¶ Articulus si sit, in primo limite cifram,
Articulum vero reliquis inscribe figuris.
How to write Articles: ¶ Here he tells how þou schal write when þe nombre þat þou hase to write is an Articul. Expone versus sic & fac secundum sentenciam. Ife þe nombur þat þou hast write be an Articul, write first a cifre & aftur þe cifer write an Articulle þus. 2φ. tens, fforthermore þou schalt vndirstonde yf þou haue an Articul, loke how mych he is, yf he be with-ynne an hundryth, þou schalt write bot one cifre, afore, as here .9φ. hundreds, If þe articulle be by hym-silfe & be an hundrid euene, þen schal þou write .1. & 2 cifers afore, þat he may stonde in þe thryd place, for euery figure in þe thryd place schal token a hundrid tymes hym selfe. thousands, &c. If þe articul be a thousant or thousandes[3] and he stonde by hym selfe, write afore 3 cifers & so forþ of al oþer.
¶ Quolibet in numero, si par sit prima figura,
Par erit & totum, quicquid sibi continuatur;
Impar si fuerit, totum tunc fiet et impar.
To tell an even number ¶ Here he teches a generalle rewle þat yf þe first figure in þe [rewle] of figures token a nombur þat is euene al þat nombur of figurys in þat rewle schal be euene, as here þou may see 6. 7. 3. 5. 4. Computa & proba. or an odd. ¶ If þe first leaf 139 b. *figure token an nombur þat is ode, alle þat nombur in þat rewle schalle be ode, as here 5 6 7 8 6 7. Computa & proba. versus.
¶ Septem sunt partes, non plures, istius artis;
¶ Addere, subtrahere, duplare, dimidiare,
Sextaque diuidere, sed quinta multiplicare;