¶ Si digitus tamen ponas ipsum super ipsam.
What if it be a digit. ¶ Here is þe thryde case, þe quych is þis: yf hit happe þat of þi multiplicaciouɳ come a digit, þou schalt write þe digit ouer þe hede of þe neþer figure, by the quych þou multipliest þe hiere figure, for þis nedes no Ensampul.
¶ Subdita multiplica non hanc que [incidit] illi
Delet eam penitus scribens quod prouenit inde.
The fourth case of the craft. ¶ Here is þe 4 case, þe quych is: yf hit be happe þat þe neþer figure schal multiplye þat figure, þe quych stondes ouer þat figures hede, þou schal do away þe hier figure & sett þere þat þat comys of þat multiplicacioɳ. As yf þere come of þat multiplicacioɳ an articuls þou schalt write þere þe hier figure stode a 0. ¶ And write þe articuls in þe lyft side, yf þat hit be a digit write þere a digit. yf þat hit be a composit, write þe digit of þe composit. And þe articul in þe lyft side. al þis is lyȝt y-nowȝt, þere-fore þer nedes no Ensampul.
¶ Sed si multiplicat aliam ponas super ipsam
Adiunges numerum quem prebet ductus earum.
The fifth case of the craft. ¶ Here is þe 5 case, þe quych is þis: yf *þe neþer figure schul multiplie þe hier, and þat hier figure is not [recte] ouer his hede. And þat neþer figure hase oþer figures, or on figure ouer his hede by multiplicacioɳ, þat hase be afore, þou schalt write þat nounbre, þe quych comes of þat, ouer alle þe ylke figures hedes, as þus here: 236
234 Multiply 2 by 2, þat wol be 4; set 4 ouer þe hede of þat 2. þen[14] multiplies þe hier 2 by þe neþer 3, þat wol be 6. set ouer his hede 6, multiplie þe hier 2 by þe neþer 4, þat wol be 8. do away þe hier 2, þe quych stondes ouer þe hede of þe figure of 4, and set þere 8. And þou schalt haue þis nounbre here 46836
234 And antery þi figures, þat is to say, set þi neþer 4 vnder þe hier 3, and set þi 2 other figures nere hym, so þat þe neþer 2 stonde vndur þe hier 6, þe quych 6 stondes in þe lyft side. And þat 3 þat stondes vndur 8, as þus aftur ȝe may se, 46836
234 Now worch forthermore, And multiplye þat hier 3 by 2, þat wol be 6, set þat 6 þe quych stondes ouer þe hede of þat 2, And þen worch as I taȝt þe afore.
* ¶ Si supraposita cifra debet multiplicare
Prorsus eam deles & ibi scribi cifra debet.