70 THE PRAISE OF GARDENS 



of the same Dimension with the Breadth of the Arch. Over 

 the Arches let there be an Entire Hedge, of some four foot 

 high, framed also upon Carpenter's Work, and upon the Upper 

 Hedge, over every Arch, a little Turret with a Bell)^, enough 

 to receive a Cage of Birds ; and over every Space between the 

 Arches some other little Figure, with broad Plates of Round 

 Coloured Glass, gilt, for the Sun to play upon. But this 

 Hedge, I intend to be raised upon a Bank, not steep, but 

 gently slope, of some six foot, set all with Flowers. Also I 

 understand, that this Square of the Garden should not be the 

 whole breadth of the Ground, but to leave on either side Ground 

 enough for diversity of Side Alleys unto which the two Covert 

 Alleys of the Green may deliver you, but there must be no 

 Alleys with Hedges at either End of this Great Inclosure : not 

 at the Hither End, for letting your Prospect upon this fair 

 Hedge from the Green; nor at the Further End for letting 

 your Prospect from the Hedge through the Arches upon the 

 Heath. 



For the ordering of the Ground within the Great Hedge, I 

 leave it to Variety of Device. Advising nevertheless, that what- 

 soever form you cast it into ; first it be not too busie, or full of 

 Work ; wherein I, for my part, do not like Images cut out in 

 Juniper, or other Garden-stuff; they are for Children. Little 

 low Hedges, round like Welts, with some pretty Pyramids, I 

 like well ; and in some places. Fair Columns upon Frames of 

 Carpenter's Work. I would also have the Alleys spacious and 

 fair. You may have closer Alleys upon the Side Grounds, but 

 none in the Main Garden. 



I wish also in the very middle a fair Mount, with three Ascents 

 and Alleys, enough for four to walk abreast, which I would have 

 to be perfect Circles, without any Bulwarks or Imbossments, and 

 the whole Mount to be thirty foot high, and some fine Banquetting 

 House, with some Chimneys neatly cast, and without too much 

 Glass. 



For Fountains, they are a Great Beauty and Refreshment, but 

 Pools mar all, and make the Garden unwholesome, and full of 



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