The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by Thomas Vuilson

¶Of a proposition.

EUen the very ordre of nature requireth that first of all we should speake of seuerall wor∣des, and as a man woulde saie, teache one his lettres, and teache hym the maner of spelling, before we teache him to rede, and afterward ioyne sen∣tences together, & frame propositions by knittyng seuerall woordes in or∣dre, for it is the very office of the mind first to knowe, and then to knitte•• ney∣ther can any chylde vtter a sentence, before he learne to speake a worde. A∣gaine, when nature hath taught seue∣ral wordes, then the minde ioyneth to guether, deuideth, and afterwarde ge∣ueth a Iudgement whether they be well or no. For a man ware litle better then a brute beaste, if he could but one∣lie apprehende seueral wordes, hauing no gifte, or aptnes to ioyne them in or∣der,

and to iudge howe thynges are ioyned together. But seyng God hath kindeled th••s light in man, that he can both ioyne, and iudge, we will nowe speake of the knittyng together, & the ioynyng of wordes in a proposition.