I couldn’t rely on these opinions without hesitation if I thought that by doing so, I would give up any chance of finding even more accurate knowledge, should it be available.
If any one be captured in war and there is not sustenance in his house, if then his wife go to another house this woman shall be held blameless.
Nor could I have proceeded on such opinions without scruple, had supposed that I should thereby forfeit any advantage for attaining still more accurate, should such exist.