Itaque ut etiam qui geometrice non noverunt, habeant expeditum, ne in periculo bellico cogitationibus detineantur, quae ipse faciundo certa cognovi quaeque ex parte accepta praeceptoribus, finita exponam, et quibus rebus Graecorum pensiones ad modulos habeant rationem, ad eam ut etiam nostris ponderibus respondeant, tradam explicata.
Therefore in order that persons who are ignorant of geometry may be equipped and may not be delayed by calculation amid the perils of war, I will specify in accordance with my own knowledge gained in practice and also in accordance with the instructions of my teachers. Further, I will set forth in detail the manner in which the Greek weights are related to the modules, so that their relation may correspond to our weights.
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