Vitruvius
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De architectura libri decem
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ARCHITECTVRA
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LIBER SECVNDVS.
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Proœmium.</
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Architectus,cogitationibus, & </
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der rerum potiretur, profectus eſt a Macedonia ad exercitum, regiæ cu-
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pidus commendationis. </
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ordines, & </
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ptus humanè,petijt, uti quàm primum ad Alexandrum perduceretur. </
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polliciti eſſent, tardiores fuerunt, idoneum tempus expectantes. </
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Dinocrates ab ijs ſe exiſtimans illudi, ab ſe petijt præſidium. </
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ampliſsima ſtatura, facie grata, forma,dignitateq́; </
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turæ muneribus confiſus, ueſtimenta poſuit in hoſpitio, & </
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perunxit, caputq́; </
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na texit, dextraq́; </
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auertiſſet,conſpexit eum Alexander,& </
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eſſet. </
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tua claritate. </
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uitatis ampliſsimæ mœnia, dextra pateram, quæ exciperet omnium fluminum, quæ ſunt in eo mon-
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te, aquam, ut inde in mare profunderetur. </
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eſſent agri circa, qui poſſent frumentaria ratione eam ciuitatem tueri. </
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tranſmarinis ſubuectionibus: </
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lector: </
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enim natus infans ſine nutricis lacte non poteſt ali,neque ad uitæ creſcentis gradus perduci, ſic ciuitas
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ſine agris, & </
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frequentiam habere, populumq́; </
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dam, ſic iudico locum improbandum; </
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nocrates ab rege non diſceſsit, & </
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tiſſet portum naturalirer tutum, emporium egregium, campos circa totam Aegyptum frumentarios,
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immanis fluminis Nili magnas utilitates, iuſsit eum ſuo nomine ciuitatem Alexandriam conſtituere.
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docuiſſet Vitru. </
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eſt priuſquam ad alia progrediatur, ut de ea, qua in ædificando, materia utimur, ſermonem faciat. </
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quia res postulat, ut poſtquam de forma in uniuerſum tradita præcepta ſunt, de materia ſtatim loquatur, in
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quam forma inducitur. </
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ne reliquis moram faceret,peropportune de nateria orationem inſtituit: </
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& </
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illud maxime dignoſcendum est, qua ratione in opus deducatur, ut domus bene, & </
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le materiata, ac ruinoſa ſit. </
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lateribus, de arena, de calce, de puluere Puteo Lano, de lapidicinis, de generibus structureæ, & </
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qualitatibus, modis, ac locis, de materie cædenda, & </
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ædificiorum primordijs ediſſerit. </
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ea, quæ ſtatim obuia nobis,& </
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de neceſſariam, buiuſmodi proœmio uſus est,ut commodo uteretur exemplo. </
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mis obſeruandum eſt,ut peropportunis locis urbes condantur, quia non natura ſolum & </
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ciorumq́; </
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rerum copia ſit expedita; </
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quentes reddit copia, quæ ſoli ubertate, cœli clementia, fluuiorum commoditate, portuum ſecuritate auge-
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riſolet, quod ſi naturæ addatur industria, ibi nobiles mercatus, emporia, nundinæq́; </
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