Castelli, Benedetto, Of the mensuration of running waters, 1661

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              with the crime, than quit it thereof. </s>
              <s>The truth is, that the
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              Bank was not made of proof, ſince that the ſame now continu­
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              eth whole and good, and
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              Panaro
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              doth not break out; nay, there
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              was, when it brake more than a foot and half of its Banks above
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              the Water, and to ſpare; but it broke thorow by a Moles wor­
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              king, or by the hole of a Water-Rat, or ſome ſuch vermine;
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              and by occaſion of the badneſs of the ſaid Banks, as I finde by
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              the teſtimony of ſome witneſſes examined by my command, that
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              I might know the truth thereof. </s>
              <s>Nor can I here forbear to ſay,
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              that it would be better, if in ſuch matters men were more candid
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              and ſincere. </s>
              <s>But to ſecure our ſelves nevertheleſſe, to the ut­
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              moſt of our power, from ſuch like Breaches which may happen
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              at the firſt, by reaſon of the newneſſe of the Banks, I preſuppoſe
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              that from P
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              o
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              unto the place whence
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              Reno
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              is cut, there ought to
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              be a high and thick Fence made with its Banks, ſo that there
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              would be no cauſe to fear any whatſoever acceſſions of Water,
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              although that concurrence of three Rivers, which was by ſome
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              more ingeniouſly aggravated than faithfully ſtated by that which
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              was ſaid above were true; to whom I think not my ſelf bound
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              to make any farther reply, neither to thoſe who ſay that
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              Po
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              will
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              aſcend upwards into
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              Reno,
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              ſince that theſe are the ſame perſons
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              who would introduce a ſmall branch of the ſaid P
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              o
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              into the
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              Chanel of
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              Ferrara,
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              that ſo it may conveigh to the Sea, not
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              Reno
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              onely, but alſo all the other Brooks of which we complained;
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              and becauſe that withal it is impoſſible, that a River ſo capacious
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              as
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              Po
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              ſhould be incommoded by a Torrent, that, as I may ſay,
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              hath no proportion to it.</s>
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              <s>I come now to the buſineſſe of the Ditches and Draines; and
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              as to the Conveyance of
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              Burana,
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              it hath heretofore been deba­
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              ted to turn it into
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              Main-Po,
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              ſo that in this caſe it will receive no
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              harm, and though it were not removed, yet would it by a Trench
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              under ground purſue the courſe that it now holdeth, and alſo
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              would be able to diſ-imbogue again into the ſaid new Chanel of
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              Reno,
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              which conforming to the ſuperficies of the Water of
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              Po,
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              would continue at a lower level than that which
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              Panara
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              had
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              when it came to
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              Ferrara,
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              into which
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              Burana
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              did nevertheleſſe
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              empty it ſelf for ſome time.</s>
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              <s>The Conveyance or Drain of
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              Santa Bianca,
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              and the little
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              Chanel of
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              Cento
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              may alſo empty themſelves by two ſubterranean
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              Trenches, without any prejudice where they run at preſent, or
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              without any more works of that nature, they may be turned into
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              the ſaid new Chanel, although with ſomewhat more of incon­
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              venience; and withall, the Chanel of
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              Ferrara,
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              left dry, would
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              be a ſufficient receptacle for any other Sewer or Drain whatſoe­
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              ver, that ſhould remain there.</s>
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