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

¶A horned Argument, called Dilemma.

DIlemma, otherwise comple∣xio, vel cornu••us syllogis∣mus, called a horned Argu∣ment, is when the reason cō∣sisteth of repugnaūt membres, so that what so euer you graunt, you fall into the snare, and take the foile. As yf I should aske whether it were better to marie a faire woman, or a foul. Yf you say a faire. Then answer I, that is not good, for thei comōly say, she wilbe co∣mō. If you say it wer good to mary an hard fauored woman, then I answere, she wil be lothsome, and so ye fall into an inconuenience. Notwithstandyng if either of the partes maie be turned

into the aduersaries necke againe, or both of them, it is a faulty Argument. and you maie confute the same by in∣uersiō, that is to say, turning his taile cleane contrarie, as thus. If I shall marie a faire womā, I shal haue great pleasure, and cōfort in her: yf I marie a browne woman, she shal not be com∣mon to other, for few men wil seke af∣ter her. Therfore, I shal haue comfort both waies.