Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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may in a Moment, in the midſt of an Engage
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ment, be filled with ſharp Points ſticking up
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cloſe to one another, ſo that an Enemy can
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never ſet his Foot any where without a Wound;
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and on the other Hand when there is Occaſion,
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how all theſe may in leſs Space of Time be all
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removed and cleared away; but this is not a
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proper Place for repeating it again, and it is
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ſufficient to have given the Hint to an ingeni
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>Moreover I have found a Way how,
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with a ſlight Stroke of a Hammer, to throw
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down the whole Floor, with all the Men that
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have boarded the Veſſel and ſtand upon it, and
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then again with very little Labour to replace
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it as it was before, whenever it is thought ne
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ceſſary ſo to do. </
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>Neither is this a proper Place
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to relate the Methods which I have invented
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to ſink and burn the Enemy's Ships and de
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ſtroy their Crews by miſerable Deaths. </
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may perhaps ſpeak of them elſewhere. </
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Thing muſt not be omitted, namely, that Veſ
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ſels of different Heights and Sizes are requi
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ſite in different Places. </
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Mare Mag
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giore,
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in the Narrows among the Iſlands, a
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large Ship, that cannot be managed with
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out a great Number of Hands, is very un
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ſafe when the Winds are any thing boiſterous:
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On the Contrary out of the Strait's Mouth, in
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the wide Ocean, a little Veſſel will not be able
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to live. </
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>To this Head of maritime Affairs alſo
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belong the Defending and Blocking up a Ha
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Body, or by Moles, Piers, Chains and the like,
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whereof we have treated in the preceding
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huge Stones, and ſink large hollow Frames
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made either of Planks or Oziers and filled
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with any heavy Stuff. </
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the Place, or the Greatneſs of the Expence will
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not allow of this, as for Inſtance, if the Bot
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tom be a Sand or Mud continually moving, or
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the Water be of too great a Depth, you may
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then block up the Haven in the following
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>Make a Float of great Barrels faſten
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ed together, with Planks and Timbers joyned
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croſs-ways to one another, and with large
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Spikes and ſharp Beaks ſticking out from the
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Float, and Piles with Points of Iron, ſuch as
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are called ſhod Piles, to the Intent that none
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of the Enemy's light Ships may dare to drive
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againſt the Float with full Sails, in order to
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endeavour to break or paſs it. </
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over with Mud to ſecure it againſt Fire, and
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fortify it with a Paliſado of Hurdles or ſtrong
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Boards, and in convenient Places with wooden
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Towers, faſtening the whole Work againſt the
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Fury of the Waves with a good Number of
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Anchors concealed from the Enemy. </
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not be amiſs to make ſuch a Work ſinuous or
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wavy, with the Backs of the Arches turned
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againſt the Streſs of the Weather, that the
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Float may bear the lefs upon its Anchors.
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Of the Commiſſaries, Chamberlains, publick Receivers and the like Magiſtrates,
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whoſe Buſineſs is to ſupply and preſide over the publick Granaries, Chambers
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of Accompts, Arſenals, Marts, Docks and Stables; as alſo of the three Sorts
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of Priſons, their Structures, Situations and Compartitions.
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>Now as the Execution of all theſe
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Things requires good Store of Proviſi
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ons, and of Treaſures to ſupply the Expence;
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it will be neceſſary to ſay ſomething of the Ma
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giſtrates who have the Care of this Part of the
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Buſineſs; as for Inſtance, Commiſſaries, Cham
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berlains, publick Receivers, and the like, for
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whom the following Structures muſt Be erect
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ed: The Granary, the Chamber for keeping
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the Treaſures, the Arſenal, the Mart or Place
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for the tranſacting Commerce, the Dock and
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the publick Stables for Horſes. </
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but little to ſay here upon theſe Heads, but
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that little muſt not be neglected. </
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to every Man's Reaſon, that the Granary, the
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Chamber of Accompts, and the Arſenal or
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Magazine for Arms ought to be placed in the
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Heart of the City, and in the Place of great
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eſt Honour, for the greater Security and Con
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veniency. </
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ping ſhould be placed at a Diſtance from the
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Houſes of the Citizens, for fear of Fire. </
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