Ex his ergo congruentibus cum res omnes coire nascique videantur et hae in infinitis generibus rerum natura essent disparatae, putavi oportere de varietatibus et discriminibus usus earum quasque haberent in aedificiis qualitates exponere, uti, cum fuerint notae, non habeant qui aedificare cogitant errorem, sed aptas ad usum copias aedificiis conparent.
Since therefore from these, being in correspondence, all things seem to come together and be born, and since by Nature they have been divided into infinite kinds, I thought I ought first to deal with the varieties and differences of the use of them, and what qualities they show in buildings; so that when they are familiar, those who think of building may not make mistakes but get supplies fit for use.
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