Quantum animo considerare potui, de copiis quae sunt necessariae in aedificiorum conparationibus, et quibus temperaturis e rerum natura principiorum habere videantur mixtionem quaeque insunt in singulis generibus virtutes et vitia, uti non sint ignota aedificantibus, exposui.
As far as I have been able to consider them in my mind I have set forth the supplies which are necessary in the erection of buildings, the natural combinations by which they seem to have their elements mixed, the excellences and defects which are present in their several kinds, so that they may not be unknown to persons engaged in building.
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