clare and prote&longs;t that there &longs;hall follow very great dammages <lb/> to the Fields of the main Land, and extraordinary &longs;ummes <lb/> &longs;hall be expended to no purpo&longs;e. </s>
<s>The Lake undoubtedly will <lb/> become almo&longs;t dry, and will prove impa&longs;&longs;ible for Navigation, <lb/> with a manife&longs;t danger of corrupting the Air: And in the la&longs;t <lb/> place there will unavoidably en&longs;ue the choaking and &longs;toppage of <lb/> the Ports of <emph type="italics"/>Venice.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
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<s>Upon the 20th. </s>
<s>of <emph type="italics"/>December,<emph.end type="italics"/> 1641. I imparted this my &longs;econd <lb/> Con&longs;ideration to the mo&longs;t Excellent <emph type="italics"/>Signore Ba&longs;adonna,<emph.end type="italics"/> pre&longs;en­<lb/> ting him with a Copy thereof among&longs;t other Writings, which I <lb/> have thought good to in&longs;ert, although they &longs;eem not to belong <lb/> directly to our bu&longs;ine&longs;&longs;e of the Lake.</s></p>
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<s>The way to examine the MUD and SAND <lb/> that entereth and remaineth in the <lb/> LAKE of <emph type="italics"/>VENICE.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
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<s><emph type="italics"/>To the mo&longs;t Excellent<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
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<s>Two very con&longs;iderable Objections have been made a­<lb/> gain&longs;t my opinion concerning the Lake of <emph type="italics"/>Venice:<emph.end type="italics"/> One <lb/> was that, of which I have &longs;poken at large in my fir&longs;t <lb/> Con&longs;ideration, namely, that the <emph type="italics"/>Brents<emph.end type="italics"/> having been taken out of <lb/> the Lake, cannot have been the occa&longs;ion of the notable fall of <lb/> the Waters in the Lake, as I pretend, and con&longs;equently, that <lb/> the turning <emph type="italics"/>Brent<emph.end type="italics"/> into the Lake would be no con&longs;iderable reme­<lb/> dy, in regard that the water of <emph type="italics"/>Brent,<emph.end type="italics"/> and the great expan&longs;ion <lb/> of the Lake over which the water of <emph type="italics"/>Brent<emph.end type="italics"/> is to diffu&longs;e and <lb/> &longs;pread being con&longs;idered, it is found that the ri&longs;e proveth in­<lb/> &longs;en&longs;ible.</s></p>
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<s>The &longs;econd Objection was, that the <emph type="italics"/>Brent<emph.end type="italics"/> is very muddy, and <lb/> therefore if it &longs;hould fall muddy into the Lake, the Sand would <lb/> &longs;ink and fill up the &longs;ame.</s></p>
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<s>Touching the fir&longs;t Query, enough hath been &longs;aid in my fir&longs;t <lb/> Con&longs;ideration, where I have plainly di&longs;covered the deceipt of the <lb/> Argument, and &longs;hewn its fallacy; It remaineth now to examine
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