whereof you may see heere following. Of these foure Matres are also produced foure other secondary Figures, which they call Filia, or Succedents, which are gathered together after this manner; that is to say, by mak- ing the four Matres according to their order, placing them by course one after another; then that which shall result out of every line, maketh the Figure of Filiae, the order whereof is by discending from the superior points through the mediums to the lowest: as in this example.1 Table 2: Four Matres or Original Figures (Example)
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HHHHHHHHH HHHHHH IHHHHHH HHHHH
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IHHHHH IHHHH HHHHH IHHHH
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HHHHHH HHHHHH HHHHHH IHHHHH
IHHHHH IHHHH IHHHH IHHHHH 1. That is to say, the four Matres are placed in a single row as in Table 3. The dots in the top row of the figures are used to form the first Filia: The top row of the first Matre becomes the top row of the first Filia; the top row of the second Matre becomes the second row of the first Filia; the top row of the third Matre becomes the third row of the first Filia, and the top row of the last Matre becomes the bottom row of the first Filia. The second, third and fourth rows of the Matres are similarly used to form the remaining Filiae. 5
