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An other Example. I would multiplie 73 4 by 92. 6Z he number multiplied. 73 0
Z he Multiplier, 9 2 1
6606 01
Z he Produdl. 6 8s in
Pour Figures on this wile placed, e a line vnder them 85
dꝛawen, with the ſirſt ügure ol your Multiplicator which 8is ꝛ, begin thus, ſaping two times 4 encrealſeth 8, put him 8vnder the line, euẽ with 4, p firſt ol vour nũber to be mul-tiplied. Then twiſe z maketh, conuey him vnder the line
iuſt with z, which is the ſecõd Character of your number to
be multiplied. Two times/ is 14, place the Digit 4 vnder*7 the third ol your multiplied number, and the article 1a throme farther, now daſh 2 with vour penne, his office perfoꝛmed, being the frſt figure ol pour Multiplicator. Thento the other Character, the ſecond, which is o, ſaping, ninetimes 4 is 36, put the Digit 6 vnder 9 pour ſecond Multi-plicator, the articles kept in minde, thẽ nine times; is 27, 8aͤndz repoſed, peeldeth zo. put this o vnder 4, andz in memoꝛie loꝛ p next plate:nine times/ is 63& in minde rauſeth 66, ſet o bnder 1,& the ſixe articles a place farther leftward, ſo by Addition you haue(as it is aboue vnder linewitten) this lumme 675 28, the whole Multiplication.
Compendious formes of Multiplication.
f 1 I pou will multiplꝝ by this article 10 100 1000 10000 ft.o the nüber which muſt be multiplied by thele articles,5 adde