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heght of f e thyng whos heght you sekes. If 

 peraventure f e perpendicle falle vpon f e vmbre 

 froward biholde fan f e poyntes f ereof and torne 

 fern into pe poyntes of pe vmbre toward and do 

 furth fan as we taght byfore and f us sekirly you 

 sale have pe heght of pe thyng whos heght you 

 sekes. namely so pe space be playne bitweene pe 

 and it. Note you fat pe quadrat. fat es to say 

 4 square whilk es descryvede fat es to say 

 schewed in pe quadrant has tuo sides. fat es to 

 say pe side of pe vmbre toward, and pe side of pe 

 vmbre froward. and af er of f ese 2 sides es depar- 

 ted in 12 even parties. When you holdes pe cone 

 of pe quadrant. fat es to say pe cornel of pe 

 quadrant even vpryght in whilk cornel es pe nayle 

 whereby pe perpendicle henges. fan pe circum- 

 ferens. fat es to say pe cumpasse es toward pe 

 erth. fan fat side of pe quadrat whilk es nere 

 ye es called pe vmbre toward and fat of er side es 

 called f e vmbre froward. and fe 12 departynges 

 of aifer of f o sides are called poyntes. fan es 

 a poynte f e twelft parte of any thyng. namely of 

 ouf er side of f e quadrat in f e quadrant. Also 

 when f e heght of f e sonne es more fan 45 degres. 

 fan f e perpendicle falles vpon f e vmbre toward. 

 And ageynward when f e heght of f e sonne es less 

 fan 45 degrees, fan fe perpendicle falles vpon f e 

 vmbre froward. When sothly f e heght of f e 

 sonne es even 45 degrees, fan fe perpendicle 

 falles even vpon fe 45 whilk es fe medil lyne. 

 If you may noght negh f e thyng fat you wolde 



