As for the lastingness, you regard that when all the Walls are right by the line, thicker below then above, and have good and sufficient foundations Īnd besides, the pillars above must be directly over the pillars below. Three things in a Building (as saith Vitruvius) ought to be consider∣ed, without which it will not deserve commendation: Those are usefulness or accommodation, lastingness and handsomness: For that work cannot be accounted perfect, which is useful but only for a short time, or not convenient for a longer or having these two, hath not also decency: It will be commodious, when every part hath its due place and fit scituation, not below its dignity, nor above what its use requires And they will be fitly disposed, when the Galleries, Halls, Chambers, Cellars, and Granaries are in their proper places.
What ought to be considered and prepared, before you begin to Build.īEfore you begin to Build, you ought carefully to con∣sider every part of the Foundation and Ground-work of the Building which is to be raised.
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