Institutio Oratoria

On the other hand, he places the various parts in the regular order in the following instance:

How can it be unjust to kill a robber who lies in wait for his victim?

[*](ib. iv. 10. ) Next comes the reason:

What is the object of our escorts and our swords?

Last comes the conclusion resulting from the major premise and the reason:

Which we certainly should not be permitted to have, if we were absolutely forbidden to use them.