boke

/ bok; bəʊk /

verb

Origin of boke¹

Middle English bolken ; related to belch , German bölken to roar

The handelynge whereof Tulli wryteth in his boke of inuencion thus.

And is boke tretys e Craft of Nombryng, e quych crafte is called also Algorym.

Here he telles e in quych side of e boke or of e tabul ou schalle be-gyne to wyrch duplacio, diuisio, and multiplicacio.

The reason of som thynges done in this boke, or omitted in the same, you shall fynde in the preface before the Theoremes.

Again thei are of one lengthe (as shall be proued in the boke of profes) and therefore their distaunce from the centre is all one.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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