If a point be taken outside a circle and from it there fall on the circle two straight lines, and if one of them cut the circle and the other touch it, the rectangle contained by the whole of the straight line which cuts the circle and the straight line intercepted on it outside between the point and the convex circumference will be equal to the square on the tangent.
Si quis extra circulum punctus sumatur et ab ipso ad circulum accidant due recte et hec quidem ipsarum secet circulum, illa vero contingat, erit quod sub tota secante et ea que extra inter punctum et convexam periferiam deprehenditur equale ei quod a contingente tetragono.
SI extra circulum sumatur punctum aliquod, ab eoque in circulum cadant duæ rectæ lineæ, quarum altera quidem circulum secet, altera vero tangat: Quod sub tota secante, & exterius inter punctum & conuexam peripheriam assumpta comprehenditur rectangulum, æquale erit ei, quod a tangente describitur, quadrato.