Multiply 2 by 2, þat wol be 4; set 4 ou{er} þe hede of þat 2. þen[{14}] m{u}ltiplies þe hier 2 by þe neþ{er} 3, þat wol be 6. set ou{er} his hede 6, multiplie þe hier 2 by þe neþ{er} 4, þat wol be 8. do away þe hier 2, þe quych stondes ou{er} þe hede of þe figur{e} of 4, and set þ{er}e 8. And þou schalt haue þis nounb{re} here +-------+ | 46836 | | 234 | +-------+ And antery þi figur{e}s, þat is to say, set þi neþ{er} 4 vnd{er} þe hier 3, and set þi 2 other figures ner{e} hym, so þat þe neþ{er} 2 stonde vnd{ur} þe hier 6, þe quych 6 stondes in þe lyft side. And þat 3 þat stondes vndur 8, as þus aftur ȝe may se, +-------+ | 46836 | | 234 | +-------+ Now worch forthermor{e}, And m{u}ltiplye þat hier 3 by 2, þat wol be 6, set þ{a}t 6 þe quych stondes ou{er} þe hede of þat 2, And þen worch as I taȝt þe afore. [*leaf 160a] ¶ Si sup{ra}posita cifra debet m{u}ltiplicar{e} Prorsus ea{m} deles & ibi scribi cifra debet. [Sidenote: The sixth case of the craft.] ¶ Her{e} is þe 6 case, þe quych is þis: yf hit happe þat þe figur{e} by þe quych þou schal m{u}ltiplye þe hier figur{e}, þe quych stondes ryght ou{er} hym by a 0, þou schalt do away þat figur{e}, þe quych ou{er} þat cifre hede. ¶ And write þ{ere} þat nounbre þat comes of þe m{u}ltiplicacioɳ as þus, 23. do away 2 and sett þ{er}e a 0. vn{de} v{er}sus. ¶ Si cifra m{u}ltiplicat alia{m} posita{m} sup{er} ip{s}am Sitq{ue} locus sup{ra} vacu{us} sup{er} hanc cifra{m} fiet. [Sidenote: The seventh case of the craft.] ¶ Her{e} is þe 7 case, þe quych is þis: yf a 0 schal m{u}ltiply a figur{e}, þe quych stondes not recte ou{er} hym, And ou{er} þat 0 stonde no thyng, þou schalt write ou{er} þat 0 anoþ{er} 0 as þus: +----+ | 24| |03 | +----+ multiplye 2 be a 0, it wol be nothyng{e}. write þere a 0 ou{er} þe hede of þe neþ{er} 0, And þen worch forth til þou come to þe ende. ¶ Si sup{ra}[{15}] fuerit cifra sem{per} e{st} p{re}t{er}eunda. [Sidenote: The eighth case of the craft.] ¶ Her{e} is þe 8 case, þe quych is þis: yf þ{ere} be a 0 or mony cifers in þe hier rewe, þ{o}u schalt not m{u}ltiplie hem, bot let hem stonde. And antery þe figures beneþe to þe next figur{e} sygnificatyf as þus: +-----+ |00032|. |22 | +-----+ Ou{er}-lepe all{e} þese cifers & sett þat [*leaf 160b] neþ{er} 2 þat stondes toward þe ryght side, and sett hym vnd{ur} þe 3, and sett þe oþ{er} nether 2 nere hym, so þat he stonde vnd{ur} þe thrydde 0, þe quych stondes next 3. And þan worch. vnd{e} v{er}sus. ¶ Si dubites, an sit b{e}n{e} m{u}ltiplicac{i}o facta, Diuide totalem nu{mer}u{m} p{er} multiplicante{m}. [Sidenote: How to prove the multiplication.]