CONSIDER ATIONS
Concerning the
LAKE
OF
VENICE.
BY
Concerning the
LAKE
OF
VENICE.
BY
D. BENEDETTO CASTELLI,
Abbot of S. Benedetto Aloyſio, Mathematician to
Pope VR BAN VIII. and Profeſſor in
ROME.
Abbot of S. Benedetto Aloyſio, Mathematician to
Pope VR BAN VIII. and Profeſſor in
ROME.
CONSIDERATION I.
Though the principal cauſe be but one
onely, that in my judgment threatneth
irreparable ruine to the Lake of
Venice, in the preſent ſtate in which it
now ſtands; Yet nevertheleſſe, I think
that two Heads may be conſidered.
And this Conſideration may peradven
ture ſerve us for to facilitate and explain
the opportune remedies, though not to
render the ſtate of things abſolutely unchangeable and eternal:
an enterprize impoſſible, and eſpecially in that which having had
ſome beginning, ought likewiſe neceſſarily to have its end; or
at leaſt to prevent the danger for many hundreds of years; and
poſſibly it may, in the mean time, by the mutation it ſelf be
brought into a better condition.
onely, that in my judgment threatneth
irreparable ruine to the Lake of
Venice, in the preſent ſtate in which it
now ſtands; Yet nevertheleſſe, I think
that two Heads may be conſidered.
And this Conſideration may peradven
ture ſerve us for to facilitate and explain
the opportune remedies, though not to
render the ſtate of things abſolutely unchangeable and eternal:
an enterprize impoſſible, and eſpecially in that which having had
ſome beginning, ought likewiſe neceſſarily to have its end; or
at leaſt to prevent the danger for many hundreds of years; and
poſſibly it may, in the mean time, by the mutation it ſelf be
brought into a better condition.
I ſay therefore, that the preſent diſorder may be conſidered
under two Heads; One is the very notable diſcovery of Land
that is obſerved at the time of low Water, the which, beſides
the obſtructing of Navigation in the Lake and alſo in the
Chanels, doth likewiſe threaten another miſchief and diſorder
under two Heads; One is the very notable diſcovery of Land
that is obſerved at the time of low Water, the which, beſides
the obſtructing of Navigation in the Lake and alſo in the
Chanels, doth likewiſe threaten another miſchief and diſorder