum ac schematum et grammaticorum & rhetorum, ad authores tum prophanos tum sacros intelligendos non minus utilis quam necessaria

...and syntax. Furthermore, we have made three orders of Rhetorical Figures: of Words, of Speech, and of Amplification. And this more for the sake of teaching than for superstitious observation: for both Rhetoricians and Grammarians have certain Figures with either changed or varied names, which are common to them. There are also Figures of speech (which Fortunatianus calls λόγος discourse) that deserve to be called ornaments of amplification as well. Therefore, receive this Epitome with the same spirit with which I have dedicated it to you, even though you are absent students, that is, with a willing, candid, and benevolent spirit. Receive this, as they say, with open hands; read it, re-read it, and inscribe it in your mind, then bring it into the use of writing and speaking, since otherwise (as I have often inculcated to you) all art is entirely devoid of any utility without meditation and practice. If you do this, the doors of the Muses will undoubtedly be opened to you. Farewell, and intercede for me with God in your prayers. At Ravensburg, from our little study, March 5th. In the year of the humanity of Christ, our reconciler, 41; of my school administration, 35; of my age, 56, which is for me a Climacteric year, which may the piety of the Lord turn to good. Farewell again, and apply yourselves with all your might to good letters, the true and most certain possession. You will not regret it in time.

Greek genitive.

Article homoeoteleuton.

Vegetius. Translation/Metonymy.