THE 
ARCHITECTURE 
M: VITRUVIUS POLLIO. 
BOOK THE FIFTH. 
PRO E M. 
MANY authors, O Emperor i who, in voluminous works, have vritten of ingenious 
ats and inventions, have given great and fingular reputation to ther suhject; wouldallo that 
our art might be here so explained, that it reputation mighit, bythese precepts, beaugmented: 
Bit alt hat may be defired is not eafly obrained; for architecture canot be treated hke 
hbitoy or poety. Fistory, ofitel, enges the atetion of theteade bhy the varey and 
noyelrof the relations. Poery al, by the melueand eadenec of hevefe, the agreibe 
diotion ofthe wods and fentences, and the just ponunciain of thelines, alres tie 
fenke ef befende, and enites hin vihon kening tedons, o the conelilon dt te 
en Bir di eanet beden in ering achedune bene e pelan en d. 
theat bing undhel enderche ene che alkoune bene. Theten therlone beng 
ehenele aehenk, nd ihl beng nontonang he vaion pre e ne 
enteaded undhbich nd heih ephinedh e etoune el e en nelede and 
the reader uncertain of its meaning. 
le eiehe he nehnon nend e e enen beisinge 
beichehehen detehenind n eoeiend he nenog ein den noean , 
enseine e n e e en en en e poeien