Alberti, Leon Battista, L' architettura

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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5974" xml:space="preserve">
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            cattiui ingegni, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5975" xml:space="preserve">però in ſimile luogo ſarà manco dubbioſa la fedene pochi, che
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            cattiua ne molti. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5976" xml:space="preserve">Il Ricinto de la fortezza ſi debbe porre ſaldo, di Pietre gran-
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            di, conlinea dal lato di fuoria ſcarpa, per la quale le ſcale, che ui fuſsino, poſte,
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            diuentino deboli per l’hauere a ſtar troppo a pendio: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5977" xml:space="preserve">Et accioche quello inimi-
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            co, che accoſtatouiſi ſi attacchaſſe a le mura non poſſa ſchiſare i ſaſsi, che diſopra
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-133-01" xlink:href="note-133-01a" xml:space="preserve">5</note>
            gli fuſſero auentati. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5978" xml:space="preserve">Etaccioche le coſe, che dale Macchine de nimiciui fuſſero
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            gittate non colpiſchino in piena, ma ſmuccino peril trauerſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5979" xml:space="preserve">Il Piano da lo la-
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            to di dẽtro per tutto ſia laſtricato di duoi, o tre ſuoli di larghiſsime Pietre; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5980" xml:space="preserve">accio-
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            che chi uiè allo aſſedio, faccendoui forſe ſotto mine, o trincee, non ui poſſa en-
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            trare di naſcoſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5981" xml:space="preserve">Il reſto de la Muraglia ſi debbe alzare altiſsima, ſaldiſsima, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5982" xml:space="preserve">
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-133-02" xlink:href="note-133-02a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
            groſsiſsima, inſino a li ultimi cornicioni; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5983" xml:space="preserve">accioche poſsino gagliardamẽte rifutar
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            l'impeto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5984" xml:space="preserve">le coſe tratte de le Macchine, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5985" xml:space="preserve">per quanto noi poſsiamo, non ui ſi
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            poſſa aggiugnere con ſcale, o equiparare con argini. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5986" xml:space="preserve">Le altre coſe ſi faccino nõ
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            in altra guiſa, che de le Mura de le Città dicemmo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5987" xml:space="preserve">Potentiſsima ragione ſarà
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            ueramente, nel difender le mura, o d'una Città, o d'una fortezza ſe tu harai cura,
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-133-03" xlink:href="note-133-03a" xml:space="preserve">15</note>
            che il nimico ſopra ogni altra coſa non ti ſi poſſa accoſtare ſenza ſuo pericolo.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5988" xml:space="preserve">Et queſto ſi farà sì con fare i foſsi larghi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5989" xml:space="preserve">profondi, come ti dicemmo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5990" xml:space="preserve">sì ancora
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            cõ laſciare naſcoſe ſotto le baleſtriere(per dir coſi)ne la groſſezza d'eſſo ricinto,
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            ſtabilite feſſure, da le quali mentre che il nimico ſi cuopre cõ lo ſcudo delle of-
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            fenſioniche gliuengono di ſopra, poſſa eſſer ferito per fianco da quella parte che
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-133-04" xlink:href="note-133-04a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
            li reſta ſcoperta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5991" xml:space="preserve">Queſto modo di difeſa, è ſopra tutto il principaliſsimo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5992" xml:space="preserve">Quin
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            ci pigliano occaſione piu ſicura di ferire il nimico, Dãneggianlo piu dappreſſo,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5993" xml:space="preserve">raro traggono indarno al nemico, il quale non può difendere la ſua corpora-
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            tura per tuto. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5994" xml:space="preserve">Et ſe la ſaetta paſſa ſenza offendere il primo nimico, riſcontrerà
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            ne l'altro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5995" xml:space="preserve">taluolta ne ferirà uno, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5996" xml:space="preserve">duoi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5997" xml:space="preserve">tre. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5998" xml:space="preserve">Quelle coſe, che diſopra
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-133-05" xlink:href="note-133-05a" xml:space="preserve">25</note>
            ſi auuentano, non ſi gettano ſenza pericolo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5999" xml:space="preserve">perche appena colgono uno, il
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            quale le può prouedere, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6000" xml:space="preserve">in poco di momento ſchifarle, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6001" xml:space="preserve">con ogni piccola
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            rotella ributtarle. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6002" xml:space="preserve">Se la Fortezza ſarà ſu la Marina, ui ſi debbe ficcare attor-
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            no Pali, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6003" xml:space="preserve">Saſsi, perche il guado non ſia ſicuro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6004" xml:space="preserve">che le Macchine da guerra di
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            ſu le Nauinon ui ſi poſsino accoſtare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6005" xml:space="preserve">Se ella ſarà ſu la Pianura, ſi debbe ac-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-133-06" xlink:href="note-133-06a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
            cerchiare d'una foſſa d'acqua: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6006" xml:space="preserve">ma accioche ella non ui ſi marciſca, faccendo-
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            ui cattiua Aria ſi debbe cauarſino a tanto che ſi truoui l'acqua uiua. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6007" xml:space="preserve">Se ella
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            ſarà in Monte, ſi cerchierà di precipitij, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6008" xml:space="preserve">doue ci ſarà lecito ci ſeruiremo di
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            tutte queſte coſe inſieme. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6009" xml:space="preserve">Ma da que' luoghi, donde le batterie poſsino fare
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            danno, ui ſi addirizzeranno mezi cerchi, o piu toſto Cantonate di Mura acu-
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            te come prue. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6010" xml:space="preserve">Ne mi è naſcoſo che molti eſercitati nelle coſe da guerra di-
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            cono che le mura troppo alte, ſono contro le batterie pericoloſe; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6011" xml:space="preserve">concioſia
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            che la loro rouina riempiendo i Foſsi, porge a nimici il cammino eſpeditiſsi-
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            mo ne gli aſſalti. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6012" xml:space="preserve">Queſto non accaderà ſe ſi oſſeruaranno quelle coſe, che noi
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            habbiamo dette di ſopra. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6013" xml:space="preserve">Io torno al primo ragionamento. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6014" xml:space="preserve">Ne la Fortez-
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            za ſi debbe alzare un Turrione principale, ſaldiſsimo per tutto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6015" xml:space="preserve">gagliardiſ-
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            ſimo, quanto ad ogni ſorte dimuraglia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6016" xml:space="preserve">fortiſsimo per tuttto, piu alto che il
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            reſto de l'altra muraglia, difficile alo andarui, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6017" xml:space="preserve">che non habbia alcuna en-
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            trata, ſaluo che da uno Ponte leuatoio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6018" xml:space="preserve">I pontileuatoi ſon di due ſorti, </s>
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