and the second recovered thirty-four and three eighths, he recovers thirty-nine and a sixteenth from him, saying: “I am still left bearing sixty-two and a half of what I paid under my guarantee on your behalf and on behalf of your absent fellow purchaser: thirty-one and a quarter on your behalf, and thirty-one and a quarter on his behalf under my guarantee. You have already paid six and a quarter to the first man and nine and three eighths to the second under your guarantee. Pay me, therefore, the thirty-one and a quarter I paid on your own behalf, together with half of what remains of the thirty-one and a quarter I paid under my guarantee on behalf of your fellow purchaser, after deducting the fifteen and five eighths you have borne through your payments under your guarantee to the first and second men. That half is seven and six eighths and a sixteenth, bringing the total to thirty-nine and a sixteenth,” as we have stated. Once he has recovered this amount from him, he is left bearing twenty-three and three eighths and a sixteenth of what he paid under his guarantee. He recovers this from the sixth man, from whom the first recovered six and a quarter and the second recovered fifteen and five eighths, when he encounters him, thereby recovering the full amount he paid under his guarantee on behalf of them all.

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If the fourth man, from whom the first recovered fifty, the second sixty-two and a half, and the third fifty, then encounters the fifth man, from whom the first recovered eighteen and three quarters, the second thirty-four and three eighths, and the third thirty-nine and a sixteenth, he recovers thirty-five and an eighth and a thirty-second from him, saying: “I have borne one hundred and sixty-two and a half in payments to the first, second, and third men. Of this, one hundred was on my own behalf, which I cannot recover from anyone, while the remaining sixty-two and a half was paid under my guarantee on your behalf and on behalf of your absent fellow purchaser: thirty-one and a quarter on your behalf, and thirty-one and a quarter on his behalf under my guarantee. You have already paid six and a quarter to the first man, nine and three eighths to the second, and seven and six eighths and a sixteenth to the third under your guarantee, thus bearing twenty-three and three eighths and a sixteenth. Pay me, therefore, the one-