M. Blundevile his exercises containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation ... To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme.

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M. Blundevile his exercises containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation ... To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme.
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Blundeville, Thomas, fl. 1561.
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London :: Printed by Iohn Windet, dwelling at the signe of the crosse Keies, neere Paules wharffe, and are there to be solde,
1594.
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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Plancius, Petrus, 1552-1622.
Blagrave, John, d. 1611.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.
Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800.
Early maps -- Early works to 1800.
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"M. Blundevile his exercises containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation ... To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16221.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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Thrée Marchants haue bought 1000. l. of Pepper for 300. crownes, the first taketh 200. l. the second 350. l. and the third 450. l. what shal euery man pay according to the portion which he hath receiued, then say if 1000. l. be worth 300. Crownes, what is 200. l. worth, here working by the common rule of 3. with euery mans seuerall portion receiued, you shall finde that the first must pay 60. Crownes, the second 105. and the third 135. Crownes, as this figure here following sheweth.

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