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De architectura libri decem
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1567
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ruminatis Babylonis muris. </
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muro Semiramm cinxiſſe Babylonem.</
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appellatur, & </
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ſaxum quadratum, ſilex, cæmentum, dictum eſt ſuo loco. </
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inuri, mœiaq́; </
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deſcriptione declaratur.</
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ope indiget, tum ut ab inſolentibus aliorum iniurijs tuti & </
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quiſque ſuosq́ quantum potest tueatur. </
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omnes repertæ.</
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& </
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urbesq́; </
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tione alijs temporibus mœnia, muros, propugnacula, protas, & </
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ita munireurbes, ut qui cas defendunt tutiſint, & </
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ris longe arcentur, uel cum muris proximi ſunt, prohibentur ne accendant. </
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nem habeamus earum rerum, quæ in munitionibus requiruntur, quæ hæc ſunt. </
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na ab italis nominatur, Propugnaculum, quod Valoardum uocant, aliàs pro latere ſumitur, Flancum appel-
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lant. </
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eſt, nam prohibetur host
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is aqua, foſſa, & </
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gnantes iateis, itineribus, & </
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cruuio deſumpta.</
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terius quàm interius proijciatur, nam cum murus ab humeris aggere impellatur, craſſitudo illa, quæ eſt pro
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frone id efficit, quod pesin homine erecto, nam ſi ab anteriori parte quis repellatur, facile retrocedet, dire-
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ctis enim cruribus & </
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protrudatur renitente pede, qui prominet, non dimouebitur. </
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ſior a eſſe debeant & </
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in homine.</
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enun firmiores ſunt: </
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ctenus inuiolabiliter obſeruatæ ſint. </
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modiſſime paſſim construcantur, dirig anturq́; </
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poſſis. </
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ſas materia implent, atque hostibus tanquaàm gradus faciunt.</
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ctum eſt, aggeribus ſcilicet, & </
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autem ſolidiſſimus eſſe debet, & </
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ſint; </
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leros uocant, & </
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cum murorum cortinæ nimis extenduntur, nam indefenſæ cum ſint ob earum protenſionem, neceſſe eſt, ut la-
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teribus fulciantur. </
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locentur, ut itiner ad eas directa non ſint, ut tutiores parte exteriori fabricentur, ut cortinam protegant, mt
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cuſtodes ibi commode manere poſſint, ut potibus mobilibus, leuatores appellant, muniantur, ante pontes autẽ
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directæ ſudes, ſublicæq́; </
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poſſis. </
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bantur angulis multiplicibus, uel circulari forma constructis. </
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probaucrunt, in angulis autem murorum eacollocant, tum ut lateribns opem, hoſtibus damnum inferant. </
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ci platea conſtruuntur, inferiori ſcilicet, & </
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mode ſtare poſſint, ut machinæ, quibus host
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es propelluntur, ſuis locis collocentur, & </
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fenſione recurrant. </
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munitionibus inuenta, ubi etiam planius aliqua tormenta ponuntur, quæ hoſtes muris proximos, cum foſſas occu
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pauerint, a ſcalis deijciant. </
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a ſuperiori distinximus, itaut ſuperpoſita pagella ſuperiorem plateam deſignet, ſubiecta uerò inferiorem, in qua
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uias, ſcalas, & </
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oftendunt mutuam propugnaculorum & </
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terualla pedum decem. </
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quindecim, hæc autem ſupra inferiorem alta eſt pedes ſexdecim, nam inferior ſupra alueum foſſæ alta eſt pedes
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decem & </
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nitionum. </
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ginta, latita do uero quinquaginta, ubi collcantur machinæ, Orecchione uocant quorum munus eſt hoſtes pro-
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