Castelli, Benedetto
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Of the mensuration of running waters
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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.</
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>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.</
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>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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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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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. </
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mouth that which followeth.</
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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.</
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Pregadi,
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cil, the Senators of
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which have great
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>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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Venice,
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taking care that the Water be as free from Mud as is
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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</
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