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The diffinition of number.
NVMBER IS AS much to saye, as a multitude cōpounde of many vnities, as two is compounde of twoo vnities, three is compounde of three vnities, foure of foure vnities, fiue of fiue vnities ten of ten, fourtene of fourtene, fif∣tene of fiftene, twentie of twentie vnities, &c.
And therefore an vnitie is no number, but the beginning and ori∣ginall of number, as if you do mul∣tiplie or deuide an vnitie by it selfe, it is resolued into it selfe withoute any increase. But it is in number otherwise, for there can be no num∣ber, howe great soeuer it bee, but that it may continuallye be encrea∣sed by adding euermore one vnitie vnto the same.