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C 3<^* 3 
Corollary* 
Hence k follows, that if a fingle Witncfe fliould be 
only fb far Credible, as to give me the Half of a full Cer- 
tainty 5 a Second of the fame Credibility, would (joined 
with the firft) givQ If hs a Third, ir^x; &c : So that 
the Coatteftation of a Tenth, would give me of 
Certainty 5 and the Coatteftation of a Twentieth, 
^^^ths or above Two Millions to one^ drc 
PR OP OS. nr. 
Concerning the Credit of a Feporterfor a Particular Ar- 
ticle of that Narrative^ for the whole of which he is 
Credible in a certain Degree. 
LET there be Six Particulars of a Narrative equally 
remarkable ; If he to whom the Report is given, 
has of Certainty for the whole, or Summ, of them ; 
he has 35 to one, againft the Failure in any One certain 
Particular. 
For he has Five to One, there will be no Failure at >all : 
And if there be ; he has yet another Five to One, that 
it falls not upon that fingle Particular of the Six. That 
is, he has ^ths of Certainty for the whole : and of the 
lib wanting he has likewife Iths^ or 'r^ths of the whole 
more 5 and therefore that there will be no Failure in that 
fingle Particular, he has |f/&jf yhs of Certainty, 
or ^ths of it. 
In General, if ]^:i7be the Propbrtion of Cenainty 
for the whole 5 and be the chance of the reft of the 
particular Articles againft Ibme one, or more of them 
5 there will-be nothing wanting toanabfolute Certi- 
tude, againft the not failing in Article, or Articles, 
