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Which summes yf you do adde together into one summe, you shal perceaue that it wyll be ye same yt appeareth of ye other working before, so that 123 b. *bothe sortes are to one entent, but as the other is much shorter, so this is playner to reason, for suche as haue had small exercyse in this arte. Not withstandynge you maye adde them in your mynde before you sette them downe, as in this example, you myghte haue sayde 5 tymes 300 is 1500, and 5 tymes 60 is 300, also 5 tymes 5 is 25, whiche all put together do make 1825, which you maye at one tyme set downe yf you lyste. But nowe to go forth, I must remoue the hand to the nexte counters, whiche are in the second lyne, and there must I take vp those 4 counters, settynge downe for them my multiplyer 4 tymes, whiche thynge other I maye do at 4 tymes seuerally, or elles I may gather that hole summe in my mynde fyrste, and then set it downe: as to saye 4 tymes 300 is 1200: 4 tymes 60 are 240: and 4 tymes 5 make 20: yt is in all 1460, yt shall I set downe also: as here you se.

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124 a. *whiche yf I ioyne in one summe with the formar nombers, it wyll appeare thus.

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Then to ende this multiplycation, I remoue the fynger to the lowest lyne, where are onely 2, them do I take vp, and in theyr stede do I set downe twyse 365, that is 730, for which I set 124 b. *one in the space aboue the thyrd lyne for 500, and 2 more in the thyrd lyne with that one that is there all redye, and the reste in theyr order, and so haue I ended the hole summe thus.

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Wherby you se, that 1542 (which is the nomber of yeares syth Ch[r]ystes incarnation) beyng multyplyed by 365 (which is the nomber of dayes in one yeare) dothe amounte vnto 562830, which declareth ye nomber of daies sith Chrystes incarnation vnto the ende of 1542[1] yeares. (besyde 385 dayes and 12 houres for lepe yeares).

S. Now wyll I proue by an other example, as this: 40 labourers (after 6 d. ye day for eche man) haue wrought 28 dayes, I wold 125 a. *know what theyr wages doth amount vnto: In this case muste I worke doublely: fyrst I must multyplye the nomber of the labourers by ye wages of a man for one day, so wyll ye charge of one daye amount: then secondarely shall I multyply that charge of one daye, by the hole nomber of dayes, and so wyll the hole summe appeare: fyrst therefore I shall set the summes thus.

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