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fro al fat remenant and fan sekirly hast ou fe 

 heght of fat thyng. If peraventure fe contry 

 es hilly. fan do fat fe perpendicle falle even 

 vpon fe begynnyng of fe side of fe vmbre 

 froward. fan se by bothe holes in fe thyng to 

 be mesured fe poynte fat es called A and do 

 as we taght bifore. and fat leves after fi 

 wirkyng es f e heght fro A poynte to fe heght 

 of f e thyng : bot fan salt you noght set f ereto 

 \ e heght of f i stature. Parcas you woldest 

 mesure f e heght of a thyng by the schadowe 

 fereof. fan abyde til f e sonne be in fe heght 

 of fyve and fourti degrees, fan mesure fe 

 vmbre of fat thyng and fat es f e heght f ereof. 

 If you wilt mesure f e heght of any thyng by 

 f e schadowe fat es to say f e vmbre f ereof in 

 ilk houre fan do fus. mesure fe vmbre fat es 

 to say f e schadowe of fat thyng. and multiply 

 fat by 12 and al fat departe fan by fe poyntes 

 of f e vmbre toward, and f e nonmbre howe ofte 

 euer it be es fe heght of fat thyng if fe per- 

 pendicle falle vpon fe vmbre toward. If fe 

 perpendicle falle vp fe poyntes of fe vmbre 

 froward. fan multeply f e vmbre. fat es to say 

 f e schaddowe by f e poyntes of fat vmbre. and 

 al fat departe by 12 and fe nonrabre howe oft 

 it be. es fe heght of fat thyng. Or if you 

 wilt, lede f e poyntes of f e vmbre froward into 

 fe poyntes of fe vmbre toward, and fan multeply 

 fe vmbre. fat es to say fe schaddowe of fat 

 thyng by 12 and fan al fat departe by fe 



