e
p{re}misses
ben fals.
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: _P. _ You think rightly; but if you cannot assent to my
conclusion you ought to show that the premises are false, or that
the consequences are unfairly deduced; for if the premises be
granted, you cannot reject the inferences from them. ]
? ? ou hast q{uo}d she ? e ry? t
estimac{i}ou{n} of ? is. but who so euere wene ? at it be an
harde ? ing to acorde hym to a conclusiou{n}. it is ry? t
? at he shewe ? at so{m}me of ?
e p{re}misses ben fals. or 3568
ellys he mot shewe ? at ? e colasiou{n} of p{re}posic{i}ou{n}s
nis nat spedful to a necessarie conclusio{n}. ? and yif it
be nat so. but ? at ? e p{re}misses ben yg{ra}nted ? er nis
nat whi he sholde blame ? e argument.
[Sidenote: What I am about to say is not less wonderful, and it
follows necessarily from the same premises. ]
for ? is ? ing ? at 3572
I shal telle ?
