"The second Definition. Number is that which expresseth the quantitie of each thing."

"We call the wise age that in which men had a wonderful knowledge of science which we recognize without fail by certai…"

"[The books of Euclid pass on to us] something admirable and very necessary to see and to read, namely the order in th…"

"The sixt Definition. A Whole number is either a unitie, or a compounded multitude of unities."

"Multiplication of whole Numbers ...Note, that for the more easie solution of this proposition, it were necessary to h…"

"The Rule of Three, or Golden Rule of Arithmeticall whole Numbers. Be the three termes given 2 3 4. ...To finde their …"

"...the use of the Disme ...to teach such as doe not already know the use and practize of Numeration, and the foure pr…"

"The first Part. Of the Definitions of the Dismes. The first Definition. Disme is a kind of Arithmeticke, invented by …"

"Our intention in this Disme is to worke all by whole numbers: for seing that in any affayres, men reckon not of the t…"

"Diophantus is modern."