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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1998" xml:space="preserve">
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            li noſtri primi alberi, ſi uſurpa la principale & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1999" xml:space="preserve">precipua lode. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2000" xml:space="preserve">Gli antichi l'an
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            nouerauano infra gli eccellẽtiſsimi alberi, nè ultimo da il Cedro, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2001" xml:space="preserve">dall'Ebano.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2002" xml:space="preserve">In India l'Arcipreſſo è annouerato infra le Drogherie, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2003" xml:space="preserve">certo meritamente: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2004" xml:space="preserve">lo
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            di pur chi uuole la Thuia Ammonia, o Citenaica, la quale Teofraſto dice che è
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            eterna: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2005" xml:space="preserve">Percioche o uogli tu in quãto all'odore, o alla bellezza, o alla fortezza, o
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-049-01" xlink:href="note-049-01a" xml:space="preserve">5</note>
            alla grandezza, o alla dirittura, o all'eternità, o a tutte queſte lodi; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2006" xml:space="preserve">quale arbore
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            metterai tu a paragone dell'arcipreſſo? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2007" xml:space="preserve">Eglino affermano che l'Arcipreſſo, non
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            patiſce punto nè di tarli, nè di uecchiezza, nè mai da per ſe ſi fende. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2008" xml:space="preserve">Nè è ma-
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            rauiglia ſe per queſto Platone uoleua che le leggi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2009" xml:space="preserve">li ſtatuti publici, ſi deſcriueſ
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            ſino in tauolelle ſacre d'Arcipreſſo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2010" xml:space="preserve">perche e' penſaua che elleno doueſſero eſ-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-049-02" xlink:href="note-049-02a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
            ſere piu durabili, che di rame. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2011" xml:space="preserve">Queſto luogo ne auertiſce ch'io racconti quel
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            che io mi ricordo di hauer letto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2012" xml:space="preserve">ueduto di eſſo Arcipreſſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2013" xml:space="preserve">Affermano che
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            in Efeſo le porti del Tempio di Diana, eſſendo d'Arcipreſſo durarono quattro-
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            cento anni; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2014" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2015" xml:space="preserve">che mantennero la bellezza talmente che pareuano del contino
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            uo nuoue. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2016" xml:space="preserve">Io in Roma nella Chieſa di San Pietro, ho ueduto nel raſſettar le
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            Porte che fece Papa Eugenio, che done le mani de gli inimici non li haueuano
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            fatto ingiuria per ſpogliarle de l'argento, del quale erano coperte, che elle ſi era
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            no mantenute ſalde, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2017" xml:space="preserve">intere piu di cinquecento anni; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2018" xml:space="preserve">percioche ſe noi andia-
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            mo annouerando bene gli annali de'Pontefici di Roma, tanti ne furono dal tẽ-
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            po di Adriano Papa Terzo, che le fece inſino ad Eugenio Quarto. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2019" xml:space="preserve">Et per tan-
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            to nel fare le Impalcature lodano l'Abeto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2020" xml:space="preserve">antepongongli l'Arcipreſſo; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2021" xml:space="preserve">per
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            queſta ſola forſe cagione, che egli è piu eterno; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2022" xml:space="preserve">ma è piu graue che l'Abeto.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2023" xml:space="preserve">Lodano il Pino, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2024" xml:space="preserve">la Picea, penſano che il Pino ſia della medeſima ſpecie che lo
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            Abeto, quanto allo sforzarſi contro al peſo poſtogli ſopra: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2025" xml:space="preserve">Ma infra l'Abeto, & </s>
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            il Pino ci ſono sì altre differentie, sì ancora queſta, che l'Abeto è manco ofſeſo
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            da Tarli, percioche il Pino è di piu dolce ſugo che l'Abeto; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2027" xml:space="preserve">Io penſo che'l La
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            rice non ſia da poſporre ad alcuno arbore, perche io ho ueduto che egli ha ret-
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            ti peſi di edificij fermiſsimamente, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2028" xml:space="preserve">lunghiſsimamante ſoſtentati, sì altroue, sì
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            in Venetia ancora in una antichiſsima opera del Mercato, Et tengono per cer-
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            to, che e' preſti di ſe tutte le utilitadi, come gli altri alberi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2029" xml:space="preserve">egli è neruoſo, mãtien
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-049-06" xlink:href="note-049-06a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
            le forze, fermiſsimo contro le Tempeſte non è offeſo da Tarli; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2030" xml:space="preserve">Et è openione an
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            tica, che contro le ingiurie de Fuochi, duri inuitto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2031" xml:space="preserve">quaſi ſenza alcuna leſione:
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2032" xml:space="preserve">che piu? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2033" xml:space="preserve">che e' comandano che da quel lato, onde ſi dubiti che il fuoco non uẽ-
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            ga a nuocerti, tu ui contraponga Aſſe di Larice. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2034" xml:space="preserve">Ma io l'ho uiſto acceſo arde-
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            re, ma talmente però, che e' pare che gli ſdegni le fiamme, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2035" xml:space="preserve">ch'e'le uoglia ſcac
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-049-07" xlink:href="note-049-07a" xml:space="preserve">35</note>
            ciar via. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2036" xml:space="preserve">E' vero che egli ha vn ſol difetto, che per le acque marine diuenta
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            facile allo intarlarſi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2037" xml:space="preserve">Alle traui dicono che è diſutile la Rouere, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2038" xml:space="preserve">lo Vliuo,
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            per eſſer graui, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2039" xml:space="preserve">che ſi piegano ſotto il peſo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2040" xml:space="preserve">quaſi da per loro ſi torcono, ol-
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            tre che quelli Alberi, che ſono piu atti allo ſpezzarſi, che al fenderſi ſono per
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            Traui, diſutili; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2041" xml:space="preserve">come è l'uliuo & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2042" xml:space="preserve">il Fico, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2043" xml:space="preserve">il Tiglio, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2044" xml:space="preserve">il Salicone, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2045" xml:space="preserve">ſimili. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2046" xml:space="preserve">E'
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            coſa marauiglioſa quel che e' dicono della Palma, che ella ſi sforza contro al
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            peſo, che ella ha adoſſo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2047" xml:space="preserve">ſi piega all'inſuſo: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2048" xml:space="preserve">Per le trauate, che hanno a ſtar al
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            lo ſcoperto, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2049" xml:space="preserve">per tutte le coperture lodano grandemente il Ginepro; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2050" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2051" xml:space="preserve">Pli-
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            nio dice che egli hà la medeſima natura che il Cedro, ma è piu ſodo. </s>
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