The boke of measurying of lande as well of woodland as plowland, & pasture in the feelde: & to compt the true nombre of acres of the same. Newly corrected, & compiled by Sir Richarde de Benese.

¶ Of another pece of lande in the. iiii. sydes parte∣ly square.

¶ And when

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a pece of land is ī. iiii. sydes partly square Lyke to thys present fygure, hauynge. ii. flat an∣gles on y^e ryght syde, and. ii. sharpe angles on the lyfte syde, hauynge lyke dystaunce from both the flat on∣gles to the ryght syde, to the lyne an the lyfte syde, then ye shall take the nombre of perches betwene y^e lynes on the ryght and lyfte sydes of the fy¦gure for y^e length, as doth apeer by the mydle lyne in the same fygure. Afterwarde ye shall lay both y^e right and the lyfte sydes together, in one nombre of perches, and then deuyd out halfe the nombre of perches, of those. ii. sides for y^e bredth, as in this example. The distaunce betwene the ryght and the lyfte syde is. xx. per∣ches in lengthe, therfore take. xx. per∣ches

for the length. Thē lay y^e ryght side, the which is. x. perches, and the lyfte syde, the whiche is. xvi. perches in one sume, both togither and these both sydes make in the whole sume. xxvi. perches, of the whiche take the one halfe, the whiche is. xiii. for the bredth, and. xx. for the length. Then multyplye. xx by. xiii. and it maketh in the whole sume one acre & di, and v. daye workes.