Limina enim et trabes structuris cum sint oneratae, medio spatio pandantes frangunt sublisi structuras; cum autem subiecti fuerint et subcuneati postes, non patiuntur insidere trabes neque eas laedere.
For when lintels and bressumers are loaded with walling, they sag in the middle and cause fractures by settlement; but when piers are placed underneath and wedged up, they do not allow the beams to settle and injure the structure above.
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