The Earliest Arithmetics in English

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122 a. *Then fyrste I begynne at the 1000 in y^e hyghest roume, as yf it were y^e fyrst place, & I take it vp, settynge downe for it so often (that is ones) the multyplyer, which is 365, thus, as you se here:

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where for the one counter taken vp from the fourth lyne, I haue sette downe other 6, whiche make y^e summe of the multyplyer, reckenynge that fourth lyne, as yf it were the fyrste: whiche thyng I haue marked by the hand set at the begynnyng of y^e same,

S. I perceaue this well: for in dede, this summe that you haue set downe is 365000, for so moche doth amount 122 b. *of 1000, multiplyed by 365.

M. Well then to go forth, in the nexte space I fynde one counter which I remoue forward but take not vp, but do (as in such case I must) set downe the greater halfe of my multiplier (seyng it is an odde nomber) which is 182, and here I do styll let that fourth place stand, as yf it were y^e fyrst:

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as in this fourme you se, where I haue set this multiplycation with y^e other: but for the ease of your vnderstandynge, I haue set a lytell lyne betwene them: now shulde they both in one summe stand thus.

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123 a. *Howe be it an other fourme to multyplye suche counters in space is this: Fyrst to remoue the fynger to the lyne nexte benethe y^e space, and then to take vp y^e counter, and to set downe y^e multiplyer .v. tymes, as here you se.