Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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not only in laying the Foundations of Cities
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and Towns, but alſo in marking out Camps
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for the Armies, to inſpect the Entrails of the
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Beaſt that grazed upon the Place, and to ob
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ſerve both their Condition and Colour. </
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which if they chanced to find any Defect, they
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avoided that Place as unhealthy.
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Varro
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in
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forms us of his own Knowledge, that in ſome
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Places the Air was full of minute Animalcules
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as ſmall as Atoms, which being received toge
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ther with the Breath into the Lungs, faſtened
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upon the Inteſtines, and gnawing upon them,
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cauſed dreadful raging Diſeaſes, and at length
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Plagues and Death. </
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>Nor ought we to forget
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that there are ſome Places, which, though in
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their own Nature, they are ſubject to no In
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convenience or Miſchief whatſoever, yet are ſo
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ſituated, that by the Arrival of Foreigners they
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will often be infected with peſtilential Diſtem
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pers. </
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>And this ſhall happen, not only by
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Means of Armies of Enemies endeavouring to
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do you all the Miſchief they can, as befals thoſe
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Nations which are expoſed to inhuman Barba
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rians; but by a friendly Reception and Enter
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tainment of them you ſhall expoſe yourſelf to
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extreme Calamities. </
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>Others by having Neigh
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bours deſirous of Innovations, have by their
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Broils and Deſtruction fallen into great Dangers
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themſelves.
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Pera
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a City upon the
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Pontus,
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a
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Colony of the
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Genoeſe,
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is continually afflicted
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with the Plague, by their giving daily Admiſ
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ſion to Slaves, both infirm in Mind, and almoſt
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quste rotten and worn away with mere Filth
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and Naſtineſs. </
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>Some likewiſe will have it, that
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it is the Part of a prudent and wiſe Man to en
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quire by Augury and the Obſervation of the
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Heavens, what Fortune he ſhall have in ſuch
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a Place. </
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>Which Arts, provided they are not
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incompatiable with our Religion, I own I do
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not diſpiſe. </
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>Who can deny that what they
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call Fortune, whatever ſhe be, has a very great
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Power over human Affairs? </
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to affirm, that the publick Fortune of
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Rome
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had
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not a great Share in the Enlargement of the
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Empire? </
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Iolaus
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in
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Sardinia,
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built
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by a Grandſon of
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Hercules,
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though oſten at
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tacked both by the
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Carthaginians
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and the
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Ro
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mans,
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yet as
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Diodorus
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writes, always preſerved
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its Liberty. </
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at
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Delphos,
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firſt burnt by
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Flegias,
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ſhould after
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wards in
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Sylla
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's Time be conſumed by Fire,
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the third Time, without the particular ill For
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tune of that Place? </
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>What ſhall we ſay of the
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Capitol? </
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>How often has that been in Flames?
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Sybarites,
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after repeated Cala
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mities, often deſerted and often reſtored, at
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length quite ruined, was utterly abandoned;
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nay, thoſe who fled from it were purſued by ill
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Fortune, nor could they, by removing their
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Dwellings and leaving the ancient Name of
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their City, ever ſave themſelves from Miſery
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and Deſtruction: For new Inhabitants coming
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in upon them, all their moſt ancient and prin
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cipal Families, their ſacred Edifices and their
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whole City, were utterly laid waſte and de
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ſtroyed with Fire and Sword. </
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not dwell upon theſe Things which Hiſtorians
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are full of. </
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>Our whole Deſign is to ſhew, that
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it is the Part of a wiſe Man to do every thing
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which may make him ſecure, that the Trouble
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and Expence of his Building ſhall not be in
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vain, and that his Work itſelf may be perma
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nent. </
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>And certainly to omit no Precaution
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which may effect ſo great a Deſign, is the Bu
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ſineſs of every prudent Man. </
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that it is not of the utmoſt Importance both to
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you and yours to execute an Undertaking, that
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brings with it Health, Dignity and Pleaſure,
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and recommends your Name with Reputation
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to Poſterity? </
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to your Studies, here you are to breed
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your dear Children and live with your Fa
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mily, here you are to ſpend your Days both
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of Labour and Reſt, here all the Schemes of
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your whole Life are to be executed; ſo that
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I do not think any Thing in the World can be
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named, except Virtue, which can deſerve more
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Care and Application, than to fix a good and
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convenient Habitation for yourſelf and Family.
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who deſpiſes the Precautions before-mention
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ed? </
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the Seat or Platform.</
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Of the Seat or Platform, and of the ſeveral Sorts of Lines.
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ſerve all the ſame Rules that we have laid
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down about the Region; for as the Region is
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a determinate and ſelect Part of the whole </
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