The sixth case of the craft. ¶ Here is þe 6 case, þe quych is þis: yf hit happe þat þe figure by þe quych þou schal multiplye þe hier figure, þe quych stondes ryght ouer hym by a 0, þou schalt do away þat figure, þe quych ouer þat cifre hede. ¶ And write þere þat nounbre þat comes of þe multiplicacioɳ as þus, 23. do away 2 and sett þere a 0. vnde versus.
¶ Si cifra multiplicat aliam positam super ipsam
Sitque locus supra vacuus super hanc cifram fiet.
The seventh case of the craft. ¶ Here is þe 7 case, þe quych is þis: yf a 0 schal multiply a figure, þe quych stondes not [recte] ouer hym, And ouer þat 0 stonde no thyng, þou schalt write ouer þat 0 anoþer 0 as þus: 24
03 multiplye 2 be a 0, it wol be nothynge. write þere a 0 ouer þe hede of þe neþer 0, And þen worch forth til þou come to þe ende.
¶ Si supra[15] fuerit cifra semper est pretereunda.
The eighth case of the craft. ¶ Here is þe 8 case, þe quych is þis: yf þere be a 0 or mony cifers in þe hier rewe, þou schalt not multiplie hem, bot let hem stonde. And antery þe figures beneþe to þe next figure sygnificatyf as þus: 00032.
22 Ouer-lepe alle þese cifers & sett þat leaf 160 b. *neþer 2 þat stondes toward þe ryght side, and sett hym vndur þe 3, and sett þe oþer nether 2 nere hym, so þat he stonde vndur þe thrydde 0, þe quych stondes next 3. And þan worch. vnde versus.
¶ Si dubites, an sit bene multiplicacio facta,
Diuide totalem numerum per multiplicantem.
How to prove the multiplication. ¶ Here he teches how þou schalt know wheþer þou hase wel I-do or no. And he says þat þou schalt deuide alle þe nounbre þat comes of þe multiplicacioɳ by þe neþer figures. And þen þou schalt haue þe same nounbur þat þou hadyst in þe begynnynge. but ȝet þou hast not þe craft of dyuisioɳ, but þou schalt haue hit afterwarde.
¶ Per numerum si vis numerum quoque multiplicare