CHAP. XX.
Fiue manner of waies, that is, by time, nature, order, honour, and cause, contained in these two Latine verses:
Tempore natura, prius ordine dic & honore: Et causa effectis dicitur esse prior.
First, by time, Cicero is said to be before Quintilian, and So∣crates before Aristotle, and such like. Secondly, by nature, that thing is said to be first, or before, from which the consequent cannot returne backward: by which way all generall kindes are said to be before their speciall kindes, and speciall kindes before their Indiuiduums: for if man be, then sensible body (which is the generall kinde) must needs be, but not contrarily: so likewise, if Iohn be, man must needs be, but not contrarily; for it followeth not of necessitie, Because it is a sensible body, Ergo it is a man, or because it is a man, Ergo it is Iohn. Thirdly, by order one thing is said to be before another, as one before two, and two before three, letters before syllables, and syllables before words, and words before speech. To this also appertaineth that which is said