Castelli, Benedetto, Of the mensuration of running waters, 1661

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              it doth not wholly choke them up, it ſhall render them at leaſt
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              unprofitable, and impoſſible for Barks and great Veſſels.</s>
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              <s>Many other conſiderations might be propounded concerning
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              theſe two heads of the ſtoppage of the Ports, and of the appea­
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              rance of the Ouze and Mud in the Lakes, but ſo much ſhall ſuf­
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              fice us to have hinted, to make way for diſcourſing of the opera­
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              tions about the oportune remedies.</s>
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              <s>Yet before that I propound my opinion, I ſay, That I know
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              very well that my propoſal, at firſt ſight, will ſeem abſurd and in­
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              convenient; and therefore, as ſuch, will perhaps be rejected by
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              the moſt: and ſo much the rather, for that it will prove directly
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              contrary to what hath hitherto been, and as I hear, is intended to
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              be done. </s>
              <s>And I am not ſo wedded to my opinions, but that I
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              do conſider what others may judge thereof: But be it as it will,
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              I am obliged to ſpeak my thoughts freely, and that being done,
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              I will leawe it to wiſer men than my ſelf; when they ſhall have
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              well conſidered my reaſons, to judge and deliberate of the
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              quid
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              agendum:
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              And if the ſentence ſhall go againſt me, I appeal to the
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              moſt equitable and inexorable Tribunal of Nature, who not
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              caring in the leaſt to pleaſe either one party or another, will be
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              alwaies a punctual and inviolable executrix of her eternal De­
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              crees, againſt which neither humane deliberations, nor our vain
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              deſires; ſhall ever have power to rebell. </s>
              <s>I added by word of
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              mouth that which followeth.</s>
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              <s>Though your Highneſs intereſt your ſelf in this Noble Col­
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              ledge, and cauſe it to be confirmed in the ^{*} Senate by univerſal
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              Vote, that the Winds do not blow, that the Sea doth not fluctuate,
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              that the Rivers do not run; yet ſhall the Winds be alwaies deaf,
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              the Sea ſhall be conſtant in its inconſtancy, and the Rivers moſt
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              obſtinate: And theſe ſhall be my Judges, and to their determi­
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              nation I refer my ſelf.</s>
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              * In
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              Pregadi,
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              a
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              particular Coun­
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              cil, the Senators of
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              which have great
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              Authority.</s>
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              <s>By what hath been ſaid, in my opinion, that is made very clear
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              and manifeſt, which in the beginning of this diſcourſe I glanced
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              at; namely, That the whole diſorder, although it be divided into
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              two heads, into the diſcovery of the Mud, and of the ſtoppage
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              Ports, yet nevertheleſs, by the application of one onely remedy,
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              and that in my eſteem very eaſie, the whole ſhall be removed:
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              And this it is; That there be reſtored into the Lake as much
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              Water as can be poſſible, and in particular from the upper parts
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              of
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              Venice,
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              taking care that the Water be as free from Mud as is
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              poſſible. </s>
              <s>And that this is the true and real remedy of the prece­
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              dent diſorders, is manifeſt: For in the paſſage that this Water
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              ſhall make thorow the Lakes, it ſhall of it ſelf by degrees clear
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              the Chanels in ſundry parts of them, according to the currents
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              that it ſhall ſucceſſively acquire, and in this manner being diſ­</s>
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