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THIRD BOOK.
dious and short, they cut through mountains, dried up sens, and joined with bridge
somade casy and plain, those places, that had been sunk, cither by vales or torrent,.
I shall, asterwards, treat os piazza's in the manner that Vitruvhis shews us the
Crtch and Laths made them, and os thole places that ought to he distributed round the
And oceanic, among thesc, that place is worthy ol great ceasidtratkra, who
judges adminisler justice, called by the antknts Bisstitfi, the designs ot it (hall be particularly
let down. But because it is not sussicicnt, that the regions and the cities be well dilpolij
and governed by moll (acred laws, and have magistratcs, who, as executors os ilu 1.
citizens in awe; if men are not alio made prudent by learning, and strong and hearty by
excrcisc, that they may be able to govern both themselvcs and others, and to desend them-
selvessrom thole who WOu'd opprels them ; which is one principal reason why the inhabitant!
of seme countries, when dispctltd in many lin.ill places, unite tlicml'eKes, and sorm cities:
wheresore the anticnt Grrch made in their cities (as YiTr.rvn:s refetrt) some ed
which they called PakJIrae and Xijli, -in which the philosophers assembled to dilpute con-
cerning the seicnecs, and the younger men were every day exercised j and at certain ap-
pointed times the people aslembled there to see the wresslers contend.
The designs os those edisices shall also be inserted, and an end so put to this third book.
Aster which,"sliall sollow that os the temples belonging to religion, without which it wou'd
be impossiblc that civil society cou'd be maintained.
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CHAPTER I.
Os Roads.
THE roads ought to be fliort, commodious, Lise, delightful and beautisul; they will
be Dion and commodious is made in a strait line, and it" they be made ample,
that so the carts and the cattle meeting, do not impede one another. And theresore it
was an establith'd law among the antieius, that the roads mould not be narrower than eight
soot, where thev were ftrait; nor lets than sixtecn wide where they were crooked and wind-
ing. They will, betides this, be commodious is they are made even, that is, that then
may not be any places, in which one cannot ealily march with armies, and is they are not ob-
iliuctcd by water or rivers. We therefore read that the Emperor Trajan, regarding
these two qualities, necessarily required in roads, when he repaired the mod celebrated
AppitM way, which in many places was damaged by length os time, dried up fenny places,
levelled mountains, silled up valleys, and erecting bridges where nccelLry, made travelling
thereon very expeditious and casy.
Roads will be sase is made on hills, or is, when made through sields, according to
antienr custom, - they have a caufeway to travel on, and if they have no places near
them in which robbers and enemies can conveniently hide themselvcs; that fo the travellers
and the armies may be able to look about them, and eafily difcover is there fliould be any
ambuicade laid sor them. Thofe roads that have the three abuvef.tid qualities are alio Se-
ceilarily beautisul and delightsul to travellers, because os their ftrait direction srom the city.
The conveniency they afford, and betides being in them able to see at a great alliance, and belidcs
to discover a good deal os the country, whereby great part os the fetigue is alleviated, and our
minds (having always a new prospect besore our eyes) find great fat is faction and ddight.
A ftrait ftreet in a city assords a moil agreeable view, when it is ample and clean ; on
each li.le os which there are magnisicent Fabrics, made with thofe ornaments which have
been mentioned in the foregoing books.
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THIRD BOOK.
dious and short, they cut through mountains, dried up sens, and joined with bridge
somade casy and plain, those places, that had been sunk, cither by vales or torrent,.
I shall, asterwards, treat os piazza's in the manner that Vitruvhis shews us the
Crtch and Laths made them, and os thole places that ought to he distributed round the
And oceanic, among thesc, that place is worthy ol great ceasidtratkra, who
judges adminisler justice, called by the antknts Bisstitfi, the designs ot it (hall be particularly
let down. But because it is not sussicicnt, that the regions and the cities be well dilpolij
and governed by moll (acred laws, and have magistratcs, who, as executors os ilu 1.
citizens in awe; if men are not alio made prudent by learning, and strong and hearty by
excrcisc, that they may be able to govern both themselvcs and others, and to desend them-
selvessrom thole who WOu'd opprels them ; which is one principal reason why the inhabitant!
of seme countries, when dispctltd in many lin.ill places, unite tlicml'eKes, and sorm cities:
wheresore the anticnt Grrch made in their cities (as YiTr.rvn:s refetrt) some ed
which they called PakJIrae and Xijli, -in which the philosophers assembled to dilpute con-
cerning the seicnecs, and the younger men were every day exercised j and at certain ap-
pointed times the people aslembled there to see the wresslers contend.
The designs os those edisices shall also be inserted, and an end so put to this third book.
Aster which,"sliall sollow that os the temples belonging to religion, without which it wou'd
be impossiblc that civil society cou'd be maintained.
***
****
*»•
ifc-----1------1------1-----*-----1------1------1-----*-----1------1-----1-----is-----1-----H------1-----#-----1------1------1------*-----K
:.. ■
This line is hals os the Viceutinc soot, with which the sollowing edisices have been
measured.
The whole soot is divided into twelve inches, and each inch into sour minutes.
; )
CHAPTER I.
Os Roads.
THE roads ought to be fliort, commodious, Lise, delightful and beautisul; they will
be Dion and commodious is made in a strait line, and it" they be made ample,
that so the carts and the cattle meeting, do not impede one another. And theresore it
was an establith'd law among the antieius, that the roads mould not be narrower than eight
soot, where thev were ftrait; nor lets than sixtecn wide where they were crooked and wind-
ing. They will, betides this, be commodious is they are made even, that is, that then
may not be any places, in which one cannot ealily march with armies, and is they are not ob-
iliuctcd by water or rivers. We therefore read that the Emperor Trajan, regarding
these two qualities, necessarily required in roads, when he repaired the mod celebrated
AppitM way, which in many places was damaged by length os time, dried up fenny places,
levelled mountains, silled up valleys, and erecting bridges where nccelLry, made travelling
thereon very expeditious and casy.
Roads will be sase is made on hills, or is, when made through sields, according to
antienr custom, - they have a caufeway to travel on, and if they have no places near
them in which robbers and enemies can conveniently hide themselvcs; that fo the travellers
and the armies may be able to look about them, and eafily difcover is there fliould be any
ambuicade laid sor them. Thofe roads that have the three abuvef.tid qualities are alio Se-
ceilarily beautisul and delightsul to travellers, because os their ftrait direction srom the city.
The conveniency they afford, and betides being in them able to see at a great alliance, and belidcs
to discover a good deal os the country, whereby great part os the fetigue is alleviated, and our
minds (having always a new prospect besore our eyes) find great fat is faction and ddight.
A ftrait ftreet in a city assords a moil agreeable view, when it is ample and clean ; on
each li.le os which there are magnisicent Fabrics, made with thofe ornaments which have
been mentioned in the foregoing books.
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