The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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letters Nos. 1349 and 1350. Amoretti tells us, Memorie Storiche,  
ch. II, that the following note existed on the same leaf in MS. C.  
A. I have not however succeeded in finding it. The passage runs  
thus: Jo sono quasi al fine del mio letizio che io o con mie  
fratetgli ... Ancora ricordo a V. Excia la facenda che o cum Ser  
Juliana mio Fratello capo delli altri fratelli ricordandoli come se  
offerse di conciar le cose nostre fra noi fratelli del comune della  
eredita de mio Zio, e quelli costringa alla expeditione, quale  
conteneva la lettera che lui me mando.]  
Drafts of Letters to the Superintendent of Canals and to Fr. Melzi.  
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350.  
Magnificent President, I am sending thither Salai, my pupil, who is  
the bearer of this, and from him you will hear by word of mouth the  
cause of my...  
Magnificent President, I...  
Magnificent President:--Having ofttimes remembered the proposals  
made many times to me by your Excellency, I take the liberty of  
writing to remind your Lordship of the promise made to me at my last  
departure, that is the possession of the twelve inches of water  
granted to me by the most Christian King. Your Lordship knows that I  
did not enter into possession, because at that time when it was  
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