Villa aedificanda potissimum ut intra saepta villae habeat aquam, si non, quam proxime; primum quae ibi sit nata, secundum quae influat perennis.
The steading should be so built that it will have water, if possible, within the enclosure, or at least very near by. The best arrangement is to have a spring on the place, or, failing this, a perennial stream.
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