Howbeit, for easie alteration of equations . I will propounde a fewe exanples, bicause the extraction of their rootes, maie the more aptly bee wroughte . And to avoide the tediouse repetition of these woordes : is equalle to : I will sette as I doe often in woorke use, a pair of paralleles, or Gemowe lines of one lengthe, thus : =, bicause noe . 2 . thynges, can be moare equalle .
— Robert Recorde —
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Occupation : Poet . 