At  length  he  gain'd  the  maid's  confent,

To  irifit  Hymens  fhrine,
And  to  the  Church  they  ftraightway  went,

Where  love  and  friendfhip  join*
Old  Jerry,  (like  a  father)  kind,

Gave  to  them  as  appears,
A  (urn,  at  int'reft  as  we  find.
Had  been  for  feven  years
And  threefcore  days  as  writings  mew,
s  The  fum  five  hundred  pound ;.
When  firft  ptrtput,  believe  it 'true,

(Here  kindnefs  did  abound.)
At  fimple  int'reft  Ladies  find,

Th'  amount  of  this  their  ftore,
Which  pleas' d  the  happy  pair  fo  kind,

At  five  per  Cent*  #  explore,        *  per  Annum*


Simple  Inter e/l*


33


RULE


Firji  500  X  rf>5  =
£2$  the  Int.  for  1  year
which  being  multipli-
ed by  7  the  numbed  of
years,  produces

Dys     £     Dys
As  365:25  .:6o
60


£      s    d
175


)


(\


7  years


1  w


365)  1500  (4. 1095  &C.  =  4     2  2\


u


7*^«»  to  179     2
Add    500  —


2i


Anfw.  679    2     2^


60  days


/7ys5c6odys
Principal


V


Amount


Or,  the  Intereft  for  the  60  days  may  be  found  by
the  help  of  the  Table  in  page  330  chus  .0001369863
the  tabular  number  at  £  5 per  Cent,  multiplied  by  60
and  that  product  by  /500  the  principal,  produces
/4.1095&C  =:/4  2/  id \  the  Intereft  for  the  60
days,  the  fame  as  above.
Corollaries.
Cor.  1.  When  the  intereft,  rate,  and  time,  are
given  to  find  the  principal. — Divide  the  mtereft,  by  the
product  of  the  ratio  and  time,  the  quote  is  jhe  prin-
cipal.
