Cataneo, Girolamo, Hier. Cataneus de arte bellica, sive, de designandis ac construendis arcibus & propugnaculis, necnon & de iis oppugnandis, expugnandis ac propugnandis : de itinere exercitus, ac castrametatione, quando expediat manus cum hoste conserere, 1600

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            tranſuerſam, prope foſſam arcis duces, præcipuè ab ea parre ex qua fit oppugnatio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1269" xml:space="preserve">Eliges ex vniuerſo exer citu magnum numerum ſclopetariorum, qui præter cæteros animis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1270" xml:space="preserve">experientia valeant, qui tamen ſua corpora præſidiaria habeant vnà cum ſuo exitu:</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1271" xml:space="preserve">eruntq́;</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1272" xml:space="preserve"> ita locata hæc corpora, juxta noſtram deſcriptionem, vt pro lateribus etiam ſeruiant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1273" xml:space="preserve">Horum autem ſclope- ti ejaculentur glandes duarum vnciarum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1274" xml:space="preserve">Similes enim mirum in modum vexant propugnantes, præcipuè quum murus dirui incipit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1275" xml:space="preserve">Quod autem hî dictũ eſt, id præcedens decima octaua figura ob oculos ponit.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1277" xml:space="preserve">At quia plerumque paries, ſiue murus extrinſecus
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            (wntrc ſcarpc) ita latera obtegit, vt vix, ac ne vix quidem,
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            ab oppugnantibus vexari queant, ideo neceſſarium eſt,
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            parietes illos exſcindere, ac ita aperite, vt latera poſſint
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            oppugnati. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1278" xml:space="preserve">Implere foſſam & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1279" xml:space="preserve">eam cooperire, eſt res
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            valde longa & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1280" xml:space="preserve">difficilis, præcipuè ſi propugnantes ani-
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            mis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1281" xml:space="preserve">vſu valeant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1282" xml:space="preserve">Si munitio ſit terrea, ingredien-
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            dum eſt in foſſam, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1283" xml:space="preserve">tentare an ligone conſumi poſſit,
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            vt ſæpe accidit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1284" xml:space="preserve">Dicendũ jam eſt de cuniculis vel furnis:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1285" xml:space="preserve">maximos enim effectus gignunt, vt ſæpe docuit expe-
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            rientia, non ſolùm antiquis temporibus, ſed etiam ſæ-
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            culo noſtro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1286" xml:space="preserve">Quòd ſi aliquando accidit non eum fru-
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            ctum tuliſſe, qui ab eis exſpectabatur, certum eſt hoc
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            accidiſſe, non ab ipſorum natura, ſed quòd perperam,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1287" xml:space="preserve">non vt decebat, ducti eſſent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1288" xml:space="preserve">Hujus rei multæ cau-
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            ſæ poſſunt afferri. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1289" xml:space="preserve">Aliquando apparuit, dum cunicu-
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            lis muros vel aliquam munitionem terream ſubruere
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            conſtitutum erat, non fabricam illam ſubuerſam eſſe,
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            vt ſpes erat, ſed è contrà ignem erupiſſe in eam partem
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            oris quæ cenſebatur bene exſtructa & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1290" xml:space="preserve">clauſa, illacq́;</s>
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