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the hot {andy or grauelly grounds, and although it bee longer before it bee brought to 
mould theathatof horfes,yet it will outlaft it morethentwice fo long. Let euery one 
thereforetake according to the nature of the ground fuch helpes as aremoft fit and 
conuenient, as I hauc here and before fhewed. But I doc here ingenuoufly confefle my 
opinion of thefe forcings and helpings of ground, that howfoeuerirdothmuchgood 
to fome particular things, which becaafe they delightin heate,and cannot bebrought 
to perfeétion witheut it in this our Countrey, which is colderthentheir naturallfrom 
whencethey are brought, mutt therfore haue artificial! helpes to forward them s yet 
for many ocher things the comtpoft doth much alterand abate the naturall vigour, and 
quickeneffe of tafte, that is perceiued in them that grow ina naturall fat or fandy foile 
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f.- Sour former Garden. of pleafure_ is wholly formable in euery part with 
Aes trayles, and knots, and to bee ftill maintained intheir due forme and 
beautie: fo onthe contrary fidethis Garden cannot long conferue any forme, 
forthat euery.partthereof is fubie¢t to mutation andalteration. For although it is 
conuenient that many herbes doe grow by themf yond jay oth Gutintefomepro- 
, Hiffop Sages ge, Sec. yet many others may bee fowen to- 
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gether onaplotof ground of that largeneffe that may ferne euery mans particular vfe 
as he fhall-haue occafien to employ it, as Reddith, Lettice and Onions,..whichafter 
they are growne vp together may be drawne vp and taken away,as there is occafionte 
{pend chem): but Carrots or Parfneps being fowen withothers muftbecfufferedte 
grow lat, becaufethey require a Jpoger ting be/ sear AS fitto betakenvp. Other — 
herbes require fome large compafle of ground whereonthcy may grow of themfelues 
without any other herbes growing among them,asArtichokes,Cowcumbers,Melons, 
Pompions. And fome will doe fo withtheir Cabbagesalfo, butthebeftand moftfru- 
gall way now vied, isto plantthem round about the border of your plotorground> 
whereon you plant Cowcumbers, Pompions, or other things, inthatbythis meancs’ 
fomuchground will be mel faced she pas nenowmhinhioderee ereetit a 
which elfe agreat deale of ground muft be employcdfor them apart. Sothatbythis 
that I haue here faid, you may perceine the forme of this Gardemis forthe moft parts 
to bee ftillour of forme and order, inthatthecontinualltakingvpof theherbesand 
rootes that are fowen and planted, caufeththe:bedsor parts of thisGardento lye 
broken, difmembered, and ont of the orderthat atthe firft it was put into. Remem- 
ber herewichallthar (as I faid before) this Garden requireththe continuall helpeof 
foyletobebrought into it, inthat the plenty of thefemannerof herbes and rootes. 
doe fo much wafte the fertilitie and fatnefleof the ground, that without continuall. 
snixesbing it would quickly become fo poore and barren, that it wouldnot yeeld¢ the: 
werthof the feede. Theordinary time to feylea Garden, is to bring in manure or 
dung before Chriftmas, and eyther bury it ome.fimall depth, nottoo deepe, orelfe 
to lay it vponthe ground thatthe winter froftes may pierce it,and then turncit fhallow 
intothe ground to fow your feeds inthe Spring. 
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