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——:—ROMAN COMPUTATION OF TIME. 3333. Rules for reducing Time.As, however, this table cannot be always at hand, the following simplerules will enable a person to reduce time without a table.L TO REDUCE ROMAN TIME TO OUR OWN.For reducing Kalends.878. Kalendce are always the first day of the month Pridie Kalendarum,always the last day of the month preceding. For any other:notation, observe the following879. Rule. Subtract the number of the Kalends given,from the number of days in the preceding month ; add 2, andthe result will be the day of the preceding month ;thus,X. Kal. Jan.—Dec. has days 31—10 = 21 + 2 = 23d of Dec'r.XVI Kal. Dec—Nov. has days 30—16 = 14 + 2 = 16th of Nov'r.For reducing Nones and Ides.880. Eule. Subtract the number given, from the numberof the day on which the Nones or Ides fall, and add 1. Theresult will be the day of the month named ;thus,IV. Non. Dec.—Nones on the 5—£ = 1 + 1 = 2, or 2d Dec'r.VI. Id. Dec—Ides on the 13—6 = 7 + 1 = 8, or 8th Dec'r.IV. Non. Mar.—Nones on the 7—4 = 3 + 1=4. or 4th March.VI. Id. Mar.—Ides on the 15—6 = 9 + 1 = 10, or 10th March.IL FOR REDUCING OUR TIME TO ROMAN.881.— If the day is that on which the Kalends, Nones, or Ides fall*call it by these names. If the day before, call it Pridie Kal. (of the followingmonth), Prid. Non., Pridie Id. (of the same month). Other daysto be denominated according to their distance before the point next following,viz. : those after the Kalends and before the Nones, to be calledNones ; those after the Nones and before the Ides, to be called Ides, viz.:of the month named ; and those after the Ides and before the Kalends, tobe called Kalends, viz. : of the month following ; as followsFor reducing to Kalends.882. Rule. Subtract the day of the month given, fromthe number of days in the month, and add 2. The result willbe the number of the Kalends of the month following ; thus,Dee. 23d.—Dec. has days 31—23 = 8 + 2 = 10, or X. Kal. Jan.Nov. 16th.—Nov. has days 30—16 = 14 + 2 = 16, or XVI. Kal. DecFor reducing to Nones and Ides.883. Rule. Subtract the day of the month given, fromthe day of the Nones (if between the Kalends and Nones), orfrom the day of the Ides (if betwee l the Nones and Ides),