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And m^'ddis every herberc might be «cne 

 The scliar])e green swete jenepere. 

 Growing so fair with bralVches here and there. 

 That as it semyt to a lyfe without. 

 The bowis spred the herberc all about."* 



Tho contracted size of our pleasure grounds by deorees 

 ceased to be their reproach, although their style retained the 

 formaVfeatures which continued characteristics of them until 

 late in the 18th century. In the the eighteenth year of the 

 reign of Henry the VIII. (1609 — 154G,) (he gardens of his palace 

 of Nonsuch, were formed. This palace and its grounds were 

 one of the prides of our country in that age, or as Leland says, 



Unrivall'd in design the Briton's tell 

 The won'drous praises of this aonparcil. 

 This which no equal has in art or fame, 

 Britons deservedly do Nonsuch name. 



"The palace, says Hentznfir in 1500, is encompassed with 

 I parks full of deer, delicious gardens, groves ornamented with 

 I trellis work, cabinets of verdure, ( Summer houses or seats cut 

 \ ill yinv ?) and walks so embowered by trees, that it seonis to be 

 a place pitched upon by pleasure herself to dwell in along with 

 1 health. In the pleasure and artificial Gardens are many 

 IcoUimns and pyramids of marble: two fountains that spout 

 water, one round the other like a pyramid, upon which are 

 pi rched small birds, that stream water out of their bills. In 

 (Ih> grove of Diana, is a very agreeable fountain, with Acteeon 

 turned into a stag, as ho was sprinkled by the goddess and her 

 nymphs, with inscriptions. Here is, besides, another pyra- 

 mid of marble full of concealed pipes, which spirt upon all 

 ^^ll() come within their reach. "f From an account taken of 

 this Garden during the usurpation, in 16.3p, it appears lo have 



• The Quair by James I,, Edited by Lord Woodhousete<>. + Trovels 

 > England durin- the reigu of fiuecn Llizabeth. ri>. 38—59. Ed. IT)?. 



