Excerpt from The First Booke of Architecture
Had not heenefi) neede/itll to [indie and praélifie 45 the other: Which fiiendly Reader, confidered, hindered mee long either from Iran/lating or Pahli/hing the flea former, being perfwaded hy [andry friends and workemen, to haue defifled my purpofe, both from tranjlating or publi/hing. The which 7 had [are/y efl'eéled, if I had heene Otter-ruled by their requefls and perfwafiom; alleadging flrong reajbns, that the common Workemen afour time little regarded or efleemed to Warke with right Simmetrie the which it confitfed and erronz'our, in the iadgement of the Learned Arehiteél, 1f' they willfollow the Order ofantiquities hereafter enfaing. Where jore lea/z my good meaning, together wzth my Lahaur 111 Tranflating and Pahli/hing, jhonld not be regarded and efleemed a; Wort/tie) confidering it not one/y tendeth to the great profit of the Archztec'l or Workeman, lint alfir generally to all othgr Artificcrs of our nat1oh.i adaifi all gene rally, not to deeéine them/elites 2 nor to bejelfiz-conc'eited zn their (mine worker, but well dander [land this my labour (tending to common good) and he perfwaded that who [it /hallfollo'bo the/e, rules' hereafierfet downegfhall'not onely haue he? Warke Well efleemed of the. Common people, but aljo generally qw'wdfd and applauded of all workemenmnd men (y'iadgement. Vale.
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