¶ Postea p{ro}cedas hac condic{i}one secu{n}da: Imp{ar} si fu{er}it hinc vnu{m} deme p{ri}ori, Inscribens quinque, nam denos significabit Monos p{re}d{ict}am. [Sidenote: What to do if any other figure is odd. Write a figure of five over the next lower number’s head. Example.] ¶ Her{e} he putt{es} þe fourte case, þe quych is þis. yf it happeɳ the secunde figur{e} betoken odde nombre, þou schal do away on of þat odde nombre, þe quych is significatiue by þ{a}t figure 1. þe quych 1 schall be rekende for 10. Whan þ{o}u hast take away þ{a}t 1 out of þe nombre þ{a}t is signifiede by þat figur{e}, þ{o}u schalt medie þ{a}t þat leues ou{er}, & do away þat figur{e} þat is medied, & sette in his styde halfe of þ{a}t nombre. ¶ Whan þ{o}u hase so done, þ{o}u schalt write [*leaf 150b] a figure of 5 ou{er} þe next figur{es} hede by-for{e} toward þe ryȝt side, for þat 1, þe quych made odd nombr{e}, schall stonde for ten, & 5 is halfe of 10; so þ{o}u most write 5 for his haluendell{e}. lo an Ensampull{e}, 4678. begyɳ in þe ryȝt side as þ{o}u most nedes. medie 8. þen þ{o}u schalt leue 4. do away þat 8 & sette þ{ere} 4. þen out of 7. take away 1. þe quych makes odde, & sett 5. vpon þe next figur{es} hede afor{e} toward þe ryȝt side, þe quych is now 4. but afor{e} it was 8. for þat 1 schal be rekenet for 10, of þe quych 10, 5 is halfe, as þou knowest wel. Whan þ{o}u hast þus ydo, medye þ{a}t þe quych leues aft{er} þe takying{e} away of þat þat is odde, þe quych leuyng{e} schall{e} be 3; do away 6 & sette þ{er}e 3, & þou schalt haue such a nombre 5 4634. aft{er} go forth to þe next fig{ur}e, & medy þat, & worch forth, for it is lyȝt ynovȝt to þe c{er}tayɳ. ¶ Si v{er}o s{e}c{un}da dat vnu{m}. Illa deleta, sc{ri}bat{ur} cifra; p{ri}ori ¶ Tradendo quinque pro denario mediato; Nec cifra sc{ri}batur, nisi dei{n}de fig{ur}a seq{u}at{ur}: Postea p{ro}cedas reliq{ua}s mediando figuras Vt sup{ra} docui, si sint tibi mille figure. [Sidenote: If the second figure is one, put a cipher, and write five over the next figure. How to halve fourteen.] ¶ Her{e} he putt{es} þe 5 case, þe quych is [*leaf 151a] þis: yf þe secunde figur{e} be of 1, as þis is here 12, þou schalt do away þat 1 & sett þ{ere} a cifer. & sett 5 ou{er} þe next fig{ur}e hede afor{e} toward þe riȝt side, as þou diddyst afor{e}; & þat 5 schal be haldel of þat 1, þe quych 1 is rekent for 10. lo an Ensampull{e}, 214. medye 4. þ{a}t schall{e} be 2. do away 4 & sett þ{ere} 2. þe{n} go forth to þe next figur{e}. þe quych is bot 1. do away þat 1. & sett þ{ere} a cifer. & set 5 vpon þe figur{es} hed afor{e}, þe quych is nowe 2, & þen þou schalt haue þis no{m}b{re} 5 202,