mmencies ainsi
So begynne all thus 4
Comme est declare cy apres:
As is declared hereafter:
++UNg, deux, trois,
++ONe, tweyne, thre,
Quatre, chincq, six,
Foure, fyue, sixe,
Sept, huyt, neuf, dix,
Seuen, eight, nyne, ten, 8
Onze, douze, treze,
Enleuen, twelue, thirtene,
Quatourze, quinze, seze,
Fourtene, fiftene, sixtene,
Dixsept, dixhuyt,
Seuentene, eyghtene,
Dixneuf, vingt,
Nynetene, twenty, 12
Trente, quarante,
Thretty, fourty,
Chincquante, soixante,
Fyfty, Syxty,
Septante, huytante,
Seuenty, eyghty,
Ou quatre vingt,
Or four score, 16
Nonante, Cent,
Nynty, hondred,
Deux cents,
Two hondred,
Mille, Cent mille,
A thousand, a hondred thousand,
Vng million;
A myllyon; 20
Ainsi toudis montant.
Thus alleway mountyng.
+Vne liure de strelins,
+A pound sterlings,
Vne marcq que vault
A marcke that is worth
Deux nobles[1] dangleter,
Two nobles of englonde, 24
[Footnote 1: uobles]
Vne liure de gros,
A pound grete,
Monoye de flaundres,
Moneye of flaundres,
Vne soulde que vault
A shellyng that is worth
Trois gros ou douze deniers,
Thre grotis or twelue pens, 28
Vne gros vault quatre deniers,
A grote is worth four pens,
Vng denier, vne maille,
A peny, a halfpeny,
Vng quadrant, vne mite.
A ferdyng, a myte.
++CY fine ceste doctrine,
++HEre endeth this doctrine, 32
A westmestre les loundres
At westmestre, by london,
En formes impressee,
In fourmes enprinted,
En le quelle vng chescun
In the whiche one euerich
Pourra briefment aprendre
May shortly lerne 36
Fransois et engloys.
Frenssh and englissh.
[Sidenote: P. 49.]
La grace de sainct esperit
The grace of the holy ghoost
Veul enluminer les cures
Wylle enlyghte the hertes
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[Headnote: A CONCLUDING PRAYER.]
De ceulx qui le aprendront,
Of them that shall lerne it,
Et nous doinst perseuerance
And vs gyue perseueraunce
En bonnes operacions,
In good werkes,
Et apres cest[1] vie transitorie
And after lyf[2] transitorie 4
La pardurable ioye & gl
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