So those ancient Cities which of boroughs, became in a succession of time great Towns, are commonly so ill girt in comparison of other regular Places, which were design'd on a flatt according to the fancy of an Engeneer; and although considering their buildings severally, we often find as much or more art, then in those of other places; Yet to see how they are rank'd here a great one, there a little one, and how they make the streets crooked and uneven, One would say, That it was rather Fortune, then the will of Men indued with reason, that had so disposed them.
Era berean, zenbait hiri zahar, hasieran herriska baino ez izanik denborarekin hiri handi bihurtu direnak, gehienetan oso gaizki taxutuak egoten dira parekatzen baditugu ingeniari batek bere irudimenaren arabera lautada batean moldatu dituen herri erregularrekin; eta hiri zahar horietako eraikuntzek, bakoitza banaka hartuz gero, herriotakoek hainbat perfekzio edo gehiago izan dezakete sarritan, baina, hala ere, kontutan badugu nola dauden banatuak eraikuntza horiek (hemen handi bat, han txiki bat) eta zer bihurriak eta ezberdinak egin dituzten kaleak, eman dezake halabeharrak jarri dituela horrela eta ez arrazoimenaz baliatu diren gizaki batzuen nahimenak.