The logicians school-master: or, A comment upon Ramus logick.: By Mr. Alexander Richardson, sometime of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Whereunto are added, his prelections on Ramus his grammer; Taleus his rhetorick; also his notes on physicks, ethicks, astronomy, medicine, and opticks. Never before published.

Qua comprehenduntur, or, continentur.

The Chain Encuclopaidia is not a genus to Ars, no more than a Chain is a genus to the Links, but an in∣tegrum: for as a Chain is an integrum, and the Links membra; so Encuclopaidia is an integrum, and the Arts are the members that make up the whole. Now as the links must be linked together, before there be a Chain: so the Arts must be holden together, before there be Encuclopaidia: so that every Art is a link, and they must be linked together to make up the whole. Therefore I say, qua continentur, as parts, conti∣nentur a toto.

For Arts may be holden together; for there is that community among the Arts, for Ars in genere is genus to them all: Therefore as Tully saith, they have a certain commonkinred, as being species of one genus: but this holding together is after ano∣ther manner then links in a Chain: namely, pro sub∣ordinatione finium: Therefore they are not holden together confusedly, and as they come to hand, but every one must have his rank according to the gene∣rality of the end thereof. So that if we link Gram∣mar on the Chain before Logick, we do not right:

and so in like sort for the other Arts.

I say, qua omnes artes, because as a Chain that hath not all his links, is not perfect, because it wants some parts: so the Chain of Arts will not be perfect, if there be any wanting; the rule of Logick teacheth us so much: for Encuclopaidia is a totum, ergo if any member be wanting, there will not be a totum made up. And thus we have heard the definition of En∣cuclopaidia, Now the subject of it is Ars, as the no∣tation of it 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 sheweth: and this wisdom of God is one in him, but is made various in the thing.