Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567

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                <s id="s.005760">IL SETTIMO LIBRO DELL' ARCHITETTVRA DI
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                M. VITRVVIO.</s>
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                  Proemio.
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                  <s id="s.005762">ET prudentemente, & utilmente deliberarono inoſtri maggiori di laſciar
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                  a i poſteri per relatione de Commentari i penſieri de gli animi loro, ac­
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                  cioche non periſſero: ma in ogni eta creſcendo, & in luce mandati con
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                  i uolumi a poco a poco con la uecchiezza perueniſſero alla ſomma ſotti­
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                  gliezza delle dotrine. </s>
                  <s id="s.005763">Et però non di poche, ma d'infinite gratie a quel­
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                  li tenuti ſiamo, che non hanno con inuidia uoluto tacere, ma hanno pro­
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                  curato con ſcritti mandar a memoria ogni maniera di ſentimento: perche ſe coſi fatto
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                  non haueſſero; noi non haueremmo potuto ſapere, che coſe ſtate fuſſero fatte nella città
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                  di Troia; nè quale opinione Thalete, Democrito, Anaxagora, Xenofonte, & gli altri
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                  Filoſofi naturali haueſſero hauuto della natura delle coſe; & qual deliberatione della uita
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                  haueſſero a gli huomini laſciato Socrate, Platone, Ariſtotile, Zenone, Epicuro, & gli
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                  altri Filoſofanti: ouero qual coſa, & con che ragione Creſo, Aleſſandro, Dario, & gli
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                  altri Re fatto haueſſero, ſei maggiori noſtri, con gli amaeſtramenti alla memoria di tutti,
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                  per la poſterità non l'haueſſero ſcriuendo inalzate. </s>
                  <s id="s.005764">Et però ſi come a queſti ſi deue hauer
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                  gratie, coſi per lo contrario deono eſſer biaſimati coloro, i quali furando gli altrui ſcrit­
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                  ti, per ſuoi gli uanno publicando, & non ſi sforzano con i propi loro penſamenti di ſcriue­
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                  re, ma con inuidioſi coſtumi l'altrui opere uiolando ſi uantano, & però non ſolamente
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                  ſono degni di riprenſione, ma (perche hanno menato la lor uita con empi coſtumi) eſſer
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                  deono caſtigati. </s>
                  <s id="s.005765">Et però queſte coſe eſſere ſtate uendicate
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                  da gli antichi ſi
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                  dice: gli eſiti de i quali ne i giudicij come fuſſero, non penſo che ſia fuori di propoſito eſ­
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                  plicare, come a noi ſono ſtati laſciati. </s>
                  <s id="s.005766">I Re Attalici indotti dalla dolcezza di ſapere le
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                  ragioni delle coſe, hauendo a commun diletto fatto una bella, & egregia libraria nella
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                  Città di Pergamo, Prolomeo d'ardente zelo di deſiderio incitato a quel tempo con non
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                  minore induſtria ſi forzò di farne una in Aleſſandria medeſimamente: & hauendo ciò
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                  fatto con ſomma dilgenza, non pensó che queſto fuſſe aſſai, ſe egli non haueſſe cercato di
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                  accreſcerla con nuoue ſemenze, & però conſacrò i giuochi alle Muſe, & ad Apollo, &
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                  come de gli Athleti, coſi a i uincitori de i communi ſcrittori ordinò premij, & ampi modi
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                  di eſſer honorati. </s>
                  <s id="s.005767">Poi che queſte coſe furono ordinate, & eſſendo il tempo da fare i giuo­
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                  chi, ſi doueua eleggere i giudici litterati, che quelli doueſſero approuare. </s>
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                  <s id="s.005768">Il Re hauendone gia fatto, & eletto ſei, & non potendo coſi preſto ritrouare il ſetimo:
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                  ſi conſigliò con quelli, che erano ſopraſtanti alla libraria, & dimando loro ſe haueſſero
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                  conoſciuto alcuno, che fuſſe atto a queſto giudicio. </s>
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                  <s id="s.005769">Riſpoſero, che era un certo detto Ariſtofane, ilquale con grande ſtudio, & con ſomma
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                  diligenza ogni giorno per ordine compiutamente tutti que libri leggeua. </s>
                  <s id="s.005770">Eſſendo adun­
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                  que nel ridotto de i giuochi partite le ſedi ſecretamente di coloro, che haueuano a giu­
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                  dicare, chiamato Ariſtofane con gli altri, in quel luogo, che gli fu conſegnato ſi poſe. </s>
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                  Introdutto fu prima l'ordine de poeti al contraſto, e recitandoſi gli ſcritti loro tutto il
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                  populo con cenni addimandaua quello, che que giudici approuaſſero. </s>
                  <s id="s.005772">Eſſendo adunque
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                  dimandate da ogn'uno le oppinioni, ſei concorſero in una ſentenza iſteſſa, & quello, che </s>
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