One of the most critical differences between tutoristic and probabilistic/probabilioristic reasoning is the role of opinions. As has been mentioned earlier, the Directory differed from other contemporary manuals, especially that of the Augustinian Navarrus.

while things were just ripe for a war

The side was no designated as a puteal (lightning well) or bidental (lightning fork) and sacred (religiosus), never again to be trod on or touched by a mortal human being. The puteal cylinder was placed so that the hole in the ground caused by the lightning strike was inside. The bidental was a pair or cluster of puteals.

When he looked at her neck he was reminded of how difficult it was to unstring a turkey.