Vitruvius Pollio, I dieci libri dell?architettura, 1567

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                <s id="s.001379">IL SECONDO LIBRODELL'AR CHIT ETTVRA
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                DIM. VITRVVIO.</s>
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                  Proemio.
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                  <s id="s.001381">DINOCRATE Architetto conſidatoſi ne i ſuoi penſieri, & nella ſua ſo=
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                  lertia, eſlendo Aleſſandro ſignore del mondo, ſi parti di Macedonia per
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                  andare allo eſſercito, diſideroſo d'eſſere dalla maeſta regia commendato. </s>
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                  Coſtui partendoſi dalla patria, da i parenti, & da gli amici, ottenne lettere
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                  di fauore drizzate a i principali, & potenti della corte, accioche per me
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                  zo loro fuſſe piu facilmente introdotto. </s>
                  <s id="s.001383">Eſſendo adunque benigna­
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                  mente da quelli raccolto, chieſe loro, che quanto prima lo conduceſſero ad Aleſſandro. </s>
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                  Quegli hauendoli promeſſo, erano alquanto tardi, aſpettando il tempo commodo. </s>
                  <s id="s.001385">Di­
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                  nocrate penſando eſſere sbeffato da quelli, a ſe ſteſſo per aiuto ricorſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.001386">Era egli di gran­
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                  de ſtatura, di gratioſo aſpetto, & di ſomma dignità, & bellezza. </s>
                  <s id="s.001387">fidatoſi adunque di
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                  queſte doti di natura, nell'albergo ſuo depoſe le ueſti, & di oglio tutto'l corpo ſi unſe, &
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                  ſi coprì la ſiniſtra ſpalla di pelle di Leone, coronato di fronde di poppio, & tenendo
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                  nella deſtra la claua, ſe ne andò uerſo il tribunale del Re, che teneua ragione. </s>
                  <s id="s.001388">Hauen
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                  do la nouità del fatto riuolto a dietro già tutto il popolo; Aleſſandro lo uidde, & mera
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                  uigliandoſi commandò, che gli fuſſe dato luogo, accioche egli ſi faceſſe innanzi, & di
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                  mandollo, chi fuſſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.001389">Egli diſſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.001390">Io ſon Dinocrate Architetto di Macedonia, che a te
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                  porto penſieri, & forme degne della tua chiarezza: percioche io ho formato il monte
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                  Atho in figura d'una ſtatua uirile, nella cui ſiniſtra io ho diſegnato le mura d'una gran­
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                  diſsima città, & nella deſtra un uaſo, che habbia a raccogliere l'acqua di tutti i fiumi,
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                  che ſono in quel monte; accioche da quel uaſo ſi ſpandeſſero nel mare. </s>
                  <s id="s.001391">Dilettatoſi
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                  Aleſſandro della ragione della forma, ſubito dimandò ſe d'intorno ui fuſſero campi, che
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                  poteſſero prouedere di grano al biſogno di quella città. </s>
                  <s id="s.001392">Hauendo ritrouato, che non
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                  u'era altra uia, che quella d'oltra mare; Diſſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.001393">Io con attentione guardo al componi­
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                  mento di coſi bella forma, & di eſſa mi diletto: ma io conſidero, che ſe alcuno uorrà an
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                  dare in quel luogo ad habitare, non ſia biaſimato per poco giudicio. </s>
                  <s id="s.001394">perche ſi come
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                  il fanciullo già naſciuto, non ſi puo ſenza il latte della nutrice alleuare, nè creſcere; co
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                  fi la città ſenza poſſeſsioni, o frutti, che ui ſiano portati non puo ſoſtentarſi, nè mante­
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                  nerſi creſcendo ſenza copia di uettouaglia, nè eſſer frequentata, nè ſi puo il populo ſen=
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                  za abondanza di uiuere conſeruare. </s>
                  <s id="s.001395">per il che (ſi come io ſtimo) che ſi bel diſegno me
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                  rita lode, coſi giudico douere eſſere biaſimato il luogo. </s>
                  <s id="s.001396">Ma ben uoglio, che tu ſtia me
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                  co: percioche io intendo di uſar l'opera tua. </s>
                  <s id="s.001397">Dall hora in poi Dinocrate non ſi ſcoſtò
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                  mai dal Re: & in Egitto lo ſeguitò. </s>
                  <s id="s.001398">Hauendo iui ueduto Aleſſandro il porto per natura
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                  ſicuro: lo egregio mercato, i campi d'intorno all'Egitto abondanti di grano, & le mol
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                  te commodità del gran fiume del Nilo; commandò, che iui dal ſuo nome Aleſſandria ſi
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                  fabricaſſe. </s>
                  <s id="s.001399">Et per queſto Dinocrate dalla bellezza, & gratia del ſuo aſpetto, & gran
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                  dezza del corpo, a quella nobiltà, & chiarezza peruenne. </s>
                  <s id="s.001400">Ma a me o Imperatore la na
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                  tura non ha dato la grandezza della perſona, & la età mi ha deformata la faccia, la infer­
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                  mità leuato le forze; la doue eſſendo io di tali preſidij abbandonato, ſpero per mezo del
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                  la ſcienza, & de gli ſcritti a qualche grado di commendatione, & gloria peruenire. </s>
                  <s id="s.001401">Ha-</s>
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