The Arithmetic of Passions

With numeration moralists begin
Upon the passions, putting quotients in,
Numbers divide with figures, and subtract,
And in their definitions are exact.
As for subtracting, take but one from three;¹            5
Add it to four, and it makes² five to be.

1. As for subtracting, take but one from three;] And there Subtract, as taking One, from Three, 1653
2. Add it to four, and it makes] That add to Foure, ’twill make 1653