
"...Small timbers I wonder at thee who with the acumen of the artist
Join together to form mighty towers;
Be banished from their burdened houses./Soon we will build with a thrifty hand the illustrious edifice
That otherwise consumes princely treasures."
Join together to form mighty towers;
Be banished from their burdened houses./Soon we will build with a thrifty hand the illustrious edifice
That otherwise consumes princely treasures."
from Nouvelles inventions pour bien bastir et à petits fraiz, Philibert de l'Orme