A famous 17th century professor of rhetoric Žygimantas Liauksminas' work Praxis oratoria et praecepta artis rhetoricae has been referred in encyclopedias of European literature as the book advocating moderate style. Although this period signified extravagance of style, the author tried to tame this kind of style by the Nucleus of Dialectics or the rules of logic. He taught his students to think their own thoughts, to speak clearly, in an understandable way and not to abuse other authors' quotations. The mentioned work includes Liauksminas' practical work - panegyric to the king of Poland and Great Lithuanian Principality Vladislov IV Vaza on the occasion of victory against Moscow. The panegyric analyzed in the article differs greatly from his contemporary Vilnius University professor M. K. Sarbievijus' works of the same genre. There is no confusion, abundant images, and allusions to the Bible and mythology, which is characteristic of baroque and which makes the impression of stylistic dissonance. The article focuses on four factors revealing Liauksminas' moderation of style eloquence: natural language composition, a trope of antithesis supporting the idea of dialectics, coherent and moderate speech in periods, and the author's wisdom presented in concise sententious utterances. Ž. Liauksminas maintained tradition of classical rhetoric in Lithuania and he did not let deviate from it to bizarre style as it happened in Poland.
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