Two Books on the Manner of Making Earth Fortifications (1559) - Page 23

In how great a distance a piece of royal artillery fires — 5
The shelter should be started in the weakest and most doubtful places — 7
Beluardi bastions are always good when large — 9
Thick shelters are useful — 15
It matters to plant the regoli guiding rules with good order — 56
The soldier must understand how to plant the regoli — 56
Earth shelters require more courage than wall works — 56
The regoli must be in such quantity that they satisfy the need — 57
There must be enough masons that they raise the shelter by one full course every day — 58
Earth shelters are reached meaning: connected or joined with difficulty together — 58
Parapets are always the first to suffer — 59
The cord a decorative molding at the end of the scarpa slope looks good — 59
By nailing the lote turf blocks of the parapets with wicker, they can be tied together — 60
The round of the top of the parapet requires two-thirds of all the thickness — 60
The parapet of the bastions must be higher than the plane of the plaza — 60
The parapet in the curtains as high as a common man — 60
The earth in the shelters that rest against walls must not touch them — 64
Ends goals/objectives move us to action — 69
Princes are obligated to the terms of honor more than all other men — 70
Princes must conserve the things that can render honor to them, and to the peoples peace and utility — 70
Earth shelters cannot last long without facings — 71
Lord Gioangiacomo Leonardi, Count of Monte l'Abbate — 72
The fort is more doubtful to collapse with a thin wall than with a thick one — 73
Building with masonry is the principal profession of the engineer — 75
Forts should not be made with fewer than five angles — 76
The regoli must have the slope of the scarpa talus/slope when leaning — 81
In each angle, a regolo must be planted — 82
Nailing of the chains — 84
The plane of the foundation leveled — 84
The first line of the foundation is started dry — 85
The bossolo compass has four principal winds — 94
Solicitors those overseeing labor must be paid well — 95