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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 f e poyntes of f e vmbre toward and do 

 furth fan as we taght byfore and f us sekirly you 

 sale have f e heght of f e thyng whos heght you 

 sekes. namely so f e space be playne bitweene f e 

 and it. Note you fat f e quadrat. fat es to say 

 4 square whilk es descryvede fat es to say 

 schewed in f e quadrant has tuo sides, fat es to 

 say f e side of f e vmbre toward, and f e side of f e 

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

 ted in 12 even parties. When you holdes f e cone 

 of fe quadrant. fat es to say f e cornel of f e 

 quadrant even vpryght in whilk cornel es j?e nayle 

 whereby J?e perpendicle henges. fan \ e circum- 

 ferens. fat es to say f e cumpasse es toward f e 

 erth. fan fat side of fe quadrat whilk es nere 

 ye es called f e vmbre toward and fat of er side es 

 called f e vmbre froward. and f e 12 departynges 

 of aif er 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 f e 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 



