III. Dic, Heliconiadum decus, O sublime Sororum The question here is, to find a number, the,,,, and of which+3, shall be equal to that number. It may be easily replied that this number is 18. IV. Dic quota nunc hora est? Superest tantum ecce diei If we divide the day, as the ancients did, into 12 equal portions, the question will be to divide that number into two such parts, that of the first may be equal to the second: in this case the result 54 for the number of the hours elapsed; and consequently, for the remainder of the day 6 hours. V. Hic Diophantus habet tumulum, qui tempora vitæ Egit sextantem juvenis, languine malus Vestire hinc cœpit parte duodecima. Septante uxori post hæc sociater et anno Formosus quinto nasciter inde puer. Semissem ætatis postquam attigit ille paternæ, Infelix subita morte peremptus obit. Quatuor æstates genitor lugere superstes Cogitur, hinc annos illius assequere. To resolve this problem, we must find a number, the, of which+5+4, shall be equal to the number This number is 84. 12, 4, and itself. VI. Qui jaculamur aquas tres hic adstamus Amores; If we suppose the day to be divided into 12 hours, the 3 cupids can fill the bason in, of a day, or a little more than an hour. |