Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567

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                <s id="s.006086">LIBRO OTTAVO</s>
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                <s id="s.006087">DELL'ARCHITETTVRA DI
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                M. VITRVVIO.</s>
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                  Proemio.
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                  <s id="s.006089">THALETE Mileſio, uno di ſette Sapienti diſſe, l'acqua eſſer principio di
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                  tutte le coſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.006090">Heraclito il fuoco; i Sacerdoti de i Magi l'acqua, & il
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                  fuoco. </s>
                  <s id="s.006091">Euripide auditore di Anaxagora, ilquale Filoſofo gli Athenieſi
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                  Scenico nominarono, lo aere, & la terra, & quella dalle pioggie celeſti
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                  ingrauidata hauere generato nel mondo i parti delle genti, & di tutti
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                  gli animali, & quelle coſe, che da quella foſſero prodotte, quando co­
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                  ſtrette dalla forza del tempo ſi diſcioglieſſero, in quella di nuouo ritornare, & quelle, che
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                  di aere naſceſſero, anche nelle parti del cielo cangiarſi nel riceuere alcuno difetto, ma mu­
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                  tata la loro diſſolutione ricadere nella iſteſſa proprietà, nellaquale erano per innanzi: Ma
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                  Pithagora, Empedocle, Epicarmo, & gli altri Fiſici, & Filoſofi queſti eſſer quattro prin­
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                  cipij ci propoſero, aere, fuoco, acqua, & terra, & le qualità di queſti tra ſe con naturale
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                  forma congiunte per le differenze delle coſe operare; & noi auuertimo non ſolamente le
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                  coſe, che naſceno da queſti principij, hauere il naſcimento loro, ma tutte le coſe non no­
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                  trirſi, nè creſcere, nè conſeruarſi ſenza la forza loro; percioche i corpi ſenza ſpirito ridon­
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                  danti non poſſono hauere la uita, ſe lo aere, che ui entra, non hauerà fatto del continuo
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                  creſcendo gli accreſcimenti, & le diminutioni.
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                  Cioèil reſpirare, che ſi fa col tirare il fiato
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                  a ſe, & mandarlo fuori.
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                  <s id="s.006092"> Ma ſe egli non ſarà nel corpo anchora una giuſta miſura di ca­
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                  lore non ui ſarà lo ſpirito uitale, nè il poterſi fermamente drizzare in piedi; & le forze del
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                  cibo non potranno hauere la tempra della digeſtione: & però non notricandoſi i corpi di
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                  terreſtre cibo, mancherebbeno, & coſi dalla meſcolanza del principio terreno faranno
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                  abbandonati: & gli animali ſe ſaranno ſenza la poteſtà dell humore exhauſti, & aſciutti dal
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                  liquore de i ſuoi principij ſi ſeccheranno.
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                  Dice Ariſtotile, che noi ci notrimo di quelle co­
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                  ſe, delle quali ſiamo compoſti, & però i quattro elementi ſono neceſſari alla uita dell'huomo, per
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                  che di quelli il corpo è compoſto.
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                  <s id="s.006093">Et però la diuina Prouidenza non fece difficili, & care quelle coſe, che propiamente
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                  erano neceſſarie alle genti, come ſono le pretioſe pietre, l'oro, & l'argento, & le altre co­
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                  ſe, le quali nè il corpo, nè la natura deſidera: ma quelle coſe, ſenza le quali la uita de i mor
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                  tali non puo eſſer ſicura largamente alle mani pronte ci diede in ogni parte del mondo; &
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                  però di queſti principij ſe per caſo alcuna coſa ui manca di ſpirito, lo aere aſsignato per
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                  reſtituirlo, ciò preſta copioſamente. </s>
                  <s id="s.006094">Ma lo impeto del Sole apparecchiato, ad aiutarci
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                  col calore, & il fuoco ritrouato la uita piu ſicura ci rende, & coſi il frutto della terra pre­
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                  ſtandoci la copia del uiuere per gli ſoprabondanti deſiderij alleua, & nutriſce gli animali
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                  paſcendoli continuamente, & l'acqua non ſolameute per lo beuere, ma per l'uſo dandoci
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                  infinite neceſsita per eſſerci data per grande utilità ci rende: & da cio quelli, che all'uſan­
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                  za de gli Egittij trattano le coſe ſacre dimoſtrano tutte le coſe conſiſtere dalla forza del
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                  liquore, & però quando ricoprono i uaſi dell'acqua, i quali al ſacro Tempio con caſta re­
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                  ligione ſi portano, allhora inginocchiati con le mani al cielo ringratiano per tali ritroua­
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                  menti; la bontà diuina. </s>
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