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CHAP. XII.
Of Arithmetick.
OF these Sciences, the first is Arithmetick, or the Doctrine of Numbers, which is indeed the Mo∣ther of all the rest; not less superstitions than vain, and only valu'd among Merchants, for the low and mean benefit of keeping their Accounts: it treats of Num∣bers and their Divisions, which is even, which odde; which is evenly odde, and which odly even; which superfluous, which a Fraction; which perfect, which compounded: also of proportion, and proportiona∣lity, and their kinds. Lastly, of Geometrical and Harmonical Numbers; the Effects and use of Num∣ber, and their Fractions, and the wayes and rules of casting Accompts.
Of Arithmetick.
OF these Sciences, the first is Arithmetick, or the Doctrine of Numbers, which is indeed the Mo∣ther of all the rest; not less superstitions than vain, and only valu'd among Merchants, for the low and mean benefit of keeping their Accounts: it treats of Num∣bers and their Divisions, which is even, which odde; which is evenly odde, and which odly even; which superfluous, which a Fraction; which perfect, which compounded: also of proportion, and proportiona∣lity, and their kinds. Lastly, of Geometrical and Harmonical Numbers; the Effects and use of Num∣ber, and their Fractions, and the wayes and rules of casting Accompts.