Vitruvius book De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II, Chapter VIII, Sec. 18
“Like a burnt stake, half stuck upon his shield;
The other half lay broken in the field.”
Book XIII
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
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