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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s633" xml:space="preserve">nova, negli acquedotti ſopra un arco, preſſo la Chieſa di S. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s634" xml:space="preserve">Maria in Do-
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            minica, ora detta della Navicella, e a quella di S. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s635" xml:space="preserve">Gio: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s636" xml:space="preserve">e Paolo.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s638" xml:space="preserve">P. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s639" xml:space="preserve">CORNELIVS. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s640" xml:space="preserve">P. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s641" xml:space="preserve">F. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s642" xml:space="preserve">DOLABELLA. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s643" xml:space="preserve">COS. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s644" xml:space="preserve">C. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s645" xml:space="preserve">JVNIVS. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s646" xml:space="preserve">C. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s647" xml:space="preserve">F.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s649" xml:space="preserve">SILANVS. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s650" xml:space="preserve">FLAMEN. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s651" xml:space="preserve">MARTIAL. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s652" xml:space="preserve">EX. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s653" xml:space="preserve">S. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s654" xml:space="preserve">C.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s656" xml:space="preserve">FACIVNDVM CVRAVERVNT. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s657" xml:space="preserve">IDEMQ. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s658" xml:space="preserve">PROBAVERVNT.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s660" xml:space="preserve">E molti altri ſimili.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s662" xml:space="preserve">Ma quando le fabbriche non erano approvate, gli edificatori erano obbligati
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            a rifarle a ſpeſe loro, avendo dato per ſicurtà, conforme al comandamento del-
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            la Legge i lor beni, ſiccome ſi vede appreſſo Cicerone nella terza delle Verri-
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            ne. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s663" xml:space="preserve">Ma queſta cautela nei noſtri paeſi non ſi potrebbe avere, eſſendo, ſe non
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            tutti, almeno la maggior parte, i Muratori foreſtieri, e non accaſati; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s664" xml:space="preserve">onde ſi
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            poſſono partire a lor voglia, ſiccome ſpeſſo fanno, e non poſſegono alcun be-
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            ne ſtabile. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s665" xml:space="preserve">Il che ſtando in tal maniera, ſi potrebbero forzare a trovare qual-
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            che perſona, che prometteſſe per loro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s666" xml:space="preserve">Oltre di che queſti tali debbon eſſere ri-
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            gettati, mentre promettono di tirare innanzi il lavoro con poca ſpeſa, per in-
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            citare, e inanimire altri a fabbricare; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s667" xml:space="preserve">i quali indi a non molto, dato principio,
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            moſtrano, che alla fabbrica fa biſogno di molto più materia, e molto maggio-
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            re ſpeſa di quella, che fu propoſta: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s668" xml:space="preserve">onde qualunque padrone della fabbrica,
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            non piacendogli d’accreſcer la ſpeſa, è forzato a far ceſſare il lavoro, e rima-
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            nere imperfetto, e non atto a ſervirſene, e la ſpeſa fatta rieſce affatto vana: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s669" xml:space="preserve">o
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            per neceſſità biſogna, che faccia continuare la fabbrica, perchè la prima ſpeſa
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            non ſia perduta, e poſſa in parte conſeguire il fine propoſtoſi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s670" xml:space="preserve">Ma per dare a
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            conoſcere ormai gli errori commeſſi nella ſcelta dei fabbricatori, porremo fine a
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            queſte conſiderazioni, e cominceremo ad eſaminargli particolarmente, dicendo,
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            che almeno ſei ſono le maniere degli Edificatorori, che adoperate nelle fabbriche
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            ſon cagione d’importantiſſimi, e di molto dannoſi difetti ad ogni ragion di fab-
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            brica. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s671" xml:space="preserve">Concioſſiachè i fabbricatori, o ſono troppo avidi del guadagno, o poco
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            affezionati all’ Arte loro, o non curanti della propria riputazione, o non molto
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            pratichi ne’lavori importanti, e non ordinarj; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s672" xml:space="preserve">o non capaci de’diſegni, e de’
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            modelli delle fabbriche fatte dagli Architetti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s673" xml:space="preserve">o che ſieno di propria, e d’oſti-
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            nata opinione, e non docili, nè obbedienti, ed oſſervatori di quanto ſi dice da-
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            gli Architetti.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s675" xml:space="preserve">Quando i fabbricatori ſon troppo affezionati al guadagno, allora è grandiſſi-
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            mo errore il ſervirſene, ed è molto dannoſo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s676" xml:space="preserve">sì perchè non ſi contentano del
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            pagamento, che loro ſi dà, che ſempre il vorrebbero maggore, onde è un gran-
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            diſſimo tormento a chi dà le ſue fabbriche a tali muratori; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s677" xml:space="preserve">sì ancora, perchè
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            coſtoro non hanno altro fine, che il proprio intereſſe, e il ſolito vantaggio, e
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            nulla ſi curano di dar buon conto di loro ſteſſi nelle opere, che fanno, non
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            uſando quella diligenza, che ſi conviene, nè operando come vuole il debito
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            dell’ Arte loro; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s678" xml:space="preserve">ma con ogni aſtuzia, e con ogni ſottile ed iniqua induſtria, ſi
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            forzano di finire la loro opera quanto più preſto ſi può, rieſca pure fatta in
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            qualunque modo, purchè preſto ſia condotta al termine, per trarne il pagamen-
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            to, e ſi faccia coſtar caro il mal lavoro, e ſi venda con ingiuſto prezzo il bre-
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            ve tempo, che vi ſi è ſpeſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s679" xml:space="preserve">Quando ſon poco affezionati all’ Arte loro, tutto
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            quello, che fanno, lo fanno ſtrappazzatamente, e con diſpregio, poichè poſ-
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            pongono al guadagno la buona riputazione dell’ Arte, e di loro ſteſſi, la perfe-
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            zione dell’opera, e la perpetuità, ſtudiando ſolamente in una certa apparenza
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            di bontà di lavoro, la quale tanto dura, quanto baſta ad aver tempo di condurre il la-
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            voro a quel fine, che ſi ſono propoſti, per giungere al pagamento bramato. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s680" xml:space="preserve">Ma dopo
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            non lungo ſpazio di tempo la fabbrica dà ſegno della malvagità, e della iniqua, e volon-
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            taria negligenza; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s681" xml:space="preserve">onde la ſpeſa rieſce tutta vana, e biſogna tornar da capo a edifica-
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            re, e prima guaſtare tutto il mal fatto. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s682" xml:space="preserve">Il che è di ſommo pregiudizio a chi
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            fabbrica. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s683" xml:space="preserve">E ſe non fanno alcuna ſtima della propria riputazione, e ſono puri,
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            e abbietti mercenarj, non è da fidarſene punto, perchè poco loro importa l’ope-
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            rar male, e a danno di chi gli adopera, purchè venga lor fatto di guadagna-
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            re quanto deſiderano; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s684" xml:space="preserve">e perchè non manchi loro da fabbricare, s’ajutano col </s>
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