Diuision. M. Now if you wold proue Multiplycation, the surest way is by Dyuision: therfore wyll I ouer passe it tyll I haue taught you ye arte of Diuision, whiche you shall worke thus. Fyrste sette downe the Diuisor for feare of forgettynge, and then set the nomber that shalbe deuided, at ye ryghte syde, so farre from the diuisor, that the quotient may be set betwene them: as for example: Yf 225 shepe cost 45 l’i. what dyd euery shepe cost? To knowe this, I shulde diuide the hole summe, that is 45 l’i. by 225, but that can not be, therfore must I fyrste reduce that 45 l’i. into a lesser denomination, as into shyllynges: then I multiply 45 by 20, and it is 900, that summe shall I diuide by the nomber of 126 b. *shepe, whiche is 225, these two nombers therfore I sette thus.

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Then begynne I at the hyghest lyne of the diuident, and seke how often I may haue the diuisor therin, and that maye I do 4 tymes, then say I, 4 tymes 2 are 8, whyche yf I take from 9, there resteth but 1, thus

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And bycause I founde the diuisor 4 tymes in the diuidente, I haue set (as you se) 4 in the myddle roume, which 127 a. *is the place of the quotient: but now must I take the reste of the diuisor as often out of the remayner: therfore come I to the seconde lyne of the diuisor, sayeng 2 foure tymes make 8, take 8 from 10, and there resteth 2, thus.

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Then come I to the lowest nomber, which is 5, and multyply it 4 tymes, so is it 20, that take I from 20, and there remayneth nothynge, so that I se my quotient to be 4, whiche are in valewe shyllynges, for so was the diuident: and therby I knowe, that yf 225 shepe dyd coste 45 l’i. euery shepe coste 4 s.

S. This can I do, as you shall perceaue by this example: Yf 160 sowldyars do spende euery moneth 68 l’i. what spendeth eche man? Fyrst 127 b. *bycause I can not diuide the 68 by 160, therfore I wyll turne the poundes into pennes by multiplicacion, so shall there be 16320 d’. Nowe muste I diuide this summe by the nomber of sowldyars, therfore I set them in order, thus.

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Then begyn I at the hyghest place of the diuidente, sekynge my diuisor there, whiche I fynde ones, Therfore set I 1 in the nether lyne.