Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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they took great Care that the firſt Soldier had
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not an unlucky Name; which was a Rule they
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alſo obſerved in the Ceremony of purifying their
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Soldiers and their Colonies, wherein, the Per
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ſon that was to lead the Beaſt to the Sacrifice
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muſt have a fortunate Name. </
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ſors, in framing out the publick Revenues and
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Eſtates, always began with the Lake
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Lucrinus,
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becauſe of the Lucrativeneſs of its Name, So
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likewiſe, being terrified with the diſmal Name
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of
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Epidamnus,
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that ſuch as went thither might
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not be ſaid to be gone a damnable Voyage,
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they changed its Name into
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Dyrraehium;
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ſo
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likewiſe they ſerved
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Beneventum,
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which before
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was called
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Maleventum.
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Hand, can I forbear laughing at their Conceit,
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that in beginning Undertakings of this Sort it
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was good to repeat certain favourable Words
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and Charms.</
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Words are ſo powerful, that they are obey'd
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even by Beaſts and Things inanimate. </
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Cato
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's Fancy, that Oxen when fatigued may
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be refreſh'd by certain Words. </
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too, that they uſed with certain Prayers and
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Forms of Words to entreat and beſeech their
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Mother Earth to give Nouriſhment to foreign
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Trees, and ſuch as ſhe was not accuſtom'd to
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bear; and that the Trees alſo were to be
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humbly pray'd to ſuffer themſelves to be re
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mov'd, and to thrive in another Ground. </
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ſince we are got into this fooliſh Strain of re
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cording the Follies of other Men, I will alſo
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mention, for Diverſion Sake, what they tell us,
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that the Words of Mankind are of ſuch Effect,
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that Turnips will grow incredibly, if when we
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ſow them we at the ſame Time pray them to
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be gracious and lucky to us, our Families, and
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our Neighbourhood. </
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>But if theſe be ſo, I can't
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imagine why the Baſilico-root ſhould, as they
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ſay, grow the faſter for being curſt and abuſed
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when it is ſown. </
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>It is undoubtedly proper, omitting all
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theſe uncertain Superſtitions, to ſet about our
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Work with a holy and religious Preparation.</
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Ab Jove principium, Muſæ;—
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Jovis omnia plena.
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with a clean Heart, and with devout Oblati
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ons, and with Prayers to Almighty God to
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implore his Aſſiſtance, and Bleſſing upon the
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Beginnings of our Labours, that it may have
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a happy and proſperous Ending, with Strength
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and Happineſs to it and its Inhabitants, with
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Content of Mind, Encreaſe of Fortune, Succeſs
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of Induſtry, Acquiſition of Glory, and a Suc
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ceſſion and Continuance of all good Things.
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The End of Book
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