GEOMETRIAE LIB. III, Iquis victoria erigere vellet,quòd feditiofos agriculas deuicerit,is hu iufcemodi rebus vti poterit,quas deinceps dieam. Primò locetur la pis quadrangulus,cuius quodlibet quatuor laterum fit longum decé pedes, & altum quatuor:is plintho cuidam incumbat,quæ latera ha beat viginti pedes longa, alta autem vnum,fit fita in colle aliquo: fuper quaru or erus angulos ponantur vacce,oues, porci,at alia pecora ligata, fed fuper an. gulos quatuor lapidis quadranguli,totidé ponantur corbes,pleni cafeo,butyro, ouis,cepis,herbis,aut quicquid tibi in mente venerit Super húc lapidé,alius adhuc cóftituatur itidé quadrágulus,g latera lóga habeat fepté pedes,& alta vnú, in eius medio locetur capfa auenaria, cuius altitudo fit quatuor pedes, ac inferné vnú latus longú fex cú dimidio,at fupernè vbi fera eft folú fex,fuper oper culum auté lógitudo fiat quatuor,cui impone ahenú inuerfum, tres cú dimidio pedes amplum:fed in fundo fupernè folú tres, huic rurfus gabata in qua cafeus formari folet imponatur, alta dimidio pedis,fupné duobus pedibusá pla,at in fű do folú vno cú dimidio, cá orbiculo cooperi admodú craffo, quiq latis pmi neat:in medio huius orbiculi vas locato in quo butyrú recondi cófueuit altitudinis trium pedú,& in fundo vnius & dimidii, fupernè verò vnius amplum, ro ftrum tamé per quod effundimus arg anfa aliquantulú proiiciátur. Deinde vrceus bene formatus ftatuatur,in quo lac repont folet,cuius altitudo fit duorú pe dú cú dimidio,in vétre auté amplitudo vnius,& fupernè dimidii, at bafim eius infernè largioré facito:in eo vrceo erige quatuor raftros, qbus carbones corradú tur,qui longi Gat quing pedes & dimidiú,circú quos ligato fruméti fasciculum altu pedes quing,ficq raftri fupernè extét per dimidiu:illi rufticorum appéde inftruméta,ligones,palas,furcas,flagella,& alia huiufmodi. Tádé pminentibus raftris fupponatur gallinarú cauea, huic rurfus fidelia butyri inuerfa,cui rufticus triftis atq gladio perfoffus infideat:quéadmodú infernè defignaui. Homi ni ebriofo poffet aliquis hoc pacto fup monumentú memoriá cóftruere.Primò fepulchrú ei, ftatuatur cú epitaphio,quod voluptate ironice laudet. 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