. Upon his Friend's telling him, That he wonder'd he would give up the Question, when he had visibly the Better of the Dispute;
I am never asham'd
, says he,
to be confuted by one who is Master of fifty Legions
.
I
but just mention another kind of Reasoning, which may be called arguing by Poll; and another which is of equal Force, in which Wagers are made use of as Arguments, according to the celebrated Line in
Hudibras