¶ Tantum per normas subtiles absque figuris
Has normas poteris per versus scire sequentes.
Mental multiplication. ¶ Here he teches þe to multiplie [be þowȝt] figures in þi mynde. And þe sentence of þis verse is þis: yf þou wel multiplie on nounbre by anoþer in þi mynde, þou schal haue þereto rewles in þe verses þat schal come after.
¶ Si tu per digitum digitum vis multiplicare
Regula precedens dat qualiter est operandum.
Digit by digit is easy. ¶ Here he teches a rewle as þou hast afore to multiplie a digit be anoþer, as yf þou wolde wete qwat is sex tymes 6. þou leaf 161 a. *schalt wete by þe rewle þat I taȝt þe before, yf þou haue mynde þerof.
¶ Articulum si per reliquum reliquum vis multiplicare
In proprium digitum debet vterque resolui.
¶ Articulus digitos post se multiplicantes
Ex digitus quociens retenerit multiplicari