Solum substruatur, ut sit intactum ab rudere et pavimento; obruta enim in his cum sunt, vetustate marcida fiunt; deinde subsidentia proclinantur et disrumpunt speciem tectoriorum.
Let the foundation be laid high up, so that it is untouched by the rough stones of the pavement; for when they are fixed in these, they become rotten in time; then they settle, and falling forward they break through the surface of the plaster.
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