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 what end serueth this diuision?

The Maxims serue as shoote-ankers, and as places of refuge, when the aduersarie shall deny our Conclusion: againe the differences being few in number, doe cause the multitude of Maxims to be the more easily kept in memory.

The Table of Places.

• Of Places, some be
• ...
  • Of Persons, as
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    • Name, stocke, birth, nation, sex, or kinde, age, education, habite of the body, affections of the mind, state, calling, or condition of life, diet, study, or exercise, acts done, death, wonders chancing before death, or after death, monu∣ments left of things done, or written, and kinde of Fune∣rals shewing how well or euill the person was beloued.
  • and some be of things, which be, either
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    • Artificiall Places are either
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      • Inward Places be either
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        • Of the substance it selfe, which be these.
        • ...
          • The Definition, and the things defined,
          • The Description, & the thing described.
          • The Interpretation, and the thing in∣terpreted.
          • The Matter, and the thing made.
          • The Forme, and the thing formed:
          • The general kind, & his speciall kinde.
          • The Difference and his propertie.
          • The whole, and his parts Integrall.
          • Principall, and not principall.
        • Or, of things accompanying Sub∣stance, as these
        • ...
          • Generation, and the thing ingendred.
          • Corruption, and the thing corrupted.
          • Vse, Abuse.
          • Subiects.
          • Adiacents, and actions.
          • Apposition.
          • Common Accidents.
          • Signes and circumstances, as time, place, and meane, &c.
        • The Cause Efficient, and his effect.
        • The End, and the thing ended▪
        • The foure Opposites, as
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          • Relatiues.
          • Contraries.
          • Priuatiues.
          • Contradictoric•…•….
        • Things diuers in kind, called in Latine, Disparata.
        • Comparison, as more or lesse▪
        • Like, or vnlike.
        • Example and Comparison.
        • Also to Comparison may be added these places.
        • Proportion.
        • Changed proportion.
        • Disproportion.
        • Changed Disproportion.
        • Translation or Figuratiue speech.
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          • From the Comparatiue to the Super∣latiue.
          • From the Positiue to the Cōparatiue.
          • From two Positiues to two Compara∣tiues.
          • From two Positiues to two Superla∣tiues, and contrariwise.
      • Outward Places bee these
      • Or meane places bee these three
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        • Coniugates.
        • Cases.
        • Diuision.
    • or Inartificiall places, which be these sixe
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      • Fore-iudgements.
      • Rumors.
      • •…•…ormentes.
      • Writings▪
      • Oath.
      • Witnesses.
    • ...All which six places are comprehended vnder the place of Authoritie, as you may see in the Table of Authoritie hereafter following, in which Table are set downe the said inartificiall places, together with the definitions and vses thereof.