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            ne per adornare gli edifitij ſacri, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10167" xml:space="preserve">i ſecolari, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10168" xml:space="preserve">i publici & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10169" xml:space="preserve">i priuati; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10170" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10171" xml:space="preserve">ſerbano
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            con loro vna rimẽbranza marauiglioſa, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10172" xml:space="preserve">de gli huomini, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10173" xml:space="preserve">delle coſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10174" xml:space="preserve">Et cer-
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            tamente che e’ dicono che e’ fù di grandiſsimo ingegno chi trouò le ſtatue, & </s>
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            che le nacquono inſieme con la Religione; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10176" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10177" xml:space="preserve">tengon’ per coſa certa che gli
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            Inuentori delle ſtatue fuſsino i Toſcani, Altri credono chei Telchinij Rodiani
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-266-01" xlink:href="note-266-01a" xml:space="preserve">5</note>
            fuſsino i primi che fabbricaſsino ſtatue delli Dij, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10178" xml:space="preserve">ſcriuono ch’elle erano ſoli-
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            te con le loro magiche religioni far’ tornare i nugoli, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10179" xml:space="preserve">le pioggie, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10180" xml:space="preserve">cofe ſimi
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            li, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10181" xml:space="preserve">mutarſi ſecondo che piu piaceua loro in varie forme d’Animali. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10182" xml:space="preserve">Infra i
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            Greci fù il primo Cadmo figliuolo di Agenore che conſecraſſe nel Tempio le
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            ſtatue de gli Dij. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10183" xml:space="preserve">Trouiamo in Ariſtotile che le prime ſtatue che furono collo-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-266-02" xlink:href="note-266-02a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
            cate ſu la piazza di Athene, furono in honore di Hermodoro & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10184" xml:space="preserve">di Ariſtogito-
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            ne, per eſlere ſtati i primi a liberar’ la città dalla Tirannide. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10185" xml:space="preserve">Et Arrianno hiſto
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            rico racconta che queſte ſteſſe ſtatue furono di Suſa (doue gia Serſe 1 haueua
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            traſportate) ricondotte in Athene da Aleſſandro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10186" xml:space="preserve">In Roma fù tanta gran’ mol
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            titudine di ſtatue, che e’ ſi diceua che eui era vn’altro popolo di marmo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10187" xml:space="preserve">Rap-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-266-03" xlink:href="note-266-03a" xml:space="preserve">15</note>
            ſinate antichiſsimo Re di Egitto rizzò ſtatue di pietra a Vulcano alte braccia
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            diciotto & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10188" xml:space="preserve">tre quarti, Seſoſlre Egittio fece vna ſtatua per sè & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10189" xml:space="preserve">una per la mo-
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            glie alte braccia uentiquattro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10190" xml:space="preserve">Amaſi appreſſo a Menfi collocò una ſtatua a
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            ſedere, la grandezza della quale era quarantaſette piedi cioè braccia ventitre
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10191" xml:space="preserve">mezo & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10192" xml:space="preserve">nella ſua baſa ue ne era due altre alte uenti piedi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10193" xml:space="preserve">Al ſepolero di Si
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-266-04" xlink:href="note-266-04a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
            mandio ui erano tre ſtatue di Gioue di mano di Memnone, opera miracoloſa,
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            intagliate in una pietra d’un’ pezo ſolo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10194" xml:space="preserve">una delle quali ſedẽdo era tanto gran
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            de, che il piede ſuo era piu di braccia cinque, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10195" xml:space="preserve">un quarto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10196" xml:space="preserve">oltre alla arte del
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            Maeſtro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10197" xml:space="preserve">alla grandezza di ſi gran’ pietra era coſa marauiglioſa che in ſi gran
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            pietra non era ne un’pelo, ne una macchia. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10198" xml:space="preserve">Et non trouando di poi i poſteri
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            ſaldezza ne grandezza di pietre ſecondo quelle grandezze che cercauano di
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            uoler’ fare le ſtatue, cominciarono a farle di bronzo di cento cubiti, ma oltre
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            alle altre coſe, Mancando a Semiramis una pietra di quella grandezza che ella
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            deſideraua, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10199" xml:space="preserve">hauendo in animo di fare qualche coſa molto maggiore che non
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            ſi poteſſe fare di bronzo vicino al mõte di Media, che ſi chiama Bagiſtano, fece
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-266-06" xlink:href="note-266-06a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
            ſculpire la ſua propia immagine in una pietra di diciaſette ſtadij cioè miglia
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            due & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10200" xml:space="preserve">un’ ottauo, alla quale ſacrificaſsino con alcuni doni, cento huomini. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10201" xml:space="preserve">Io
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            non penſo che ſia da laſciare indietro quel che dice Diodoro delle ſtatue, cioè
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            che gli ſtatuarij di Egitto erano ſoliti di eſſere tanto eccellenti con l’arte & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10202" xml:space="preserve">con
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            lo ingegno loro, che e’ faceuano una ſtatua d’un’ corpo di uarie pietre lauora-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-266-07" xlink:href="note-266-07a" xml:space="preserve">35</note>
            te in diuerſi luoghi, con le cõmettiture delle parti talmente finite, che le pare-
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            uano fatte in un’ medeſimo luogo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10203" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10204" xml:space="preserve">da un’ medeſimo maeſtro; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10205" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10206" xml:space="preserve">con coſi
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            miracoloſo artifitio dicono che fù fatta quella celebratiſsima ſtatua d’ Appolli-
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            ne Pithio appreſſo a Samij: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10207" xml:space="preserve">la metà della quale fu fatta da Theleſio, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10208" xml:space="preserve">l’altra
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            metà finì Teodoro in Efeſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10209" xml:space="preserve">Queſte coſe hò io dette per dilettatiõe de gli ani
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            mi, lequali ſe bene fanno molto a propoſito, io vorrei non dimeno che elle ſi
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            fuſsino racconte come accatate in preſto dal libro che ſegue, nel quale trattere-
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            mo delle memorie de Priuati, allaqual’ coſa queſte ſi aſpettauano. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10210" xml:space="preserve">Percioche
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            non ſi laſciãdo i priuati coſi facilmente ſuperare da Principi in quanto alla </s>
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