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.

How are the Fallaxes of these captious Arguments to be found out?

The Fallaxes of all these kindes of captious Arguments are soone found out, if wee consider well the rules before taught, touching the rep•…•…gnances of Propositions, as whether there be any ambiguitie in the Termes, and whether the selfe-same Termes in the repugnant parts haue respect to one selfe-thing, time, or place, or not: it is good also to consider the substance, quantitie, and qualitie of the Propositions: for in the last ex∣ample, this saying Candiotes be lyers, is a Proposition indefi∣nite, and therefore is not of such force, as to say, all Candiotes be lyers, which is an vniuersall Proposition, for of particular Premisses nothing rightly followeth. In the other examples you shall finde that there is some doubtfulnesse in the Termes, hauing respect eyther to diuers things, to diuers times, or di∣uers places, as to say, he holdeth his peace when he speaketh: Heere is doubtfulnesse in the Termes, hauing respect to diuers things, that is to say, as well to those things, which hee mea∣neth to keepe in silence, as to those words which hee vttereth by mouth: so in this word, Suite, in the example of Protagoras was doubtfulnesse, for that Protagoras meant some other Suite, and not that which he himselfe commenced.