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[Contents]
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[Introduction] v
[The Crafte of Nombrynge] 3
[The Art of Nombryng] 33
[Accomptynge by Counters] 52
[The arte of nombrynge by the hande] 66
[App. I. A Treatise on the Numeration of Algorism] 70
[App. II. Carmen de Algorismo] 72
[Index of Technical Terms] 81
[Glossary] 83

The Earliest Arithmetics
in English

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION