Alberti, Leon Battista, L' architettura

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            citij manuali. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4441" xml:space="preserve">Solone diſtiribuì i ſuoi Cittadini, ſecondo il m
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            odo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4442" xml:space="preserve">la quanti
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            tà de l’Eſtimo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4443" xml:space="preserve">dele ricchezze loro; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4444" xml:space="preserve">in modo che chi non ricoglieua dale
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            ſue poſſeſioni trecento Staia, non era quaſi da lui annouerato infra, i ſuoi Cit-
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            tadini. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4445" xml:space="preserve">Gli Atenieſi tenneronel primo luogo, quegli huomini; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4446" xml:space="preserve">che erano or-
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            nati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4447" xml:space="preserve">pieni di dottrina, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4448" xml:space="preserve">de lo uſo de lecoſe; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4449" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4450" xml:space="preserve">nel ſecondo luogo, gli ora-
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-102-01" xlink:href="note-102-01a" xml:space="preserve">5</note>
            tori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4451" xml:space="preserve">ne l’ultimo gli Artigiani. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4452" xml:space="preserve">Romulo ſeparò da la Plebe, i caualieri, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4453" xml:space="preserve">i
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            Patritij. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4454" xml:space="preserve">Ma il Re Numma diuiſe la Plebe ſecondo J
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            e Arti. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4455" xml:space="preserve">In Francia era
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            la Plebe quaſi come ſtiaua, gli altri dice Ceſare, che erano, o Soldati, o dediti a
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            la Religione, o a gli ſtudij di ſapienza, iquali ſi chiamauano Druidi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4456" xml:space="preserve">Appreſ-
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            ſo a Pantei, i primi erano i Sacc
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            rdoti, i ſecondi gli Agricultori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4457" xml:space="preserve">i Terzi erano
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-102-02" xlink:href="note-102-02a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
            i Soldati, coniquali erano i Paſtori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4458" xml:space="preserve">i guardiani de beſtiami. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4459" xml:space="preserve">Gli Inghileſi ſi
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            diuideuano in quattro ordini, i primi erano quelli, de quali ſi faceuano i Re,
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            gli altri i Sacerdoti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4460" xml:space="preserve">nel Terzo luogo i Soldati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4461" xml:space="preserve">ne l’ultimo la Plebe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4462" xml:space="preserve">Gli
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            Egittij diedero il primo grado a Sacerdoti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4463" xml:space="preserve">il ſecondo a Re, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4464" xml:space="preserve">a Prefetti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4465" xml:space="preserve">nel
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            Terzo luogo poſero i Soldati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4466" xml:space="preserve">la moltitudine altreſi diuiſono diuerſamen-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-102-03" xlink:href="note-102-03a" xml:space="preserve">15</note>
            te infra Agricultori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4467" xml:space="preserve">Paſtori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4468" xml:space="preserve">Artefici; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4469" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4470" xml:space="preserve">come dice ancora Erodoto in-
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            fra Mercennarij, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4471" xml:space="preserve">Barcaruoli. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4472" xml:space="preserve">Raccontano, che Ippodamo diuiſe ancora
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            egli la ſua Republica in tre parti, Arteſici, Agricultori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4473" xml:space="preserve">Soldati. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4474" xml:space="preserve">E’ pare che
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            Ariſtotile non biaſimaſſe coloro che ſepararono da la moltitudine alcuni huo-
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            mini piu degni, che con il conſiglio, con i Magiſtrati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4475" xml:space="preserve">con i giudicij, haueſ-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-102-04" xlink:href="note-102-04a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
            ſino ad eſſer ſopra de gli altri, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4476" xml:space="preserve">che diuiſero il reſtante dela Plebe, infra Agri-
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            cultori, Artigiani, Mercatanti, Mercennari, Caualieri, Pedoni, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4477" xml:space="preserve">Turba Na-
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            uale. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4478" xml:space="preserve">Non troppo quaſi diſsimile a queſta, ſecondo che di Diodoro hiſto-
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            rico ſi caua, fu la Republica de gli Indiani; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4479" xml:space="preserve">percioche egli hebbono i Sacer-
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            doti, gli Agricultori, i Paſtori, gli Arteſici, i Soldati, i Preſidenti, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4480" xml:space="preserve">quelli che
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            erano ſoprai Conſigli publici. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4481" xml:space="preserve">Platone diſſe, che una Republica era hor pacifi-
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            ca, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4482" xml:space="preserve">deſideroſa de la quiete, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4483" xml:space="preserve">del ripoſo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4484" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4485" xml:space="preserve">hora armigera, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4486" xml:space="preserve">uolontero-
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            ſa, ſecondo che erano gli animi di chi la gouernaua. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4487" xml:space="preserve">Et diuiſe tutta la molti-
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            tudine de Cittadini, da le parti de lo animo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4488" xml:space="preserve">una parte ſece di coloro, che con
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            ragione, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4489" xml:space="preserve">conſiglio moderauano il tutto; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4490" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4491" xml:space="preserve">l’altra di coloro, che con le armi
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            rimoueuano le ingiurie. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4492" xml:space="preserve">Et la Terza di coloro, che ne porgeuano; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4493" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4494" xml:space="preserve">miniſtra-
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            uano, i nutrimenti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4495" xml:space="preserve">con i quali i Padri, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4496" xml:space="preserve">i Soldati ſi ſoſtentauano. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4497" xml:space="preserve">Queſte co-
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            ſe ho io breuiſsimamente raccolte, cauate da molti ſcritti de gli Antichi; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4498" xml:space="preserve">le
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            quali mi pare che mi auuertiſchino, talmente, che io habbia a conofcere che
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            lecoſe, che io ho raccolte, ſon tutte parti di Republiche; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4499" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4500" xml:space="preserve">che io debba an-
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            co giudícare che ciaſcuna di loro, debba hauere il ſuo particolare modo del-
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            li Ediſicij. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4501" xml:space="preserve">Ma accioche ſecondo il coſtume noſtro, noi trattiamo di ciò piu
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            diſtintamente; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4502" xml:space="preserve">haremo piacere di diſcorrere in queſta maniera. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4503" xml:space="preserve">Se alcuno
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            haueſſe a ſeparare in alcune parti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4504" xml:space="preserve">il numero de Mortali; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4505" xml:space="preserve">la prima coſa, che ca-
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            drebbe in la mente di coſtui, ſarebbe queſta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4506" xml:space="preserve">Principalmente e’ conoſcereb-
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            be che e’non è il medeſimo, conſiderare gli habitatori di alcuna prouincia co-
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            me tutti inſieme; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4507" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4508" xml:space="preserve">il conſiderargli come ſeparati, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4509" xml:space="preserve">diſtinti in parti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4510" xml:space="preserve">Secon-
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            dariamente, contemplando egli la Natura loro, non ſi auedrà egli in qual co-
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            ſa, e’ ſaranno piu che in altra differenti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4511" xml:space="preserve">onde quindi poſſa pigliare le occaſio-
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            ni del ſepararli in parti? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4512" xml:space="preserve">Ma e’ non è coſa alcuna, per la quale l’huomo ſia </s>
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