Sentence:  Reprehension or <WSD>Elench</WSD> ... is a Syllogisme, which gathereth a conclusion contrary to the assertion of the respondent, as if a man would defend "Medea" not to love her childe, because she killed it, another might reason against him in this manner: every Mother loveth her child: but "Medea" is a Mother: "Ergo", "Medea" loveth her child: the Conclusion of this Syllogisme is contrarie to the first Assertion ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.