200 136 b. *And as you expressed 2 in the lefte hande, the same fasshyon in the ryght hande doth declare 200.
300 The fourme of 3 in the ryght hand standeth for 300.
400 The fourme of 4, for 400.
500 Lykewayes the fourme of 5, for 500.
600 The fourme of 6, for 600. And to be shorte: loke how you did expresse single vnities and tenthes in the lefte hande, so must you expresse vnities and tenthes of hundredes, in the ryghte hande.
900 S. I vnderstande you thus: that yf I wold represent 900, I must so fourme the fyngers of my ryghte hande, as I shuld do in my left hand to expresse 9, 1000 And as in my lefte hand I expressed 10, so in my ryght hande must I expresse 1000.
And so the fourme of euery tenthe in the lefte hande serueth to expresse lyke nomber of thousandes, 4000 so ye fourme of 40 standeth for 4000.
8000 The fourme of 80 for 8000.
*And the fourme of 90 (whiche is
the greatest) for 9000, and aboue that
I can not expresse any nomber. M.
No not with one fynger: how be it,
with dyuers fyngers you maye expresse
9999, and all at one tyme, and that lac
keth but 1 of 10000. So that vnder
10000 you may by your fyngers ex-
presse any summe. And this shal suf-
fyce for Numeration on the fyngers.
And as for Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication, and Diuision (which
yet were neuer taught by any man as
farre as I do knowe) I wyll enstruct
you after the treatyse of fractions.
And now for this tyme fare well,
and loke that you cease not to
practyse that you haue lear
ned. S. Syr, with moste
harty mynde I thanke
you, bothe for your
good learnyng, and
also your good
counsel, which
(god wyllyng) I truste to folow.
Finis.