The arte of logick Plainely taught in the English tongue, according to the best approued authors. Very necessary for all students in any profession, how to defend any argument against all subtill sophisters, and cauelling schismatikes, and how to confute their false syllogismes, and captious arguments. By M. Blundevile.

TO how many vses doe the Predicables serue?

To these foure necessarie vses: First, they shew which words doe comprehend more, or extend furthest, and which comprehend lesse or least, and what affinitie is betwixt word and word, so as in making any definition, a man may easily perceiue how euery word ought to be expoūded one by another, that is to say, the lesse common by that which is more common; as if you would define a Spaniell, you must say that he is a dogge: for this word dogge is a more common word then Spaniell, because it comprehendeth both Spaniell, Gr•…•…yhound, Hound, Curre, Ma∣stiffe, and euery other kinde of dogge. Secondly, they shew the nature of propositions, which be necessarie, and which be casuall or accidentall.