+---------------------------------+----+ | The remanent | 20 | +---------------------------------+----+ | Wherof me shall{e} w{i}t{h}draw | 22 | +---------------------------------+----+ | The nombre to be w{i}t{h}draw | 2 | +---------------------------------+----+ yf it be egall{e} or even the figure sette beside, put in his place a cifre. And yf it be more put away þ{er}fro als many of vnitees the lower figure conteyneth{e}, and writ the residue as thus +----------------------------------+---+---+ | The remanent | 2 | 2 | +----------------------------------+---+---+ | Wherof me shall{e} w{i}t{h}-draw | 2 | 8 | +----------------------------------+---+---+ | Þe nombre to be w{i}t{h}draw | | 6 | +----------------------------------+---+---+ [*Fol. 50.] +--------------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | Remane{n}s | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | +--------------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | A quo sit subtraccio | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +--------------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | Numerus subt{ra}hend{us} | 6 | 5 |[{7}]|[6]| . | . | . | . | 6 | +--------------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ And yf it be lesse, by-cause the more may not be w{i}t{h}-draw ther-fro, borow an vnyte of the next figure that is worth{e} 10. Of that .10. and of the figure that ye wold{e} have w{i}t{h}-draw fro be-fore to-gedre Ioyned{e}, w{i}t{h}-draw þe figure be-nethe, and put the residue in the place of the figure put a-side as þ{us}:-- +----------------------------------+---+---+ | The remanent | 1 | 8 | +----------------------------------+---+---+ | Wherof me shall{e} w{i}t{h}-draw | 2 | 4 | +----------------------------------+---+---+ | The nombre to be w{i}t{h}-draw | 0 | 6 | +----------------------------------+---+---+ [Sidenote: If the second figure is one.] And yf the figure wherof me shal borow the vnyte be one, put it a-side, and write a cifre in the place þ{er}of, lest the figures folowing faile of thair{e} nombre, and þan worch{e} as it shew{i}t{h} in this figure here:-- +--------------------------------+---+---+------+ | The remanent | 3 | 0 |9[{8}]| +--------------------------------+---+---+------+ | Wherof me shal w{i}t{h}-draw | 3 | 1 | 2 | +--------------------------------+---+---+------+ | The nombre to be w{i}t{h}-draw | . | . | 3 | +--------------------------------+---+---+------+ [Sidenote: If the second figure is a cipher.] And yf the vnyte wherof me shal borow be a cifre, go ferther to the figure signyficatif{e}, and ther borow one, and reto{ur}nyng bak{e}, in the place of eu{er}y cifre þ{a}t ye passid{e} ou{er}, sette figures of .9. as here it is specified{e}:--