furst 1400. And vnder that nombere I wrote a 1397; þan withdrowe I the
laste nombere owte of þat, and þan fond I þe residue was
3 ȝere; I wyst þat 3 ȝere was passid fro the rote, þe wyche was
wreten in my tabelis. Than after-ward soȝth I in my tabelis þe annis col1ectis & expansis, & amonge myne expanse ȝeris fond I 3 ȝere. þan toke I alle þe signes, degreis, & minutes,
þat I fond directe vnder þe same planete þat I wroȝth
fore, & wrote so many signes degreis, & Minutes in my slate, &
after-ward added I too signes, degreis, Minutes, & Secundis, þe
wiche I fond in my rote the ȝere of owre lord 1397; And kepte the residue; & þan had I the mene mote for þe laste day of Decembere. And yf þou woldest wete þe mene mote ofany planete in March, Aprile, or may, oþer in any oþer tyme or monyth of the ȝere, loke how many monethes & dayes [folio 107b] ben passid from þe laste day of Decembere, the ȝere of owre lord 1400; and soe
with monithis & dayes entere in-to þy table þer þou
findist thy mene mote I-wreten in monethis & dayes, and take alle
þe signes, degrees, Minutes, & secundis þat þou findest I-wrete in directe of thy monethis, and [adde] to signes, degreis, Minutes, & secundis þat
þou findest with thy rote þe ȝere of ovre lord 1400, and the
residue þat leuyth is þe mene mote for that same day. And note
yf hit so be that þou woldest [wete þe] mene mote in ony ȝere þat is lasse þan thy rote, with-drawe þe nombere of so many ȝeris as hit is lasse
þan þe ȝere of ovre lord a 1397, & kepe þe
residue; & so many ȝeris, monythis, & dayes entere
in-to thy tabelis of thy mene mote. And take alle the signes,
degreis, and Minutes, [and] Secundis, þat þou findest in directe
of alle þe ȝeris, monythis, & dayes, & wryte hem in þy
slate; and abowe þilke nombere write þe signes, degreis, Minutes,
& secundis, þe wyche þou findest with thy rote þe ȝere of ovre lord a l397; & with-drawe alle þe nethere signis & degreis fro þe signes
& degrees, Minutes, & Secundis of oþer signes with thy rote,
and thy residue þat lewyth is thy mene mote for þat day.