The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.

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The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.
Author
Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.
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Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Kyngston, for Iames Rowbothum,
M.D.LXVIII. [1568]
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Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.
Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
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"The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01957.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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At ten pence the ell, what are 120. elles worth: Answere, multiplie 10. d. by 6. and thereof commeth 60: The which diuide by 12. and you shall find fyue pounde, so many pounds in mo∣ney are 120. ells worth at 10. d. the ell.

More. at 9. pounde, the 120, elles, what is one elle worthe? Aunswere, Multiplie nine pound by twelue, and therof commeth 108, the which diuide by 6. and you shal finde 18. d. so much is one elle worth.

The like is to be done of alll ma∣ner

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of wares, which are sold after 120. for the hundred.

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