Wherby you se, that 1542 (which is the nomber of yeares syth Ch[r]ystes incarnation) beyng multyplyed by 365 (which is the nomber of dayes in one yeare) dothe amounte vnto 562830, which declareth y^e no{m}ber of daies sith Chrystes incarnatio{n} vnto the ende of 1542[{1}] yeares. (besyde 385 dayes and 12 houres for lepe yeares). _S._ Now wyll I proue by an other exa{m}ple, as this: 40 labourers (after 6 d. y^e day for eche man) haue wrought 28 dayes, I wold [*125a] know what theyr wages doth amou{n}t vnto: In this case muste I worke doublely: fyrst I must multyplye the nomber of the labourers by y^e wages of a man for one day, so wyll y^e charge of one daye amount: then secondarely shall I multyply that charge of one daye, by the hole nomber of dayes, {and} so wyll the hole summe appeare: fyrst therefore I shall set the su{m}mes thus. ------+-------------- | ------+-------------- | ------+-------------- | ------+--o-o-o-o----- o | --o---+-------------- Where in the fyrste space is the multyplyer (y^t is one dayes wages for one man) {and} in the second space is set the nomber of the worke men to be multyplyed: the{n} saye I, 6 tymes 4 (reckenynge that second lyne as the lyne of vnites) maketh 24, for whiche summe I shulde set 2 counters in the thyrde lyne, and 4 in the seconde, therfore do I set 2 in the thyrde lyne, and let the 4 stand styll in the seconde lyne, thus.[*125b] -----+-------------- | -----+-------------- | -----+--o-o--------- | -----+--o-o-o-o----- | -----+-------------- So apwereth the hole dayes wages to be 240d’. that is 20 s. Then do I multiply agayn the same summe by the no{m}ber of dayes and fyrste I sette the nombers, thus. ---------+-------------- | ---------+-------------- | ---------+--o-o--------- | --o-o----+--o-o-o-o----- o | --o-o-o--+------------- The{n} bycause there are counters in dyuers lynes, I shall begynne with the hyghest, and take them vp, settynge for them the multyplyer so many tymes, as I toke vp counters, y^t is twyse, then wyll y^e su{m}me stande thus. -----+-------------- | o -----+-------------- | o -----+--o----------- | -----+--o-o-o-o----- | -----+-------------- Then come I to y^e seconde lyne, and take vp those 4 cou{n}ters, settynge for them the multiplyer foure tymes, so wyll the hole summe appeare thus.[*126a] -----+---------- | o -----+--o------- | o -----+--o-o----- | -----+--o-o----- | -----+---------- So is the hole wages of 40 workeme{n}, for 28 dayes (after 6d’. eche daye for a man) 6720d’. that is 560 s. or 28 l’i. [Headnote: Division on the Counting Board.] [Sidenote: Diuision.]