vj

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And there was slayne the duke of Launson, the duke of Braban, the duke of Bare, vj erles, the constable of Fraunce, the seneschall of Henaude, the maister Arblaster, and of other lordes grete plente.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

And betweene themselves, by the 17. e. vj.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

Vtensilia vj plumalia, x paria linthiaminum, iiij superpellectilia, iiij paria de le blanketts, ij le white Testers.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

As a numeral, a variant of I, used in medical prescriptions, as vj, six: representing the mechanical equivalent of heat—from Joule.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

If two triangles be equiangles, they are proportionall in shankes: And contrariwise: 4 and 5. p. vj.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William