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

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The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by Thomas Vuilson
Author
Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.
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[Imprinted at London :: By Richard Grafton, printer to the Kynges Maiestie],
An. M.D.LI. [1551]
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Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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"The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by Thomas Vuilson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15542.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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¶The maner of findyng out a similitude.

In euery cause that we do purpose to hādle at large, we must obserue di∣ligently, what thynges are spoken by translacion, that is, from the propre si∣gnification, to a meanyng that is not propre. As speakyng in the prayse of a Kyng, and callyug hym the bright son of the yearth, I may gather a similitu∣de by this worde (sonne) and make it thus. Euen as the sonne onely geuet light to all the whole yearth: so there ought to be in a cōmūe weale one king

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that should be ruler ouer all.

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