Note 28 — Book IV. Exordium, Narratio, Petitio, Conclusio
Reading edition
The ancient term auditor is kept, as well as the traditional three functions. The second function being cardinal in a letter, benevolentiæ captatio in some manuals, e.g., Alberic’s (Rockinger, I. 18), is used as the heading, instead of exordium. In others, as, here, it is a subheading. The doctrine here is from Rhet. ad Herennium I.