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THIRD BOOK.
C II A P. XX.
Of tie Basilic a's of our times, and of the desgns of that of Venice.
AS the anticnts made their halilica's, that men in winter and snmmer might have a
place to alTemhle, and treat about their occasions and assaisa ; so in our times in evety
city, both in Italy and out of it, some publick lialls are made, which may rigbdy be called
h.iiilioi's, because, that near to them is the habitation os the suprcme magillrate. Hence
they come to be a part of it. [The word basilica properly signihes a royal houle.] Here also
the judges attended to adminilter justice to the people.
The basilica's os our times differ in this from the anticnts, viz. the antient ones v,:rc
upon, or even with the ground, and ours are railed upon arches, in which are Ihops sor di-
vers arts, and the merchandizes of the city. There the prisons are also made, and other places
belonging to public busineis. Besides which, the modern balilica*s have portico's in the n.irt
within, as has been seen in the above mentioned dciigns ; and the antient, on the contrary
either had no portico's, or had them in the part without upon the piazza.
Os thesc modern halls there is a very noble one at Padctta, a city illustrious sor its anti-
quity, and celebrated sor learning throughout the world, in which the gentlem... even
day assemble, and it serves them as a covered piazza.
The city of Br,sc a% magnificent in all her actions, has lately made one which sor in
largencls and ornaments is wonderful. And another is at Vicenza, os which only I have
put the deligns, because the portico's it has round it are of my invention; and Bd 1
do not doubt but this fabric may be compared with the antient edisices, and ranked anion"-
the moil: noble, and most beautiful sabrics, that have been made since the antient times;
not only sor its grandeur, and its ornaments, but also sor the material;, which is all
very hard live stonc, and all the stones have been joined and banded together, with the
utmost diligence. It would be unnecessary to put down the measures of every parti becaufe
they arc all marked in their places, in the designs.
Plate 19. In the fir st plate, the plan and the elevation, are designed, with the plan of the pila-stenj
in a large form.
Plate 20. Ik the second U designed one part os the elevation in a larger form.
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CHAP. XXI.
Of the Palestr a's andoj the Xv sr 1 cf the Greeks.
HAVING treated of ways, of bridges, and of piazza's, it remains that mention :v
now be made os those edifices made by the antient Greeks, into which men ^ ent to ex-
crcite themselves; and it is very likely, that at the time the cities of Greece were govei - I
as a republic, in every city there was one os thele edifices; where the young men I esides
the learning os sciences, by exercising their bodies in the things belonging to ther.it of war,
such as to know the orders, to throw the bar, to wrestle, to manage their arms, to swim
with a weight upon their ssioulders, they became fit for action, and for all the accidents oi
war. Hence they could afterwards, by their valour, and military discipline, tho' J?ul a few
in number, overcome a very numerous army.
The Romans, after their example, had the Campus Mertius, m which the youth were
publiekly exercised in the said military actions, srom which proceeded wondersul effects,
and their notable victories in battle.
C/esar writes in his Commentaries, that being on a hidden attacked by the Ntrvti, and
seeing that the seventh and twelfth legion were in a manner so consined, that they could not fight,
commanded
THIRD BOOK.
C II A P. XX.
Of tie Basilic a's of our times, and of the desgns of that of Venice.
AS the anticnts made their halilica's, that men in winter and snmmer might have a
place to alTemhle, and treat about their occasions and assaisa ; so in our times in evety
city, both in Italy and out of it, some publick lialls are made, which may rigbdy be called
h.iiilioi's, because, that near to them is the habitation os the suprcme magillrate. Hence
they come to be a part of it. [The word basilica properly signihes a royal houle.] Here also
the judges attended to adminilter justice to the people.
The basilica's os our times differ in this from the anticnts, viz. the antient ones v,:rc
upon, or even with the ground, and ours are railed upon arches, in which are Ihops sor di-
vers arts, and the merchandizes of the city. There the prisons are also made, and other places
belonging to public busineis. Besides which, the modern balilica*s have portico's in the n.irt
within, as has been seen in the above mentioned dciigns ; and the antient, on the contrary
either had no portico's, or had them in the part without upon the piazza.
Os thesc modern halls there is a very noble one at Padctta, a city illustrious sor its anti-
quity, and celebrated sor learning throughout the world, in which the gentlem... even
day assemble, and it serves them as a covered piazza.
The city of Br,sc a% magnificent in all her actions, has lately made one which sor in
largencls and ornaments is wonderful. And another is at Vicenza, os which only I have
put the deligns, because the portico's it has round it are of my invention; and Bd 1
do not doubt but this fabric may be compared with the antient edisices, and ranked anion"-
the moil: noble, and most beautiful sabrics, that have been made since the antient times;
not only sor its grandeur, and its ornaments, but also sor the material;, which is all
very hard live stonc, and all the stones have been joined and banded together, with the
utmost diligence. It would be unnecessary to put down the measures of every parti becaufe
they arc all marked in their places, in the designs.
Plate 19. In the fir st plate, the plan and the elevation, are designed, with the plan of the pila-stenj
in a large form.
Plate 20. Ik the second U designed one part os the elevation in a larger form.
-^
CHAP. XXI.
Of the Palestr a's andoj the Xv sr 1 cf the Greeks.
HAVING treated of ways, of bridges, and of piazza's, it remains that mention :v
now be made os those edifices made by the antient Greeks, into which men ^ ent to ex-
crcite themselves; and it is very likely, that at the time the cities of Greece were govei - I
as a republic, in every city there was one os thele edifices; where the young men I esides
the learning os sciences, by exercising their bodies in the things belonging to ther.it of war,
such as to know the orders, to throw the bar, to wrestle, to manage their arms, to swim
with a weight upon their ssioulders, they became fit for action, and for all the accidents oi
war. Hence they could afterwards, by their valour, and military discipline, tho' J?ul a few
in number, overcome a very numerous army.
The Romans, after their example, had the Campus Mertius, m which the youth were
publiekly exercised in the said military actions, srom which proceeded wondersul effects,
and their notable victories in battle.
C/esar writes in his Commentaries, that being on a hidden attacked by the Ntrvti, and
seeing that the seventh and twelfth legion were in a manner so consined, that they could not fight,
commanded