Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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              paſſing Bank or Dam towards S.
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              Martino,
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              and that of its new
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              Chanel on the right hand neer to
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              Torre del Fondo.
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              <s>By the breaches on this ſide it ſtreamed out in great abun­
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              dance from the upper part of
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              Cominale,
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              and in the parts about
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              Raveda, Pioggio, Caprara, Chiare di Reno, Sant' Agoſtino, San
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              Proſpero, San Vincenzo,
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              and others, and made them to become
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              incultivable: it made alſo thoſe places above but little fruitful,
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              by reaſon of the impediments that their Draines received, finding
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              the Conveyances called
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              Riolo
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              and
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              Scorſuro,
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              not only filled by
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              la
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              Motta
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              and
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              la Belletta,
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              but that they turned backwards of them­
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              ſelves.</s>
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              <s>But by the Mouths in the incloſing Bank or Dam at
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              Borgo di
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              S.
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              Martino
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              iſſuing with violence, it firſt gave obſtruction to the
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              ancient Navigation of
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              la Torre del la Foſſa,
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              and afterwards to
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              the moderne of the mouth of
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              Maſi,
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              ſo that at preſent the Com­
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              merce between
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              Bologna
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              and
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              Ferrara
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              is loſt, nor can it ever be
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              in any durable way renewed, whilſt that this exceeds its due
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              bounds, and what ever moneys ſhall be imployed about the ſame
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              ſhall be without any equivalent benefit, and to the manifeſt </s>
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              and notable prejudice of the ^{*} Apoſtolick Chamber.</s>
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              * The Popes
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              Exchequer.</s>
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              <s>Thence paſſing into the Valley of
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              Marzara,
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              it ſwelleth high­
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              er, not only by the riſing of the water, but by the raiſing of the
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              bottome, by reaſon of the matter ſunk thither after Land­
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              floods, and dilateth ſo, that it covereth all the Meadows there­
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              abouts, nor doth it receive with the wonted facility the Drains of
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              the upper Grounds, of which the next unto it lying under the wa­
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              ters that return upwards by the Conveyances, and the more re­
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              mote, not finding a paſſage for Rain-waters that ſettle, become
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              either altogether unproſitable or little better.</s>
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              <s>From this Valley, by the Trench or Ditch of
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              Marzara,
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              or of
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              la Duca
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              by
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              la Buova,
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              or mouth of
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              Caſtaldo de Roſſi,
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              and by the
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              new paſſage it falleth into the P
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              o
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              of
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              Argenta,
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              which being to re­
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              ceive it clear, that ſo it may ſink farther therein, and receiving
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              it muddy, becauſe it hath acquired a quicker courſe, there will
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              ariſe a very contrary effect.</s>
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              <s>Here therefore the ſuperficies of the water keeping high, until
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              it come to the Sea, hindereth the Valleys of
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              Ravenna,
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              where
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              the River
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              Senio,
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              thoſe of
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              San Bernardino
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              where
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              Santerno
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              was
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              turned, thoſe of
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              Buon' acquiſto,
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              and thoſe of
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              Marmorto,
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              where
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              the
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              Idice, Quaderna, Sellero
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              ſall in, from ſwallowing and taking
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              in their Waters by their uſual In-lets, yet many times, as I my
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              ſelf have ſeen in the
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              Viſitation,
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              they drink them up plentifully,
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              whereupon, being conjoyned with the muddineſſe of thoſe Ri­
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              vers that fall into the ſame, they ſwell, and dilate, and overflow
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              ſome grounds, and deprive others of their Drains in like manner </s>
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