1Fen they fell more than fifteen Palmes. But the buſineſſe
would be long, and not ſo eaſily to be declared, and I am cer
tain that Sig. Bartolotti having conſidered this, would alter his
judgment, and withall would know that remitting that impedi
ment anew, which I had left for leſſe than three Palmes towards
the Sea, the Waters in the Fen would return with the firſt Floods
and Raines to the ſame height as before, as likewiſe Fiume morto
will do if it ſhall be let again into Serchio.
would be long, and not ſo eaſily to be declared, and I am cer
tain that Sig. Bartolotti having conſidered this, would alter his
judgment, and withall would know that remitting that impedi
ment anew, which I had left for leſſe than three Palmes towards
the Sea, the Waters in the Fen would return with the firſt Floods
and Raines to the ſame height as before, as likewiſe Fiume morto
will do if it ſhall be let again into Serchio.
* The Countrey
or Province lying
round the City,
heretofore called
Latium
or Province lying
round the City,
heretofore called
Latium
Here I intreat your Honour to do me the favour to importune
P. Franceſco in my behalf, that he would be pleaſed to deelare
my meaning in the aforeſaid Letter to Sig. Bartolotti, for I hope
that if he will underſtand this point, he will be no longer ſo te
nacious in his opinion.
P. Franceſco in my behalf, that he would be pleaſed to deelare
my meaning in the aforeſaid Letter to Sig. Bartolotti, for I hope
that if he will underſtand this point, he will be no longer ſo te
nacious in his opinion.
Next that theſe Lords in the Commiſſion of Sewers, with the
Right Honourable the Marqueſſe of S. Angelo, and your Honour
do approve of my judgment, doth very much rejoyce me; but
becauſe that I know that they do it not in deſign to complement
me, but onely to ſerve his Highneſs our Grand Duke, I freely
profeſs that I will pretend no farther obligations from them there
in, than I account my ſelf to owe to thoſe whoſe opinions are
contrary to mine, for that I know that they have the ſame end.
The definitive ſentence of this whole buſineſs is, that they give
theſe Plains, theſe Draines, and theſe Waters farre fetcht ap
pellations.
Right Honourable the Marqueſſe of S. Angelo, and your Honour
do approve of my judgment, doth very much rejoyce me; but
becauſe that I know that they do it not in deſign to complement
me, but onely to ſerve his Highneſs our Grand Duke, I freely
profeſs that I will pretend no farther obligations from them there
in, than I account my ſelf to owe to thoſe whoſe opinions are
contrary to mine, for that I know that they have the ſame end.
The definitive ſentence of this whole buſineſs is, that they give
theſe Plains, theſe Draines, and theſe Waters farre fetcht ap
pellations.
11. As to the quantity of the Water that Fiume morto diſ
chargeth into the Sea, there are very great diſputes about it, and
I have been preſent at ſome of them. But let your Honour be
lieve me, that as this is not continual, but only during a few
dayes, ſo it will never be of any great prejudice to theſe Fields;
and if your Lordſhip would be aſcertained thereof, you may
pleaſe to go to Fiume morto at about a mile's diſtance from the
Sea, in the time of theſe ſtrong Windes, and obſerve the cur
rent from thence upwards, for you ſhall finde it extream ſlow,
and conſequently will know that the quantity of the Water that
is repuls'd is very ſmall. And this ſeems to be contradicted by the
rule of Riſings proceeding from cauſes below, which occaſion no
conſiderable alteration far from the Sea.
chargeth into the Sea, there are very great diſputes about it, and
I have been preſent at ſome of them. But let your Honour be
lieve me, that as this is not continual, but only during a few
dayes, ſo it will never be of any great prejudice to theſe Fields;
and if your Lordſhip would be aſcertained thereof, you may
pleaſe to go to Fiume morto at about a mile's diſtance from the
Sea, in the time of theſe ſtrong Windes, and obſerve the cur
rent from thence upwards, for you ſhall finde it extream ſlow,
and conſequently will know that the quantity of the Water that
is repuls'd is very ſmall. And this ſeems to be contradicted by the
rule of Riſings proceeding from cauſes below, which occaſion no
conſiderable alteration far from the Sea.
I am neceſſitated to go to morrow out of Rome with his Emi
nence Cardinal Gaetano about certain affairs touching Waters,
therefore I ſhall not farther inlarge, but for a cloſe to this tedious
Diſcourſe, I conclude in few words, that Fiume morto is by no
means to be let into Serchio, nor are there any means intermedi
ate courſes to be taken, for they will alwayes be prejudicial; but
Fiume morto is to be diſcharged immediately into the Sea. When
it is ſtopt up by the fury of the Sea waves, I affirm that it is a
nence Cardinal Gaetano about certain affairs touching Waters,
therefore I ſhall not farther inlarge, but for a cloſe to this tedious
Diſcourſe, I conclude in few words, that Fiume morto is by no
means to be let into Serchio, nor are there any means intermedi
ate courſes to be taken, for they will alwayes be prejudicial; but
Fiume morto is to be diſcharged immediately into the Sea. When
it is ſtopt up by the fury of the Sea waves, I affirm that it is a
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