Castelli, Benedetto - Of the mensuration of running waters

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1it doth not wholly choke them up, it ſhall render them at leaſt
unprofitable, and impoſſible for Barks and great Veſſels.

Many other conſiderations might be propounded concerning
theſe two heads of the ſtoppage of the Ports, and of the appea
rance of the Ouze and Mud in the Lakes, but ſo much ſhall ſuf
fice us to have hinted, to make way for diſcourſing of the opera
tions about the oportune remedies.

Yet before that I propound my opinion, I ſay, That I know
very well that my propoſal, at firſt ſight, will ſeem abſurd and in
convenient; and therefore, as ſuch, will perhaps be rejected by
the moſt: and ſo much the rather, for that it will prove directly
contrary to what hath hitherto been, and as I hear, is intended to
be done. And I am not ſo wedded to my opinions, but that I
do conſider what others may judge thereof: But be it as it will,
I am obliged to ſpeak my thoughts freely, and that being done,
I will leawe it to wiſer men than my ſelf; when they ſhall have
well conſidered my reaſons, to judge and deliberate of the quid
agendum: And if the ſentence ſhall go againſt me, I appeal to the
moſt equitable and inexorable Tribunal of Nature, who not
caring in the leaſt to pleaſe either one party or another, will be
alwaies a punctual and inviolable executrix of her eternal De
crees, againſt which neither humane deliberations, nor our vain
deſires; ſhall ever have power to rebell. I added by word of
mouth that which followeth.

Though your Highneſs intereſt your ſelf in this Noble Col
ledge, and cauſe it to be confirmed in the ^{*} Senate by univerſal

Vote, that the Winds do not blow, that the Sea doth not fluctuate,
that the Rivers do not run; yet ſhall the Winds be alwaies deaf,
the Sea ſhall be conſtant in its inconſtancy, and the Rivers moſt
obſtinate: And theſe ſhall be my Judges, and to their determi
nation I refer my ſelf.

* In Pregadi, a
particular Coun
cil, the Senators of
which have great
Authority.

By what hath been ſaid, in my opinion, that is made very clear
and manifeſt, which in the beginning of this diſcourſe I glanced
at; namely, That the whole diſorder, although it be divided into
two heads, into the diſcovery of the Mud, and of the ſtoppage
Ports, yet nevertheleſs, by the application of one onely remedy,
and that in my eſteem very eaſie, the whole ſhall be removed:
And this it is; That there be reſtored into the Lake as much
Water as can be poſſible, and in particular from the upper parts
of Venice, taking care that the Water be as free from Mud as is
poſſible. And that this is the true and real remedy of the prece
dent diſorders, is manifeſt: For in the paſſage that this Water
ſhall make thorow the Lakes, it ſhall of it ſelf by degrees clear
the Chanels in ſundry parts of them, according to the currents
that it ſhall ſucceſſively acquire, and in this manner being diſ

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