Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              but is affected and altered by the Variety of
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              Weather, being ſwell'd by wet, and dried and
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              ſhrunk by Heat, it is no Wonder that the wea­
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              ker Parts ſhould ſink under the Weight, and
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              ſo crack the Pavement. </s>
              <s>But of this we have
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              ſaid enough.</s>
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              <s>HOWEVER, I will not paſs over one Thing
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              which is not at all foreign to our Purpoſe,
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              namely, that different Times and Seaſons, and
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              Diſpoſitions of the Air, are proper for digging
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              the Foundations, filling them up, raiſing the
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              Wall, turning of Vaults, and finiſhing the
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              Shells. </s>
              <s>The Foundations are beſt dug while
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              the Sun is in
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              Leo,
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              and in
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              Autumn,
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              the Ground
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              being then thoroughly dry, which will keep
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              your Trench from being infeſted with Water.
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              <s>The Spring is very convenient for filling them
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              up, eſpecially if they are pretty deep; becauſe
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              they will be ſufficiently defended from the
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              Heat of the Summer, by means of the Ground
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              which ſtands about them as their Protector;
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              though it will be ſtill more convenient to fill
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              them up in the Beginning of Winter, unleſs in
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              Countries near the Pole, or in ſuch cold
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              Climates where they will be likely to freeze
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              before they are dry. </s>
              <s>The Wall too abhors
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              both exceſſive Heat, exceſſive Cold, and ſud­
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              den Froſts, and eſpecially Northerly Winds.
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              <s>Vaults, till they are dry and ſettled, require
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              an equal and temperate Seaſon, more than
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              any other Sort of Structure. </s>
              <s>The beſt Time
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              for laying on the Coat is about the riſing of
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              the Stars, call'd the
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              Pleiadas,
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              (which is in
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              Spring) and particularly ſuch Days as have
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              been ſufficiently moiſtened with ſoutherly
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              Breezes; for if the Work which you are to
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              plaiſter over, or white-waſh, is not extreamly
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              moiſt, nothing that you lay on will ſtick to it,
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              but it will part and crack, and always look
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              rough and ſcandalous. </s>
              <s>But of Plaiſtering and
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              Stuc-work we ſhall treat more largely in its
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              proper Place. </s>
              <s>Having now gone through the
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              general Conſideration of our Subject, it remains
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              that we deſcend to Particulars; and accor­
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              dingly we deſign to ſhew firſt the different
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              Sorts of Buildings, and the Qualities requiſite
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              in each of them; then their Ornaments; and
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              laſtly, how to remedy ſuch Defects in them as
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              are owing either to the Fault of the Workman,
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              or the Injury of Time.</s>
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              The End of Book
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              III.
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