<emph type="italics"/>per. </s> <s id="s.001292">200. ouer piu pa&longs;&longs;a da lontano à torno à torno di talcitta, & che &longs;ia fortificato <lb/>
di tal &longs;orte, che dentro di tai termini alcun e&longs;&longs;ercito (per gro&longs;&longs;o che &longs;ia) non &longs;olamen<lb/>
te non &longs;ia atto, ne &longs;officiente à poter penetrare, ma nanche per altri. </s> <s id="s.001293">100. pa&longs;&longs;a oltra <lb/>
à tai termini po&longs;&longs;a &longs;icuramente piantar la &longs;ua artegliaria, per battere detta citta. </s> <s id="s.001294">Sen<lb/>
za dubbio tal citta uenira ad e&longs;&longs;er &longs;icura da non poter e&longs;&longs;er danneggiata da nemici con <lb/>
le artegliarie. </s> <s id="s.001295">Et per tanto e&longs;&longs;endo &longs;icura detta citta da non poter e&longs;&longs;er battuta con <lb/>
le artegliarie danemici, non ui occorrer a à farui altra &longs;pe&longs;a in fortificarla. </s> <s id="s.001296">Ma ui ba<lb/>
&longs;tara una &longs;implice muraglia per una battaglia da mano per buonri&longs;petto.<emph.end type="italics"/> P. I<emph type="italics"/>n ef<lb/>
fetto ogni uolta che &longs;i poteße aßicurare una citta, da non poter eßer battuta da nemi<lb/>
ci con le artegliarie, la non puo eßer &longs;e non fortißima, quantunque haueße le mura niol <lb/>
to debole, perche le artegliarie (à questitempi) &longs;ono il uerbo principale per debel<lb/>
lare una citta. </s> <s id="s.001297">Et quando che il fuße poßibile à condure ad effetto que&longs;to che uoi haue<lb/>
ti detto, anchor che ui entraße il doppio &longs;pe&longs;a, di quello che entraria à fortificar la &longs;im <lb/>
plice citta, la &longs;aria una co&longs;a molto laudabile, & degna, & le artegliarie nelle i&longs;pugna<lb/>
tioni de tai citta haueriano per&longs;o tutto il credito. </s> <s id="s.001298">Ma per non ue dir bugia, non credo <lb/>
che il &longs;ia poßibile di far una tal co&longs;a (come di &longs;opra dißi) &longs;aluo, che con una grandißi<lb/>
ma, & intolerabil &longs;pe&longs;a.<emph.end type="italics"/> N. Q<emph type="italics"/>uando che uo&longs;tra Reuerentia hauera uisto in diße<lb/>
gno la forma delle piante, oueramente li modelli di tai &longs;orte de fortificationi, & &longs;opra <lb/>
de quelli calculata la &longs;pe&longs;a che ui entrara, &longs;pero che quella ritrouara entrarui manco <lb/>
&longs;pe&longs;a di quello, che di &longs;opra dißi.<emph.end type="italics"/> P. M<emph type="italics"/>o quando uoleti dar principio à far que&longs;te uo<lb/>
stre piante, ouer modelli.<emph.end type="italics"/> N. P<emph type="italics"/>artito che &longs;ia da uo&longs;tra Signoria non tendaro ad altro.<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>
P. D<emph type="italics"/>itemiun poco, in que&longs;ti uo&longs;tri modelli non gli fareti li &longs;uoi baluar di, & cauallie<lb/>
ri, ouer forme piatte, & &longs;imilmente le &longs;ue foße.<emph.end type="italics"/> N. S<emph type="italics"/>enza dubbio. </s> <s id="s.001299">Anci uolendo io <lb/>
dimo&longs;trare con ragioni &longs;en&longs;ibili, la proprieta, & ualuta di cadauna di dette forme, <lb/>
&longs;ono a&longs;tretto à farui großo modo tutte que&longs;te co&longs;e.<emph.end type="italics"/> P. D<emph type="italics"/>itemi anchora haueti pra<lb/>
tica, ouer notitia della forma, & mi&longs;ura di baluardi, cauallieri, ouer forme piatte, che <lb/>
al pre&longs;ente &longs;i co&longs;tuma nelle moderne fortificationi, cioe di quanta longhezza, larghez <lb/>
za, & altezza &longs;i formino, & &longs;imilmente di quanta großezza, & altezza &longs;i fac<lb/>
ciano li loro mura, & parapetti, & &longs;imilmente, di quanta longhezza, altezza, & <lb/>
großezza, &longs;i faccia cadauna cortina, & par apetti di quelle, & &longs;imilmente di quan<lb/>
ta larghezza, & altezza, &longs;i co&longs;tumano, far le foße.<emph.end type="italics"/> N. V<emph type="italics"/>eramente che di questo <lb/>
non ue ne &longs;aperia dire alcuna minima particolarita, ne per alduta, ne manco per ue<lb/>
duta, perche (come nel principio dißi à uo&longs;tra Signoria) giamai ho praticato in luo<lb/>
co doue &longs;e fortifica&longs;&longs;e, ne manco ho conuer&longs;ato con alcuno che di tal co&longs;a habbia no<lb/>
titia.<emph.end type="italics"/> P. M<emph type="italics"/>o di que&longs;ta materia ue ne &longs;apro rendere buon conto, la qual co&longs;a, ui po<lb/>
tra giouare, per far li &longs;opradetti uo&longs;tri modelli ben proportionati, &longs;econdo il co&longs;tu<lb/>
me moderno.<emph.end type="italics"/> N. I<emph type="italics"/>o hauero molto accaro di hauerne notitia. </s> <s id="s.001300">Anchor che di tal <lb/>
co&longs;a non credo di &longs;eruirmene molto, nondimeno hauero &longs;ommo appiacere ad inten<lb/>
dere il tutto, per piuri&longs;petti.<emph.end type="italics"/> P. V<emph type="italics"/>oglio incominciare dalle cortine. </s> <s id="s.001301">Hor &longs;appiati, <lb/>
che alli pre&longs;enti tempi, &longs;i co&longs;tuma di far le cortine nel fondo communamente di gro&longs;<lb/>
&longs;ezza piedi &longs;ette, & co&longs;i le fanno andar procedendo per fina alla altezza de piedi <lb/>
diece, & da li in &longs;u&longs;o &longs;e fanno &longs;olamente de piedi dui, ma ui fanno poi li contrafortide