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tokene but one. And there he stondith nowe in 

 the ferye place he tokeneth a thousand as by this 

 rewle. In the first place he tokeneth but hyrn- 

 self. In the secunde place he tokeneth ten times 

 hymself. In the thridde place he tokeneth an 

 hundred tymes himself. In the ferye he tokeneth 

 a thousand tymes himself. In the fyftye place 

 he tokeneth ten thousand tymes himself. In the 

 sexte place he tokeneth an hundred thousand 

 tymes hymself. In the seveth place he tokeneth 

 ten hundred thousand tymes hymself, &c. And 

 ye schal vnderstond that this worde nombre is 

 partyd into thre partyes. Somme is callyd nom- 

 bre of digitys for alle ben digitys that ben 

 withine ten as ix, viii, vii, vi, v, iv, iii, ii, i. 

 Articules ben alle thei that mow be devyded 

 into nombrys of ten as xx, xxx, xl, and suche 

 other. Composittys be alle nombrys that ben 

 componyd of a digyt and of an articule as 

 fourtene fyftene thrittene and suche other. 

 Fourtene is componyd of four that is a digyt 

 and of ten that is an articule. Fyftene is com- 

 ponyd of fy ve that is a digyt and of ten that is 



an articule and so of others But as 



to this rewle. In the firste place he tokeneth 

 but himself that is to say he tokeneth but that 

 and no more. If that he stonde in the secunde 

 place he tokeneth ten tymes himself as this figure 

 2 here 21. this is oon and twenty. This figure 2 

 stondith in the secunde place and therfor he 

 tokeneth ten tymes himself and ten tymes 2 is 



