Igitur quoniam haec ita sunt tradita et constituta, non videtur esse alienum, uti caute summaque diligentia, antequam instituantur opera, eorum expediantur rationes.
Therefore, since these things have so been handed down and determined, it does not seem irrelevant to elucidate their provision with care and all diligence before the work is entered upon.
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