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deuxiesme bassin s'y levoit un autre petit piedestal qui portait un
troisiesme bassin de trois pieds de diametre, aussy parfaitement
bien taille; c'estoit de ce dernier bassin que jallissoit l'eau qui
se rependoit en suitte dans les deux autres bassins. Les beaux
ouvrages faits d'un marbre esgalement blanc et poli, furent brisez
par la pesanteur de tout l'edifice, que les injures de l'air
renverserent de fond en comble.]
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074.
The river Loire at Amboise.
The river is higher within the bank b d than outside that bank.
The island where there is a part of Amboise.
This is the river that passes through Amboise; it passes at a b c
d, and when it has passed the bridge it turns back, against the
original current, by the channel d e, b f in contact with the
bank which lies between the two contrary currents of the said river,
a b, c d, and d e, b f. It then turns down again by the
channel f l, g h, n m, and reunites with the river from which
it was at first separated, which passes by k n, which makes k m,
r t. But when the river is very full it flows all in one channel
passing over the bank b d. [Footnote: See Pl. CXV. Lines 1-7 are
above, lines 8-10 in the middle of the large island and the word
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