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LIBER NONUS        287


De materia pontium, & natura vadorum.


CAP. VII.


                                        OMNES fere pontes in publicis itineribus AquilonariumPontes lignei.
                                        regnorum e trabibus potius fabricati videtur, quam ex
                                        saxis: non quod lapides, aut cementa desunt, sed quod
                                        hostium ingressus subita demolitione pontium citius per
                                        incolas ad præliandum imparatos arceantur, aut impediantur.
                                        Statis tamen territoriis apud Ostrogothos marmorei, Pontes lapidei.
                                        aut alterius generis lapidei pontes, mirabilem antiquitatemVada immeabilia.
                                        attestantes inveniuntur. Vada autem fluminum, vti
                                        ibidem rarissima sunt, ita & singulari incolarum industria
accessuris hostibus immeabilia disponuntur, Involuunt enim ramosis juniperorumModus impediendi vada.
ramis portatilia saxa, quæ instar corbium ad plura millia sub aquas immittunt.
Sed ne fluctuum, aut fluminum violentia e loco pellantur, sudibus acutis, vt fundo
fortius adhæreant, & hostibus asperius noceant, eadem saxa, ramosque connectunt.
In aquis vero tranquillis longas submergunt abietes, aut pinos semisectos, & acutos
habentes ramos, saxorum pondere deprimunt, vt eorum attactu hostes periculosius
offendantur. Quidam etiam in angustioribus vadis, ad quæ ex insidiis provocantFalces ferreæ.
inimicos, falces ferreas pice linitas, triangularibus saxis alligatos, immergunt.
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De bombardis Septentrionalium populorum.

CAP. VIII.

                                        FREQVENTI satisfacturus quæstioni, an in Aquilonaribus
                                        regionibus vsus sit bombardarum, atque an magnæ sint &c.
                                        dico singulis hac inutili questione curiosius, quam discretius
                                        Bombardarum vsus frequens in Septentrionalibus regnis.
                                        vexatis, apud eos homines dura propagine genitos, atque
                                        continui certaminis vsu versatos, nullum deesse tormentum,
                                        quo frequentius, ac fortius extero, vel infelicius, ac
                                        miserabilius domestico hosti inferant nocumenta: quæ perniciosius
                                        in hunc, & justius in illum ( concordia refutata )
                                        vertuntur. Sunt autem bombardæ in plerisque civitatibus,


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