Take four{e} out of four{e} þan leus noȝt. þ{er}efor{e} do away þe hier 4 & set þ{ere} a cifer, þan take 2 out of 2, þan leues noȝt. do away þe hier 2, & set þ{ere} a cifer, and so worch whar{e} so eu{er} þis happe. Sed si no{n} possis a p{ri}ma dem{er}e p{ri}ma{m} P{re}cedens vnu{m} de limite deme seque{n}te, Quod demptu{m} p{ro} denario reputabis ab illo Subt{ra}he to{ta}lem num{er}u{m} qu{em} p{ro}posuisti Quo facto sc{ri}be super quicquid remaneb{i}t. [Sidenote: Suppose you cannot take the lower figure from the top one, borrow ten; take the lower number from ten; add the answer to the top number. How to ‘Pay back’ the borrowed ten. Example.] Her{e} he puttes þe thryd case, þe quych is þis. yf it happe þat þe neþ{er} fig{ur}e be mor{e} þen þe hier fig{ur}e þat he schall{e} be draw out of. how schall{e} þou do. þus þ{o}u schall{e} do. þou schall{e} borro .1. oute of þe next fig{ur}e þat comes aft{er} in þe same rewe, for þis case may neu{er} happ but yf þ{ere} come figures aft{er}. þan þ{o}u schalt sett þat on ou{er} þe hier figur{es} hed, of the quych þou woldist y-draw oute þe neyþ{er} fig{ur}e yf þ{o}u haddyst y-myȝt. Whane þou hase þus ydo þou schall{e} rekene þ{a}t .1. for ten. ¶. And out of þat ten þ{o}u schal draw þe neyþermost fig{ur}e, And all{e} þ{a}t leues þou schall{e} adde to þe figur{e} on whos hed þat .1. stode. And þen þ{o}u schall{e} do away all{e} þat, & sett þ{ere} all{e} that arisys of the addicioɳ of þe ylke 2 fig{ur}is. And yf yt [*leaf 144a] happe þat þe fig{ur}e of þe quych þ{o}u schalt borro on be hym self but 1. If þ{o}u schalt þat on{e} & sett it vppoɳ þe oþ{er} figur{is} hed, and sett in þ{a}t 1. place a cifer, yf þ{ere} come mony figur{es} aft{er}. lo an Ensampul. +------+ | 2122 | | 1134 | +------+