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try, it was his particular order to fpare the 

 groves. This wonderful plane therefore ftruck 

 his fancy. He had feen nothing like it before j 

 and to the aftonifhment of all his officers, or- 

 ders were difpatched to the right, and left 

 of his mighty hoft to halt three days ; during 

 which time he could not be drawn from 

 the Phrygian-plane. His pavilion was fpread 

 under it ; and he enjoyed the luxury of it's 

 delicious fhade ; while the Greeks were taking 

 meafures to defend Thermopylae. The 

 ftory may not fpeak much in favour of the 

 prince -, but it is my bufmefs only to pay 

 honour to the tree*. 



Fw. 



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In Arcadia, at the foot of the mountains, 

 bounding the Stymphalian plains (famous for 

 one of the labours of Hercules) flood the little 

 town of Caphice; and juft above it rofe a 

 fountain, called the Menalaid fountain ; by the 

 fide of which Paufanias tells us-f, grew a 

 plane-tree of extraordinary fize and beauty, 

 called the Menalaid-plane. It was generally 



* This account is taken from Elian, f Pauf. Arcad. c. 23. 



believed 



