Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              <s>THE
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              ARCHITECTURE
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              OF
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              Leone Batiſta Alberti.
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              <s>BOOK V. CHAP. I.</s>
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              <s>
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              Of Buildings for particular Perſons. </s>
              <s>Of the Caſtles or Habitations of a
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              King or a Tyrant; their different Properties and Parts.
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              <s>We ſhewed in the laſt Book, that
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              Buildings ought to be variouſly ac­
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              commodated, both in City and
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              Country, according to the Neceſſi­
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              ties of the Citizens and Inhabitants; and that
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              ſome belong'd to the Citizens in common,
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              others to thoſe of greater Quality, and others
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              to the meaner Sort; and finiſh'd our Account
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              of thoſe of the firſt Kind. </s>
              <s>The Deſign of this
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              fifth Book is to conſider of the ſupplying the
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              Neceſſaries and Conveniencies for particular
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              Perſons. </s>
              <s>And in this copious and difficult
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              Subject we ſhall make it our Study, to the ut­
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              moſt of our Ability and Induſtry, to omit
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              nothing really material or inſtructive, and not
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              to ſay any thing more for the Embelliſhment
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              of our Diſcourſe than for the neceſſary Expla­
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              nation of our Subject. </s>
              <s>Let us begin therefore
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              with the nobleſt. </s>
              <s>The nobleſt are certainly
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              thoſe who are entruſted with the ſupreme Au­
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              thority and Moderation in publick Affairs.
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              <s>This is ſometimes a ſingle Perſon, and ſome­
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              times Many. </s>
              <s>If it is a ſingle Perſon, that Per­
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              ſon ought certainly to be him that has the
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              greateſt Merit. </s>
              <s>We ſhall therefore firſt con­
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              ſider what is neceſſary to be done for one that
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              has the ſole Power in himſelf. </s>
              <s>But we muſt
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              previouſly enquire into one very material Dif­
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              ſerence; what Kind of a Governour this is;
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              whether one that with Juſtice and Integrity
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              rules over willing Subjects; one not guided ſo
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              much by his own Intereſt, as the Good and
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              Welfare of his People: or ſuch a one as would
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              have Things ſo contrived with Relation to his
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              Subjects, that he may be able to continue his
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              Dominion over them, let them be ever ſo uneaſy
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              under it. </s>
              <s>For the Generality of particular
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              Buildings, and the City itſelf ought to be laid
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              out differently for a Tyrant, from what they
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              are for thoſe who enjoy and protect a Govern­
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              ment as if it were a Magiſtracy voluntarily put
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              into their Hands. </s>
              <s>A good King takes Care to
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              have his City ſtrongly fortified in thoſe Parts,
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              which are moſt liable to be aſſaulted by a foreign
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              Enemy: a Tyrant, having no leſs Danger to
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              fear from his Subjects than from Strangers, muſt
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              fortify his City no leſs againſt his own People,
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              than againſt Foreigners: and his Fortifications
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              muſt be ſo contrived, that upon Occaſion he
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              may employ the Aſſiſtance of Strangers againſt
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              his own People, and of one Part of his People
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              againſt the other. </s>
              <s>In the preceding Book, we
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              ſhewed how a City ought to be fortified againſt
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              foreign Enemies: Let us here conſider how it is
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              to be provided againſt the Inhabitants them­
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              ſelves.</s>
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              <s>
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              Euripides
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              thinks the Multitude is naturally a
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              very powerful Enemy, and that if they added </s>
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