[15.] ‘Supra’ inserted in MS. in place of ‘cifra’ marked for erasure.
[16–16.] Marked for erasure in MS.
[17.] 4 in MS.
[18.] docet. decet MS.
[19.] ‘4 times 4’ in MS.
[Ashmole MS. 396, fol. 48.]
Boys seying in the begynnyng of his [Arsemetrike]:—Alle Fol. 48. thynges that bene fro the first begynnyng of thynges have procedede, and come forthe, And by resoun of nombre ben formede; And in wise as they bene, So owethe they to be knowene; wherfor in vniuersalle knowlechyng of thynges the Art of nombrynge is best, and most operatyfe.