---------+-----+--o--------- | | o -||------+-----+--o--------- | | -----o---+-----+--o-o-o----- o | | -----o---+-----+--o-o------- | | ---------+-----+------------ Then begyn I at the hyghest place of the diuidente, sekynge my diuisor there, whiche I fynde ones, Therfore set I 1 in the nether lyne. _M._ Not in the nether line of the hole summe, but in the nether lyne of that worke, whiche is the thyrde lyne. _S._ So standeth it with reason. _M._ Then thus do they stande.[*128a] ---------+-----+------------ | | -||------+-----+------------ | | -----o---+--o--+--o-o-o----- o | | -----o---+-----+--o-o------- | | ---------+-----+------------ Then seke I agayne in the reste, how often I may fynde my diuisor, and I se that in the 300 I myghte fynde 100 thre tymes, but then the 60 wyll not be so often founde in 20, therfore I take 2 for my quotient: then take I 100 twyse from 300, and there resteth 100, out of whiche with the 20 (that maketh 120) I may take 60 also twyse, and then standeth the nombers thus, ---------+-------+----- | | -||------+-------+----- | | -----o---+--o----+----- o | | -----o---+-------+----- | | ---------+--o-o--+----- [*128b] where I haue sette the quotient 2 in the lowest lyne: So is euery sowldyars portion 102 d’. that is 8 s. 6 d’. _M._ But yet bycause you shall perceaue iustly the reason of Diuision, it shall be good that you do set your diuisor styll agaynst those nombres fro{m} whiche you do take it: as by this example I wyll declare. Yf y^e purchace of 200 acres of ground dyd coste 290 l’i. what dyd one acre coste? Fyrst wyl I turne the poundes into pennes, so wyll there be 69600 d’· Then in settynge downe these nombers I shall do thus. ---------+-----+-------------- | | o ----o-o--+-----+--o----------- | | o -X-------+-----+--o-o-o-o----- | | o ---------+-----+--o----------- | | ---------+-----+-------------- | | ---------+-----+-------------- Fyrst set the diuident on the ryghte hande as it oughte, and then [*129a] the diuisor on the lefte hande agaynst those nombers, fro{m} which I entende to take hym fyrst as here you se, wher I haue set the diuisor two lynes hygher the{n} is theyr owne place. _S._ This is lyke the order of diuision by the penne. _M._ Truth you say, and nowe must I set y^e quotient of this worke in the thyrde lyne, for that is the lyne of vnities in respecte to the diuisor in this worke. Then I seke howe often the diuisor maye be founde in the diuident, {and} that I fynde 3 tymes, then set I 3 in the thyrde lyne for the quotient, and take awaye that 60000 fro{m} the diuident, and farther I do set the diuisor one line lower, as yow se here.